Denaro has been committed to painting abstraction for more than two decades. The canvases are abstract in nature although there is an underlying visual order that gradually seems to emerge. The duality of transparent layers with juicy opaque strokes and loose, intuitive drips adds a freshness to the work. The artist seems to be forever altering and adjusting the framework of some invisible reality. Through the use of her sensitive drawing, combined with layering, Denaro constantly adjusts, revisits, destroys and renews…always permitting the viewer a peak at where she has been before. She works intuitively while consciously knowing that others will enter and share in this intimate relationship -- strange but familiar; imprecise yet eloquent. There lies the poetic and the magical. Madeline Denaro was born in the Bronx and currently lives and works in Fort Lauderdale. She had a solo show at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, and was awarded the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship in 2002. Exhibiting widely both nationally and internationally.
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY (projected October)
2016 Cheryl Hazan Gallery, The space between yes and no, New York, NY
2014 Cheryl Hazan Contemporary Art, Elsewhere, New York, NY
2012 Cheryl Hazan Contemporary Art, Inner Circles Outer Worlds, New York, NY
Galerie Veronica Kautsch, Michelstadt, Germany, catalogue
2011 Pryor Fine Art, New Work, Atlanta, Georgia
Cheryl Hazan Contemporary Art, Between, New York, NY
2010 Cheryl Hazan Gallery, Inside Out, New York, NY, catalogue
2008 HCG Gallery, The Day after Yesterday, Dallas, Texas
2007 Cheryl Hazan Gallery, Never but Always, New York, NY
Galerie Veronica Kautsch, Neue Bilder, Michelstadt, Germany
2004 Schmidt Gallery Public Space, New Forms, suspended installation March-Oct, FAU Boca Raton, FL
2003 Galerie Veronica Kautsch, Malerei, Michelstadt, Germany
2000 Galerie Veronica Kautsch, New Work, Michelstadt, Germany
Galerie Kappler, Bild & Object, Darmstadt, Germany
1999 Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL New Forms, catalogue
Selected Group & Invitationals
2017 So Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Exhibit, MoCA, N.Miami, curator, Maria Elena Ortiz, assistant curator,PAMM
Women Painting Curators Michelle Weinberg/Sarah Michelle Rupert, Miami Dade College, Miami Fl
Anne Loucks Gallery, Between the lines, Denaro/Ingram, Chicago 2 person invitational
2016 Anne Loucks Gallery, In the abstract, Chicago
2015 Cornell Museum of Art,Exxpectations, Delray Beach, Florida, Invitational
Addison Gallery, Delray Beach, Florida Autumn Abstraction
2014 Anne Loucks Gallery, Chicago 2person invitational
Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, Florida, Less , 3person exhibit,
2013 Cheryl Hazan Contemporary, Rouge, NYC
Addison Fine Art, Wrap it up, 4 person show, Delray Beach, Florida
Soprafina Gallery, Haley, Denaro, Sanders, Boston
Addison Fine Art, Driven to Abstraction, 3person show Delray Beach, Florida
2011 Trudy Labell Fine Art, gallery artists, Naples, Florida
Addison Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Atlantic, Nantucket, MA
Art and Culture Center, Hollywood FL, SF Culturall Consortium exhibit, Jane Hart, curator
2010 David Castillo Gallery, DCG Open, Miami, Florida, Invitational
Trudy Labell Fine Art, Less, Naples, Florida
Cheryl Hazan Gallery, Gallery Artists, New York, New York
2009 HCG Gallery Summer Selections, Dallas, Texas
Naples Museum of Art, Florida Contemporary: Paintings and Photographs, Naples,FL, Michael Culver,curator
Cheryl Hazan Gallery New Artists, New Art, New York, NY
HCG Gallery New Year, New Art, Dallas, Texas
2008-9 Girls’ Club Collection, Under the Influence, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Invitational
Trudy Labell Fine Art, Less, Naples, Florida
2006-7 Cheryl Hazan Gallery, Red Show, New York, NY, Invitational
Galerie Veronica Kautsch, Gallery Artists, Michelstadt, Germany
2006 Cheryl Hazan Gallery, Petal Fusion, New York, NY, Invitational
Gallery Camino Real, Gallery Artists, Boca Raton, FL
2005 Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Parallel 33, Invitational, George Kinghorn, curator
Galerie Veronica Kautsch, Michelstadt, Germany, Musique Nacht
2005-3 Rocket Projects, Miami, Fl, drawing room
2004 FAU, Boca Raton FL, Select, three artist exhibit, Rod Faulds, curator
Gallery One, Premiere Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale, FL Nina Arias, curator
2002 Key West Museum of Art, South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Exhibition, Key West, FL
traveling to Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, catalogue
Snitzer Gallery, The No Show, Miami, FL
Screenings
2005 Museum of Art, Video Projection, 2/05, Limited Edition Portfolio, Fort Lauderdale Fl,
2002 Ambrosino Gallery, Miami Moving, Video Projection, 12/02, North Miami, FL
Art Basel, Miami Loves Design, Video Projection, 12/02 George Sanchez project, M
Critical Reviews, Lectures
2008 Lauren Bender, art consultant and curator, New York, New York, interview nov ‘08
2003 Dr. Ingrid Pfeiffer, chief curator, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany lecture Sept.6
2000 Kemel Bolge, “The Harmony of Chaos”, Darmstadter Echo, Germany, Aug.30
Roland Held, ”Echo of Josef Beuys”, OdenwaldKreis, Germany, May 11
Teuilleton, “Malmittel Bienenwachs”, Darmstadter Echo, Germany Sept. 20
Roland Held, art critic and historian, Lecture May 7, New Work, Germany
Thomas Burkle, art critic, filmaker, Lecture, Aug. 25, Bild & Object, Germany
1999 Debra Deitch, “Hatching New Forms”, Sun Sentinel, Jan 5
Michael Mills, “Minding Her Own Beeswax”, New Times Broward, Palm Beach, Jan 21
Barbara MacAdam, editor, ArtNews, New Forms, catalogue essay
Fellowships And Grants
2016 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
2011 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
2012 State of Florida, Individual Artist Fellowship award
2011 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
2006 State of Florida Artist Enhancement Grant
2002 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
Selected Collections
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Art & Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida
Girls’ Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Alamo Rent-A-Car, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Computer Solutions, Miami, Florida
Jacobs Asset Management, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Public Art Experience
2008 ShuttleBusArtWrap (shortlist) Fort Lauderdale International Airport Public Art and Design
2005-01 Public Art and Design Pre-qualified artist
2005-02 Selection Committee, Public Art & Design, Broward Cultural Affairs Council
2004 ShuttleBusArtWrap project alternate, Fort Lauderdale International Airport Public Art and Design
1996 Public Art & Design Workshop, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1995 Design Broward, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1994 Public Art: Transportation Authority, Artist /Architect Collaboration; Vaugh & Wunch Architects
Honors As Invited Juror
2017 Broward Art Guild, Abstractions, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2012 Broward Art Guild, Still life and Landscape Exhibit, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2011 Boca Raton High School Student Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL
Boca Museum Artists Guild Exhibit, Boca Raton, FL
2008-6 Boca Museum Artists Guild Membership Juror , Gallery One juror,
2005 ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, Broward Art Guild 55th Anniversary Exhibit
2004 Coral Springs Museum of Art, Boca Raton Museum Professional Artist Exhibit
2002 Boca Museum Artists Guild Exhibit, Boca Raton, FL
2001 Florida State Education Department, Mediums Exhibit, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dillard School for the Arts Annual Exhibit, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
Deerfield Beach Festival of the Arts, Deerfield Beach, Florida
2000 Splendor of Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1999 Deerfield Beach Festival of the Arts, Deerfield Beach, Florida
1997 Art In the Park, Plantation, Florida
Professional Affiliations
2018 since 2002 Funding Arts Broward, Fort Lauderdale, FL, founding member
2017 since 1994 Third Avenue Art District, Fort Lauderdale, FL, founding member
since 2002 Funding Arts Broward, Fort Lauderdale, FL, founding member
2000 since 1988 - 2&3 The Artists Organization,
2&3 The Artists Organization, Board member (1989-1993)
Chairman of Exhibitions and Special Projects (1989-1993)
1999 since 1995, National Association of Women Artists
1995 founding member 1989 Artists and Company, Open Studio events
1994 since 1989, Drawing Society, New York
Education
1981-86 South Florida Art Institute, Hollywood, Florida
1990-92 Independent study, London, England
1995 Independent study, Frankfurt, Germany
