Mark Pomilio

Statement:

Mark Pomilio was classically trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His earliest work reflected his interest in direct observational skill as they were applied to representing the natural world. As his work progressed, it has become more socially explicit, dealing frequently, with issues of current day society, which has also allowed it to enter the public realm.

For the past five years, Pomilio’s paintings & drawings have been visually exploring issues of morality, in our current society, as they apply to the recent developments in the life sciences. More specifically referring to current developments in stem cell research, cloning and the ramifications these discoveries and their offspring will have on society.

The formal base for his work is derived through study in modular systems of growth. His solution for articulating this current phenomenon, visually, is to compound each pictorial, geometric development, by creating its clone or Twin and inverting it within the opposing quadrant of the pictorial field.
Pomilio insists that is not his intention to condemn or celebrate these recent developments in the life sciences but, rather, to visually articulate their relevance within our current era.