Robyn Bellospirito is an American artist working in visionary, symbolist, and expressionist styles. She has been exhibiting her art in galleries and museums in the New York metropolitan area, around the country and abroad for almost four decades. Bellospirito is listed in Who's Who in American Art and Who's Who of American Women and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Art History with a minor in languages. She has worked in some of New York's finest museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Frick Collection.
In 1981 Bellospirito was accepted into the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) which took place at Fredonia University. In 1982, she was the recipient of the New York State Art Teachers Association Award.
From 1993 to 1996, Robyn Bellospirito was publisher and editor of The Exhibitioner Art Magazine which featured the work of emerging and established artists from around the country. Bellospirito worked as a curator of many solo and group art exhibitions during that time.
In 1995, Bellospirito won a precedent-setting case in Federal Court against the Manhasset Public Library in Manhasset, NY when the library denied her a scheduled show because of an unwritten policy against nudity in art. The three paintings the library banned are titled "Lovers of the Past", "Tears in the Machine," and "As Angels Fly Away". Following a two and a half year battle in Federal Court, Judge Thomas Platt ruled in Bellospirito's favor and in favor of the protection of free speech. The case set a precedent in the Eastern District of New York, and in January 1996 the artist was given back her show which included the three disputed works. Read more about the court case here: http://www.artistrights.info/decision_bellospirito-v-manhasset-public-library
Bellospirito’s art has been featured in numerous publications including: Natural Awakenings Magazine (2017), Horizons Magazine (2017), The Village Connection Magazine (2016), ACES Magazine (2015), The Sow's Ear Poetry Review (2010), ADF's Oak Leaves (2009), The Queen's Chronicles (2009), Susun Weed's Wise Woman Herbal Ezine (2008), Magickal Light (Italy) (2006 & 2008), Pentacle Magazine, UK (2005), and Creations Magazine (1998). Her “Coloring Book for Dreamy People” has also been published and is available on amazon.
In 2021, Bellospirito designed a tarot card deck, “The Bello Spirito Tarot”, using images of her paintings. The deck is available for sale here: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/bellospirito.
The Tarot Guidebook is sold separately on amazon.
Bellospirito is an accomplished writer, having published “Memoirs of a Little Ghost: Selected Writings from 2002-2015” and “Unearthly Bequests: A Tetralogy of Tiny Terrors.” Bellospirito wrote several articles about shamanism that were published in Sacred Hoop Magazine in the UK (Issues #94, #102, #112, and #116). She has also written feature stories and business profiles for numerous publications including Creations Magazine, The Locust Valley Leader, The Oyster Bay Guardian, Stone World Magazine, Architectural Record, The Central New York Business Journal, and ACES Magazine.
Robyn Bellospirito's art is on permanent display at Cornucopia's Noshery in Amityville, NY. Her art has also been exhibited at: The Long Island Museum in Stony Brook, NY; Fotofoto Gallery in Huntington, NY; Westbury Arts in Westbury, NY; The Calling Bell (formerly The Gallery @) in Huntington, NY; Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY; Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY; The Long Hall Gallery at Toast in Patchogue, NY; Studio 5404 in Massapequa, NY; Artspace Patchogue in Patchogue, NY; RIPE Art Gallery in Huntington, NY; The Huntington Arts Council in Huntington, NY; UUFH Gallery in Huntington, NY; The Art League of Long Island in Dix Hills, NY; The Lana Santorelli Gallery in Southampton, NY; The IMAC Theater in Huntington, NY; The Society of Illustrators in New York City; The Watchung Arts Center in Watchung, NJ; The Hillwood Art Museum in Brookville, NY; The Ghost Fleet Gallery in Kitty Hawk, NC; The Islip Art Museum in Islip, NY; The Eighth Floor Gallery in New York City, The Foster Freeman Gallery in San Antonio, TX; The U.N. Fourth World Conference in Beijing, China and Moscow, Russia; The Ticknor Gallery at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA; and a corporate exhibition at the 1-800-FLOWERS Manhattan Store. Her work was featured in 2000 when she painted a mask for The Mask Project NY which was auctioned off to benefit Hospice Care. The Mask Project chose to use the image of her mask as their logo on various promotional materials, including ten-foot long banners which were hung throughout the Fortunoff Mall in Carle Place, NY. Her work is in the corporate collection of 1-800-FLOWERS at their headquarters located in Carle Place, NY, and in many private collections around the country.
Bellospirito continues to make art, write, and play music with wooden flutes, hand drums, percussion, handpan, lyre, and other instruments including vocals. She lives in a funky treehouse studio in Long Island, NY - acknowledging with deep respect that this land is on the unceded traditional territory of the Canarsie, Rockaway, Matinecock, Merrick, Nissequogue, Massapeque, Secatogue, Setalcott, Unkechaug, Corchaug, Shinnecock, Manhasett, and Montaukett First Nations.
