John Balossi

Place: New York City

Born: 1931

Death: 2007

Biography:

John Balossi was a painter and sculptor. He was born in New York City and received his BFA and master's degree at Columbia University in N.Y.C. He was an associate Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. Balossi was also a ceramist and printmaker, and gave more than thirty one-man exhibitions in Puerto Rico, New York, and Paris, France. He was well known for his interpretations of horses and loved colors, describing his preference for colors that 'shout', are 'blunt', and 'almost like a volcanic eruption'. His work can be found in the Museum of Modern Art (N.Y.); Finch College Museum (N.Y.); Museum of Fine Arts (Fort Lauderdale); Chase Manhattan Fine Arts Center; University of Massachusetts Amherst; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico; Ponce Art Museum; and in many other public and private art collections.