Alec Liparulo
Alec is an Upstate New York artist, who specializes in Photography and Neon. His craft in sculpture aims to find ways photography can exist as a material and “break its frame”.
“Light is my medium”
Artist Statement
My work explores the emotional truths held in the heart, expressed through the language of relationships, vulnerability, and light. While working with many different materials, I gravitate towards two main disciplines: Photography and Neon. While each of these materials has strong differences, both visually and conceptually, they both deal with an aspect of light. One captures a moment of light in time, the other creates it.
In the age of digital photography where holding one’s entire portfolio online is common, creating a physically printed image has grown to be a central focus of my work. The texture of an image can hold much detail, details of which can be lost in a sea of pixels. When working with Neon it gives many artists a sense of awe, like so many other mediums. But with neon, the sense of wonder lingers long after the satisfaction of creating another work. Light working with light, can constrict it, or expand it. This combination of mediums drives my creative practice and expands my definition of photography, and space. To “break one’s frame”, can also mean to break one’s expected mold or expectations. Those expectations of materiality and metaphysical emotions are what drive my work to go beyond its frame.
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Exhibitions / Achievements
2025 – Exhibition in Alfred University
2022 – Exchange in Nagoya, Japan
2022 – Exhibition in Cazenovia College
2019 – SkillsUSA Regional 2nd Place Photo
2019 – Honorable Mention Scholastics
2019 – ESSPA 2nd Place Photo Contest
2019 – ESSPA Gold Award for Best Photo in Regional Yearbooks
2018 – ESSPA 2nd Place Photo Contest
2018 – Silver Key Scholastics
2018 – 3rd place in CNY TV news story competition 2017 – Exhibition in Department of Education