Chad Lubertowicz

Chad Lubertowicz was born in Wareham, MA, and currently resides in Troy, NY. He received his MFA from SUNY University at Albany in 2025. Chad is primarily a painter, fascinated by color theory and interested in creating distortions of encounters.


Artist Statement

I make oil paintings that explore the moments of solitude that can occur in public spaces. Through a juxtaposition of realism and abstraction, I utilize multiple styles of mark-making and bright, saturated colors to capture quiet, individual rituals: people absorbed in their own inner worlds in spaces like airports, subways, and train stations. The techniques and color palette are drawn from my desire to transform the everyday mundane into a scene that is dreamlike or otherworldly. Momentarily suspended in time, the scenes embody isolation and the deeply human act of waiting.

I work from photographs – both from my own archive and sourced from online databases – and from my own experiences and memories. Through facial expressions, body language, imagined daydreams, and public solitude, I use the encounter with these strangers as a lens to investigate my own inner world.


www.chadlubertowicz.com