BIO & ARTIST STATEMENT
  Exhibitions Statement  

STATEMENT

Through my scholarship of women’s history, I paint portraits of historical women to raise awareness for their contributions. My unconventional portraits focus on descriptive environments and detailed costume. Subjects are painted with featureless faces. The omission of facial details allows for an imagined, subjective interpretation. Symbolically, she is simultaneously the every woman and anonymous woman. She is ageless and timeless.

Another psychological layer is communicated through my emphasis on clothing and accessories. Clothing history reveals cultural awareness and self expression and offers an evolving narrative that speaks to the past and present. Most significantly, couture epitomizes hopes, desires, memories, loss and a common human experience.

Portraiture inspires and connects us to unfamiliar people and stories. Many of my portraits depict lesser known exceptional women. Many are introduced to us through a single document. - A sales receipt, court record, professional manuscript or letter. My portraits give life to these fractured figures and narratives, demonstrating that they have valuable narratives to add to our shared understanding of history. This restorative endeavor highlights that women’s history is personal
and vital.

BIOGRAPHY

Maremi Andreozzi is a Virginia painter exploring themes of feminism and women’s history. Maremi earned a BFA from Cornell University (1994) and a MFA from Clemson University (1997). Her work is in many private collections and the Zimmerli Museum, JD Marriot, DC Commission for the Arts, Arlington County, and Eat Good Food Group. Maremi has had residencies at La Macina di San Cresci, Mesa, and Cornucopia Art Center. Her residency at Mesa was in partnership with a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, “Key Ingredients: America by Food”.

Maremi has earned many awards and recognitions, including Juror’s Award from McLean Project for the Arts in 2023 and 2021 and Honorable Mention and People’s Choice Award from Riverview Artspace in 2021. She was a semifinalist for the Trawick Award (2023) and the Bethesda Painting Award (2022) .“The Suffragists” was exhibited in The Phillip’s Collection 2021 exhibition, “Inside Outside, Upside Down” and was selected for an audio stop presentation.. She has work on loan in Vienna, Austria through Arts in Embassies. Her 2023 solo, “A Life Well Lived” was reveiwed by The Washington Post and Hyperallergic. She is represented by Adah Rose Gallery.

 

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