AnnaCarina Sinocchi was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1970. She earned both her Bachelor of Fine Arts (1993) and Master of Fine Arts (2013) from William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Sinocchi is known for her interdisciplinary approach, combining photography and painting through the use of photograms. Her work explores abstraction, geometry, and spatial perception, drawing inspiration from architectural forms and antiquity. By merging light-sensitive photographic processes with painting, she creates layered compositions that transform everyday materials into complex visual experiences.
Sinocchi has exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions across the United States, including venues such as the Monmouth Museum, the Paterson Museum, The Salmagundi Club, and Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art. Her work has been reviewed by prominent critics including Jonathan Goodman and writers from major publications such as The New York Times and the Associated Press. She was an artist-in-residence at Peters Valley Craft Center in 2009, supported by a Geraldine R. Dodge grant. Her work is held in both public and private collections, including the Paterson Museum and the Center for Photography at Woodstock. In addition to her studio practice, Sinocchi is a professor at William Paterson University.
Artist Statement
My work integrates two disparate processes. It starts with the photogram, a unique, alternative photographic approach to image making utilizing the agency of light on a photo sensitive substrates such as paper and muslin. The photogram process is automatic and uncontrollable; thus, its outcome is unforeseeable and unique. This approach to photographic representation produces a silhouetted shape that sets the foundation for painting. The way the photograph is developed, and the transfiguration of the material surface reveals my next step in painting. By opening myself up to the unexpected, my engagement with painting is more passive than the workings of a traditional painter. I paint by orchestrating the nature of what is revealed before me. The work is influenced by antiquity; inspired by its architectural forms and motifs which persist and proceed to be embraced by their utilization in today’s world. Forms in both art and architecture are made of physical materials, yet they emanate a sensory experience that extends beyond a material world. Sense provides a gateway to the mysterious, to exploring the metaphysical. The unknown is a spatial impression which permeates our being and expands our perception of the world. My artwork is suggestive of those spaces that lie beyond a known world. In many pieces, the focal point is the juncture between the geometric shape and the space beyond it.
New Brunswick Art Salon 2026 – Oil and Mixed Media “Pigmented Perceptions” Exhibition
Education
2013 William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, MFA
1993 William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ, BFA
Museum Collections and Exhibitions
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY (Collection)
The Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ (Collection)
The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ (Collection)
The Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council, Paterson, NJ (Collection)
Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, NY (Library Collection)
Exhibitions
Architecture For Spaces Unknown. Boyd Realty Group Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2024
Architecture For Spaces Unknown. Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, 2023
The Infinite: Arch and Line. Passaic County Arts Center, Hawthorne, NJ, 2021
The Infinite: Arch and Line. Passaic County Community College, Paterson, NJ, 2019–2020
Passages. Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, 2012–2013
Photograms. Vivi Bambini, Ho-ho-kus, NJ, 2009
Invitational Exhibition. NYC High School of Finance & Economics, New York, NY, 2001
All American Beauty. Zabba Zu Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ, 2000
Symbolize. Xando Bar and Café, New York, NY, 2000
Selected Works. Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, 2000
Group Exhibitions
Various exhibitions beginning in 1995, including: Noho M55 Gallery (New York, NY); Castell Gallery (Asheville, NC); Impact Gallery (Buffalo, NY); The Salmagundi Club; Monmouth Museum (NJ); and multiple venues throughout New Jersey and New York.
Contact
Website: sinocchi.com