Biography: Tony Lordi Selected Exhibitions:
2005 "Flying Objects" Washington Square Windows
New York University, Greenwich Village, NYC
2005 "Wish you were here" Group Show of Postcards
A.I.R. Gallery, 511 W. 25 Th. St. New York, NY
2005 Montclair Art Museum, " Art In Bloom "
Fine Arts Exhibit, Montclair, NJ
2005 Skylands Juried Show, Sally Francisco Award
SCA&HC, Moran Street Gallery, Newton NJ
2005 " Gallery Artists" Fredrick Clement Gallery
East 46 TH. ST. New York
2003 "Musical Compositions" Broadway Windows
New York University at E. 10 Th. & Broadway, NYC
2003 "One Eyed Jack" Art of Collecting Exhibition & Auction
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2002 "Kinetic Pop" Fredrick Clement Gallery, Montclair
art dealer: Gail Casale, Park Ave. NYC
2002 "Artists pick Artists" Walter Swales: Sculptor
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2000 "Reinvented Wheels" Ruth Newman, curator
New York University's Broadway Windows
2000 "Imagination" Found Objects, Fredrick Clement Gallery
art dealer: Gail Casale Park Ave. NYC
1998 "Star Constructs" Ruth Newman curator
Washington Square Windows, New York University
1998 "Small Works" Washington Square East Galleries
New York University, NY Ealan Wingate, juror,
1998 "Making of a Landmark" Museum of the City of NY
Empire State Building Exhibition, 5 Th. Ave. NY
1996 "Constructions" Gail Casale: Director
Nahan Galleries, West Broadway, New York City
1995 "Empire and Skylines" Circle Gallery, Soho NY
Chicago, and Union Square, San Francisco
1995 "Handmade Ties" curator: Ruth Newman NYU
Broadway Windows, at East 10 Th. & Broadway, NY
1994 "Lighted Sculpture" Traveling Exhibit, Museum of
Modern Art, New York, Advisory Board
1994 "Small Works" Washington Square East Galleries
Jackie Littlejohn, juror, New York University
1993 "Small Works" Washington Square East Galleries
Wouter Van Germans, juror New York University
1993 "Urban Souvenirs" Sid Monroe, curator
Circle Gallery, West Broadway, New York
1993 "Erections" Buildings in New York
Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York
1993 "New Jersey Artists in China" Empire State Building
Zhejiang Museum, China, Cultural Exchange
1993 " City Scapes" Skylines of New York
Michael Ingbar Gallery, NY
1992 "The New York Skyline" Ruth Newman, curator
Broadway Windows, New York University
1992 "The Landmark Sculptures" 50 New York Works,
Everhart Museum, Nay Aug. Park, Scranton, PA
1992 "Small Works" Arnold Glimsher, juror
Washington Square East Galleries, NYU
1991 "Tony Lordi Found Objects" Sid Monroe, director
Circle Gallery, Soho, New York City
1991 "Small Works" Brooke Alexander, juror
Washington Square East Galleries, NY
1990 "Magical Constructions" Rhoda Epstein, director
Jack Gallery, 138 Prince Street, NYC
1990 "Group Show" 3 Empire State Buildings
Bruce Laurie Gallery, East Village, New York
1989 "Empire State Building" Ruth Newman, curator
Broadway Windows, East 10 Th. New York City
1989 "Tony Lordi" Arie Galles, Director and Curator
Phyllis Rothman Gallery, FDU, Madison, NJ
1989 "Unusual Objects" Director: David Segal
Jack Gallery, 138 Prince St. NY NY
1989 "EMPIRE at the EMPIRE" Lydia Ruth, Helmsly Spear Inc.
Empire State
Tony Lordi is a multi-media artist, currently producing;
sculpture with found objects, abstract oil paintings with added
objects, mixed media constructions, combines, assemblage, collage as well as unauthorized collaborations.
His interest lies in recycling old used things that seem to fall
within pop culture and modern symbolism. He uses almost anything from
found and fabricated objects to construction materials for processing
ideas. Old souvenirs, kitsch items, electric appliances, and musical
instruments are among what he considers "Icons of the American Culture.”
He studied at Newark State College, The Art Students League, Arts
High School and was a Full Professor of Art at the County College of
Morris for over twenty five years.
His first major New York Exhibition was in Soho, in the summer of
1988. Jack Gallery showed his new series of 25 Empire State Buildings
made with found objects and different construction materials. The
exhibit was very well received and was aired on Local, National and
International television news. The work was then exhibited at over 20
different galleries and museums including; The Everhart Museum in
Scranton, New York University's Broadway Windows in Greenwich Village,
the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Phyliss Rothman Gallery at Fairly
Dickinson University, Michael Ingbar Gallery, Nahan Gallery, Fredrick
Clement Gallery, The Noyes Museum, The Morris Museum, The Zhejiang
Museum in China, Circle Gallery in San Francisco, Chicago and New
York, as well as The Empire State Building itself.
Tony's work has been purchased by national and international collectors
as well as The Everhart Museum and corporations such as Lord & Taylor,
Macy's and Squibb.
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