Marietta Apollonio, Co-Founder

Born and raised along the Hudson River in Tarrytown NY, Marietta moved to Boston in 1998 to begin a 4-year program at The Art Institute of Boston, graduating with a BFA in Illustration in 2002. In 2009 she moved to Dedham, MA to "settle down".

When she's not gardening or doing yard work, you can find her upstairs in the studio painting, or during the week working at her full-time job at a small graphic design firm in South Boston. She is very excited to be a co-founder of the Dedham Square Artist Guild, to have the opportunity to get to know Dedham even better, and help artists showcase their work to our community, visitors and patrons.

Marietta has a love of the fantastical, curiosity for everything, and a passion to construct images that are interesting to the viewer and entertaining to create. Her paintings are created using multiple layers of acrylic paint and painting tape. The entire process is done with brushes and paint. Recently she has begun creating some of her paintings without first doing a pencil drawing. This gives her the ability to be completely free with the design, albeit nervous at times. Paint is surprisingly forgiving.

Education

• BFA 2002 Illustration, The Art Institute of Boston

Awards

• 2010 TataGala Distinguished Merit

Group Exhibitions

• January 2010 — I…You…We…Robot, Space 242, Boston, NPR Online Video Interview and Mention in The Boston Globe
• April 2010 — Get Your Freak On, Space 242, Boston
• October 2010 — TataGala, Online Exhibit and LCD Display at Gallery Shows in Florida and New York
• June 2011 — Annual Juried Exhibit, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, Maryland
• May 2011 – Paradise Cafe, Dedham Open Studios, Dedham, MA

Public Art

• February 2012 to May 2012 — Dedham Public Art Project

www.msapollonio.com
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