Gianluca Giarrizzo is a figurative sculptor and draftsman. His mediums primarily focus on marble, along with bronze casting, pen and ink, and graphite drawings. Giarrizzo received his BA in Studio Art from Lewis and Clark College and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in Sculpture and Anatomy. He has additionally spent time in Italy, studying stone carving and drawing. Giarrizzo’s sculptures are driven by process, where working without a model and carving the figure directly in stone is his preferred approach. Giarrizzo is an elected member of the National Sculpture Society and has received various awards and residencies including the New York Academy of Art and ABC Stone’s Merit Award Scholarship for a Stone Carving Residency (Carrara, Italy), the Bill and Sharon Jacob Award for Outstanding Ability in Sculpture (Carrara, Italy), Gallery Demonstrator at the Whitney Western Art Museum, and the Sculpture Scholar Award by the New York Academy of Art. Giarrizzo has work in private collections across the U.S. and has been exhibited in auctions, gallery, and museum shows nationally.