The artist lives and works in New York, New York.
1955Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977 - 1978Accademia di Bell’Arte, Florence, Italy
1977BA, Fine Arts and Art History, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania
1979 - 1983Four-Year Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996Grand Prize, S.A.S. Prince Rainier III - Thirtieth Annual Show of Contemporary Art, Monte Carlo, Monaco
1991Grant in painting, the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., United States
1987Grant in painting, the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., United States
1987The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in painting, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, New York, United States
1985Purchase Prize, Drawing National, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, United States
1985Rome Grant, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1985Studio Award, Institute for Art & Urban Resources, P.S. 1, The Clocktower, Long Island City, New York, United States
1984Studio Award, Institute for Art & Urban Resources, P.S. 1, The Clocktower, Long Island City, New York, United States
1982Cresson Traveling Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
2008Vincent Desiderio, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.
2008Vincent Desiderio, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.
2006Vincent Desiderio, Pinturas Recientes, Marlborough Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
2004Vincent Desiderio: Paintings, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2002Vincent Desiderio, The Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States.
2002Vincent Desiderio: Oil on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1999Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1997Recent Paintings, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1993 Very Special Arts (VSA) Gallery, Washington, D.C., United States.
1993Recent Paintings, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1991Vincent Desiderio: The Power of Allegory, The Metropolitan State College of Denver, Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado, United States.
1990 Lang & O'Hara Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1989 Lang & O'Hara Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1988 Greenville Museum, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
1987 Lang & O'Hara Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1986 Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.
2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2009The Sketchbook Project, traveling exhibition organized by Art House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
2008Summer Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.
2008Urban Organic, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2007Painting and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2007Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2007 - 2008Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, Patty and Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida, United States.
2006 - 2007New Old Masters, National Museum in Gdan´sk, Gdan´sk, Poland.
2006Post Malcolm Modern, The Forbes Galleries, New York, New York, United States.
2006Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2005Then as Now, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States.
2005Work on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2004Realism Now, Part II: Traditions and Departures, Mentors and Protégés, Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
2004The Drawn Page, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States.
2003Art History’s Heroes: The Masters of Contemporary Realism, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.
2003Modern & Contemporary Portraits, Forum Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2003The Perception of Appearance, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, United States.
2003Transforming the Commonplace, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
2001Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2000Déjà vu: Reworking the Past, Katonah Museum, Katonah, New York, United States.
1999Ex-Capillary, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1998Collector's Show, the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
1998Forma Y Figuración: Obras Maestras De La Colección Blake-Purnell, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain.
1997ART 1997 CHICAGO: 5th Annual Expo of International Galleries Featuring Modern and Contemporary Art, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
1997Queens Artists: Highlights of the 20th Century, Queens Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States.
1997The Unbroken Line, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1996A Child's Work, Dru Arstark Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1996Body Language, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States. curated by Judith Page and Adam Straus
1996Contemporary Artists in New York, Edobori Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
1996Heroic Painting, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. traveled to Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida; Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi; University Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts; Thirtieth Annual Show of Contemporary Art in Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
1996Reality Bites: Realism in Contemporary Art, The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City, Missouri, United States. curated by Barbara J. Bloemink
1995Portrait of Our Times, Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan, United States.
1994Contemporary Artists in New York, Edobori Gallery, Osaka, Japana.
1994The Seer, O’Hara Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1993The Anxious Salon: Narrative Content in Recent Figurative Painting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
1992On Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1991 - 1992Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
1991In the Looking Glass: Contemporary Narrative Painting, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
1991New Generations: New York, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
1991Revising the Past, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States.
1991Strange Vistas/Imagined Histories, Portland Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
1990American Art Today: The City, Florida International University Art Museum, Miami, Florida, United States.
1990Persistence of Vision, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1990Polyptyques et Paravents: Un Siècle de Creation 1890-1990, Galerie Bellier, Paris, France.
1989Kunst der Letzten 10 Jahre, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria.
1989Works on Paper, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1988Visions/Revisions: Contemporary Representation, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, United States. organized by Professor Sam Hunter
1987Morality Tales: History Painting in the 1980’s, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, New York, United States. traveled to Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California; The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut; The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida; Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; Musée du Quebec, Quebec, Canada; curated by Thomas Sokolwski
1987Summer Group Exhibition, Lang & O'Hara Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1986Small Format, Lang & O'Hara Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1986The Drawing National, The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, New York, United States. traveled to Moody Art Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona; Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York; New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
1985Group Exhibition, The Clocktower Gallery, P.S. 1, National & International Studio Artists Institute for Art & Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York, United States.
1985Mass, The New Museum, New York, New York, United States.
1985University Museum Invitational Exhibition, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.
1984Disdain for False Authorities, Alternative Space, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1984Group Exhibition, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1984New Realism, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, United States.
1983Untitled, 1983, Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
198210 Philadelphia Area Artists, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States.
1982Group Exhibition, Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1981Emerging Artists, Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1979Group Exhibition, Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, United States
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, United States
Galerie Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States
Indiana University Museum of Art, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, United States
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
2009Haggerty, Gerard. "Vincent Desiderio: Marlborough." ARTnews, March 01, 2009, pp. 110-111 Vol. 108, No. 3
2009Kuspit, Donald. "Vincent Desiderio: Marlborough Chelsea." ARTFORUM, February 01, 2009. illustrated, p. 194 XLVII, No. 6
2009Newhall, Edith. "Galleries: Irresistible search for clues linking students and teachers." The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 05, 2009
2008Anonymous. Peterson’s College Guide for Visual Arts Majors 2009: Real World Admissions Guide for All Fine Arts, Design, and Media Majors. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2008 3rd ed.
2008Anonymous. Peterson’s College Money Handbook 2009. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2008 26th ed.
2008Anonymous. Peterson’s Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 2009. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2008
2008Anonymous. Vincent Desiderio: Recent Paintings. New York: Marlborough Gallery, Inc., 2008
2008Anonymous. Vincent Desiderio: Selected Works. Hanover: Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, 2008
2008Frostenson, Sarah. "Resident Desiderio paints absurd, reality." The Dartmouth, January 28, 2008
2008Hinds, Katherine, ed. The Martin Margulies Collection: Painting and Sculpture. Miami: The Martin Margulies Foundation, 2008, pp. 82-83
2008Radwan, Lucasz. "Malarz Niepokoju - Nawet najbardziej uzdolniony artysta bez klasycznej edukacji jest wewnętrznie pusty – mówi Vincent Desiderio." Wprost No. 36 (1341)
2007Anonymous. Peterson’s Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 2008. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2007 42th ed.
2006Anonymous. Peterson’s College Guide for Visual Arts Majors 2007. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2006 1st ed.
2006Anonymous. Peterson’s Graduate and Professional Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 2007. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2006 40th ed.
2006Barbatán, Marcos-Ricardo. "La celebración de la técnica." El Mundo, October 25, 2006, p. 15
2006Berruguete, Ana. "Al Límite." El Duende de Madrid, October 15, 2006, p. 58
2006Binkowski, Kraig. "Vincent Desiderio: Paintings 1975-2005." Library Journal, March 15, 2006
2006Farthing, Stephen. 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die. New York: Quintet Publishing Limited, 2006. illustrated, p. 930
2006Kuspit, Donald. New Old Masters. Gdan'sk: Muzeum Narodowe w Gdansku, 2006
2006Lewis, Michael J. American Art and Architecture. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2006
2006Rubí, Amalia García. "Vincent Desiderio, la realidad hecha carne." El Punto de las Artes, November 17, 2006, p. 8
2005Anonymous. Peterson’s Graduate and Professional Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 2006. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2005 40th ed.
2005Anonymous. Peterson’s Professional Degree Programs in the Visual and Performing Arts. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2005 11th ed.
2005Fineman, M. et al. Vincent Desiderio: Paintings 1975-2005. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2005 Todd Bradway, ed.
2005Leffingwell, Edward. "Allegories of Painting." Art in America, February 01, 2005, pp. 98-103
2005Wallace, Nathaniel. "Monograph: Vincent Desiderio: Paintings 1975-2005." Modern Painters, November 01, 2005, p. 123
2005Weschler, Lawrence. "Unfinished: On Vincent Desiderio’s Sleep." The Virginia Quarterly Review, September 01, 2005, pp. 116-129
2004Anonymous. "Vincent Desiderio." The New Yorker, February 09, 2004, p. 11
2004Fineman, Mia. "A 10-Year-Long Art History Course." The New York Times, February 01, 2004, p. 34
2004Gardner, James. "Old School Art on 57th Street." New York Post, January 17, 2004, p. 27
2004Klein, Richard. "Aldrich Museum Opens Drawn Page Exhibition." The Ridgefield Press, June 13, 2004, p. 1 7B-8B
2004Kuspit, Donald. The End of Art. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004
2004Mullarkey, Maureen. "Gallery-Going." The New York Sun, February 05, 2004, p. 19
2003Anonymous. Peterson’s Graduate and Professional Programs: An Overview 2004. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2003 38th sub. ed.
2003Anonymous. Peterson’s Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 2004. Lawrenceville: Peterson's, 2003 38th ed.
2003Wattenberg, Brendan. "Vincent Desiderio ’77: Contemporary Realism, Historical Breadth." Haverford, June 01, 2003, pp. 28-29
2002Anonymous. "Art Guide: Vincent Desiderio." The New York Times, January 25, 2002
2002Anonymous. "Stitch and Pixel." Tate Magazine, pp. 42-47
2002Donohoe, Victoria. "He Takes the Risk of Realism." The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 09, 2002
2002Golden, Jane et al. Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2002
2002Sozanski, Edward. "Layered Allegories and Symbolic Puzzles." The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 16, 2002
2001Wallace, Nathaniel. "Vertical Slumber, the Hypnoglyph, and the Outs and Ins of the Postmodern." Comparative Literature, June 01, 2001, pp. 233-259
2000Kuspit, Donald. The Rebirth of Painting in the Late 20th Century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 139-143
1998Anonymous. "El Museo Guggenheim presenta la colección Blake-Purnell." El Punto de las Artes, May 15, 1998, p. 21
1998Kimmelman, Mike. "Vincent Desiderio." The New York Times, January 01, 1998
1998Kuspit, Donald. "Vincent Desiderio: Postmodern Visionary Painting." Art in New England, April 01, 1998
1997Grimes, Nancy. "Vincent Desiderio at Marlborough." Art in America, p. 119
1997Humphrey, Jacqueline. "Exhibit of Paintings Evokes Heroism 101." Greensboro News and Record, March 01, 1997
1997King, Carol. "Realism: The New Hip." ARTnews, February 01, 1997
1997Zimmerman, David. "Heroism Reconsidered." Art & Antiques, February 01, 1998, pp. 81-82
1996Altmann, Frédéric. "L’Américain Vincent Desiderio Couronné." Nice-Matin, May 12, 1996
1996Anonymous. "Foundation Prince-Pierre: le verdict." Nice-Matin, May 08, 1996
1996Anonymous. "Remise du Prix d’art Contemporain." Nice-Matin, July 01, 1996. illustrated, p. 1
1996Bass, Ruth. "Realism: When a Rose is a Rose." ARTnews, February 01, 1996, pp. 93-94. illustrated, p. 1 Vol. 95, No. 2
1996Bumgardner, Ed. "Heroic Gestures." Winston-Salem Journal, February 04, 1996 pp. El; E2
1996Cruysmans, Phillipe. "Dix artistes couronnés à Monaco." Le Figaro, May 14, 1996
1996Firestone, Evan R.. "The Death of Moby Dick: Vincent Desiderio’s ‘The Progress of Self Love’." American Art, June 01, 1996, pp. 9-27. illustrated, p. 1 Vol. 10, No. 2
1996Hinson, Mark. "A Quick Course in ‘Body Language’." Tallahassee Democrat, November 15, 1996 p. 23D
1996Kimmelman, Michael. "History Painting: Yes, Those Enormous Canvases." The New York Times, August 30, 1996 p. C27
1996Lamonthe, Nicole. "Du côte des Galeries." Les Petites Affiches, May 31, 1996
1996Patterson, Tom. "SECCA exhibit turns heroism on its ear." The Charlotte Observer, March 17, 1996 p. 2F
1996Patterson, Tom. "The Style May Be Heroic, But the Message Is Strongly Anti-." Winston-Salem Journal, February 11, 1996
1996Schjeldahl, Peter. "Heroism Addiction." The Village Voice, August 06, 1996, p. 68
1996Twardy, Chuck. "We Can Be Heroes." The News & Observer, March 22, 1996 pp. 1D; 3D
1996Zimmerman , David. "Review: Art Exhibit Casts a Critical Eye at Common Concepts of Heroism." USA Today, October 29, 1996
1995Hunter, Sam. Vincent Desiderio: The Damaged Legacy. Washington, D.C.: Very Special AAS Gallery, 1995, pp. 3-4
1995Pall, Ellen. "Painting Life into Sammy." The New York Times Magazine, January 29, 1995, pp. 34-39. illustrated, p. 1
1993Kaufman, Jason. "Realism Rising: A Look at Four Americans Who Defy Modernism." Atelier, May 01, 1993, pp. 78-80
1993Tallmer, Jerry. "Art on Life Support." The New York Post, February 19, 1993, p. 34
1993Temin, Christine. "Anxious Salon: The Naked and the Dread.." The Boston Globe, October 19, 1993, pp. 61-65
1991DeVuono, Frances. "Reviews: Vincent Desiderio." ARTnews, February 01, 1991, pp. 144-145 Vol. 90, No. 2
1991Dickinson, Carol. "Touched by Desiderio’s Allegorical Largess." Rocky Mountain News, February 24, 1991
1991Johnson, Ken. "Reviews: Vincent Desiderio at Lang & O’Hara." Art in America, March 01, 1991, pp. 138-139
1991Rosen, Steven. "Modern ‘History Painter’ Depicts Grim Views of Life." The Denver Post, February 15, 1991 pp. 1E-2E
1991Shannon, Joe. "Vincent Desiderio." Arts Magazine, February 01, 1991
1990Anonymous. "Fresques Allegoriques." City, November 01, 1990
1990Anonymous. "New York: Preview." Art Now Gallery Guide, November 01, 1989, p. 3
1990Nehall, Edith. "The Fall Preview." New York Magazine, September 10, 1990, p. 56
1990Powell, Nicholas. "Screen Quest." Art + Auction, April 01, 1990
1989Anonymous. "Vincent Desiderio." Harper's Magazine, July 01, 1989. illustrated, p. 23 Vol. 279, No. 1670
1989Brenson, Michael. "Reviews." The New York Times, June 02, 1989, p. 24
1989DeVuono, Frances. "Reviews." The New Art Examiner, September 01, 1989, p. 59
1989Gimelson, Deborah. "Inside Art." Seven Days, August 23, 1989
1989Hunter, Sam. "A Latter-Day Humanist." Elle, April 01, 1989, p. 64 Vol. IV, No. 8
1989Pearl, Jed. "In the Galleries." Art & Antiques, September 01, 1989, p. 36
1988Smith, Paul. "Vincent Desiderio at Lang & O’Hara." Art in America, June 01, 1988, pp. 163-164
1987Brenson, Michael. "Art: 1980’s History on Canvas, in ‘Morality Tales’." The New York Times, September 01, 1987
1987Brenson, Michael. "Art: Narrative Works of Vincent Desiderio." The New York Times, December 04, 1987
1987Larson, Kay. "Shrinking History." New York Magazine, October 05, 1987, pp. 101-102
1987Martin, Richard. "Mortality Tales." Arts Magazine, December 01, 1987
1986Donohoe, Victoria. "Art." The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12, 1986, p. 46
1985Brenson, Michael. "P.S 1 Show of 35 Younger Painters." The New York Times, December 06, 1985
1985Chayat, Sherry. "Everson Takes a Rare Look at the Direction of Drawing." Syracuse Herald Journal, November 07, 1985
1985Chayat, Sherry. "Imagery Marks Drawing National’s Massive Works." Syracuse Herald Journal, December 01, 1985
1985Cogan, Katherine Stiles. Review. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Association, 1985 Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall/Winter
1985Donohoe, Victoria. "The Works of U.S. Artists and their Italian Mentors." The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 01, 1985
1985Donohoe, Victoria. "Young Artists Use Traditional Media with New Methods." The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 29, 1985 p. 3C