Serena Bocchino is a contemporary American artist whose abstract paintings and sculptures are inspired by jazz, dance, and the Fluxus movement. Her layered works,  created with enamel paint, graphite, and mixed media, translate sound into vibrant visual form. “This process is deeply influenced by her synesthesia, a neurological condition that allows her to experience sound as color, shape, and line moving through space, transforming music into a vivid, visual language.”

Bocchino began her career in New York’s East Village art scene, where she exhibited in both alternative and commercial galleries and was selected by Susan Rothenberg for a notable group show alongside Eric Fischl, April Gornik, and Jenny Holzer. A PS1/MoMA studio residency followed, leading to her first international solo exhibition in Rome. Her work has been shown across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, including major exhibitions at the Museo Italo Americano (San Francisco), the Nicolaysen Art Museum (Wyoming), and the Taoxichuan Art Museum of China’s Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), which acquired several of her works for its permanent collection.

Bocchino is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Art Matters Award, Basil Alkazzi Award (USA), and multiple fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Her work is held in numerous collections, including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Morris Museum, the Zimmerli Art Museum, the National Museum in Gdańsk (Poland), and the St. Louis Art Museum. Her monographs Serena Bocchino: The Artist (2015) and Lyrical Roar (2023) document her dynamic career. In 2024, her artwork was digitally broadcast in Times Square, New York—bringing her bold, music-driven visuals to a global audience.