Meet the Artist
John Gentile
Artist John Gentile has been honored by numerous museums including the National Museum of Monte Carlo, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sulmona, Italy, the Duxbury Museum, MA, and the Bentley College Art Museum, MA, among others. His artworks are held in prestigious private collections in Europe, South America, and North America.
The youngest of five children growing up in a little mountain town in Abruzzo Italy, Gentile was drawn to art as a young child as a method for expressing his creativity and finding comfort during his war-torn youth. John first developed his artistic skills by plucking pieces of charcoal out of the fireplace in his two-room house to draw the beautiful nature and scenic landscapes in his homeland. As he grew older, neighbors noticed his remarkable skill and fostered his artistic talent by buying his art supplies.
Gentile studied at the Istituto Statale D’Arte in Sulmona, Italy before attending the prestigious Institute of Fine Art in Florence, Italy. He moved to the States in the ‘60s, buying a house on a lake in Massachusetts with his wife where he built a studio and has been painting ever since.
CURRICULUM VITAE
1937
Born in Prezza, (Aq.), Italy
1952 – 1957
Istituto Statale D’ Arte “Gentile Mazara” Sulmona, Italy
1955
Received award at the Chieti Exhibition, Italy
1957 – 1961
Istituto di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy
1961 – 1971
Worked as commercial artist in Italy and the United States
1972
Returned to painting
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1960
Sulmona Art Gallery – Sulmona, Italy
1978
Rockwell Gallery – Cambridge, Massachusetts
1978
Rockwell Gallery – Cambridge, Massachusetts
1980
Duxbury Museum – Duxbury, Massachusetts
1994
Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College – Salem, Massachusetts
2004
J. Raimondi Gallery – Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts
2005
Winfisky Gallery – Salem, Massachusetts
2006
Suffolk University Art Gallery – Boston, Massachusetts
2007
Bentley College Art Gallery – Waltham, Massachusetts
2009
Caturano and Company Art Gallery – Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1955
Chieti Exhibition – Chieti, Italy
1956
National Exhibit of Art – Aquila, Italy
1957
National Exhibit of Art – Avezzano, Italy
1958
National Exhibit of the Fiorino – Florence, Italy
1974
Cyclorama Exhibition – Boston, Massachusetts
1974
Brockton Museum – Brockton, Massachusetts
1974
B.V.A.U. Exhibition – Boston, Massachusetts
1975
Contemporary Art: Italian Eritage Exhibit, Boston City Hall – Boston, Massachusetts
1976
Brockton Museum: South Shore Exhibit – Brockton, Massachusetts
1976
West Broadway Gallery – New York, N.Y.
1976
XI Grand Prix International D’Art Contemporain – Monte Carlo
1977
Old Kings Highway Gallery – Cape Cod, Massachusetts
1977 -1978
Invited at the XII and XIII Grand Prix International D’Art Contemporain – Monte Carlo
1985
Awarded the Gold Medal dall’Associazione Abruzzesi in America, as the most distinguished Abruzzese of the Year
2000
Arts Around Boston, Exhibit2000 – Boston, Massachusetts
2004
Gallery at City Square – Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts
2004
Traveling exhibit in Prezza, Laquila, Rome, Italy, Boston and Cambridge U.S.A. with Italian Artist Massimina Pesce
2004
Boston International Art Fair, Sunne Savage Gallery – Boston, Massachusetts
2005
Boston International Art Fair, Sunne Savage Gallery – Boston, Massachusetts
2005
XXXII Rassegna Internazionale d’Arte contemporanea Premio – Sulmona, Italy
2006
XXXIII Rassegna Internazionale d’Arte contemporanea Premio – Sulmona, Italy
2006
Boston International Art Fair, Sunne Savage Gallery – Boston, Massachusetts
2007
XXX1V Rassegna Internazionale d’Arte contemporanea Premio – Sulmona, Italy
2008
Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2008
Winner of the 10th round of the Head to Head competition at the Saatchi gallery in London England
2011
McGladrey Gallery, FLORA, artwork inspired by nature; Curated by Christina Godfrey
MUSEUMS AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Monte Carlo
Museum of Contemporary Art of Sulmona, Italy
Cres Llc, Lynnfield, Massachusetts
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Vitale Caturano, Charlestown, Massachusetts
Dynamic Corporation, Billerica, Massachusetts
Adobe Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts
McGladrey Company, Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts
Represented in numerous private collections in United States, Europe, and South America