ARTIST STATEMENT            
My work is a physical expression of my experience of being human. Thoughts and observations create the impulse to make an object, or a series, and in this way the work is a visual footprint of my thinking. My paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, prints and installations explore light, space, and layering while visually alluding to the passage of time and my place within a continuum of human experiences. I use objects such as, rope, thread, paper, wax, and paint in a repetition of line, form, and asemic gesture. These elements are metaphors for memories and thoughts held together over time. My work is a conversation about how I connect to my past; How I embrace the present moment; How I pass along parts of myself to future generations. When I work with materials, I explore these ideas much the way a scientist conducts an experiment and then I let my hands tell the story of my findings.

BIO
Artist, Milisa Galazzi, is best known for her three dimensional hand sewn shadow drawings, her printed works on paper, and her richly layered abstract paintings all of which explore the very nature of being human. Her work is held in private international collections as well as public collections in the United States such as Women and Infants Hospital and the Women's Medicine Collaborative in Rhode Island. She exhibits nationally in solo and group shows in both galleries and museums. Galazzi presents talks at national and international conferences such as the International Encaustic Conference and the National Art Education Association Conference in New York City and teaches classes at universities such as Clark and Yeshiva. Her artwork has been featured and reviewed in Surface Design, FiberArts, Art New England, and ArtScope magazines as well as in books such as, "Contemporary Cape Cod Artist: On Abstraction," and "Paper + Wax, Techniques in Handmade Paper and Encaustic” as wells as, "Encaustic Art in the Twenty First Century." Galazzi was 'boat schooled' as a child while she and her family traveled and lived aboard their thirty-one foot trimaran sail boat hand built by her father. She received an MA with Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design where she exhaustively researched the educational effectiveness of community-based art education settings and her findings are published by Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Project Zero Press, 1999. In addition, Galazzi holds a BA from Brown University where she studied Studio Art with minors in Women’s Studies and Cultural Anthropology. She attended Studio Art College International (SACI) in Florence, Italy and graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover. Her broad education directly informs the content of her art making, her creative advising services, and her speaking engagements. Galazzi is the Founder & Director of full palette LEARN. TEACH. LEAD whose mission is Cultivating Creativity and Mindfulness for a Better World. She works full time in her studio in Providence, Rhode Island.


EDUCATION
1996  MA, Conferred with Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1988  BA, Brown University, Providence, RI
1984  Diploma, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
1995  Harvard University, Graduate Intern, Project Zero at the Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
1990  Yale University, Graduate Course in Graphic Design, Brissago, Switzerland
1987  Studio Art College International, Six College Courses in Art and Art History, Florence, Italy

GRANTS & AWARDS
2020  Shrewsbury High School Artist Grant, Virtual Visiting Artist, Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury, MA
2019  Burlington Education Foundation Grant, Artist in Residence, Burlington High School, Burlington, MA
2015  Directors Award, 9th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2013  Honorable Mention, Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island State Artists Exhibition, Newport, RI
2012  R&F Artist of the Month, September, Kingston, NY
2011  Winner, Art Scope Magazine, Centerfold Competition, Boston, MA

PUBLICATIONS
2024  Art Scope Magazine Mention, Cornered: Joanne Mattera Interview, Jan/Feb 2024
2023  Italianita: Contemporary Art Inspired by the Italian Immigrant Experience, Joanne Mattera, one of 59 artists featured in book published by Well Fed Artist Press
2018  Cape Cod Arts Magazine, Review of 24 Established Cape Cod Artists, review by Haley Cote
          Organic to Geometric II: Investigations in Structure and Surface, Museum Exhibition Catalog
2016  Surface Design Journal, Fiber & Wax, Winter Edition, Article by Miles Conrad
          Encaustic, Ashley Rooney, Forward by Kim Bernard, Schiffer Books
2015  Cape Cod Contemporary Artists: Abstraction, Deborah Foreman, Schiffer Books
          Organic to Geometric: Investigations in Structure and Surface, Exhibition Catalog
2014  Studio Visit Magazine, Spring Edition
          Ninth Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Exhibition Catalog
          Swept Away...Contemporary Encaustic, Hunterdon Museum, Exhibition Catalog
2013  Authentic Visual Voices: Contemporary Paper & Encaustic, ebook, Catherine Nash
          19 on Paper 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, Newport Art Museum
          Swept Away...Contemporary Encaustic, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalog
          Elephant in the Room, Exhibition Catalog
2012  Paper + Wax, Techniques in Handmade Paper and Encaustic, M. Belto, North Light Press
          R&F Artist of the Month, R&F Website, September 1-30
2011  Juried Image Centerfold Competition, Art Scope Magazine, September/October Issue
          The Wax Book: Altered, Repurposed, Remade, Exhibition Catalog
          Pollination; Beyond the Garden, Exhibition Catalog
          Milisa Galazzi: The Interview, Part One and Part Two Lynette Haggard Blog, April
          Review of Exhibition: Tactile Expressions, Gregory Wright Artist Blog, April, 20
          Review of Milisa Galazzi, BEE Sweet Blog: Waggle Dancing, April 13
2010  The Questionnaire: Milisa Galazzi, Art in the Studio Blog by Nancy Natale, July 20
          Review of Milisa Galazzi Solo Exhibition: thread/text/time, Art in the Studio Blog, March 15
          NEW@FAC, Exhibition Catalog
2007  Sampling: A Showcase of Ideas and Layers, Fiber Arts Magazine, Liz Good, September-October
          My Studio, My Sanctuary: Making the Most of a 12x12-Foot Home Studio, Art Calendar Magazine,
1996  Another Safe Heaven: Portraits of Boulevard Arts Center Then and Now, J Davis, M. Eppel, M. Galazzi, P. Gonzalez-Pose, S. Maira, B. Solomon, Project Co-Arts, Harvard Project Zero, Cambridge, MA

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
2024  Presenter, Poke Sew Dip, 17th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2023  Presenter & Panelist, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, New York, NY
2020  Presenter Online, Creativity and Neurodiversity, 14th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2019  Presenter, Full Palette: Learn.Teach.Lead, 13th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2017  Presenter, Standards and Practices,11th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2016  Presenter, Standards and Practices, 10th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2015  Panelist, Raising the Bar 2, 9th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2014  Panelist, Raising the Bar, 8th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2013  Presenter, Edges & Corners, 7th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2012  Presenter, Hot Wax 2, National Art Education Association, National Conference, New York, NY
2012-2017 Juried Member, 19 on Paper, Providence, RI
2010-current Member at Large MA/RI, Surface Design Association
2007-2012 Advisory Board Member, New England Wax
2004-current Guest Artist, Various Public and Private Educational Settings
1994  Invited Guest Member, City Associates, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1992-1994 Steering Committee Member, Chicago Arts Partnership in Education, Chicago, IL
1992  Active Member, National Art Education Association
          Committee Member, Project Beautification, Chicago Community Trust, Chicago, IL
1990  Panelist, Women in Education, Brown University, Providence, RI
1989  Chair, Twenty Years of Co-Education Celebration Committee, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
1988  Panelist, Public v. Private Education, Ted Sizer Moderator, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

TEACHING, LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
2024  Workshop Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2023  Instructor, Painting With Fire, Mulranny Arts Center, Ireland, asynchronous online 
          Mentor, Mastrius, Canada, synchronous online
          Workshop Instructor, C2C, synchronous online 
2021-current  President, CEO, Owner, The Family Schools, Inc., Brewster, MA
2021  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art, Clark University, synchronous online
2019  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2019  Workshop Co-Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2019-current Founder & Artistic Director of full palette LEARN. TEACH. LEAD. Providence, RI
1997-2018 Director, Brewster Day Camp, Brewster, MA
1997  Instructor, Department of Art & Design Education, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1995-1996 Director, Project New Directions, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1991-1994 Director of Education, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL
1988-1991 Faculty, Department of Art, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH

INTERESTS
Reading, Baking, Scuba Diving, Hiking, Snowshoeing, Skiing, Camping, Biking, Swimming, Yoga, Meditation, Writing

Please visit the EXHIBITIONS page in the pull down menu above for more details about the artist's UPCOMING, CURRENT and PAST solo and group exhibitions.