Career
Born near Pittsburgh, Rosati moved to New York in 1944, where he befriended fellow sculptor Philip Pavia. Rosati was among the participants in the 9th Street Art Exhibition and the subsequent Stable Gallery shows. A 1969 show at Brandeis University lifted his career to new heights.
He had other solo exhibitions and was in numerous group shows.
Rosati is perhaps best known for his sculptures in stone from the 1960s, and the stainless steel Ideogram that stood over 23 feet tall on the plaza between Towers 1 and 2 of the World Trade Center in New York City. About forty monumental pieces of sculpture are located in the United States and around the world.
Public collections holding work by James Rosati include:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York)
Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Empire State Collection (Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York)
Grounds for Sculpture (Hamilton, New Jersey)
Honolulu Museum of Art (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Museo della Scultural Contemporanea - Matera (Matera, Italy)
National Gallery of Art (Washington, Doctorate C)
Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City)
Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Connecticut).
