Born and raised in New York City, Eric Finzi has created a singular style with resin that bridges art and science. His work is influenced by time, temperature and gravity, and his tools include syringes, needles, sticks and a blowtorch. Finzi’s vocabulary uses subject matter loaded with cultural and philosophical connotations . He embraces the entropy and chaos of resin to create work that captures a moment in time when the resin has stopped moving. Embracing accidents and failures Finzi turns them into a narrative. The resin seems to encode the passage of time – one feels the painting moving until it is fossilized like an insect in amber.
Finzi’s work is both abstract and representational at the same time. Close examination of his glass like surfaces reveal patterns within patterns, dictated by the chemistry of resin.
Eric Finzi received his B.A from University of Pennsylvania in biology and art. His paintings and sculpture have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide since his first show in NY in 2003.