ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ana Mariani (1965) is originally from the State of Bolivar, in the south of Venezuela, an extensive region crossed by the Orinoco River and its tributaries. The jungles of the Orinoquia extend until they merge with the Amazon. Its rainforests are 75 million years old, and it is considered the green lung of the planet. It is a landscape of imposing plateaus that date back to the origins of the planet, such as Autana, a mythological mountain that represents the Tree of Life for the indigenous cultures that have inhabited this dense forest since time immemorial. The daughter of Italian immigrants, her childhood was shaped by that stunning landscape and her memories of her stays in southern Italy.
After several years of intense journeys, Ana Mariani decided to establish her workshop in Winter Park, Florida, where she began to make her wood sculptures, illustrated with textiles and fabrics of vibrant colors. The branches she uses evoke the treetops she observed with fascination in the Orinoquia during the early stages of her life. “I observe the branches of those trees, that touch the sky and bring it to me, so that I may tell my stories” says the artist.
Ana Mariani intervenes in nature through the interspersed use of branches and selected wood that form irregular structures of original harmony, covered with colored fabrics that illuminate or illustrate them with abstract shapes, erasing the limits between painting and sculpture, radiating an unusual expressive intensity, causing an enchantment for the observer. The illumination or illustration of the wood is an intermediation with the spiritual and symbolic essence of the trees. The act of weaving on these revives the ancestral rituals with which creation is represented, since, according to ancient beliefs, the nature that welcomes and protects living beings and the universe with all its constellations and planets, are interwoven into the same warp. We are in the presence of a work fueled by a charge of ancestral spirituality and the abstraction of the artist.
Her works are found in private collections in Europe, South/Central America and across the United States.
Ana Mariani - Exhibitions
Art San Diego - Art Blend; San Diego California, Sep. 2017.
Miami Art Week - Spectrum; Miami, Florida, Dec. 2017.
Contemporaneo Gallery Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina, Mar. 2017.
Stitch Lab Fashion show; Miami, Florida, Jun. 2018.
Axiom Fine Art gallery; Winter Park, Florida, May. 2018.
10 Cruces Exhibition, Cesta Republica - Madrid, Spain, Nov. 2019.
One Thousand Museum Building-Axiom Fine Art Gallery; Miami, Florida, Dec. 2019.
Congruence Summer 2020 Juried Exhibition (by Gallerist Bridgette Mayer) – ILikeYourWork Podcast, Jun. 2020.
Art Marbella / Marbella Design; Marbella Spain, Sep. 2020.
“Art has no rules” exhibition; Miami, Florida, Oct. 2020.
Armani/Casa Building-Axiom Fine Art Gallery; Miami, Florida, Nov. 2020.
Art Miami (Special Online Edition) Context Art – Exclusively on ARTSY, Dec. 2020.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary on ARTSY, Feb. 2021.
Mitchell Hill Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina, Mar. 2021.
Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, Mar. 2021.
ESTAMPA/IFEMA Contemporary Art Fair; Madrid, Spain, Apr. 2021.
High Point Market/Mr. Brown Showroom, High Point, North Carolina, Oct. 2021.
Mar. 2022. Artis Fine Arts Gallery, Hollywood, Florida, Nov. 2021
Context Art Miami – Miami Art Week, Nov. 2021.
State of The Art (SoTA) artist. Online and Orlando, Florida, Jan. 2022.
Calloway Fine Art Gallery – Washington D.C., Feb. 2022.
“At the Root” Group Exhibition – Charlotte NC – Sozo Gallery, Apr. 2022.
Spoleto Festival USA / Mitchell-Hill Gallery, May. 2022.
Southall Farm & Inn Luxury Resort 10 piece “Sherwood” collection Commission installed, Aug. 2022.
Jennifer Balcos Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia, Sep. 2022.
Multi-Colors and Cultures / Series 2 Voices @ Aspire Gallery by SoTA – Orlando, Florida, Feb. 2023.
Brasada Ranch Luxury Resort Hotel 16 piece “Foresta Bruma” collection Commission installed, Aug. 2023.