Art from the Soul
Gregory Gioiosa is a Los Angeles based artist whose works have been collected internationally, and are included in the permanent collections of several museums. He was one of only forty-four artists selected for inclusion in New American Paintings, a 2000 publication devoted to emerging artists. Gregory Gioiosa earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts from Fresno State University, and went on to earn his Masters of Fine Arts from UC Irvine. He has held commercial artist positions with various television and motion picture studios, including Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures and CBS Television. Throughout his career, Gregory Gioiosa has focused on the creation of ethereal imagery, a consistent theme relating to consoling beauty and wholeness. These works have a mystical quality, and are inclined towards the inner eye, and heart, of the viewer. This emotive perspective is particularly welcome these days, providing a comforting retreat from the chaos of our world.

My work emerges from an aspiration to reclaim the spiritual dignity of art. I want to make art that might open, for the receptive viewer, the "fenestra aeteritatis," or the window onto eternity. The current cultural style is suffused with irony and distance.

Consequently, much contemporary art seeks to challenge, to subvert, and provoke. My paintings are "plugged into" a different source and what I seek to achieve is independent of artistic and philosophical fashions. My goal as an artist is to reveal an ineffable presence, the contemplation of which can lead the viewer towards an intuitive recognition of his or her own inherent radiance.