Osvaldo Mariscotti

Who is Osvaldo Mariscotti?

Osvaldo Mariscotti is an American artist and entrepreneur best known for his striking paintings which depict black figures surrounded by varying color configurations. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Buenos Aires and later devoted himself actively to painting, soon becoming broadly recognized by art critics in Argentina. He had several one-person and group exhibitions in Buenos Aires as well as participations in several national and provincial salons.

Being of Italian descent, he spent part of his childhood in Italy. He made several study trips to Europe, and on his return presented his first solo show at Artopia Gallery in New York City. He was then offered a four-year exclusive contract with Artsforum Gallery in New York City, where he successively participated in several solo and group shows. Mariscotti currently lives and works in New York City.

"My background has been instrumental in the development of my art…I see every work of art essentially as a mathematical equation that needs to balance to zero. And, much like in any equation, there are variables and operators, all of which interact to describe a certain relationship. The key for me as an artist is then to discover these variables and operators, and make sure that the equation indeed holds when the work is finished".