About Louis Giordano, Silkscreen Print Artist

Louis Giordano is a professional silkscreen artist who offers limited edition prints and exclusive commercial art collections. Giordano’s collection of work touches on various overlapping themes and emotions. Giordano regularly features people, places, southwest plants, and architecture in his work.

Louis Giordano's limited edition prints boldly take on a life of their own, and confident buyers who know what they like when they see it collect this unique body of work. Giordano lives and works in Scottsdale, Arizona. His work can be found at:

  • First Studio, Phoenix, AZ

  • Five 15 Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

  • Found:RE Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

  • Mesa Arts Center. Mesa, AZ

  • Inglorious Arizona Exhibition

  • The Gallery Glendale at Westgate, Glendale, AZ

Who is Louis Giordano?

“You are who you are,
you can’t take that away,”
— says Giordano

Louis Giordano wanted to be an artist since the age of four. While Giordano knew he was naturally gifted, he always gravitated towards technically acquired art skills. He has learned and apprenticed under a multitude of extremely talented fine artists, including past professors he still remains in contact with today. Occasionally exploring parts of the country and learning from different artists has helped expand his horizons and his artistic range. Giordano states that fatherhood has remained a vital source of inspiration, and his children are often present in his paintings.

Giordano has a positive and euphoric outlook on life as well as a strong sense of self that is naturally present in his work.

He is often taken aback by the spectrum of emotions a single print can elicit from people of different ages and walks of life. Giordano enjoys developing his own interpretation by crossing the boundaries of traditional art techniques and embracing whatever the process calls for.

Information

  • Born in New Jersey City, NJ 

  • Residing in Scottsdale, AZ

History 

Louis Giordano was born in New Jersey City, NJ, and settled in Scottsdale, AZ, at the age of 10, where he went on to earn his BFA at Arizona State University. Throughout his life in New Jersey and Arizona, Giordano admired the architecture and mid-century design that surged during the 60s and marked such a time of growth. Influenced by the contrast between the vertical nature of the Manhattan skyline (including the Empire State Building) and the horizontal nature of the Desert Southwest (including Taliesin West), Giordano enjoyed being part of the boom and living in a period when mid-century design was prevalent.

Through the decades, Louis Giordano has sought to learn from a multitude of extremely talented fine artists. Giordano refuses to be bound by industry expectations often placed on traditional artists and has merged different techniques to develop his own unique fine art style. 

Art Style & Process

Louis Giordano has a diverse collection of art in various styles that have adapted over the years including retro, pop, and mid-century modern. While Giordano is experienced in a variety of art forms such as painting and photography, he is drawn to the immediacy that comes with working with certain inks and acrylics in printmaking.

Part of Giordano’s process includes understanding the potential interpretations his audience can gain from each piece. Critical understanding of color concepts within each of his print works plays a major role in the course of his career and success.

Silkscreen Printing 

The extremely difficult and highly technical multi-step process of silkscreen printing is astonishing. For Louis Giordano, it begins with photographing buildings and objects that call to him, followed by digital photo editing—all before generating plates by hand and beginning the screen printing process.

Giordano is notorious for his process of carving out intricate details within his prints, which can take anywhere from ten to over forty hours. Many of Giordano’s works are Many of Giordano's works are considered exceptional because they include over one thousand “pulls” (several hundred more pulls than most silkscreen print artists typically do).  A combination of inks Louis Giordano prepares by hand and and assortment of print mediums add a special element to his uniquely crafted work.

Commercial Art 

Louis Giordano is highly experienced when it comes to developing creative solutions and custom works for commercial projects. His work can simultaneously incorporate photography, digital editing, and pulls. His capabilities for corporate work are vast, which include print, photography, computer editing, ad design, environmental designs, and more. 

During his role as Banner Health’s Director of Design Services, he generated a multitude of large-scale commercial art installations over a span of twenty-five years. He also has over fifteen years of experience as an art director, leading a full corporate team to accomplish major projects.