Painter of chaos, beauty and the struggle between.

Portfolio

Therapy Session: Di-vine
Objects Found: Hold Me Down
Night Light
Gun Bar

Growing up in 1970s Little Italy, Gerard Marinaccio drew on anything he could get his hands on — not as a hobby, but as an escape.

The tensions at home, the chaos of the street, the weight of an Italian-American neighborhood that didn't understand art as a career.

Around the corner, Keith Haring was turning graffiti into a cultural conversation at the Pop Shop. Neighbor Vincent Gallo introduced the teenage Marinaccio to a world of artists and musicians — including a bandmate, Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose frenetic linework changed how he understood chaos as a language.

But the neighborhood had other plans. Blue collar or nothing. Marinaccio put down the brushes, picked up the bottle, and spent years fighting a war between who he was and who he was supposed to be. Only after achieving sobriety, did he started creating again. His first public exhibition, 12 works about pain, beauty, and the long road to sobriety. It sold out.

ORIGIN STORY

Often described as "modern-day hieroglyphs" - a chaotic iconography where every mark carries meaning. Frenetic yet precise. Raw yet intentional.
Acrylic on canvas, mixed media on wood, large-scale murals, and found surfaces. Format follows feeling.
- Keith Haring
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Marisol Escobar
- St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
- Traumatic Vision Loss in '25
Creating new works for private collectors from his studio. Available for private sales, exhibitions and commissions.