Born in 1952 on the Adriatic island of Unije, Croatia, Nevio Carcich emigrated with his family to Trieste, Italy, in 1960 where he was exposed for the first time to images by Cezanne and Picasso and began his studies in Fine Arts. In 1966 the Carcich family was again uprooted, this time to the United States.

Nevio completed his B.F.A. at the New York Institute of Technology with honors and a gold medal award in Design. He furthered his Art studies at the Art Students League of New York under Gustav Rehberger, Gary Faigin and Michael Ponce de Leon.

An Interior Designer by trade, Nevio Carcich is also an accomplished Furniture Designer and Muralist. He has been represented by Galerie 10, Paris. His work is in numerous public and private collections worldwide including the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Washington, D.C. His private collectors include the N. Garfinkle Collection and Daniel Yankelovich in New York, Architect Pekka Salminen in Finland and Vilhar Anderson - Photographers, Tokyo. He has widely exhibited nationally as well as in Canada and Europe.

Nevio divides his time between his home in New Jersey and his native Unije where he finds inspiration in the simplicity of island life, the intense Adriatic sun, the aged facades and weather-beaten windows and doors of stone village houses, and the ever present sea.

I normally work without any preparatory drawings. I like to start with a general idea and take on the challenge of developing that final image as I go along. Spontaneity fascinates me and, to me, the statement is fresher and more direct that way. With too much planning an emotion loses its impetus. I want my work in general to show the conflict between the beauty in nature versus the chaos around us, an optimism that beauty can prevail and is worth representing.

Nevio Carcich - June 2001

Suggested Items

The following books, and videos are selected by the artist either as reference material or of just plain interest to visual artists and connoisseurs alike. Balthus- Nicholas Fox Weber - 1999 Modigliani - William Fifield - 1976 The Unknown Modigliani - N. Alexandre - 1993 A Life of Picasso - John Richardson - 1991-1996 The Secret Life of Salvador Dali - by Salvador Dali' - 1976 Tapies - Blai Bonet - 1964 Francis Bacon: Portrait of an Artist - Michel Leiris - 1983 Anselm Kiefer, works on paper - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1999 Interviews with Francis Bacon- David Sylvester - 1975 Francis Bacon and the Loss of Self - Ernst Van Alphen - 1993 Painting and experience in 15th Century Italy - Michael Baxandall - 1989 Looking at Giacometti - David Sylvester - 1994 Paul Gauguin - a complete life - David Sweetman - 1995 Three Worlds of Michelangelo - James Beck - 1999 Balthus, the painter - Directed by Mark Kidel - 1996 Portrait of an Artist - Francis Bacon - Melvynn Bragg - 1985 The Mystery of Picasso - Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1982

Interview

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Work

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