“Art can be a need, a scream, a soul, a word, a note, a pigment, a thought. Art is life.
MAKE YOUR LIFE A MASTERPIECE!”
Maria Di Gaetano
Maria Di Gaetano is an artist and educator based in Uk.
Born in Italy in 1984, Maria started to love art at the age of 5 thanks to her artistic family members. After attending the Artistic High school she moved to Florence where she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence in 2008 with a BA in Scenography-mostly for Opera. The smell of Renaissance and the incredible beauty of the city were the basis of developing several creative interests such as teaching and writing, alongside the artistic ones.
After 12 years in Florence, she decided to move to England in 2015 where she now happily resides.
Maria’s artistic practice covers a varied and informed use of different media such as oils, watercolours, inks, acrylics, and pencils ranging from portraiture,charcoal landscapes to the most recent and favourite abstracts.
Her abstracts explore inner feelings and emotions generated by casual or inducted events. Maria is interested in the philosophical as well as the psychological side and power of art. This is why she also try to express thoughts and subconscious realities not always possible expressed with words. Art for Maria is Kintsugi. The golden filling of the broken pieces of life.
Maria has a Master degree in Art History, she is Art and Humanities Lecturer and Art and Design tutor. Currently, she is undertaking a Design and Technology Secondary teaching training and PGCE in Education. Maria is also an independent Art and languages tutor and Emergent curator. Maria is a co- founder of the Bookmark Artists Collective. She is editor of the BAC’s magazine and member of For Art History the Visual Artists Association, The Oscar Wilde Society and Cambridge Open Studios. Maria is also a proud co-opted Parish Councillor.
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