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Colorful and spirited, James Rizzi's work displays the artist's fascination with contemporary urban themes. His three-dimensional
constructions have been acclaimed for their bold and detailed portrayals of everyday people and places.
 Born in Brooklyn, New York James Rizzi studied art at the University of Florida
(Gainesville) where he began experimenting with painting, printmaking and sculpting. His goal was to combine all three techniques
in his work, an aim finally realized in his now well-known 3-D constructions. Duplicate images, carefully cut out and attached,
each one above its counterpart, create richly textured editions through a truly striking use of traditional printmaking techniques.
Since his 1974 debut in The Brooklyn Museum's ongoing series of print exhibitions, James Rizzi
has been honored with one-person shows throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. A major retrospective exhibit of his work
opened in March, 1996 at the International Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland. Several additional museum exhibitions took
place in 1996, including the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida), Palm Beach Community College (Florida), Hakone Open
Air Museum (Hakone, Japan) and the Pusan Hyundai Art Gallery (Seoul, Korea). Major exhibits in 1997 included the Center for
the Arts (Vero Beach, Florida) and the Kunst Museum Limburg (Limburg, Germany).
A true innovator, James Rizzi articulates through his art the influences and emotions
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