vincent teriaca

VINCENT TERIACA

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Vincent was born in New York on January 15, 1965, and he first entered the
world of photography at the age of 13, when he took his first photographs in
the borough of Queens, and soon realised he had discovered the passion of his
life. His first equipment was a Kodak instant camera and a bifocal lens, both
bought on Long Island, from a market stall.
His very personal process of refinement and technical development began, or
perhaps we should say that it continued on a more conscious place, when he took
a course in Photography at Lindenhurst
Junior High School,
laying the foundations for a process of refinement that later had two more
important stages. In 1999, he attended the School of Visual Arts (SVA), also in
New York, in order to improve his understanding of techniques and of lighting
inside and outside the studio, and in 2000, he took a course in fashion
photography at the European Institute of Design (Babic/Meriggi) in Milan,
studying graphic elaboration and photo retouching. But like so many artists, he
discovered that what he thought would be his final goal, was in fact the start
of a new research. Vincent reached full professional maturity, at least in
technical terms, but immediately realised that this goal did not necessarily guarantee
a sense of intimate personal satisfaction with his work, or with the results
that it produced and expressed. His restlessness and creative urge resurfaced,
having never been entirely subdued, expressed in the form of a powerful
impulse, or perhaps a lifesaving demon, which led him along the road of
methodical investigation and reflection, as he searched for his latent
originality, and the ways, issues and language necessary to bring it to life
and make it flourish. He started to study again, perfecting and refining his
skills, exploiting the new opportunities for expression provided by digital
elaboration, and the use of a Nikon D7000.

He was influenced by contemporary artists, particularly Haring, Salina and Whorhol, and describes himself as part impressionist,
part abstract and part pop, according to a very personal alchemy, which was
fuelled by an important discovery, when he moved back to Italy with his
family in 1982. Vincent's eyes and sensitivity were awakened by the cultural
and artistic dimension of the Piedmontese capital first of all, then by