“Summer Life” Exhibition opens with a reception on Friday, August 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will be on view until Sept. 11 at Yates Gallery in Penn Yan featuring the work of painter Deanne Belinoff and sculptor Jacqueline Lorieo. Work of YCAC’s exhibiting artists will also be on view and feature works around the “summer life” theme. The reception is free and open to the public with wine tasting, punch, and appetizers. Wine is being donated by Rooster Hill Vineyards.
Jacqueline Lorieo
Elmira born artist Jacqueline Lorieo is a sculptor, medalist, and occupational therapist. She lives in Yonkers, just outside New York City, but her roots are deeply imbedded in the Finger Lakes. Her father was from Corning, her mother from Addison, and her grandfather worked for Hawkes Glass Co. in Corning as an engraver. Jackie spends time with her family on Keuka Lake every summer.
Lorieo started her art career three decades ago and has studied figure modeling with Greg Wyall in New York City and Martine Vaugel in France, and marble carving with Ron Mineo in Italy. She models in clay and carves in wood and stone, with her pieces ranging from life size to small hand-held medals. Many are figurative fragments, fired in clay or cast in bronze or glass.
Loreio’s work is included in public and private collections including the British Museum, The American Numismatic Society. Helen Hayes Hospital in New York, and Gaylord Hospital in Connecticut.
She has exhibited in numerous shows in the USA and abroad. She has won several awards including the gold medal for sculpture from the National Association of Women Artists.
Deanne Belinoff
Deanne Belinoff is a visual artist, who primarily exhibits her creative work in California, Oregon and Washington. She received her BS in drawing and painting from the University of Iowa and her MFA with honors in Painting from California State University in Long Beach.
Belinoff will exhibit some recent works along with her floral series in the “Summer Life” Exhibition. Describing her work Belinoff states, “Working in the long tradition of geometric abstraction that is grounded in nature and pays homage to reductivism, I draw my inspiration from scientific and metaphysical concepts about the natural world. In most of my drawings and paintings of the last two decades I have used geometric shapes—primarily the circle—as a means of expressing my ideas about reality and its underpinnings, the vast rotations of solar systems, and the implicit connection of all things in the universe.” Belinoff has taught art extensively and participated in numerous solo and public exhibitions throughout the United States.
