Vincent Serbin
United States, 1951
I explore the nature of abstract reality—a mysterious territory where countless possibilities emerge, new realities are formed, and rational thinking is pushed to its limits. It is a state of consciousness in which an unfamiliar arrangement of colors and shapes depicts an alternative way of being. I navigate the realm of indistinct boundaries, contrasting soft focus with hard edges, and organic textures with architectural solidity. I truly believe that this form of expression reflects the essence of our contemporary culture. It embodies the chaotic, cartoon-like condition of society—a culture immersed in caricatures of alternative realities. It captures the ghostly nature of the past while hinting at an uncertain future.
CV
Solo Exhibitions
2024. Alvarez Gallery. “Model of Intentions”
2021 Alvarez Gallery, “Toon: the Caricaturing of Painting”
2017. Alvarez Gallery “Like Skin”
2010, Galerie BMG, “Raw Objects Appear Life Size”
Group Exhibitions
2026, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich,CT, “In Plain Sight” (virtual)
2026, Mark Arts Center, Wichita,KS, “Abstract National Exhibition”
2025, Sketchbook Gallery, Saugerties,NY, “Abstract Back at Ya”
2025, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, “Cimarron National Works on Paper”
2025, The Painting Center, New York,NY, “Turned and Turning Still’
2025, Converstions with Artists, “The Language of Abstraction” (virtual)
2019, Art Palm Beach, Alvarez Gallery
2019, Seattle Art Fair, Alvarez Gallery
2018, Market Art & Design, Alvarez Gallery
2018, Texas Contemporary, Houston,TX,
2018, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg,FL “recent acquisitions”
2017, The University of Texas, “32nd International Annual Exhibition”
2017, Ulster Community College, Stoneridge,NY, “Artist’s as Innovators”
2016, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches,TX, “Texas National 2016”
2015, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami,FL, “Last Exit : Painting”
2014, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock,NY, “Far and Wide”
2012, Castell Gallery, Asheville,NC, “ROAD”
2011, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangoe,ME, “New York, New York”
2011, Castell Gallery, Asheville,NC, “Manipulated”
2008, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis,MD, “Art on Paper”
2007, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego,CA, “Picturing Eden”
2006, George Eastman House, Rochester,NY, “Picturing Eden”
2004, John Stevenson Gallery, New York,NY, “Photo Collages”
2004, Marist College, Poughkeepsie,NY, “Disparate Visions”
Prizes & Awards
New York Foundation For the Arts. fellowship grant
New Jersey State Council on the Arts. fellowship grant
Publications
2026, Abstractics , featured portfolio
2025, Cimarron National Works on Paper, exhibition catalog
2025, St. Louis Artist’s Guild, exhibition catalog
2017, Shadow & Light Magazine, featured portfolio
2016, Studio Visit (no.33), featured portfolio
2016, Valdosta National 2016, exhibition catalog
2015, New Jersey Artists Through Time, featured bio
2011, Blue Canvas Magazine, featured artist
2006, George Eastman House & Steidel Publishing, “Picturing Eden”
2005, 21st Press, “Toward Omega”
NEWS FROM ARTIST
My work was recently selected for the online exhibit, “Emerging Artists 2026”, at dodomu gallery. www.dodomugallery.com
My work is currently featured in Abstractics: The Journal of Nonrepresentational and Abstract Art.
My painting, “Omega Toon”‘ was recently featured in the main bedroom of an architectural home in Water Mill, New York.
Published in Vogue Australia and AD Italia.
“An unfettered collector integrates Alvarez Gallery artists throughout his restrained modernist home in the Hamptons, NY. ”
