"Counting to Infinity: Celestial Antiphony (3 of 55 drawings)"

colored pencil on paper

8"x10" (framed)

sold individually

Maria Molteni (They/Them, b 1983, Nashville) is a queer interdisciplinary artist, designer, educator and mystic. They descend from Tennessee (Cherokee, Shawnee, Yuchi lands) square dancers, stunt motorcyclists, quilters, beekeepers and opera singers of various, still unfolding, European backgrounds. Their practice has grown from formal studies in Painting, Printmaking and Dance to incorporate research, ritual and play-based collaboration. Their intuitive practice spans movement-based alchemy, astrology, tarot, dreamwork and color magic.

Molteni exists at the intersection of embodied mysticism and tactile problem solving, giving shape to the unseen. From fiber to found-object sculpture, textile to video, performance to publication, they choose media that combine conceptual rigor, formal satisfaction and spiritual depth. Invested in many areas of study, they seek to interrupt binary thinking, crossing otherwise siloed worlds. They playfully position their practice as Phys Ed experiments for visionary communities like the Shakers or Black Mountain College. 

Molteni has exhibited at numerous galleries and museums as well as basements, meadows, sidewalks and seascapes across the globe. More formal institutions include The Momentary Contemporary Art Museum (Bentonville, AK), MFA Boston (MA), ICA Boston (MA), Project Rowhouses (Houston, TX), Den Frei Contemporary Art Center (Copenhagen, Denmark), Harvard University’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts (Cambridge, MA), NGBK (Berlin), Fruitlands Museum (Harvard, MA), Museum of Design (Atlanta, GA), Conduit Gallery (Dallas, TX), Flower Head (LA, CA), Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton, MA), Fitchburg Art Museum (Fitchburg, MA), Space Gallery (Portland, ME), A Plus A Gallery (Venice, Italy), SLO Museum of Art (San Luis Obispo, CA). They have completed residencies at Canterbury Shaker Village (New Hampshire), Heima (Iceland), Haystack (Maine), Elsewhere (Greensboro, NC), Queer Sport Split (Croatia), Vermont Studio Center (VT), Platteforum (Denver, CO), Facebook HQ, to name a few. In 2016 their NCAA artist collective was invited to present their work on Capitol Hill to the Congressional Makers and STEAM Caucuses.

These works are sold individually and will ship from Santa Fe, NM. Shipping costs and all applicable fees are the responsibility of the buyer.