Conceptual, realist, science fiction and fantasy art.
Donato Giancola (born 1967) is a multiple award winning American artist specializing in science fiction and fantasy illustration. Donato Giancola was born in 1967 and raised in Colchester, Vermont, near Burlington, Vermont. He currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters. Giancola first majored in electrical engineering at the University of Vermont, but left for Syracuse University to seriously pursue painting in 1989. He graduated with a BFA in 1992. Giancola describes himself and his work as a 'classical-abstract-realist working with science fiction and fantasy' and lists Hans Memling, Jan Van Eyck, Velázquez, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Piet Mondrian, Rembrandt, Rubens and Titian as his favorite artists.
Studio Assistant to Vincent Desiderio, Long Island City, New York. 1993 to 1997.
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. College of Visual and Performing Arts, BFA Painting, Summa Cum Laude, May 1992.
St. Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont. Instruction in painting with Lance Richbourg, 1988-89.
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. College of Engineering and Business Administration, electrical engineering, 1985-88.
Studio Assistant to Vincent Desiderio, Long Island City, New York. 1993 to 1997.
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. College of Visual and Performing Arts, BFA Painting, Summa Cum Laude, May 1992.
St. Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont. Instruction in painting with Lance Richbourg, 1988-89.
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. College of Engineering and Business Administration, electrical engineering, 1985-88.
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