An artist with seven decades in the New York contemporary art scene
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“If you love art, and you love what you do, it can be wonderful. You can have a charmed life. I feel like I have a charmed life.”
Carmen Cicero, 2023
“If you love art, and you love what you do, it can be wonderful. You can have a charmed life. I feel like I have a charmed life.”
Carmen Cicero, 2023
“If you love art, and you love what you do, it can be wonderful. You can have a charmed life. I feel like I have a charmed life.”
Carmen Cicero, 2023
“If you love art, and you love what you do, it can be wonderful. You can have a charmed life. I feel like I have a charmed life.”
Carmen Cicero, 2023
Works
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Abstract Expressionist
1959
Odradek
Abstract Expressionist
1959
Odradek
Abstract Expressionist
1959
Odradek
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Figurative Expressionist
1972
Crime
Figurative Expressionist
1972
Crime
Figurative Expressionist
1972
Crime
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Figurative Expressionist
1972
Battle of the Sexes I
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Figurative Expressionist
1972
Battle of the Sexes I
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Figurative Expressionist
1972
Battle of the Sexes I
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Figurative Expressionist
1981
The Surprise in the Window
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Figurative Expressionist
1981
The Surprise in the Window
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Figurative Expressionist
1981
The Surprise in the Window
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Figurative Expressionist
1981
Prince Charming
Figurative Expressionist
1981
Prince Charming
Figurative Expressionist
1981
Prince Charming
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Visionary
1995
Tracer of Lost Persons
Visionary
1995
Tracer of Lost Persons
Visionary
1995
Tracer of Lost Persons
Works
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Abstract Expressionist
1959
Odradek
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Figurative Expressionist
1972
Crime
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Figurative Expressionist
1972
Battle of the Sexes I
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Figurative Expressionist
1981
The Surprise in the Window
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Figurative Expressionist
1981
Prince Charming
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Visionary
1995
Tracer of Lost Persons
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Carmen in his studio on the Bowery.
About the Artist
Cicero’s works of the 1950s—collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, and other major museums—combined the gestures of Abstract Expressionism with the complex emergent forms of Surrealist automatism. In the 1960s, Cicero was one of the first members of the American avant-garde to return to figuration, pursuing, through the 1960s and 1970s, a style called “figurative expressionism.” This evolved beginning in the 1990s into his more recent “visionary” mode, in which he depicts, with a startling clarity, mysterious scenes animated by multiple contradictory feelings—unfulfilled desires, jealousy, despair, and isolation—as well as a generous dose of humor.
Cicero has had over 70 solo exhibitions, been in over 220 group exhibitions and included in 33 museum collections.
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Carmen in his Bowery studio
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Carmen in his Bowery studio
Carmen in his studio on the Bowery.
News
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Carmen Cicero: Drawings and Watercolors
“Carmen Cicero Drawings and Watercolors: Tales of Intrigue, Danger and Humor,” July 3-October 5, 2025. Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA.
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Carmen Cicero: Drawings and Watercolors
“Carmen Cicero Drawings and Watercolors: Tales of Intrigue, Danger and Humor,” July 3-October 5, 2025. Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA.
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Carmen Cicero: Drawings and Watercolors
“Carmen Cicero Drawings and Watercolors: Tales of Intrigue, Danger and Humor,” July 3-October 5, 2025. Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA.
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Carmen Cicero: Drawings and Watercolors
“Carmen Cicero Drawings and Watercolors: Tales of Intrigue, Danger and Humor,” July 3-October 5, 2025. Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA.
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Solo Exhibition Drawings and Watercolors
Solo Exhibition Drawings and Watercolors at June Kelly Gallery, 166 Mercer St., New York, October 18-January 14, 2025. Opening and Book Signing on October 18.
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Solo Exhibition Drawings and Watercolors
Solo Exhibition Drawings and Watercolors at June Kelly Gallery, 166 Mercer St., New York, October 18-January 14, 2025. Opening and Book Signing on October 18.
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Solo Exhibition Drawings and Watercolors
Solo Exhibition Drawings and Watercolors at June Kelly Gallery, 166 Mercer St., New York, October 18-January 14, 2025. Opening and Book Signing on October 18.
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Solo Exhibition Drawings and Watercolors
Solo Exhibition Drawings and Watercolors at June Kelly Gallery, 166 Mercer St., New York, October 18-January 14, 2025. Opening and Book Signing on October 18.
“When you are creative, you lose yourself in what you are doing… Painting gives me life.”
Carmen Cicero, 2021
“When you are creative, you lose yourself in what you are doing… Painting gives me life.”
Carmen Cicero, 2021
“When you are creative, you lose yourself in what you are doing… Painting gives me life.”
Carmen Cicero, 2021
“When you are creative, you lose yourself in what you are doing… Painting gives me life.”
Carmen Cicero, 2021
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