“My works draw attention to and communicate about political events that I have a strong personal connection to like immigration, civil war, nationalistic mythologies, and climate change. I look to our history to interpret our present events and for clues about the future. Data, like sea level rise projections or migration routes, and photographs from the research are frequently referenced in the paintings themselves."

Andrea Limauro

As a self-taught painter, Limauro’s aesthetic is influenced by his formative years in Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, where Roman and Renaissance art is seamlessly intertwined with anarchist and communist graffiti, posters, and printed propaganda. His approach to painting is a mix of tradition and innovation with gold leaf intruding over layers of screen printing, acrylic paint, markers, and collage. His imaginative use of patterns, colors, and architecture balance the compositions that allow for long looks and layered interpretations. A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats includes nine mixed media works providing a linnear narrative of regional landmarks gradually engulfed by nature with the United States capital eventually emerging as a new and different place.

Biography

Andrea Limauro has exhibited at the Art Museum of the Americas, IA&A Hillyer, Culture House, and Touchstone Gallery in Washington, DC; the Annapolis Maritime Museum in Annapolis, MD; and the Arlington Art Center in Arlington, VA. In 2022, Limauro's paintings will be featured in New American Paintings, No. 148, South Issue, and Studio Visit Magazine. Limauro was a Finalist for the Albero Andronico Art Award in Rome, Italy (2019) and a Semi-Finalist for the Bethesda Painting Awards in Maryland (2020). He serves as a Board Member at Washington Project for the Arts. Limauro holds a BA in Politics and Sociology from Essex University, UK, a Graduate Diploma in International Development from the University of Padua, Italy, and a Masters Degree in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago, IL.

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Tephra ICA at Signature is generously supported by Reston Community Center.