Marc-Anthony Polizzi was born in 1983 in the post-industrial city of Utica, NY. He attended PRATT at The Munson Williams Procter Institute of Art, the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and received his Masters in Fine Arts from Tulane University in New Orleans. His education was punctuated by time spent as a traveling carnie, factory brazier, video store clerk, set designer, among other jobs. These diverse and happily demeaning
experiences would later help shape his work. Also heavily influential was his time living in post-Katrina New Orleans and growing up in the failing rust belt city of Utica, NY. Polizzi’s work has been shown in cities across the United States, including Chicago, New York City, New Orleans, and Kansas City. He has also appeared in numerous publications from New Glass Review (Corning Museum of Glass) to Staging Spaces, Scenic Interiors (Gestalten Publishing). His current body of work further developed while in residency at Sculpture Space, a time which allowed him to establish new techniques and experiment with paint, texture, and form.

Free and open to the public, Marc’s show is up in the 401 Gallery at MVCA. Check it out Thurs.-Sat. 12-4:00pm until August 17th.