isabella saraceni | CV
saraceni.bella@gmail.com
education
2025 | MFA Visual Arts Candidate, The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio (expected)
2019 | BFA Painting and Drawing, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
2017 | International Studies Institute, Studio Art in Florence Italy
professional development
2024 | End of Life DoulaTraining International End of Life Doula Association
2021 | NYC Crit Club,Material Abstraction 7 Week Course with Yevgeniya Baras
2021 | The Longings Project,Professional Career Coaching with Lyedie Geer
teaching experience
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 + presentations
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: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
solo + 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
2023 | Tethers, Ohio State University, Biological Sciences Greenhouse, 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
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
publications
2019 | Long River Review, Literary & Art Magazine, University of Connecticut
2019 | UConn Today https://today.uconn.edu/school-stories/saraceni
2019 | Daily Campus http://dailycampus.com/stories/2019/4/16/anonymous-is-a-woman-excavating-the-lost-identities-of-female-artists
private collections
Judith Honey, Southport CT
Office of the President, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Theil Neuromuscular Therapy, Ridgefield, CT
professional experience
2021- 2022 | Studio Assistant for Janice Mauro, Redding CT
2020- 2021 | Project Manager, Private Archive, Fairfield CT
2020-2022 | Group Homeschooling Organization, Moss Creek Farm LLC. Newtown, CT
2020 | Art Educator, Workspace Education, Bethel CT
2016-2020 | Museum Educator, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT
2019 | Studio Intern for Lesley Dill, Brooklyn, NY
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