David Florimbi (born May 9, 1961) is an American-born artist living in

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. Florimbi spent his formative years in Spain and Italy. He attended

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where he studied Fine Art, there he was awarded the

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Design Fellowship by the Milton Glaser Foundation. Upon graduation in 1983, Florimbi was awarded a scholarship by the

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to study painting in

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, Italy. Since 1984 his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in Italy (Palazzo di Cortona and the American Academy of Rome), New York (K&E, Radix, and the Ronald Feldman Gallery) and numerous shows throughout California. His work has also been included in museum shows, most recently at the Santa Barbara Museum of Contemporary Art, the University Art Museum at

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, and the Georgetown University Gallery in Washington D.C. Florimbi and his work have been widely reviewed and featured in publications ranging from '' Vanity Fair'' to ''

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''. and reviewed by prominent art critic

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who said of his work: “Sex, power, and spirituality seem to be Florimbi's basic themes. He gives them modern form and fresh impact even as he filters them through traditional art....it seems a tour-de-force of painterly handling and emotional expression.” More recently, ''

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'' wrote of his 2012 exhibition, ‘Going and Coming’: "Florimbi incorporates Michelangelo’s illogical axis-spinning furiously against all odds--with Rene Magritte’s invitation to catch shapes in the clouds. Giorgione’s storm warnings mingle with O’Keeffe’s gaping spaces all beneath Titian’s exquisite sculpted clouds. Each Painting emits a supernatural weather so strong it threatens to suck us in, uncertain as to whether we will sink, soar, float or fall.”Frank, Priscilla. "David Florimbi's Big Blue Skies Hit Frank Pictures Gallery With 'Coming And Going' (PHOTOS)." The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/david-florimbis-big-blue-_n_1747451.html Prominent collections of Florimbi’s work include the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the UCLA Medical Center, and the Frederick Weisman Foundation, among others.

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