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Statement
My work invites one to explore the quirkiness of the human condition. Much of the imagery is drawn from my childhood, freely roaming, catching bugs, and creating forts in the woods of upstate New York and the Berkshires. Often focusing on the thin line between hope and despair, my art questions how we break free of our genetic, social, environmental, technological, or self-created confines to find truth and stability. In my current work I ruminate on biophilia (love of nature) vs. biophobia (the fear of nature) and how they affect the way we reshape our environments. We use tools to alter and sterilize our surroundings. But we need to fix these tendencies, not only to bring back the wild, but also to re-expose ourselves, as well as the next generations, to the wonders and diversity of nature. We must look past our initial squeamishness and get closer to examine the beauty of the unfamiliar.
Bio
Theresa Giammattei is a painter and mixed media artist who began printmaking in 2023. She received a BFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After college she lived and worked in Europe but returned to Boston to start a business career and family. Later, she moved to the West Coast and is now focusing her energy on creating art. She currently resides in Los Gatos, CA where she is a Board Member of the Northern California Women's Caucus for Art (NCWCA).
Contact Me: t.giammattei@gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions
2024
Arc Spotlight Gallery: Printmakers V San Francisco, CA
SF Open Studios at The Pacific Felt Factory San Francisco, CA
SOMArts Cultural Center: ArtSpan’s ArtLaunch 2024 San Francisco, CA
2358 MRKT Gallery: Showstopper Series San Francisco, CA
Works/San Jose: Secret Public Selves San Jose, CA Arc Gallery SF & NCWCA: Access, an Ordinary Notion San Francisco, CA
Whitney Modern Gallery: Lost Wild Los Gatos, CA
Arc Gallery SF: The 6000 Circles San Francisco, CA
Drawing Room Annex: Woman Rising San Francisco, CA
Works/San Jose: Benefit Auction San Jose, CA
2023
Works/San Jose: Homecoming San Jose, CA
SF Open Studios at The Pacific Felt Factory San Francisco, CA
SOMArts Cultural Center: ArtSpan’s ArtLaunch 2023 San Francisco, CA
Bass & Reiner: Pyramid Scheme San Francisco, CA
Works/San Jose: Benefit Auction San Jose, CA
Woman Made Gallery: Roe 2.0 Chicago, IL
2022
Works/San Jose: RESILIENCE(d) San Jose, CA
SF Open Studios at The Pacific Felt Factory San Francisco, CA
SOMArts Cultural Center: ArtSpan’s ArtLaunch 2022 San Francisco, CA
Works/San Jose: Planter Box Artists San Jose, CA
GenArts and Know Future Gallery: Embrace San Jose, CA
Triton Museum: A Night in Venice Annual Gala Santa Clara, CA
6th St Studios & Gallery: Simultaneous Company Gilroy, CA
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts online: It’s OK to Laugh - Juried by M. Louise Stanl Mill Valley, CA
ArtSpan: Yes, Art!”, Annual Juried Benefit Auction San Francisco, CA
Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art (SCWCA), Online: I Do Believe Southern CA
ShockBoxx Gallery: No Man’s Land Hermosa Beach, CA
Works/San Jose: The (Anti) Valentine Show San Jose, CA
2021
Arc Gallery: Containment: Stories of Art in Isolation - Juried by Dasha Matsuura San Francisco, CA
Marin MOCA: 12th Annual Altered Book Exhibit Novato, CA
NCWCA: Table Setting Project Livermore, CA
ArtSpan: There’s No Place Like Home - Juried Art Auction San Francisco, CA
2020
NUMU New Museum: Art in the Time of Corona - Juried by Craig Krull Los Gatos, CA
Live Worms on Grant: Salon des Refuses San Francisco, CA
Marin MOCA: 11th Annual Altered Book Exhibit Novato, CA
Abrams Claghorn Gallary: The Ground Upon Which We Stand Albany, CA
Works/San Jose: Foresight 2020 San Jose, CA
2019
JCO's Art Haus: Holiday Showcase Los Gatos, CA
Works/San Jose: Benefit Auction San Jose, CA
ArtSpan SF Open Studios at The Pacific Felt Factory San Francisco, CA
ArtSpan SFOS Hub at Mission Bowling Club San Francisco, CA
ArtVentures Gallery: Fiber Art - 100 Years of Bauhaus Mountain View, CA
Works/San Jose: Indivisible - Member Exhibition San Jose, CA
StART Up Art Fair: Small Works San Francisco, CA
Triton Museum: Annual Gala Santa Clara, CA
Marin MOCA: 10th Annual Altered Book Exhibit Novato, CA
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery @ The Bank: New Currencies Lafayette, CA
A.I.R. Gallery: Bridging the Gap Postcards of All the Nation of Art Brooklyn, NY
Works/San Jose: Unity in Diversity, Group Show San Jose, CA
Arc Gallery: SNAP!, Juried Show - P. Otani, S.C. Wagner & M. Yochum San Francisco, CA
Marin Society of Artists: Elements, Juried Show - G. Morrison & B. Kellas San Rafael, CA
2018
Works/San Jose: 41st Annual Benefit Auction San Jose, CA
Arc Gallery: Liberty, Juried Show - Donna Seager of Seager Gray Gallery San Francisco, CA
Root Division: 140 Characters, Juried Show - Etchells & Timbrell San Francisco, CA
Works/San Jose: Infinite Memes Member Exhibition San Jose, CA
Works/San Jose: The (Anti) Valentine Group Show San Jose, CA
Publications
2024 Access, an Ordinary Notion: NCWCA Publication Catalog
2021 Composing the Future: NCWCA Publication Catalog
2020 MFA Never 2020: Root Division Publication Catalog
2020 The Ground Upon Which We Stand: NCWCA Publication Catalog
2018 Liberty: Arc Gallery Publication Catalog
Education
1994 B.F.A in Painting, minor in Art History: University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Memberships
The Northern California Women's Caucus for Art (NCWCA), Board Member https://www.ncwca.org/
The Art Docents of Los Gatos (former President, Parliamentarian, Vice President) https://artdocents.com/
San Jose ICA, artist member https://www.sjica.org/
Works / San Jose, artist member https://workssanjose.org/
