About the artist:

Magistro's paintings explore the relationship between dreams and objective experience, reality and imagination, surface and substance. His paintings inter an attitude which calls upon associations, cues which unearth private emotional response in recalling events and scenes which shape an individual's destiny. He favors ambiguity and surprise, but often directs and controls the communication by means of more visually narrative devices in his collagesque pieces. Although many of his references are private the paintings also tend to incorporate ubiquitous elements which refer to the banal and sometimes ludicrous aspects of the American scene. It is a physical impression without a sense of urgency or need for ultimate solutions, a combination of urban and suburban symbolism juxtaposed and straining to complete their evolution in space and time. Magistro was born in Cleveland, Ohio and earned his Bachelor of Fine Art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. He obtained his Masters at Ohio State University in Columbus. He has been the recipient of numerous awards. Magistro's unusual and often political graphics place the literal inventions of man's imagination against their inspiration which is nature. They combine to form mystical visions that approach the core of the problem of resolving contradictions. One Man Shows 1974 Terrain Graphics, New York 1974 James Yu Gallery, New York 1973 Terrain Graphics, New York 1972 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond 1970 Kiquel and Buchannan Gallery, Richmond 1963 Kingsly Settlement House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Group Exhibitions 1978 Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina 1978 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1977 Pyramid Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1977 Allessandra Gallery, New York 1977 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1976 Pyramid Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1974 19th National Print Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum 1973 Whitney Museum, New York 1973 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1973 Postdam Drawing Exhibition New York 1973 Davidson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, North Carolina 1973 25th Boston National Print Exhibition, Massachusetts 1973 Penninsula Art Gallery, Newport News, Virginia 1973 Mariner Museum Invitational Print Show, Newport News, Virginia 1972 20th Century Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia 1972 Postdam National Juried Print Show, New York 1972 Mint Museum Juried Exhibition, Charlotte, North Carolina 1972 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1972 Oklahoma National Juried Print & Drawing Exhibition 1972 James River Regional Juried Show, Newport News, Virginia 1972 Virginia Museum Designers 72 Show, Richmond 1972 Welton Exhibition, Washington, D.C. 1971 51st Society of American Graphic Artists Annual National Print Exhibition, New York 1971 4th Annual Reese Museum Regional Juried Exhibition 1971 James River Mariners Museum Juried Show, Newport News, Virginia 1971 ThaIhimers Virginia Museum Certificate Winners Exhibition, Richmond 1971 Virginia Museum Artists 71 Juried Exhibition, Richmond 1971 The 35th National Graphics Arts and Drawing Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas 1971 Jewish Community Center ~ ~ 1971 Southeastern Drawing and Printmaking Show, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1971 Convention for School of the Arts, Virginia Commomwealth University, Richmond 1970 1st National Print Exhibition Atlanta, Georgia 1970 Printmakers Invitational Exhibition, Emery and Henry University, Virginia 1970 Northern Illinois University National Printmaking Competition, Dekalb, Illinois 1970 Virginia CommonwealthUniversity, Faculty Exhibition Richmond 1970 Virginia Museum Biennial Juried Painting and Drawing Show, Richmond 1970 Gallery of Contemporary Art Invitational Show, Richmond 1969 Gallery of Contemporary Art Juried Show, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1969 Jewish Community Center Invitational Print Show, Richmond, Virginia 1969 Two Man Invitational Show, Ohio State University, Columbus 1968 Virginia Commonwealth University Art Faculty Exhibition, Richmond 1968 Mint Museum Juried Show, Charlotte, North Carolina 1968 James River Juried Show, Norfolk, Virginia 1968 Gallery of Modern Art Juried Show, North Carolina 1967 Art Faculty Exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 1965 Lander Wood Plaza Show 1964 Greensboro Museum Student Exhibition Collections in Museums Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina Reese Museum, Tennessee Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia