2012 Catalogue Archive

In her colorful abstract works, Jackie Saccoccio unapologetically mines the territory laid out by her predecessors. She continues to explore the potential of pure paint in all its forms – drips, stains, washes, and daubs – and she layers them to create a swirling depth of space, seen here in Portrait (3-Pronged). The piece is more open and airy in the center, which produces a depth of space framed by the dark stains and sideways drips along the edges. Saccoccio is a past recipient of the American Academy in Rome Prize, a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Grant, a Monet Foundation Residency in Giverny, and a Fulbright Foundation Grant. She has exhibited her work throughout the US and Europe. She was the curator of Blue Balls, a raucous, additive collaboration at Art Production Fund’s LAB in 2008 and was guest curator for its restaging at the RISD Museum of Art.