Joseph Cavalieri - New York Stained Glass

BIOGRAPHY

Joseph’s award winning work has been exhibited at art galleries and museums in the U.S. Europe, India and Australia, including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis (current), Keith Rowe Gallery, in Blackheath, Australia (current), Jack the Pelican Presents and Bond Street Gallery in Brooklyn, and the Jonathan Shorr Gallery and the Leslie/Lohman Gallery in Manhattan (permanent collection).

Cavalieri may be best know for his “Simpson” and “Cavalieri & Crumb” series.

The animation cult hero R. Crumb agreed to let Joseph use his iconic images. Mr. Crumb wrote “I’m just flattered that you’re making stain glass of my stuff...” The first pieces were produced during Cavalieri’s three month residency at the Museum of Arts and Design.

As for the Simpsons series, two of Joseph’s works have been bought by Simpson’s writers, one of his panels hangs in the LA offices where the series is written. Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me” director) chose to show Cavalieri’s work in his “Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special”, and has one piece in his private collection.

Joseph’s public art can be seen at Dixon Place Theater in Manhattan, at the Sanskriti Foundation in Delhi, India, and North Lands Creative Glass, in Scotland. The MTA, the agency that run the New York Subways, chose Joseph to design a permanent installations at the Philipse Manor Train Station in Sleepy Hollow, New York.

Born and raised in Pleasantville, New York, Joseph Cavalieri attended the School of Visual Arts, in Manhattan, after which he Art Directed at GQ, People and Good Housekeeping magazines. In 1997 he began studies at UrbanGlass in Brooklyn (where he currently teaches) leading to working full time in 2009 out of his Manhattan studio. Joseph welcomes studio visits and accepts commissions.