Artist Statement
In the past couple of years I have been experimenting with a few different techniques, particularly large-scale collage. The process begins by placing the chosen material directly on a photocopy machine. Once the images are printed, I produce transfers by adding medium to the xerox. When dried, I wet and remove the excess paper from the back. I am left with very thin sheets which I cut, layer, and glue to the canvas.
The work is mostly intuitive and spontaneous; there is no sketching or premeditation. The material dictates the shapes and color. The process is physical and interative. Hours and sometimes days are needed before I settle on an idea and I find myself constantly battling complacency. In my everyday research and learning, I look for eccentricity with the intent to expand my creative boundaries. I find the process difficult, humbling, and exciting.
Background
Angela was born and raised in Colombia in an Italian family. In 1977, she moved to Carrara where she attended the Accademia of Belle Arti for four years under the guidance of distinguished professors like Bruno Munari, Pier Carlo Santini, Getulio Alviani and others. The culmination of her studies was winning a major competition that allowed her to show her work at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence.
In 1983 she traveled to Boston where she decided to pursue another degree. She spent two years at the SMFA focusing on Graphic Design and participated in the “Fifth Year Competition” before graduating in 1986. For a few years she worked as a graphic designer and as a freelancer in the area.
After taking twenty years off to raise her kids, she returned to the art world with a focus on painting.
In 2016 she rented a small studio in Dedham where she now devotes her time to experimentation and her art.
Angela’s work has been selected in various shows in MA and has won several awards. She belongs to the Concord and the Newton Art Association, the Marion Art Center and the Mosesian Center for the Arts.
Awards and Events
Honorable Mention (James King Bonnar Show 2022)
Third Prize, (Morse Institute Library Show 2019)
First Prize,The Edgeley Family Foundation Award (NAA Annual Awards Show 2017)
Honorable Mention (James King Bonnar Show 2016)
Second Prize (Newton Art Association Library Show 2015)
Second Prize (Roddy Exhibit, Concord Art Association 2015)
Honorable Mention (James King Bonnar Show 2015)
Honorable Mention (Newton Art Association Library Show 2014)
The Mollie L. and Henry Schoenberg Award (Collective NAA show at the Newton Public Library 2012)
Presentation at the Springhouse senior living in Jamaica Plain, 2015
Talk at the Newton Rotary Club April 8, 2014
Tenacre Country Day School Artist-in Residence Jan/Feb 2013
Exhibits
– 2022 –
Mosesian Center for the Arts “Across Cultures”
Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture, Concord
Mother Brook Juried Show “Giving”
The James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
– 2020 –
SMFA Art Sale
Area Code Art Fair
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
– 2019 –
Mother Brook Juried Show “Transistions”
Mosesian Center for the Arts Member’s show
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
MB Open Studios "Spring"
Solo Show: Cervone Deegan & Associates, Jamaica Plain, MA
Morse Institute Library Show, Natick, MA
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture, Concord
The James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association
– 2018 –
Marion Art Center - Taking Flight (A four Artist Show )
The Mosesian Center for the Arts, Juried Member Exhibit 2018
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
Marion Art Center - Found objects Show (A four Artist Show )
The Mosesian Center for the Arts – Juried Show, Watertown
NAA juried Exhibit at Boston Psychoanalytical Society and Institute, Newton
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture, Concord
The James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association
– 2017 –
MSFA art Sale
Mother brook Fall Open Studios, Dedham
The Roddy Exhibit, Concord Art Association
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
Unbound Visual Arts, “Rejuvenation” Cambridge, MA
New TV, Summer Selective - Newton Open Studios
Betty Meyer Gallery -“Open Ended” Newton, MA
James King Bonnar Show, Newton, MA
How on Earth, Cow and Birds Show. Mattapoiset, MA
Concord Art, Members Juried 2: Mix Media, Drawing, Photography
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture
Inaugural Alumni Show at the Dean's Gallery at the SMFA, Boston
– 2016 –
MSFA art Sale
Mother Brook Open Studios, Dedham
Fall Juried Art Fest, Newton, MA
Marion Art Center Members show, Marion
“Art in Giving” Mother Brook, Dedham
Danforth Museum, Danforth Art Annual
“A Sense of Scandinavia” Collective Exhibition, Newton
“Full Bloom” A Small-Works Exhibit, Newton
Mother Brook Spring Open Studios, Dedham
Concord Art, Members Juried 2: Mix Media
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture
The James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association
– 2015 –
MSFA art Sale
The Roddy Exhibit, Concord Art Association
Church of the Redeemer Christmas Fair, Chestnut Hill
Danforth Museum, Annual Juried Exhibitions: Off the Wall and Community of Artists
Marion Art Center Member, The Sippican Lands Trust and the Marion Art Center Joint Art Exhibition
Newton Art Association Library Show
CIC Arts Week, Cambridge
James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association, Newton
Juried Winter Member’s show at City Hall, Newton
Marion Art Center Winter Member’s Show, Marion
Newton Open Studios, Spring, Newton
Motherbrook Open Studios, Dedham
Danforth Museum, Off the Wall Exhibit, Framingham
– 2014 –
MSFA art Sale
Concord Art Association, Small Originals
Bromfield 12x12 Holiday Show, Boston
Collective Show at the Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College
Church of the Redeemer Christmas Fair, Chestnut Hill
Newton Open Studios Fall Juried Show
Unbound Visual Arts, Solo Show, Cambridge
Newton Open Studios Juried Summer Selective Show
The Arsenal Center for the Arts, (Collective Show, “Perceptions of Self”
Newton Public Library, Collective Summer Juried Show
Marion Art Center Member, Summer Show
NewTV, Selective Summer Show, Newton
Morse Institute Library Show, Natick
Unbound Visual Arts, Song Cycles exhibit, Cambridge
Springhouse Solo Exhibit, Jamaica Plain
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
The Arsenal Show, , Collective Exhibit Watertown
– 2013 –
MSFA art Sale
Marion Art Center Member Winter Show
Newton Open Studios Fall Juried Show
Allston Open Studios
Newton Public Library, Collective Juried Show
Marion Art Center Member Summer Show
Dedham Square Artist Exhibits, "Nature", Collective Exhibit
Danforth Museum, Off the Wall Exhibit, Framingham
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
Unbound Visual Arts, Member's Exhibit
Dedham Square Artist Exhibits, "Take me out to the ball game", Collective Exhibit
Collective NAA show at the Newton Public Library
Newton Public Library, Solo Exhibit
Allston Open Studios
Avery Crossing, Needham, Solo Show
Tenacre Country Day School Artist-in Residence
The Arsenal Show, Watertown, Collective Exhibit
– 2012 –
Allston Open Studios November
Newton Public Library, Collective Juried Show
Marion Art Center Summer Member Show
Solo Exhibit at id.SALON, Wellesley,
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
Scollay Square Gallery Collective Exhibit, Boston
Danforth Museum, Off the Wall Exhibit, Framingham
Collective NAA show at the Newton Public Library
– 2011 –
Allston Open Studios
Newton Public Library, Collective Juried Show
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
Collective NAA show at the Newton Public Library
The Bonnard Show, Newton, MA
– 2010 –
Marion Art Center Holiday Sale
Fall Newton Open Studios, Newton Cultural Center
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
– 1986 –
Fifth year Competition at the MFA Exhibit at the Cyclorama Building
– 1982 –
Art Competition in Florence Exhibit at Palazzo Strozzi
In the past couple of years I have been experimenting with a few different techniques, particularly large-scale collage. The process begins by placing the chosen material directly on a photocopy machine. Once the images are printed, I produce transfers by adding medium to the xerox. When dried, I wet and remove the excess paper from the back. I am left with very thin sheets which I cut, layer, and glue to the canvas.
The work is mostly intuitive and spontaneous; there is no sketching or premeditation. The material dictates the shapes and color. The process is physical and interative. Hours and sometimes days are needed before I settle on an idea and I find myself constantly battling complacency. In my everyday research and learning, I look for eccentricity with the intent to expand my creative boundaries. I find the process difficult, humbling, and exciting.
Background
Angela was born and raised in Colombia in an Italian family. In 1977, she moved to Carrara where she attended the Accademia of Belle Arti for four years under the guidance of distinguished professors like Bruno Munari, Pier Carlo Santini, Getulio Alviani and others. The culmination of her studies was winning a major competition that allowed her to show her work at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence.
In 1983 she traveled to Boston where she decided to pursue another degree. She spent two years at the SMFA focusing on Graphic Design and participated in the “Fifth Year Competition” before graduating in 1986. For a few years she worked as a graphic designer and as a freelancer in the area.
After taking twenty years off to raise her kids, she returned to the art world with a focus on painting.
In 2016 she rented a small studio in Dedham where she now devotes her time to experimentation and her art.
Angela’s work has been selected in various shows in MA and has won several awards. She belongs to the Concord and the Newton Art Association, the Marion Art Center and the Mosesian Center for the Arts.
Awards and Events
Honorable Mention (James King Bonnar Show 2022)
Third Prize, (Morse Institute Library Show 2019)
First Prize,The Edgeley Family Foundation Award (NAA Annual Awards Show 2017)
Honorable Mention (James King Bonnar Show 2016)
Second Prize (Newton Art Association Library Show 2015)
Second Prize (Roddy Exhibit, Concord Art Association 2015)
Honorable Mention (James King Bonnar Show 2015)
Honorable Mention (Newton Art Association Library Show 2014)
The Mollie L. and Henry Schoenberg Award (Collective NAA show at the Newton Public Library 2012)
Presentation at the Springhouse senior living in Jamaica Plain, 2015
Talk at the Newton Rotary Club April 8, 2014
Tenacre Country Day School Artist-in Residence Jan/Feb 2013
Exhibits
– 2022 –
Mosesian Center for the Arts “Across Cultures”
Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture, Concord
Mother Brook Juried Show “Giving”
The James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
– 2020 –
SMFA Art Sale
Area Code Art Fair
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
– 2019 –
Mother Brook Juried Show “Transistions”
Mosesian Center for the Arts Member’s show
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
MB Open Studios "Spring"
Solo Show: Cervone Deegan & Associates, Jamaica Plain, MA
Morse Institute Library Show, Natick, MA
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture, Concord
The James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association
– 2018 –
Marion Art Center - Taking Flight (A four Artist Show )
The Mosesian Center for the Arts, Juried Member Exhibit 2018
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
Marion Art Center - Found objects Show (A four Artist Show )
The Mosesian Center for the Arts – Juried Show, Watertown
NAA juried Exhibit at Boston Psychoanalytical Society and Institute, Newton
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture, Concord
The James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association
– 2017 –
MSFA art Sale
Mother brook Fall Open Studios, Dedham
The Roddy Exhibit, Concord Art Association
Newton Free Library Awards Show, NAA
Unbound Visual Arts, “Rejuvenation” Cambridge, MA
New TV, Summer Selective - Newton Open Studios
Betty Meyer Gallery -“Open Ended” Newton, MA
James King Bonnar Show, Newton, MA
How on Earth, Cow and Birds Show. Mattapoiset, MA
Concord Art, Members Juried 2: Mix Media, Drawing, Photography
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture
Inaugural Alumni Show at the Dean's Gallery at the SMFA, Boston
– 2016 –
MSFA art Sale
Mother Brook Open Studios, Dedham
Fall Juried Art Fest, Newton, MA
Marion Art Center Members show, Marion
“Art in Giving” Mother Brook, Dedham
Danforth Museum, Danforth Art Annual
“A Sense of Scandinavia” Collective Exhibition, Newton
“Full Bloom” A Small-Works Exhibit, Newton
Mother Brook Spring Open Studios, Dedham
Concord Art, Members Juried 2: Mix Media
Concord Art, Members Juried 1: Painting & Sculpture
The James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association
– 2015 –
MSFA art Sale
The Roddy Exhibit, Concord Art Association
Church of the Redeemer Christmas Fair, Chestnut Hill
Danforth Museum, Annual Juried Exhibitions: Off the Wall and Community of Artists
Marion Art Center Member, The Sippican Lands Trust and the Marion Art Center Joint Art Exhibition
Newton Art Association Library Show
CIC Arts Week, Cambridge
James King Bonnar Show, Newton Art Association, Newton
Juried Winter Member’s show at City Hall, Newton
Marion Art Center Winter Member’s Show, Marion
Newton Open Studios, Spring, Newton
Motherbrook Open Studios, Dedham
Danforth Museum, Off the Wall Exhibit, Framingham
– 2014 –
MSFA art Sale
Concord Art Association, Small Originals
Bromfield 12x12 Holiday Show, Boston
Collective Show at the Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College
Church of the Redeemer Christmas Fair, Chestnut Hill
Newton Open Studios Fall Juried Show
Unbound Visual Arts, Solo Show, Cambridge
Newton Open Studios Juried Summer Selective Show
The Arsenal Center for the Arts, (Collective Show, “Perceptions of Self”
Newton Public Library, Collective Summer Juried Show
Marion Art Center Member, Summer Show
NewTV, Selective Summer Show, Newton
Morse Institute Library Show, Natick
Unbound Visual Arts, Song Cycles exhibit, Cambridge
Springhouse Solo Exhibit, Jamaica Plain
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
The Arsenal Show, , Collective Exhibit Watertown
– 2013 –
MSFA art Sale
Marion Art Center Member Winter Show
Newton Open Studios Fall Juried Show
Allston Open Studios
Newton Public Library, Collective Juried Show
Marion Art Center Member Summer Show
Dedham Square Artist Exhibits, "Nature", Collective Exhibit
Danforth Museum, Off the Wall Exhibit, Framingham
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
Unbound Visual Arts, Member's Exhibit
Dedham Square Artist Exhibits, "Take me out to the ball game", Collective Exhibit
Collective NAA show at the Newton Public Library
Newton Public Library, Solo Exhibit
Allston Open Studios
Avery Crossing, Needham, Solo Show
Tenacre Country Day School Artist-in Residence
The Arsenal Show, Watertown, Collective Exhibit
– 2012 –
Allston Open Studios November
Newton Public Library, Collective Juried Show
Marion Art Center Summer Member Show
Solo Exhibit at id.SALON, Wellesley,
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
Scollay Square Gallery Collective Exhibit, Boston
Danforth Museum, Off the Wall Exhibit, Framingham
Collective NAA show at the Newton Public Library
– 2011 –
Allston Open Studios
Newton Public Library, Collective Juried Show
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
Collective NAA show at the Newton Public Library
The Bonnard Show, Newton, MA
– 2010 –
Marion Art Center Holiday Sale
Fall Newton Open Studios, Newton Cultural Center
Newton Open Studios, Spring Location JCC
– 1986 –
Fifth year Competition at the MFA Exhibit at the Cyclorama Building
– 1982 –
Art Competition in Florence Exhibit at Palazzo Strozzi