Projects

Studio

Drawings

1. Closing Time, 2025  
Graphite on Paper
11 × 14 in. 
(27.94 × 35.56 cm) 
Available


Selected drawings and paintings from the studio studies and independent works made between exhibitions.

Joey Belardi

Laguna Beach, CA
joeybelardi@gmail.com
InstagramJoey Belardi (b. 1996, Santa Cruz, CA) is a painter based in Laguna Beach, California. His work explores the absurdities of everyday life, reframing the familiar through humor and curiosity. Drawing on mid-century animation and shared cultural memory, Belardi combines observational mark-making with playful distortions of space and emotion, inviting viewers to reconsider how memory and myth shape the present.

Education
2018
BFA Laguna College of Art and Design










CV 2025  
Thresholds, Other Places Art Fair (OPAF), California Center for the Arts.

2025
Romeo and Juliet, Cruise Control Contemporary, 
Cambria CA

2023
Super Summer, Moosey Gallery, Norwich UK

2022
A La Carte, Thotchke Gallery, New York NY

Thresholds
Other Places Art Fair (OPAF),  
California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA1. Surprise & Anticipation, 2025  
Oil on Canvas  
26 × 40 in. 
(66.04 × 101.6 cm)
Available

2. Fear & Anger, 2025 
Oil on Canvas  
26 × 40 in. 
(66.04 × 101.6 cm)
Available 

3. Trust & Disgust, 2025  
Oil on Canvas  
26 × 40 in. 
(66.04 × 101.6 cm)
Available

4. Joy & Sadness, 2025
Oil on Canvas  
26 × 40 in. 
(66.04 × 101.6 cm) 
Available


Thresholds Explores my ongoing pursuit to reframe the familiar through absurdity and curiosity. By reimagining the common doorway I pose a question: How can we observe the everyday and experience it differently?


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Romeo & Juliet
Cruise Control Contemporary, Cambria, CA1. Act 2 Scene 6, 2025 
Acrylic & Flashe on Panel & Plexiglass  
31 × 25 in. 
(60.96 × 76.2 cm)  
Available 

2. Act 3 Scene 1 (Part 1), 2025  
Acrylic & Flashe on Panel & Plexiglass  
31 × 25 in.
(91.44 × 121.92 cm)  
Available   

3. Act 2 Scene 2, 2025  
Acrylic & Flashe on Panel & Plexiglass  
31 × 25 in.
(76.2 × 101.6 cm)  
Private Collection


Selected works from Belardi’s debut solo exhibition “Romeo & Juliet,” reimagining Shakespeare’s tragedy through a Looney Tunes vernacular. The series of eleven paintings explored humor, melodrama, and American kitsch through cinematic composition and painterly exaggeration.


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Supper Summer
Moosey Gallery, Norwich, UK 1. Howl You Doin? 2023
Acrylic On Plastic and Panel in Artist Frame
12 x 48 
(30.48 x 121.92 cm)
Unavailable


‘Super Summer’, a group exhibition focusing on Moosey’s ethos of uncovering exciting contemporary artists. The pieces shown in ‘Super Summer’ are varied and diverse with each artist presenting one piece, highlighting the significance of contemporary painting in 2023.



À La Carte
Tchotchke Gallery, New York NY 1. Nana’s Pasta. 2022
Acrylic On Plastic and Panel
24 x 144 
(60.96 x 370 cm)
Unavailable


Part of the À La Carte group exhibition alongside sixteen artists who examine the modern dinner party and the power beholden to sharing a meal. This expansive show highlights the differing styles of each painter in parallel to the vast flavors of the food you might find at such a gathering with friends, family, and perhaps even temporary strangers.

© Joey Belardi