Daniel Belardinelli

Daniel Belardinelli
Nationality American
Alma mater CUNY School of Law
Occupation Artist

Daniel Belardinelli (born May 12, 1961) is a self-taught artist associated with outsider art. Additionally he is a writer, art dealer, curator, and an attorney.[1] Belardinelli discovered, mentored, and promoted the career of outsider artist Robert Sundholm.20

Biography

Daniel Belardinelli was born and raised in Manhattan, New York.[2][3]

Belardinelli had communication difficulties as a child and learned to express himself through artistic compositions.[2][3] By the age of 15, the artist frequented Studio 54 and Xenon. As a result, he met and was influenced by Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, Christopher Makos, and Antonio Lopez.[4] He developed addictions but eventually was able to keep them at bay by drawing and painting about them.[2]

Belardinelli uses multiple mediums to paint but nail polish has been a dominant medium of his art since 1985.[2][5] Each day the artist draws and paints in large At-A-Glance Journals which bear witness to his life.[6][7]

Belardinelli booked a ticket on United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, a flight that crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Belardinelli changed his plans and did not board the flight.[8][9][10] Belardinelli made a drawing of what the terrorists announced over the loudspeaker to the passengers that was included in Jere Longman's book Among the Heroes.[11] Belardinelli was featured in the A&E documentary I Missed Flight 93 (2006).[12]

Belardinelli has exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair annually since 1995, and his work has been displayed in the American Visionary Art Museum.[2][13] In 2001, several of Belardinelli's nail polish paintings were included in the "High On Life – Transcending Addictions" show which was curated by Tom Paterson at AVAM. He has participated in "Revelations and Reflections of American Self Taught Artists," and has exhibited worldwide, but most extensively in Europe and the Americas.[3][14] He was listed in "Outsider Art Fair: 10 Artists to Buy Now" in The Daily Beast.[15]

Belardinelli has no formal art training, but is a graduate of City University of New York School of Law.[16][17][18] He is an attorney who is licensed by The State Bar of New Jersey (both State & Federal Courts), the Southern & Eastern Federal District Courts of New York State, and The United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC. He was an organizer of 501 (3) (c) nonprofit organization The New Jersey Volunteer Lawyer's Association, and has been a featured artist in their annual fundraiser.[19]

Belardinelli has been a resident of Boonton, New Jersey.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Paterson, Tom. "Disordered and Driven". Raw Vision. 66.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Leslie Hoffman (July 16, 2003). "Art Review: Self-taught artist's childlike works convey brutal honesty". Old Post Gazette. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Murphy, Eliza. "The Unpolished Appeal of Daniel Belardinelli". The Museum of People's Art.
  4. ↑ "Vital Signs – New work by noted self-taught artist Daniel Belardinelli". ArtCat. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Space Cowboy". Time Out New York. 2011-06-17.
  6. ↑ Hoffman, Leslie (July 16, 2003). "Unpolished Appeal". Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
  7. ↑ Moreault, Eric (June 4, 1999). "Art La Loi". Le Soleil.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Missing Flight 91 -(flight 93) 9/11 passenger oddity". 911review.org. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ Park, Madison (September 5, 2011). "Small Choices Saved Lives: Near Misses of 911". CNN.
  11. ↑ Longman, Jere (2003). Among the Heroes: United 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back. Harper Collins. ISBN 9780060099084.
  12. ↑ "I Missed Flight 93". A&E. 2006. Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Olof Art Gallery - Home". Olof-art.nl. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  14. ↑ Pobric, Pac (March 1, 2013). "Insider Praise for Outsider Art" (PDF). ArtNewspaper. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03.
  15. ↑ Jacobsohn, Andy. "Outsider Art Fair: 10 Artists to Buy Now". The Daily Beast.
  16. ↑ Steinbaum, Rob (19 September 2007). "A Celebration of Lawyers in the Arts iii". New Jersey Law Journal.
  17. ↑ Saha, Paula (July 18, 2002). "This Lawyer Has Been Framed". The Star Ledger.
  18. ↑ Shaw, Kurt (July 4, 2003). "Untamed Artists". Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
  19. ↑ "Meet The Visual Artists".
  20. ↑ DiIonno, Mark. "Jersey artist goes from 'outsider' to insider", The Star-Ledger, February 5, 2017. Accessed August 26, 2018. "In 2009, attorney and artist Daniel Belardinelli, was in the North Bergen Municipal Court to help out a friend with a motor vehicle violation.... 'He was this very simple guy,' said Belardinelli, who lives in Boonton."

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