Biographical Information:
Born: Taichung, Taiwan, 1969.
Randall DiGiuseppe is an American artist and art history historian whose formal art training began in illustration at the High School of Art & Design in New York City. His transition to fine art soon followed at the Art Students League of NY. After obtaining his BA in Art History at Buffalo State College, he resumed his studio art training at the Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts in Oyster Bay, NY, under the late master Attila Hejja. After Attila's passing in 2007, Randall studied at the Long Island Academy of Fine Art in Riverhead, NY, under master draftsman and painter Robert Armetta. He then worked as an animator and Autodesk Maya instructor in the 3D digital art industry. Randall earned his MFA in Drawing from the New York Academy of Art in 2012.
Born: Taichung, Taiwan, 1969.
Randall DiGiuseppe is an American artist and art history historian whose formal art training began in illustration at the High School of Art & Design in New York City. His transition to fine art soon followed at the Art Students League of NY. After obtaining his BA in Art History at Buffalo State College, he resumed his studio art training at the Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts in Oyster Bay, NY, under the late master Attila Hejja. After Attila's passing in 2007, Randall studied at the Long Island Academy of Fine Art in Riverhead, NY, under master draftsman and painter Robert Armetta. He then worked as an animator and Autodesk Maya instructor in the 3D digital art industry. Randall earned his MFA in Drawing from the New York Academy of Art in 2012.
Randall’s career as a professional artist has spanned a wide range of fields, from mechanical drafting, signage & media display, book illustration, yacht design, 3D digital animation and large scale projection mapping. He is presently the creative director and principal artist of Phi-nimation Studios, Llc. Still, his true passion has always been in fine art and teaching classical art technique. His drawings, paintings and watercolors have exhibited in and sold in numerous galleries throughout the United States. His art has sold at auction at a variety of venues, including Sotheby’s. His paintings and drawings are commissioned and owned by high-profile collectors. He instructs foundational art, figure drawing and art history at the New York Academy of Art and the Atelier at Flowerfield. Randall offers private lessons in classical drawing methods to individuals and small groups.
Randall resides on Long Island's South Shore, where paints, draws, designs, fishes, surfs and stargazes with his lovely wife Barbara, rough collie Scully and their cat Spats.
Teaching:
2020-present. Atelier at Flowerfield, St. James, NY- Instructor in foundational drawing, oil painting and figure drawing.
Lecturer in art history: Paleolithic to Proto-Renaissance, Early Italian Renaissance to Masters of the Modern Era.
2013-2020. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC- Master Copy Drawing Workshop- Perspective in anatomy.
Jan 2013-present New York Academy of Art Continuing Ed, NYC- Instructor in Perspective Drawing and Figure Drawing
Feb 2013- Long Island Academy of Fine Art, Glen Cove, NY. Instructor & lecturer in Classical
Drawing Tools &Technique, Artistic Anatomy and Linear Perspective (Renaissance Artist Workshop).
March 2013 Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC- Master Copy Drawing Workshop- Applied perspective.
January 2013 Long Island Academy of Fine Art, Glen Cove, NY. Lecture and Demo: History of Linear Perspective
March-April 2011 New York Academy of Art, NYC- 4-week Master Class: Intro to Autodesk Maya
(Basics in 3D Digital Modeling, Lighting & Animation).
2009-2010 3D Training Institute, NYC- TA/Instructor- 3D Foundation in Autodesk Maya
2007-2008 Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts, Oyster Bay, NY- Studio Art Instructor and Lecturer
in Beginner to Advanced Drawing, Figure Drawing, Anatomy and Art History.
1998-2000 Buffalo State College. Group session tutor and lab technician: Chemistry I & II.
Art Education:
2010 - 2012 New York Academy of Art, NYC. MFA (Cum Laude) in Drawing.
2008 3D Training Institute (3DTi), NYC. Dipl. in 3D Modeling/Animation in Maya.
2007-2008 Long Island Academy of Fine Art, Riverhead, NY. Portrait, Figure & Cast Drawing
2005-2007 Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts, Oyster Bay, NY. Classical Drawing & Painting.
2002-2003 Westlawn Institute, Stamford, CT. Yacht and marine design.
1998-2001 SUNY- Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY. BA in Art History (Magna cum laude).
1993-1998 Art Students League of New York. Painting, Figure Drawing & Artistic Anatomy
1984-1987 High School of Art & Design, NYC. Illustration and drafting.
Solo Exhibitions:
2018-present Cosmigraphica: Zodiac Constellations Revisited. Custer Institute & Observatory, Southold, NY.
2014-2023. "The Battle of Snug Harbor". Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY.
Group Exhibitions:
2023 Masterworks 2023. Gallery at Flowerfield, St. James, NY.
2022. Annual Instructors & Their Students Show. Gallery at Flowerfield, St, James, NY.
2017 Cosmic Collaboration with Poet Huang Xiang. Maridon Museum, Butler, PA.
2016 Take Home A Nude. Sotheby’s, Upper East Side, NYC.
2015 Homecoming: Slave Ship Memorial for the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation . United Nations, NYC.
2015 Deck The Walls, Wilkinson Hall, TriBeCa, NYC.
2015 Ninth Annual Summer Exhibition. Flowers Gallery, Chelsea, NYC.
2014 Take Home A Nude. Sotheby’s, Upper East Side, NYC.
2013 Deck The Walls. New York Academy of Art, Tribeca, NYC.
2013 "Not For Sale" curated by Jacob Hicks. Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NYC.
2013 Believe in Luck. TriBeCa Ball, New York Academy of Art, TriBeCa, NYC.
2013 Single Fare 3. RH Gallery, TriBeCa, NYC.
2012 Put A Bow On It. Kraine Gallery, Lower East Side, NYC
2012 ‘92,’02,’12 Alumni Reunion Exhibition, Wilkinson Hall, TriBeCa, NYC.
2012 Summer Exhibition. Flowers Gallery, Chelsea, NYC.
2012 Thesis Show. Wilkinson Hall, Tribeca NYC.
2012 TriBeCa Ball, New York Academy of Art, TriBeCa, NYC.
2011 I’ve Got A Secret. The Forbes Galleries, 60 Fifth Ave, NYC.
2011 Deck The Walls. New York Academy of Art, TriBeCa, NYC.
2011 Monster Trucks 2: The Reckoning. Kleio Projects Gallery, SoHo, NYC.
2011 Take Home A Nude. Sotheby’s, Upper East Side, NYC.
2011 Plantation Key. Island Decor Museum & Art Gallery, Tavernier, FL.
2011 Tribeca Ball. New York Academy of Art, TriBeCa, NYC.
2010 Deck The Walls. New York Academy of Art, Tribeca, NYC.
2010 Take Home A Nude. Sotheby’s, Upper East Side, NYC.
2008 Visage: Portrait Exhibition. Huntington Arts Council, Huntington Village, NY.
2008 Faculty Exhibition. Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts, Oyster Bay, NY.
2007 Faculty Exhibition. Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts, Oyster Bay, NY.
PHI-NIMATION PROJECTION MAPPING SHOWS:
Oct. 2012 The Best Is Yet To Come. Pink Party Banquet. Bungalow Hotel, Long Branch, NJ.
Aug. 2012 Eyes Without A Face. Asbury Park, NJ.
July 2012 UFO Invasion! Williamsburg & Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY.
July 2012 Founding Flags, Oceanfest 22. WhiteChapel Productions. Long Branch, NJ.