Anthony DiFatta is a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and currently lives in Jackson with his wife, Melissa, and two dogs, Midas and Lucy. Tony spent most of his formative years in Southern Louisiana near New Orleans where he grew to love art, nature, and Southern Culture (most of it, anyway!). After a tour in McMurdo Station, Antarctica with the U.S. Navy, he returned to Mississippi to study painting and sculpture at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Tony recently left the corporate world as a graphic designer for MCI WorldCom to pursue painting full time. Tony is involved with several non-profit, charity, and historical preservation organizations including: HeArts Against Aids, Habitat for Humanity, the ACLU, Cancer League of Jackson, Magnolia Speech School, Mississippi Heritage Trust, and Stewpot Community Services. His work can be found in private, public, and corporate collections all over the nation including Mississippi, New York, California, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Birmingham, Memphis, Virginia, North Carolina, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Australia, England, and Italy.

Tony is making plans to open his own studio/gallery in Jackson.

Education:

BFA The University of Southern Mississippi
• Emphasis Painting/Drawing
• Emphasis Sculpture

Solo Shows:

• Methodist Medical Center, Hattiesburg, MS 1997
• Nunnery’s Gallery, Jackson, MS August 1998
• The Lounge, On-line Gallery Opening August 1998
• Mississippi Heritage Trust 10 Most Endangered, Nov. 1998 SOLD OUT
• Gravity Gallery, Clinton, MS January 1999
• Nunnery’s Gallery, Jackson, MS March 1999 SOLD OUT
• Automatic Slim’s, Memphis, TN September 10, 1999

Group/Juried Shows:

• Still Life Gallery , Hattiesburg, MS 1996
• The Figure, Suite 103 Gallery of Art, Jackson, MS 1996
• Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS 1998
• Mississippi Arts Alliance Holiday Gallery Tour, Nov., 1998
• The Attic Gallery March, 1999
• Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS 1999
• Art Who, Ocean Springs, MS June 17, 1999
• The Attic Gallery June 18, 1999
• Nunnery’s Gallery August 26, 1999 “Dog days of Summer”
• Exit Gallery October 2, 1999

Gallery Representation:

• Nunnery’s Gallery, Jackson, MS
426 Meadowbrook Road, Jackson, MS 39206, (601) 981-4426

• Gravity Gallery, Clinton, MS
202 West Leake Street, Clinton, Mississippi 39056, (601) 925-9808

• The Attic Gallery, Vicksburg, MS
1101 Washington St, Vicksburg, MS, (601) 638-9221

• Art Who, Ocean Springs, MS
623 Washington Ave, Ocean Springs, MS (228) 857-3251

Selected Private Collections:

Bernard J. Ebbers (CEO MCI WorldCom)
Wyatt Waters (artist)
William Dunlap (artist)
Irene Graham (MS Medical Center Library)
Debbie Kaufman (Interior Designer)
Dr. Nick Shaw
Tommy Ramey (The Ramey Agency)
Frank Grillo (V.P. Marketing, MCI WorldCom)
James Patterson (Gallery 119)
Steve Williams, Esquire (MCI WorldCom)
Karen Decker (Dir. Training, MCI WorldCom)
Eric Stracener, Esquire & Stacy Stracener, Esquire
Johnny Weems (J.C. Bradford)
Dr. James and Preston Hayes
Stella Grey Bryant (Mississippi Heritage Trust)
David Nutt, Esquire & Tracy Nutt
David Baria, Esquire & Marcy Fyke-Baria, Esquire
Randy Noone (Owner, Deville Camera)
Melissa Baria, Esquire
Tom & Janet Wagner
Floyd Sulser, Esquire & Bean Sulser
Dave Fulcher, Esquire
Ken Crotwell (Owner, Iron Horse Grill)
Beverly Ming
Michael Hervey
Phillip Sykes, Esquire
Leslie Kennedy
Matt Scott (WJTV Weatherman)
Davis Frye
Leon K. Shaifer
Hunter & Susan Pratt (Deposit Guaranty)

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