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Michael Rocco Pinciotti, The Nest, 1989
mixed media including twigs, neon and feathers
22 x 15 x12 in.

Michael Rocco Pinciotti was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1950. After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Toledo, he moved to New York, where he received his M.F.A. in printmaking from the Pratt Institute. At that time, he also began designing at Let There Be Neon, where he worked for five years. Today he is internationally recognized as a major neon artist. His work has been exhibited in Europe, South American, and throughout the United States. He has taught and given guest lectures in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Argentina. At times humorous and always provocative, his art combines neon with drawing, photography, and found natural materials. His multi layered, mixed-media constructions, which often refer to architectural elements, houses, temples, and birds' nests, address the poetry of place and the anatomy of spirituality.