isabella saraceni

Education
2025         MFA Candidate in Visual Arts, Painting & Drawing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (expected)
2024         End of Life DoulaTraining, International End of Life Doula Association 
2019          BFA Painting and Drawing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2017          International Studies Institute, Studio Art in Florence, Italy

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions 
2022          The Space Between, VAIS Gallery, Storrs, CT
2022          Untitled, Open Studios at Moss Creek Farm, Newtown CT | with Nico Saraceni
2021           Furrowed, Open Studios at Moss Creek Farm, Newtown CT | with Veronica Schorr
2019          Unshrouding, Nancy Marine Studio Gallery, Torrington, CT
2019          Vestiges, VAIS Gallery, Storrs, CT

Group Exhibitions​
2025         Desire Lines, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2024         Unbound,  Fine Arts Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH  
2023         Tethers, Biological Sciences Greenhouse, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2023         MFA First Year Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2022         Tangible Traces, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
2021           It's Complicated, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
2021           Color Field: Green, dōdōmu gallery, online exhibition
​2021           in celebration of getting stuck, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT 
2020         Rituals of Resistance, The Urban Collective, New Haven, CT
2020         Witchy, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2019          Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Art Space Gallery, Willimantic, CT
2018          Facts and Figures: A Personal Collective, Norman D. Stevens Gallery, Storrs, CT
2018          University of Connecticut Studio Arts in Florence, Palazzo Bargali, Florence, Italy
2018          University of Connecticut Studio Arts in Florence, Arena Gallery, Storrs, CT
2017          Pink, Kinfolk 90, Brooklyn, NY
2017          University of Connecticut Scholarship Show, School of Fine Arts, Storrs, CT
2016          Studio Foundation Scholarship Show, Boston, MA
2016          MassArt All School Show, Brant Gallery, Boston, MA
2016          Haystack Mountain Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
2016          Nature Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
2024      Livable Futures Fellow
2024      Individual Artist Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus OH
2024      Arts and Humanities Travel Grant, The Ohio State University
2024      Fergus Residency Scholarship Award, The Ohio State University
2023      Fergus Materials Scholarship Award, Ohio State University
2019       BFA Special Faculty Award, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 
2019       Gloriana Gill Award, Long River Review, Storrs, CT
2018       Fall 2018 Idea Grant Recipient, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
                 This grant funded travel to Florence, Italy to research artwork by women artists of the Renaissance                                       and Baroque eras including a private tour of the Uffizi museum deposits.
2018       Doudera Art Scholarship, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2018       New England Scholar, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2017       University of Connecticut Victor Borge Scholarship, Storrs, CT
2016       Studio Foundation Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA 
2013       Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship, Providence, RI

Residencies
2016       Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

Teaching Experience
2024-25       Instructor of Record, Painting 1, Department of Art, Ohio State University (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2023-24       Instructor of Record, Painting 1, Department of Art, Ohio State University (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
2022-23       Instructor of Record, Foundations: Beginning Drawing, Department of Art, Ohio State University (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

Lectures and Presentations
2024      Visiting Artist: Encountering Contemporary Art, Department of Art, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
2023       Visiting Artist: Expanded Drawing, Department of Art, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
2023        Visiting Artist Drawing Workshop: Art Scholars Program, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
2022        Artist Panel Discussion, Tangible Traces, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
2022        Artist Talk and Visiting Critic: The Space Between, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Professional Development
2021       NYC Crit Club,Material Abstraction 7 Week Course with Yevgeniya Baras
2021     The Longings Project,Professional Career Coaching with Lyedie Geer 

Publications

2019       Long River Review, Literary & Art Magazine, University of Connecticut
2019       UConn Today, Meet the Researcher:Isabella Saraceni ’19, Fine Arts
2019       Daily Campus, ‘Anonymous Is A Woman:’ Excavating the lost identities of female artists, University of Connecticut

Professional Experience
2021- 22        Studio Production and Administration Assistantfor Janice Mauro, Redding, CT
2020- 21        Project Manager for PrivateArchive, Fairfield, CT
2019                 Studio Production Assistant for Lesley Dill, Brooklyn, NY
2016-20        Museum Educator, Docent, and Workshop Facilitator, Aldrich ContemporaryArt Museum, Ridgefield, CT