Maddine Insalaco received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at the New York Academy of Art in 1996. She currently divides her life between Tuscany, Italy where she and her artist husband, Joe Vinson, direct open air landscape painting workshops in the warm months, and New York where she maintains her studio in the winter. A previous career in international finance in the private sector began with an M.A. from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and brought her to Italy for ten years with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.

Ms. Insalaco’s interest in the historical origins and subsequent influence of Italian open air painting spawned an ongoing project in the Roman Campagna which has formed the subject of public lectures in venues such as Sotheby’s and The National Academy of Design School in New York, as well as some recent publications. She is strongly committed to the role that natural beauty plays in human existence and her work represents an attempt to celebrate that relationship.

Her work has been shown extensively in both solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Italy, and France.

Education

The New York Academy of Art New York: M.F.A. 1996

La Scuola delle Arti Ornamentali Rome, Italy: Certificate in Painting 1992

Columbia University School of International Affairs, New York: M.A. International Affairs – 1982. Specialization in International Finance.

Honors: International Fellow 1981-82, Herbert H. Lehman Graduate Fellowship in International Affairs 1980

Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA: B.A. International Relations - 1979

Exhibitions

Solo

Outside In: from Nature to Studio St. Stephen’s Cultural Center Rome, Italy September 2010
La Porta Gallery, Buonconvento, Italy September 2009

"Open Air Painting - Contemporary Landscapes", Ratio Gallery, Bellport, NY 2008

“Segni in Natura” Palazzo Glorione, Buonconvento, Italy September 2005

Ratio Gallery Bellport, New York July 2004

Appleton Gallery, New York, New York April 2003

Ville de Claviers, Claviers, France August 2002

“Double Vision” Synagogue for the Arts, New York January 2001

“Landscapes in Passing” Synagogue for the Arts, New York January 1999

Group

“Through Foreign Eyes: Civita Castellana by Artists Past and Present” Civita Castellana, Italy upcoming September 2012 Curator and Artist
Handworks Gallery “Italy on My Mind” Bluehill, ME September 2008
"Open Air Painting from Italy - a continuing tradition, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2008

Sanford Smith’s “Works on Paper” Park Avenue Armory, New York February-March 2008 featured artist “Celebrating Women in the Arts” Phyllis Lucas Gallery

“Ever Changing Visions of the Real” Ratio Gallery Bellport, New York July 2007

Lyme Art Association, CT 2007

Ratio Gallery Bellport, New York June 2005

The Salmagundi Club 27th Annual Juried Exhibition June 2004 President’s Award

Philadelphia Sketch Club 141st Exhibit of Small Oil Paintings March 2004

Sagra della Val D’Arbia, Buonconvento, Italy September 2003, 2004

Amos Eno Gallery, New York “Small Works Exhibition” August 1999

Philip Pearlstein (juror) NY Academy – September 1998

New York Academy of Art - January 1997

Take Home a Nude Auction – New York Academy of Art June 1995

J. Javitts Federal Plaza, New York April 1995

Arena Esedra, Rome, Italy May through August 1992

Re di Roma, Rome, Italy April 1992

Galleries

Ratio Gallery Bellport, NY

Walker’s Gallery Denver, CO

Phyllis Lucas Gallery New York, NY

Publications/

Commentary/

“A Streamlined Method for Quick, Deliberate Outdoor Painting” American Artist Plein Air Magazine September 2011
“Lost Icons of the Past: Following Historic Painting Itineraries in Modern Italy” American Artist - Workshop with the Masters Summer 2011
“Viewpoint: the Effects of Government, a 14th century Tuscan perspective” Baltimore Sun November 2008
“Maddine Insalaco Painting Under the Tuscan Sun” The Boulevard June-July 2008
"A Progressive Approach to Improving Landscape Paintings", American Artist Workshop Spring 2008

"Open Air Painting from Italy A Continuing Tradition" MAS Macon Gallery Guide January 2008

“Leon Cogniet’s Torre delle Milizie: A Case of Mistaken Identity”, Musee des Beaux-

Arts d’Orleans, France 2006

“On the Masters Trail: Investigating the Origins of Open-Air Painting” Plein Air Magazine (Fine Art Connoisseur) January 2005

“Open Air Painting in Italy” The Cultured Traveler August 2004

“Sun Strokes” Art and Antiques Summer 2002

“One Artist’s Way” Healthy Living January/February 2000

Awards & Grants

Robert M. MacNamara Foundation Residency February 2007 Westport Island, ME

Ucross Foundation Residency March 2006 Clearmont, WY

The Salmagundi Club 27th Annual Juried Exhibition President’s Award June 2004

Lectures

“Open Air Painting: Italian Origins and Modern Implications”

St. Stephen’s Cultural Foundation, Rome May 2010
Boston University Fine Art Department April 2009
Palm Springs Museum of Art, CA March 2009
National Academy of Design, New York March 2008
Lyme Art Association Lyme, CT March 2008
Mercer University, Macon, GA January 2008

“The Italian Origins of Open Air Painting- Tradition Revisited”

Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY March 2006
National Academy of Design, New York March 2002
School of Visual Arts, New York February 2002
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York December 2001

Work

Etruscan Places – Co-Director. New York. Organize and conduct landscape painting workshops in Italy from May through October. (1995-present)

United Nations – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Treasury Officer, Treasury Branch. Via delle Terme di Caracalla. Rome, Italy (1985-95)

Chemical Bank – Financial Analyst - International Ship Finance Group. New York (1982-85)