JOHN PHILIP LIBERTINO

Libertino grew up in Wellesley, MA, U.S.A. where he realised his desire to be an artist at the age of 13. After graduating from Wellesley public schools, he began his college education at Harvard College in Cambridge, MA. Formally transferring to Columbia College in the City of New York after a year at Harvard, he graduated with a BA in History of Art and Architecture. He immediately entered the Rhode Island School of Design where he studied painting for two years in Providence RI and spent his third year painting in Rome, Italy as a part of the R. I. S. of D. European Honors Program. He graduated with a BFA in Painting. During this period he began his exploration into the use of various atypical materials used in conjunction with traditional means and media... In 1996, Libertino travelled to live and paint in Paris, France and was immediately discouraged by the nature of the gallery system and disappointed by his discovery of the ameritorious manner of selecting artists based upon..