Diane Scaccalosi
b. 1944, San Francisco ∙ CE artist from 1990 - 2014
Diane Scaccalosi is very proud of her Italian-American heritage and loves to talk to people about her memories of growing up in the city’s Italian community.
Though she has experimented with a variety of media over the years, Scaccalosi prefers the versatility and saturated colors of pastels and acrylic paint. Her artwork has evolved over time from being primarily figure-based to mostly abstract. Her older drawings which are crowded with expressive, egg-headed figures, have given way to looser paintings that still incorporate repetitive circular forms, but place more emphasis on color and composition. She began working on a very large scale in 2009, producing an immense, and beautiful, swirling abstract triptych for the Avalon at Mission Bay III residential development.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2018
Whipper Snapper Nerd, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2013
Outside In: The Art of Inclusion, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Accident and Artifact, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2012
Out of Order, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
I have never really taken the time to look, Accident and Artifact, San Francisco, CA
2011
Structure, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2010
Spectrum, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2008
The Untitled, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2006
Nature Rules, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
And Then... , Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2005
Wear to Go, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Aliens: the Green Ones, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2004
Radiant Spaces: Private Domain, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Heads n' Tails, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Critters, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Gesture, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2003
Japanese Rock n' California Roll, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA