Eric Toscano earned his BFA from Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ and his MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA where he received the Richard Henkels Award. His collage work has been exhibited at numerous venues in the region including MK Apothecary Gallery in Collingswood, NJ and the Painted Bride in Philadelphia, PA. The artist lives and works in Marlton, NJ surrounded by old magazines.
“My work is the result of an instinctual reaction to materials. Appropriated images, found objects, and nontraditional media are juxtaposed in ways that resonate with me during an intuitive creative process. Of particular interest to me is visualizing a new purpose for discarded materials, eliciting their intrinsic value, and producing work using the most immediate means. The results are sometimes abstract, usually wry, and always part of an ongoing inner dialogue. These handmade collages, using vintage images, allow the viewer to construct a narrative and consider the possibility that these are depictions of actual events.”