Auguste Garufi was born in Utica, New York. He has a studio in Brooklyn, New York, where he works daily.

Garufi's work is historically rooted on many levels. Several formal influences are detectable in his paintings and sculptures, some of which unexpected and idiosyncratic and thereby particularly interesting. These influences fuse in a uniquely personal contemporary style which is tinged with nostalgia. In his beautiful and moving sculptures, for example, the roughness of the formal details and textures is used to achieve impressionistic effects of light and shadow, creating an emotional impact similar to the sculptures of Medardo Rosso. At the same time, Garufi often repeats several times the same sculptural element in his installations - joined hands, for example - borrowing a strategy typical of minimalist artists. In this way, by combining elements apparently antithetic, he creates a new way of experiencing the single artwork.
(Marcello Marvelli, Marvelli Gallery, New York, 2004)

Auguste's work speaks to the world, and to the history of the world. His work speaks also to itself, in the sense that one work informs the next in a subtle way; it does not progress in a strictly linear fashion. Rather it spirals and loops, reconsiders a theme in a new light and therefore moves forward elliptically. His work honors the sacred in the mundane-- bird bones and feathers, fruit and figures. His landscapes lack the frivolity of modern-day conveniences. You won't find cars, trucks, telephones, typewriters or even buildings in most of his work. Garufi is an anomolay among American artists-- he is a true original. His work has gorgeous pigments, and delicate washes. It is too abstract for the new realists, and far too real for the new expressionists and post-expressionists. Garufi is untroubled and untainted by isms. His work extends into the space between God's hand and Adam in the famous painting-- the space of blue sky between.
(Liz Rosenberg, 2004)

On the canvas and in the resin, shapes appear like precious finds that have been worn by currents, winds, sand, and that reach us after life's shipwrecks; they have recovered their essence, the simulacrum of life itself.
(Sylvia Venuti, Courriere dell'Arte, 2001)

Born:
Utica, New York

Education:
1985-1992     Assistant to Ed Wilson, Binghamton University
1985-1986     Assistant to Don DeMauro and Ronald Gonzales, Binghamton University
1984               M.S Purdue University
1983               B.S St. Lawrence University

Solo Exhibitions:
2006   Selected Works:  Auguste Garufi, Guthrie Contemporary, Houston, TX
2005   Ab Urbe Condita:  Auguste Garufi, Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2004   Auguste Garufi: New Works, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Auguste Garufi, Sally French Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
Auguste Garufi, Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
Auguste Garufi: Recent Work, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003   Auguste Garufi, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Contrasts, Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, GA
2002   On the Marvels of a False World, Studio Facchetti, Brooklyn, NY
Auguste Garufi, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Auguste Garufi, Evans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Auguste Garufi, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Auguste Garufi, Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, GA
2001   Auguste Garufi, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Auguste Garufi, Galeria D’Ars, Milan, Italy
2000   Auguste Garufi, Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Auguste Garufi, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Auguste Garufi: Recent Works, Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, GA
1999   Selected Works, Summit Bancorp, Princeton, NJ
1997   Three Members of a New Generation of Artists: Auguste Garufi, Kieran McGonell, Alex
de Fluvia, Blumberg and Harris with Jan Abrams Fine Arts, New York, NY
1993   Selected Prints and Drawings, The Garland Gallery, Binghamton, NY
1992   Without End, Auguste Garufi: Sculpture and Drawing, Rosefsky Visiting Artists Series,
Rosefsky Gallery, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
1987   Sculpture, Relief Sculpture, Drawings, Studio Gallery, State University of New York at
Binghamton, Binghamton, NY
1986   Sculpture and Paper, Studio School and Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY

Group Exhibitions:
2004   AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Chiaroscuro Gallery, New York, NY
Mitsuko Katsuro, Kristin Lynn Smith, Auguste Garufi, About Glamour, Brooklyn, NY
2003   Sandra Russel Clark, Tom Corbin, Auguste Garufi, Evans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Private View, Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM
2002   Preparatory Drawings for Sculptures, Studio Facchetti, Brooklyn, NY
Project Room Installation, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery Artists, Evans Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Teaching:
1999-2001     Saint Ann’s School, Brooklyn, NY
1999               Visiting artist at Norwhich High School, Norwhich, NY
1996-1997     Hillel Academy, Binghamton, NY
1990-1995     Artists Studio, Binghamton, NY
1989-1990     Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY
1986-1989     Southern Tier Institute for the Arts, Broome County, NY

Collections:
Bank Plus
Eli and Abby Manning
Olivia and Archie Manning
Alden and Emeril Lagasse
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt