False Start , encaustic on 16 panels , 8 x 48 inches , 2012
Biographical Statement
Paul Rinaldi received his MFA degree in Painting & Drawing from the City University of New York , Brooklyn College , where he studied with Philip Pearlstein , Allen D ’ Arcangelo , and Lee Bontecou . From 1991 through 1998 he lived in Egypt and taught painting & drawing at the American University in Cairo . His artwork has been shown in solo and group exhibitions around the United States , and overseas , and is represented in private and corporate collections across the United States . Rinaldi shows his work at Perimeter Gallery in Chicago , and Circa Gallery in Minneapolis . In 1988 , he received the Silvermine Guild Prize for Painting in the Art of the Northeast USA exhibition juried by Linda Shearer , Curator of Contemporary Art at New York ' s Museum of Modern Art . Rinaldi is a Professor of Art and Coordinator of the Fine Arts program at Prairie State College .