Artist Statement / bio

Joe Cimino is a time-based media artist and musician whose work investigates what familiar materials and experiences reveal about human perception and how they play a role in determining what goes unnoticed. Utilizing historical evidence harmonized with intuitive sensing, he questions how moments lost to time can be conjured back into existence for one to witness and experience. In his work, Cimino utilizes familiar materials such as documentaries, music, household objects, and recognizable media tropes to ignite a sense of recognition for what has gone overlooked in daily life. Through time-based media paired with his practice-based research, Cimino brings the background to the foreground, asking us to see beyond the regular and to reflect upon the hidden histories of what goes unnoticed.

Joe Cimino is an Italian-American time-based media artist, musician, and adjunct professor, currently based in New York City. He is currently a doctoral student at Teachers College, Columbia University, and holds an MFA in studio art from Studio Arts College International (SACI), located in Florence, Italy, and a BFA in studio art from Rowan University. Cimino has exhibited his works in the United States and internationally, with solo and group exhibitions located in Florence, Italy, Gimpo, South Korea, Chelsea, New York City, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Gdansk, Poland. He is also a member of the international artist collective, Teleportal.