A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

••••The art of Jaye Alison Moscariello inspires us to laugh, to marvel, and above all, to think. In some ways, her vibrantly colored works are sensuous and fun, but this artist is not merely out to please. She uses her joyous sense of humor and her cutting-edge satire to communicate intense social messages, and on each surface she leaves substantial evidence of her own social conscience.
••••Moscariello was born in Connecticut, on January 28, 1954 at Grace – New Haven (now Yale – New Haven) Hospital to Elaine and Alfonso Moscariello. As a young child her grandmother raised Moscariello while her parents worked. She would remain transfixed by her grandmother’s knee and watch intently as her grandmother would take discarded shirt boards from the dry cleaners, and transform them with an ordinary ballpoint pen, into magical and exotic faraway places. Years later, drawing figures strongly in Moscariello’s work. It was “the idea that one is able transcend one’s immediate environs with just a few lines on a piece of paper” that captured Moscariello’s lifelong devotion to this medium.
••••Moscariello was a recipient of a full-tuition scholarship for Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut. At Paier, she studied under the tutelage of Rudolph Zalinger, Jean Day Zalinger, Leo and Ruth Stoutsenberger, Dr. John DiGioia, Dean Keller and Joseph Funaro, and other fine artists. Her course work continued at the Creative Workshop Studios and Yale University School of Art and Architecture. She moved to New York City and studied at the Art Students League and New School of Social Research.
••••In 1988, New York, she co-created, with Alexandra Carmel, a program for artists. The course (later named “Breaking Out”) was designed to dismantle obstacles to ongoing creative production. Moscariello and Carmel were the original test subjects. It’s effectiveness was apparent in the stream of new work that emerged; large, bright and expressionistic works on canvas and paper, that transported Moscariello from the self-imposed rigidity of her earlier classical training.
••••Her paintings have been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C. and at diverse venues on both the east and west coasts, including NYC and LA galleries, and internationally in New Delhi, India and London, UK.
••••Recently Moscariello was one of four artists to take part in the first video billboard art show in Los Angeles. Five of the artist’s images were shown outdoors at the Key Club on Sunset Boulevard, on two video billboards, every half-hour, 24 hours a day, to a drive-by audience. The Modern Art Gallery, in downtown Los Angeles, recently honored Moscariello with her first solo show. The show, “Inside/Out”, featuring twenty-seven largely autobiographical works on paper, was a success measured by the tremendous viewer response the work evoked. “There was an engagement with the work that I’m glad was videotaped, because no one might believe me otherwise!”
••••Community work figures largely in the scheme of things for Moscariello. Many of her projects are developed around a specific group with special needs. She along with artist Sheila Pinkel of LA just recently collaborated on a national poster project for Physicians for Social Responsibility. “I don’t strive for a balance in life, I go in the direction that calls most loudly, be it political, humanitarian or downright expressionism. In these harsh times, the art world may be the only forum available to have one’s voice heard.” Her work is included in the National Archives.

 

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

1972 – 1976
Paier College of Art
Two dimensional art: rendering, painting, drawing from life & cast, design, illustration, advertising, oil,
acrylic and watercolor media painting, charcoal. Sculpture.
Full scholarship.

1977 – 1979
Creative Arts Studio Drawing
Private Study with Dean Keller: Portraiture
Yale School of Art & Architecture: Open Life Drawing Classes

1981 – 1983
Breakthrough Writing with Bernie Asbell
Art is You, Gary Andreadis

1987 – 1993
New School Novel & Creative Writing
Art Students League of New York, Painting
Breaking Out, with Alex Carmel. Art intensive created and developed by Ms. Carmel and myself.
•“Red Seal” illustrated 33 page children’s book
•“Apartment For Rent” short film by Al Groner, art director, casting director, 2nd AD
•“First Meeting” television pilot, co-produced with Gary Stevens
Anatomy with Joseph O’Connell

1997 – 1999
Private Residence: Design/Manhattan. Designed custom carpeting, cabinetry, beds,
tables, wall surfaces and treatments for 5,000 square foot penthouse apartment. Collaboration with artist/client Apryl Miller.

2000
UCLA, Sculpture, American Novel, on-going classes

 

RECENT COMMISSIONS

1997 Portrait, Private Residence, Los Angeles
1998 Cloudwatch: Cover Art Design, Connecticut
1998 Murals for private residence, New York
1999 Outdoor Mural for private residence, Spain
2000 Portraits, Connecticut
2001 Painting, Marrakech, Inc., Connecticut
2002 Interior Walls, private residence, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Portrait, private residence, Brentwood, CA
2003 Portrait, private residence, Sherman Oaks, CA
2003 Seascape, private residence, Sherman Oaks, CA
2003 Painting, private residence, Van Nuys, CA
2004 Interior Walls, Quest Gym, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Interior Walls, private residence, Sherman Oaks, CA
2004 Outdoor Garden mural, private residence, Los Angeles, CA

 

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

July 2002 Cover Art, Marrakech Inc. Annual Report
2002 Berman & Berman (tv)
January 2003 “In Graphic Protest” by Christopher Knight, LA Times, Los Angeles Times
May 2003 matchLive LA website
July 2003 Yogi Times, Santa Monica
November 2003 “Artists Interiors, Creative Spaces, Inspired Living” Rockport Press work featured on the cover and in Miller apartment article; carpets, beds, tables, walls, ceiling…
2003 HGTV “Fabulous Bathrooms” segment
May 2004 Vision Magazine, May Visionary Artist, San Diego
January 18, 2002 - Beverly Hills Courier, "Stores and Stories"
February 1-7, 2002 - Entertainment Today, "Calendar"
February 2002 - LA Weekly, "Art Openings"
February 2002 HomeStyle Magazine, New York, NY
January 2002 ArtScene, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
December 2001 ArtNews, Artists Directory, New York, NY
November 2001 DigitalCity.com/los angeles “Pick of the Week” Blair Maustbaum
October 2001 Catalog, Bigfork Annual Watermedia Exhibition, Bigfork, MT
January 2001 Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Vol. 19 Winter Corvallis, OR
2000-2001 Marquis Who’s Who of American Women, New Providence, NJ
March 2001 IASG Newsletter, “Body & Self” – A Hit in Memphis, Jay S. Etkin, Washington, DC
February 2000 Memphis Flyer, “Around Town”, David Shaw, Memhis, TN
January 2000 Commercial Appeal, “Art & Real Estate”, Memhis, TN
1999-2000 Marquis Who’s Who of American Women, New Providence, NJ
December 1999 Memphis Flyer, !nE Review, David Shaw, Memphis, TN
November 1999 Downtowner, “Vertigo Gallery”, Memphis, TN
May 1999 Success Now! Artrepreneur Newsletter, RenJe Phillips, New York,NY
April 1999 Decor Magazine, Art Showcase, Tricia Bisoux, St. Louis, MO
March 1999 Art Business New, New Editions, New York, NY
March 1999 Catalog, Lalit Kala Akademi, IASG Invitational Show
February 1999 Manhattan Arts International, RenJe Phillips, New York, NY
December 1998 Art Business News, Los Angeles News, New York, NY
May 1998 Manhattan Arts International, “Art Stars”, RenJe Phillips, New York, NY
May 1998 IASG Newsletter, Washington, DC
May 1998 Erotica Show Catalog, “The Art Gallery”, London, UK
January 1998 Coagula Art Journal, “Emerging Artists Calendar”, Michael Salerno, Los Angeles, CA
December 1997 IASG Newsletter, Critique of 7th Street International, Daniel Shay, Washington, DC
December 1997 Coagula Art Journal, Los Angeles, CA
July 1997 Westport News, Weekend Guide, “3 Color’d Girls” Westport, CT