About Albert Dicruttalo

Albert Dicruttalo

Sculpture Artist

2226 8TH AVE
Oakland, CA 94606

I grew up in the post-industrial town of Gloversville, New York where my father owned a carpet store and my mother was a social worker. Once the hub of America’s glove making industry, Gloversville is distinguished today by defunct tanning mills, factories and the natural beauty of the Adirondack foothills. This juxtaposition of industry and natural beauty has always been a source of interest to me. During high school, when I worked in a leather mill, I was drawn to the mechanical forms of industrial equipment— giant tanning drums and embossing machines. I was equally drawn to organic forms and nature and spent much of my youth around Adirondack lakes, streams and mountains. As a fine art student at Ithaca College, I worked in various media, but there was never any doubt that my focus would be sculpture. Making art was a constant while I supported myself through various jobs—managing a leather store, fronting a rock band, working in the fishing industry in Alaska.

I became interested in computer aided design (CAD) and my job as a research assistant in the department of computer graphics at Cornell University led to an apprenticeship with Oakland-based sculptor Bruce Beasley. Following the apprenticeship, I established a studio and foundry in Oakland, California where I currently live and work. My sculptures have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and public spaces throughout the United States and abroad.

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MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:

2025 Sears Art Museum – Utah Tech University – St. George, Utah
2016 Random Precision – Peninsula Museum of Art – Burlingame, California
2012 Sonoma County Museum – Santa Rosa, California
2009 Duolun Museum of Modern Art – Shanghai, China
2008 Today Art Museum – Beijing, China

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:

Oakland Museum of California – Oakland, California
Sonoma County Museum – Santa Rosa, California

PUBLIC ART:

2024 Kirkwood, Missouri
2024 The Lark – San Mateo, California
2023 Palo Alto Medical Foundation – San Jose, California
2021 Kipling Post – Palo Alto, California
2021 St. Elizabeth Hospital – Edgewood, Kentucky
2020 El Camino Hospital – Mountain View, California
2019 Ageno Properties – Livermore, California
2018 Simon Premium Outlets – Thornton, Colorado
2016 Christenson Holdings LP – Sunnyvale, California
2014 Essex Properties – San Mateo, California
2014 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center – San Jose, California
2012 Neiman Marcus – Walnut Creek, California
2011 Orinda Plaza – Orinda, California
2011 Orinda City Hall – Orinda, California

SOLO/TWO PERSON SHOWS:

2024 Albert Dicruttalo and Mitch Jones – Andrea Schwartz Gallery – San Francisco, California
2021 Connection – Albert Dicruttalo and John Belingheri – Andrea Schwartz Gallery – San
Francisco, California
2018 Telltale Signs – Andrea Schwartz Gallery – San Francisco, California
2016 Loaded – Andrea Schwartz Gallery – San Francisco, California
2015 Up in the Air – Liberty Arts Center – Yreka, California
2013 Albert Dicruttalo and Mitch Jones – Andrea Schwartz Gallery – San Francisco, California
2003 Freedom, Entrapment and Identity – Handwerker Gallery – Ithaca College –Ithaca, New York
2003 New Work in Steel and Bronze – Perrella Gallery – Johnstown, New York
2002 Constructs – 111 Minna Gallery – San Francisco, California
1999 Albert Dicruttalo and Larry Aleshire – Terrain Gallery – San Francisco, California

RESIDENCIES:

2015-2016 – Autodesk Pier 9 Artist in Residence Program, San Francisco, California

AWARDS:

2012 Al Voigt Award – Cloverdale Arts Alliance – Cloverdale, California

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2022 Group Show – Andrea Schwartz Gallery – San Francisco, California
2021 Post Ranch Inn – Big Sur, California
2020 Silicon Valley Sculpture – Menlo College – Atherton,California
2019 Arts in April – Bardessono – Yountville, California
2018 Gallery Group Show – Andrea Schwartz Gallery – San Francisco, California
2017 Arts in April – Bardessono – Yountville, California
2015 Upcycle – Bardessono – Yountville, California
2015 Artist in Residence Exhibition – Autodesk Pier 9 Workshop – San Francisco, California
2012 Summer in South Park – Andrea Schwartz Gallery – San Francisco, California
2011 Castigation – Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art – San Francisco, California
2011 Relaunch Part II – Varnish Fine Art – San Francisco, California
2011 California Slam – San Luis Obispo Museum of Art – San Luis Obispo, California
2010 Finale – Paradise Ridge Winery – Santa Rosa, California
2010 Winfield Gallery – Carmel, California
2010 Project Wrecking Ball – Varnish Fine Art – San Francisco, California
2009 Intersculpt Biennial – Lorraine, France
2009 E Form – Jinse Gallery – Conqing, China
2009 Prelude – Paradise Ridge Winery – Santa Rosa, California
2009 Art in the Groves – California Shakespeare Theater – Orinda, California
2008 Five Year Anniversary Show – Varnish Fine Art – San Francisco, California
2008 Mettle – Paradise Ridge Winery – Santa Rosa, California
2008 Auberge du Soleil – Rutherford, California
2008 Winfield Gallery – Carmel, California
2007 Paradise Ridge Winery – Santa Rosa, California
2007 Auberge du Soleil – Rutherford, California
2007 Art Exchange – San Francisco, California
2007 Coastside Gallery – Mendocino, California
2007 Winfield Gallery – Carmel, California
2007 Art Exchange – San Franciso, California
2006 Bay Area Bronze – Varnish Fine Art – San Francisco, California
2006 Contract Design Center – San Francisco, California
2006 Auberge du Soleil – Rutherford, California
2005 California Figurative – Solomon Dubnick Gallery – Sacramento, California
2005 California Shakespeare Theater – Orinda, California
2005 Greetings from City of Paris – 111 Minna Gallery – San Francisco, California
2005 William Zimmer Gallery – Mendocino, California
2004 Natural Selections – Paradise Ridge Winery – Santa Rosa, California
2004 Gods of Art and Wine – Varnish Fine Art – San Francisco, California
2003 Grand Opening Show – Varnish Fine Art – San Francisco, California
2002 New in 2002 – Solomon Dubnick Gallery – Sacramento, California
2002 Mill Valley Sculpture Garden – Mill Valley, California
2000 111 Minna Gallery – San Francisco, California
2000 William Zimmer Gallery – Mendocino, California
2000 Mill Valley Sculpture Garden – Mill Valley, California
2000 Faculty Show – Academy of Art College – San Francisco, California
1999 Sculpture Walk – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – San Francisco, California (1997-1998)
1999 Faculty Show – Academy of Art College – San Francisco, California
1999 Vedanta Gallery – Chicago, Illinois
1998 Terrain Gallery – San Francisco, California
1998-1999 Sculpture Walk – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – San Francisco, California (1997-1998)

EDUCATION:

Ithaca College, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1989

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Metal Shop/Welding Instructor, Autodesk Pier 9 Workshop, San Francisco, California, 2016 – 2018
Assistant to Bruce Beasley, Oakland, California, 1998 – 2020
Instructor in Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California 1998 – 2000
Research Assistant, Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1994 – 1996