Grandmillennial polemic, 2022
oil on panel
24 x 24 in.
An individual life blooms within its own mysterious enclosure, 2024
oil on panel
20 x 20 in.
Like figures in some stylized tableau, 2024
oil on panel
28 x 24 in.
Kevin Melchionne
Lives and works in New Rochelle, New York
ARTIST BIO
Kevin Melchionne (b. 1964) is a painter and a writer. He grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, where he took Silvermine Guild Arts Center classes. He studied painting at the Philadelphia College of Art, lived in Paris, and traveled to Italy. After graduating from Hunter College of the City University of New York with a BA in philosophy, he received a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His dissertation was Cultivation: Art and Aesthetics in Everyday Life. He continued to paint.
His profound insights on the aesthetics of everyday life, taste, art, and well-being have left an indelible mark in the field. His articles have graced the pages of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, the British Journal of Aesthetics, Philosophy and Literature, and Estetika. His influence extends beyond the written word, as he has been a Renwick Fellow of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington and a recipient of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council Award for Arts Writing.
