Internationally exhibited artist, Serena Bocchino has just finalized four art installations at Newark Penn Station in the Inaugural Art Project selected by NJ Transit and New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Bocchino is one of several artists that are commissioned to create site-specific art installations to be exhibited for 3-6 months to enhance the station that hosts 85,000 commuters each day.
Bocchino has created two mural sized works on Raymond Boulevard East and West on the Newark Penn Station Building.
On the Raymond Boulevard East side of the station, is a multi-panel installation of the original painting entitled, FRESH. The painting was fabricated into a variety of geometric shapes to activate and enhance the façade of the brick-building wall.
The art installation on Raymond Boulevard West consists of three paintings from Bocchino’s oeuvre, Star Power, Soar and Over It. All three works depict flight in a musical context. These three works together are enlarged to 8 feet high by 26 feet long.
All along the Market Street Tunnel of the Newark Penn Station, is Bocchino’s third art installation consisting of 27 panels -measuring 3×5 feet of illustrations taken from her children’s book, What Am I? The Story of an Abstract Painting. The book is based on the deconstruction of the abstract painting, LANDREACH. Bocchino states, “It is my hope that having the book enlarged and made into an art installation, will encourage passersby of all ages to learn about the creation of an abstract painting and after spending time with an abstract painting they may actually begin to see the world a little bit differently! “ 
In celebration of this installation and as a community outreach, Ms. Bocchino and the The Lucia Bocchino Fund for Promising Young Artists have joined forces to donate the children’s art book, What Am I? The Story of an Abstract Painting to every art teacher in the Newark School District. The book will assist teachers in the classroom, when they teach their students about abstract art. Additionally, the story behind the painting includes heartwarming children’s issues of our day such as inclusivity, friendship and harmony.
The New Interior Gallery Space of the Newark Penn Station near the PATH train entrance includes two of Bocchino’s paintings that have been reproduced and enlarged to 34 x 40 inches and are under glass, Untitled and Breakthrough Blush.
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Bocchino currently has a solo exhibition of her recent work at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. The exhibition will be up until January 2020.
In May 2020, works by Bocchino donated by international artist/collector, Basil Alkazzi, will be exhibited at the new Contemporary Art Wing of the National Museum of Poland, in Gdansk.
For current information about Serena Bocchino please visit, www.serenabocchino.com.