The artist

Fontaine Scarelli

Fontaine Scarelli is a Chicago based contemporary abstract expressionist whose large scale paintings explore time, memory, survival, and the tension between order and disruption.

Working primarily in oil, Scarelli builds layered surfaces that move between psychological landscape, cinematic atmosphere, and emotional architecture.

His work is held in private, residential, corporate, and architectural collections in the United States and internationally.

Portrait of artist Fontaine Scarelli seated in his Chicago studio
Fontaine Scarelli in his Chicago studio.
Selected exhibitions and placements
2026

A Stitch in Time, Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park

2025

11:11 On Another Planet, solo exhibition, Hong Kong

2024

Fractured Continuum, 737 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago

2024

Temporal Nexus, Poliform, River North Design District Fall Gallery Walk

Selected

Presented through Luminaire during Art Basel Miami Beach

Selected

Exhibited at the International Museum of Surgical Science

Collection

Artwork acquired by Perkins&Will

Licensing

Artwork licensed for the Netflix feature film 72 Hours

Press

WGN TV · L'Officiel St. Barth · Milk X Hong Kong · Visual Art Journal · ZTYLEZ Hong Kong

Collections

Private collections in Chicago, Boston, California, Barcelona, Hong Kong, and Germany. Work acquired by Perkins&Will and licensed for the Netflix feature film 72 Hours.