Notable Quotes

"Pelino creates a world steeped in memory and nostalgia. Each element of salvaged material has been handled and passed down, interweaving memories, materials and space, down to the antique loom on which the artist shuttles and collapses time. Scraps evolve into visual stories rich in imagination and tailored for individualization. “This is beauty with a twist of the grim, humorous while empathic, playful yet grounded, soulful while dour, frenetic yet narratively rich and awesomely silent."

Livia Straus, HVCCA director and co-founder

Pelino’s complex objects are made from reused and repurposed materials, from fabrics, faux furs, and sequins to yarn, wire, ribbon, trim, tassels, fringe, and just about anything colorful, textured, or sparkly that catches her eye. She uses a floor loom to weave fibers and fabric scraps together, but that is only a first step. Her shapes are irregular, organic, and spontaneous; many resemble plant forms, some are vessels with layers of decoration, and some are purely products of her active imagination. The joyous excess of the sculptures is expressed in the wild color scheme (every imaginable bright hue is present in a crazy, harmonious way) and the explosion of texture that Pelino achieves. This fantasy garden is pure fun.

Lesley Ann Beck

Pelino's installtion is one of those individual installations, designed to instigate poetry, thought, dialogue and performace as she weaves together a new and perfect world where disparate elements are joined together to create something new.

Solo shows

2018 “The Sky, Sea and In-between” solo show curated by Livia Straus
2016 “Skunk Cabbage Bog” installation solo Elevator Gallery @ Catskill Art Society Livingston Manor
2015 Solo Show Say What Gallery” Peak Interlude”
2014 Livingston Manor ballroom manor installation

Residencies

2018-2019 residency Hudson Valley Center contemporary art
2010-2011 Open Windows residency, Pittsfield Ma, curate by Julia Dixon

Group Shows

2019 “The Tag Show” “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” April 27 and runs through June 8, 2019
2018 “Girlhood” Howland Art Center Beacon , N.Y. curated by Bibiana Mathius
2018 “Wood” “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” Tannersville, N.Y. Elena Patterson curator
2017 “100” Howland Art Center Beacon , N.Y. curated by Bibiana Mathius
2016 “Moon Show” Hammond Gallery West Salem, N.Y. Bibiana Mathieus curator
2016 monthly shows at 2016 “Meeting Past” Adkins museum Pawling, N.Y. Bibiana Mathieus curator
2015 monthly shows at “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” including solo show in September
2015 “Meeting Past” Adkins museum Pawling, N.Y. Bibiana Mathieus curator
2014 Poughkeepsie Mini Makers Faire “The Human Butterfly” project
2014 Heritage Center Poughkeepsie, N.Y. curated by Bibiana Hueng Mathieus “Just Drawing, Just Women, Just Art”
2014Adkins museum Pawling, N.Y. Bibiana Mathieus curator ”Meeting Past”
2014 “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” Tannersville, N.Y. Elena Patterson curator "Seeing likeness in a portrait is to recognize the craftsman in the artist. Finding soul is to discover the artist in the craftsman"
2014 “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” Tannersville, N.Y. Elena Patterson curator "When I paint a still life, I want it to be anything but still."
2014 “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” Tannersville, N.Y. Elena Patterson curator "People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish… but that\'s only if it\'s done properly"
2014 “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” Tannersville, N.Y. Elena Patterson curator "Some tiny creature, mad with wrath, is coming nearer on the path"
2013 “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” "It is not drawn on any map; true places never are." Tannersville, N.Y. Elena Patterson curator 2013 “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” "We are symbols, and inhabit symbols"2013 “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” Elena Patterson curator
2013 “Art of the Pumpkin” The Art of the Pumpkin: Contemporary Sculpture Inspired by the Hudson Valley’s Legendary Squash Van cortland manor , n.y.
2013 “Say What Contemporary Art Gallery” "God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh" Elena Patterson
2013”Meeting Past” Adkins museum Pawling, N.Y. Bibiana Mathieus curator 2012 “Female Urns of Distinction” Heritage Center Poughkeepsie,N.Y. curated by Bibiana Hueng Mathieus
2012 “Journey of Peace” O’silas Gallery Concordia College Bronxville N.Y. curated by Elena Patterson
2012”Journey of Faith” O’silas Gallery Concordia College Bronxville N.Y. curated by Elena Patterson
2012 Adkins museum Pawling, N.Y. Bibiana Mathieus curator 2012 “Dear Mother Nature” Samuel Dorsky museum, New Paltz, N.Y. Linda Weintraub curator
2012 “International Women’s Month Show” The Heritage Center Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
2012 “Fashion Week” Lincoln Center, N.Y. guerilla art presentation
2011”Meeting Past” Adkins museum Pawling, N.Y. Bibiana Mathieus curator
2011”Anime Hot House” installation @Elm court, Vanderbilt mansion, Lenox Mass.
Art gala for IS 183 School in the Berkshires
2011 “Fiber in the 21 Century”, Lehman college art gallery, curate by Dr. Sandra Sider
2010-2011 Open Windows residency, Pittsfield Ma, curate by Julia Dixon
2010“The INS and the OUTS” Rockland Center for the Arts, N.Y. curate by Amy Lipton
2009. Celebration of the Arts, New Paltz, N.Y
2009. Collaborative Concepts Garrison, N.Y.
2009. “Tributaries,” Maxwell Gallery, Peekskill N.Y
2009. “For the Love of Art,” The Hat Factory, Hudson Valley Contemporary Art Museum, Peekskill N.Y.
2009. “Hanging by a Thread,” Art’s Westchester, White Plains N.Y..
2009. “Spring Arts Show,” Pomona cultural Center, Pomona, N.Y.
2009. “Contemporary Confrontations,”  Katonah  Museum of Art  Katonah N.Y. Nan  Rosenthal,juror
2008. "Beyond Basketry ,"  Dairy Barn, Athens Ohio.
2007. Group show, G..A.S. Gallery, Poughkeepsie N.Y.
2007. Jumbo show, Poughkeepsie N.Y.
2007. "Sum of the Parts," Surface Design Association, Kansas City, MO.
2007. International, The Visual Art Center, NJ.
2006. "Arts in the Park," Hudson, NY.
2006. "Anxious Objects,” Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY.
2005-2006. Sapphire Gallery, Rosendale, NY.
2005-2006.. "Nuts and Bolts" art shows, Kingston, NY.
2003. Off the Wall Gallery, Kingston, NY.
2002-2005. Springtown Rd., Open Studios, New Paltz. NY.
2002. "Fibers in February,”  Dearborn Rieder Gallery, Boulder, CO.
2001. "Outsider Art,” Eliza Pritzer Gallery, New Paltz, NY.

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