Daniel Belardinelli is an American artist associated with

outsider art Outsider art is art made by self-taught or supposedly naïve artists with typically little or no contact with the conventions of the art worlds. In many cases, their work is discovered only after their deaths. Often, outsider art illustrates e ...

. He is a writer, art dealer, curator and an attorney.

Early life

Daniel Belardinelli was born and raised in

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. Belardinelli experienced communication difficulties as a child and learned to express himself through artistic compositions. By the age of 15, he frequented

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and

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and, as a result, he met and was influenced by

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...

Larry Rivers Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg) (1923 – 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker, and occasional actor. Considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, he was one of the first artists ...

Christopher Makos Christopher Makos (born 1948) is an American photographer and visual artist. Makos is known for his photographs of Queer icons and pop stars, and of the male body. Makos apprenticed with photographer Man Ray, and assisted and collaborated with And ...

and Antonio Lopez. He developed various addictions, but was eventually able to subdue them by drawing and painting about them.

Personal life

Belardinelli booked a ticket on

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for

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, a flight that crashed in

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. Belardinelli changed his plans at the last minute and did not board the flight. As his uncle, William Cashman, died on the flight, he was allowed to listen to the tapes of the flight and later completed a drawing of what the terrorists had announced over the loudspeaker to the passengers. This drawing was included in Jere Longman's book, ''Among the Heroes''. Belardinelli was featured in the A&E documentary ''

I Missed Flight 93 ''I Missed Flight 93'' is a documentary about people who missed United Airlines Flight 93, one of the four hijacked flights as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001, for various reasons. It originally aired on the History (U.S. TV channel), Hi ...

'' (2006). Belardinelli has also resided in

Boonton, New Jersey Boonton is a Town (New Jersey), town in Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 8,815, an increase of 468 (+5.6%) from the 2010 United States census, 20 ...

.DiIonno, Mark
"Jersey artist goes from 'outsider' to insider"
''

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'', February 5, 2017. Accessed August 26, 2018. "In 2009, attorney and artist Daniel Belardinelli, was in the North Bergen Municipal Court to help out a friend with a motor vehicle violation.... 'He was this very simple guy,' said Belardinelli, who lives in Boonton."

Career

Belardinelli uses multiple mediums to paint, with

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featuring as a dominant medium of his art since 1985. He draws and paints daily in large 'At-A-Glance' journals which bear witness to his life. He has exhibited at the

Outsider Art Fair The Outsider Art Fair or OAF is an international exhibition that features outsider artists who work in a variety of mediums. It is a biannual fair occurring in New York City and Paris, the former taking place in January and the latter in October. P ...

annually since 1995, and his work has been displayed in the

American Visionary Art Museum The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) is an art museum located in Baltimore, Maryland's Federal Hill neighborhood at 800 Key Highway Maryland Route 2 (MD 2) is the longest state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The route runs fro ...

. In 2001, several of Belardinelli's nail polish paintings were included in the "High On Life – Transcending Addictions" show, which was curated by Tom Paterson at AVAM. He has participated in "Revelations and Reflections of American Self Taught Artists", and has exhibited worldwide, but most extensively in Europe and the Americas. He was listed in "Outsider Art Fair: 10 Artists to Buy Now" in ''The Daily Beast''. Belardinelli has no formal art training, but is a graduate of

City University of New York School of Law The City University of New York School of Law (CUNY School of Law) is a public law school in New York City. It was founded in 1983 as part of the City University of New York. CUNY School of Law was established as a public interest law school wi ...

. He is an attorney licensed by The State Bar of New Jersey (both State and Federal Courts), the Southern and Eastern Federal District Courts of New York State and The United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC. He was an organizer of the 501(3)(c) nonprofit organization, "The New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers Association," and has been a featured artist in their annual fundraiser.

References

External links

Daniel Belardinelli
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Belardinelli, Daniel Living people 1961 births 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American male artists Outsider artists Painters from New York City People from Boonton, New Jersey 20th-century American male artists CUNY School of Law alumni