About the artist:

Joseph Capozio was born in Philadelphia in 1927 where his early interests were divided between art and music. After serving in World War II he studied at the Cannon School of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and spent many summers painting in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He also studied in New York and later traveled and painted extensively in Italy, Switzerland and France.

The Rhythmic quality of Capozio’s spirit is brilliantly reflected in all his work. There is always evidence of the disciplined draughtsman who gives loving attention to detail and at the same time can burst into rhythmic spontaneity.

Although primarily a fine artist, he also worked as a textile designer, illustrator and furniture designer. His paintings have been represented at the Newman Gallery in Philadelphia . . . Maxwell Galleries, Ltd., in San Francisco … and in many galleries on the West Coast, with exclusive collections throughout the Continental United States and Hawaii.

In 1955 Capozio moved to San Francisco to devote all his time to art and Eastern philosophy. Once a practitioner of Yoga at the Baptiste Institute in San Francisco, he was also a lead male dancer in the Magana Baptiste East Indian Dance Troupe living with his wife, Stevie and their daughter at his studio in San Francisco’s North Beach. At the time of his passing in 2016 he and Stevie were co-owners of a gallery in New York state.

Kerwin Galleries has represented the work of this fine artist since the early seventies.