Orlando native Raymond DeCicco has been an independent studio artist for many years.  Like many, he studied other artists during his formal education at Valencia College and University of West Florida.  He further pursued realistic and surrealistic imagery in painting , drawing , and various printmaking techniques , eventually settling on aluminography.  Largely self taught, he is an old school printmaker who still prefers the paper , ink , and impression methodology.  DeCicco has his own art and printmaking studio, which allows him to control and print his own editions.  He currently resides in Orlando; however his body of work has been devoted to recording rare and wild places throughout the country.  Subjects are symbolic of our connection to nature and its cycles -" Natural  Order Observed".

.  His prints and paintings have been included in over one hundred national and international exhibitions.  DeCicco's work is represented in collections of the University of Wales, Mennello Museum of American Art, Hunterdon Art Museum , Maitland Art Center, Elon College , Valencia College, City of Orlando , and private collections here and abroad.

  Exhibitions:
~ " Extreme Pressure 2022 , Biennial of  American Prints", Webber Gallery, College of Central Forida,Ocala , Florida, August 8 - September 22,
2022.
~" Artlink 42nd National Print Exhibition, "Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne Indiana,, March 31-April  24, 2022.
~" Ink Only lll" Durbin Gallery of the Doris Wainwright Kennedy Arts Center and Art Studios, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham , Alabama, September 3-23, 2021
~"Artlink 40th Annual National Print Exhibition", Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne , Indiana, April 9 - May 10, 2020.
~"Original: Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Prints", Crooked Tree Arts Center-Traverse City ,  Michigan, September 7 - November 17, 2018.
~"Impression: A National Printmaking Exhibition", d`Art Center, Richmond , Virginia, October 18- November 12, 2018.
~"2018 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition," Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, January 18 - February 28, 2018. JURO0R'S MERIT AWARD.
~Atlanta Printmakers Biennial 2017, The Atlanta Printmaker's Studio, Kai Lin Art , Atlanta, Georgia , March 15 - April 14 , 2017.
~"Artlink Contemporary Gallery's 37th Annual National Print Exhibition," Artlink Contemporary Gallery , Fort Wayne , Indiana , March 31 - May 5 , 2017.
~"The Printed Image 6,"  Alice C. Sabatini Gallery , Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library , Topeka , Kansas , November 4 - December  30 , 2016.
~"The New South," Kai Lin Art , Atlanta , Georgia , April 8 - May 14 , 2016.
~"36th Annual National Print Exhibition," Artlink,  Auer Center for Arts and Culture , Fort Wayne , Indiana , April 22 - May 15 , 2016. 
~"Atlanta Print Biennial," Kai Lin Art, Atlanta Printmakers  Studio, Atlanta , Georgia, November 1 - December 5, 2015.
~"Representational Art in the 21st Century," Wailo Center, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, July 1 - July 30, 2015.
~"35th Annual National  Print Exhibition," Artlink , Auer Center for Arts and Culture, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 24 - May 27, 2015.
~ "2014 Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition," University Galleries, Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey,  November 3 - December 12, 2014.
 ~"The 2014 Harnett Biennial of American Prints," Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, Virginia, October 28 - December 12, 2014.
~"New Directions '14," Barrett Art Center's 28th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, September 27 - November 8, 2014.
~"34th Annual National Print Exhibition & Traveling Exhibit," Artlink, Auer Center for Arts and Culture, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 25- May 28, 2014; Traveling dates June 2014 - April 2015.
~"2014 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition," Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, January 30- February 28, ~"2014.33rd National Print Exhibition," Artlink,  Auer Center for Art and Culture, Fort Wayne , Indiana, April 26 - May 29,2013.
~"Prominent Printmakers II," Amhearst Street Gallery, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester , New Hampshire, March 20 - April 10, 2013.
~"thINK ," The Boston Printmakers Members Show, Sawyer Center For Fine and Performing Arts, Colby-Sawyer College, New London , New Jersey, January 13 - March 8, 2013.
~"2013 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition," Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, January 17 - February 20, 2013,
JUROR'S MERIT AWARD.
"Artist As Environmentalist," article in Contemporary Impressions, Journal of the American Print Alliance, Late Summer 2012.
~"The Printed Image 4," Fourth Biennial Juried Graphics Exhibition , Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, Kansas, November 16 - December 28, 2012.
~"American Landscapes 2012," Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland, August 17 - September 16 , 2012.
~"35th Annual Art on Paper, National Juried Exhibition," Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland,  March 22 -      April 22, 2012
~"Prints U.S., 2011," Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri, November 19, 2011 - January 8, 2011
~"Los Angeles Printmaking Society Members Exhibition," City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California, June 4 - July 15, 2011.
~"2011 American Impressions National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition," Ben Shahn Center, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, January 30 - March 4, 2011.
~"31st Annual National Print Exhibition," Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 15 - May 25, 2011.
~"thINK," The Boston Printmakers Members Show, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, December 19, 2010 - January 30, 2011.
~"The Printed Image 3," Third Biennial Juried Graphics Exhibition, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery and Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas, October 1, 2010 - January 16, 2011.
~"Printwork '10," The Barrett Art Center's 5th National Printmaking Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, July 17-August 14, 2010.
~"Rock*Paper*Scissors," Printmaking and Book Arts Exhibition 2010, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California, June 18-July 31, 2010.
~"Exploring Contemporary Printmaking," 5th Winter National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, California, January 9 - February 7, 2010.
~"thINK," Boston Printmakers Members Show, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, Massachusetts, June 12 - July 3, 2010.
~"Natural Order Observed," article published in Contemporary Impressions, The American Print Alliance, Fall/Winter 2009.
~"Prints USA 2009," Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri, 2009
~"20th National Exhibition," Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2009.
~"4th Biennial Print Exhibition," Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona, 2008.
~"6th Minnesota National Print Biennial," Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2008.
~"Southern Printmaking Biennial National Print Exhibition," North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Georgia, 2008.
~"The Printed Image 2," Second Biennial Midwestern Graphics Juried Exhibition, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery and Washburn Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas, 2008.
~"Stone-Plate-Grease-Water, International Contemporary Lithography," Llantanam Grange Arts Center, Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom, 2008.
~"Stone-Plate-Grease-Water, International Contermporary Lithographyy" Bankside Gallery , London, United Kingdom, 2007
"Stone - Plate - Grease-Water"International Contemporary Lithography,"Tabernacl Museum for Modern Ar for Wales, United Kingdom, 2007.
~"Artlink 28th Annual National Print Exhibition," Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2008.
~"American Impressions: Contemporary American Printmaking 2008," Ben Shahn Galleries, Wayne, New Jersey, 2008.
~"Third Annual National Drawing , Painting, and Printmaking Competion,"Jan and Gary Dario Gallery,Palm Beach Community College,Lake Worth, Florida,2007.