Blaise Joseph Tobia

Besides his studio practice he is active in critical/historical writing and research, especially on text-image works and non-traditional forms of presentation. He is also interested in non-print forms of photographic presentation, including projected images, computer multi-media and the web. Additionally, he has been active in a historic legacy project related to the CETA-funded NYC artists projects of 1978-81, for which he was a documentary photographer. Two of his images were included in the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs arts plan for NYC.

As a fine artist, Blaise Tobia uses digital photographic techniques to create a variety of artistic works. These may be paired images or assembled multi-image pieces (often printed extremely large), text and image combinations, montages, and sequences, often in book form. He also has a special interest in Italy and Italian language and culture; his book "Castle of Eufemio" documenting a small Sicilian town was published in 2007; his series “The Disappearance of Italy” was shown in Rome in 2016.