C. Dimitri has received fellowships in painting from the Vermont Studio Center and the RI State Council on the Arts. A staff illustrator for The Rumpus, he has illustrated texts and book covers and has added drawings to the Kenyon Review, Bomb Magazine, and the streets of Providence. Two of his climate-change graph paintings are in the permanent collection of the Boston Public Library.
Solo exhibitions include the Tabla Rasa Gallery (Brooklyn), Aurora (Providence), and Crocker & Griffin (Narragansett), with select exhibits at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and Brooklyn's Irondale Theater, Greenpoint, and Groundfloor galleries. He has also shown in Miami, Provincetown, and Los Angeles.
Dimitri received a doctorate in literature from the University of Essex, England. His focus on aesthetic modernism informs his visual work.
(Biography provided by Tabla Rasa Gallery)
Three-Day Weekend, colorful oil painting and mixed media on canvas
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint and mixed media on canvas. Narrative, figurative and abstract, with a car, rabbit, snake and floral motif.
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Passage, colorful
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Passage" unfolds like an idea from another age — a scene suspended between the Renaissance and the metaphysical. At its center, framed by an over-arching oval window, a young woman ...
Charcoal, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
The Incredible Combustible, colorful abstract of classical figure theme
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract and figurative interpretation of a classic theme. Originally inspired by the Odalisque.
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Mom, Bart's Twisting Facts in an Orwellian Fashion! colorful abstract faces
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil, acrylic, gesso on panel.
Oil, Acrylic
Martini, Cliffs of Gayhead, colorful abstract painting, loose brushwork
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic, gesso on vellum, mounted on wood panel.
Gesso, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Vellum
Happy Hour, surrealistic abstract oil painting
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic, gesso on vellum, mounted to wood panel.
Gesso, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Vellum
Finish Line, runners, colorful, athletic theme
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Figurative, abstract and landscape, "Finish Line" is composed of oil paint, clay and paper on wood panel.
Clay, Oil, Archival Paper
Rabbit with newly propertied couple, colorful abstract with animal
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Rabbit with newly propertied couple' is an abstract figurative landscape in oil paint on panel.
Oil, Wood Panel
Dreams Down Here Ain't Broken, They're Walkin With a Limp
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint and black velvet on wood panel. Title from "Small Change," by Tom Waits.
Fabric, Oil, Wood Panel
Venus, abstracted patterns w Venus of Willendorf fertility nude female figure
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract and figurative, "Venus" is made with oil paint and glitter on wood panel.
Glitter, Oil, Wood Panel
Storytime, abstract figure in chair, blue tones, classical pediment
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract, figurative, landscape and interior, Storytime touches on classical themes with oil paint on canvas.
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Leading the People, abstracted figurative with political references
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting reimagines Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People through a postmodern lens, fracturing and repeating its imagery until the original dissolves into echoes and fr...
Enamel
Hi, I'm the Owner of Two Vicious Pitbulls, reds abstract
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract and figurative, "Hi, I'm the Owner of Two Vicious Pitbulls" is an oil painting underpinned by collage elements using a variety of materials, including drawings on heavy pape...
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Frank & Marie's Wild Years colorful, nudes flying broomstick w bats text
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portrait, figures, narrative, landscape. Inspired by Goya, Warhol. ( Campbell Soup can) Oil paint and mixed media on panel.
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
I Have Bitcoin, spirited abstract reds, animals, text
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A combination of collage and painting, "I Have Bitcoin" is part painting, collage and comic. Oil paint and mixed media on repurposed wood panel.
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Woman Descending America or The Inconsiderate Neighbor
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This work by Dimitri reflects his imaginative process. He says, "Multiple layers of materials laid down over a ten-year period. The painting recently fell into place." With a colorf...
Mixed Media, Panel
I Almost Went Crazy When Mario Got Busted II, abstract w head fruit text
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil, graphite, clay on panel. Abstract mixed media work on panel. Images include text, still life and figurative elements. White tones, aqua and red. Dimitri is noted for his use o...
Clay, Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite
Where Souls Are Made, colorful bridge crowd bunnies abstract expressionist
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract, landscape, figurative: a rabbit burrow, reminiscent of Venice Carl Dimitri’s artistic style is multifaceted, blending abstract, contemporary, and expressionistic elements....
Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Graphite
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Thing-in-Itself, earthtone abstraction w suggestion of landscape
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Kant's "thing in itself" represents the hidden essence of objects beyond appearances. Painting the thing in itself encourages viewers to look beyond the surface of things and conside...
Oil, Panel
Virginia Woolf's Best Friend in the Afterlife
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Black bear with layers of potential meanings. Mainly oil on panel.
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Lot, dramatic abstracted military theme, fire, multiple figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil, acrylic, charcoal on panel.
Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
$400
1000 Years, blue and earth tonehuman face, bark from birch tree, natural element
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Made with the bark of the Paper Birch tree on a repurposed trophy plaque. The title was inspired by the song, "Scott Pilgrim," by the Canadian band, Plum...
Birch, Archival Ink, Mixed Media
Per Aspera Ad Astra, abstracted stars, female figures angels blue colorful
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Per aspera ad astra" is Latin for "through difficulty to the stars." A friend asked me to read a religious text. The opening chapter talked about "God's enemies." I thought, God has...
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Eurydice Along the River's Tide, abstract w birds red cherries, water blues
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a series on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Oil, Wood Panel
In the Gloaming, colorful abstract group of figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Figurative abstraction. Painting will be mounted to support frame and ready for hanging.
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Fantasma, abstracted ghost like woman in blue dress, rich brushwork & texture
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An abstract figure in oil paint and enamel on canvas.
Canvas, Oil
One Last Fling and See What Happens
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on panel
Oil, Wood Panel
The Climb, colorful abstract patterns w figures, earthy red tones
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a series on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Here they make the treacherous climb out of the underworld: Now thro' the noiseless throng their way they bend, And both with pa...
Canvas, Oil
Eurydice, red gestural abstract w figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eurydice in the Underworld, as Hades and Persephone inform her that Orpheus has bargained for her release.
Canvas, Oil
The Nine Wild Rivers and the Seven Wild Rivers, abstract, animals, figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the ballroom ceiling of the Ca Rezzonico in Venice.
Mixed Media, Oil