ARTIST BIO

Domenic Esposito refines his craft as a sculptor with deliberate vocabulary borrowed from Renaissance Italy, Asian culture, that are principled by social activism. Domenic trained at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Stonybrook Fine Arts, Artisan Asylum and Prospect Hill Forge, where he developed his metalwork skills.

In 2018, he achieved international attention through his sculptural execution of massive opioid spoon placed on the doorsteps of major pharmaceutical giants. Domenic went on to establish the Opioid Spoon Project, a 501(c)(3) that continues to serve as a solution-based platform for those effected by opioid /fentanyl crisis.

Esposito has worked alongside Nan Goldin and other artists organizing protests and marches. His artwork has been featured in the New York Times, The Art Newspaper, Hyperallergic, Le Monde, Frieze Magazine, Artnet news, Vice, ARTnews, and many other publications around the globe. His art and activism continue to foster attention and was recently part of two best-selling books on the subject: Least of Us by Sam Quinones and Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe. Domenic has been a guest lecturer at many institutions and museums throughout the country including MOMA (R&D Salon), the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and Boston University.

Domenic’s work has been exhibited in a range of galleries and art fairs across the U.S., including Beacon Gallery, Boston; Piano Craft Gallery, Boston; Westbeth Gallery, New York, Insight Artspace, New York; placement of the spoon includes Art Basel Miami, Chicago Art Fair, among others. He recently completed a prestigious artist residency at Mana Contemporary Art, which lead to his print work with master printer, Gary Lichtenstein. Domenic is the President of the New England Sculptors Association, an organization dedicated to bringing sculpture to communities.