Amelie Mancini is a French-American figurative painter based in Brooklyn, NY. She received a Master’s Degree in Design and Fine Arts from the Sorbonne University in Paris. Her work has been featured in Works On Paper 4 and 5 at Blue Shop Gallery in London, and shown at Hashimoto Contemporary (New York, NY), Maake Projects (State College, PA), mepaintsme's Open Call 2023 and 81C in St Thomas, US.V.I, amongst others. She has received the Royal Watercolour Society Award and her work is part of the permanent art collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
“I make large introspective oil paintings in which strong female figures can be seen navigating the confines of their surreal world.
Looking for solace within quiet moments, they take walks, water their plants, collect shells at the beach, enjoy some alone time. They turn their bodies into shelters for their children, they keep watch against snakes, sunburns, the angel of Death. They look inward, standing still, and examine what they find, unflinchingly.
Both feet firmly planted on the ground, embedded in the picture plane, they are standing strong, pushing against the weight of a fractured universe.
Through mark making, color layering, scumbling, glazing, my brushes leave a visible record of how the picture is made. Working slowly, I search for the right form, shape, pattern and color to create a visually balanced tension. Remnants of the making show through the use of expressive brushwork, a vigorous palette and a loose back and forth between figuration and abstraction.”
Education
Master’s Degree in Arts Appliqués, Université Sorbonne, Paris, France
Exhibitions
2024
Fuzzy Wheel, Canopy, New York, NY
2023
Moments: Real and Imagined, I Like Your Work (online)
Open Call, mepaintsme (online)
Summer Show, Maake Projects, State College, PA
Out There And In Here, 81C, St Thomas, USVI (solo)
LUSH, Hashimoto Contemporary, New York, NY
Paper Works, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Julia Halperin)
Works On Paper 5, Blue Shop Cottage, London, United Kingdom (curated by Ocki Magill)
2022
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
Red Hook Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Finding A Memory, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA (curated by Erica Hesse)
Works On Paper 4, Blue Shop Cottage, London, United Kingdom (curated by Ocki Magill)
RWS Open Call, Bankside Gallery, London, United Kingdom (curated by Brit Pruiksma)
2019
Shoebox Treasures, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY (permanent collection)
2011
Sacrebleu, Napoleon Would Have Made A Fine Shortstop, Yashar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Minipic, Pauline’s, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Pauline Beaudemont and Elise Lammer)
Awards and Residencies
2024
Vermont Studio Center Residency
2022
RWS Award, Royal Watercolor Society, London, United Kingdom
Publicity Award, Royal Watercolor Society, London, United Kingdom
Publications
2023
Friend Of The Artist Vol.16, selected by Serge Tiroche
New Visionary Magazine, Issue 5, curated by Sasha-Loriene
2022
I Like Your Work Fall 2022, curated by Erica Hesse
2019
No Business Magazine, edited by Angela Zonunpari