Andrea Limauro
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Bio
ANDREA LIMAURO (b. Rome, Italy - lives in Silver Spring, MD) is an Italian-born artist, city planner and climate resilience expert based in Washington, DC. Through paintings, murals, public art and writing, Limauro’s work examines nationalistic and religious narratives, colonialism and oppression, gun violence, climate change and human’s interaction with nature. In 2025, Limauro was the recipient of the last Washington Post “Four Seasons” Artist fellowship as well as the Georgetown University Earth Commons Artist-in-Residence Fellowship. His works have been exhibited in Washington, DC, New York, Vienna and Rome and included in public and private art collections like the US State Department's Art in Embassies Program and the Earth Commons Institute at Georgetown University. Limauro’s art has been featured and reviewed in several publications including New American Paintings, Studio Visit Magazine, and the Washington Post. His writings have appeared in the Washington Post among other publications. Andrea works as a city planner and flood resilience expert in Washington, DC. Andrea 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 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
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Artist Statement
My work is a reflection of my personal experiences with civil wars, migration, gun violence, climate change and other political and social topics. My art is influenced by my academic training in political sciences and sociology; my first-hand experience with civil wars in Angola and Sierra Leone in the early 2000s; and my climate resilience and city planning work in the US where I have lived for over 20 years. Visually I am inspired by a mix of what I saw growing up in Italy in the 1980’s and 90’s - anarchist and communist graffiti, posters and propaganda wheat-pasted next to ancient art - as well as the aesthetic of right-wing political and religious propaganda. My art is, thus, a mix of old European and new World aesthetic and materials, with gold and copper leaf side by side with screen printing, acrylic paint, spray paint, collage and neon colors.
My work is a reflection of my personal experiences with civil wars, migration, gun violence, climate change and other political and social topics. My art is influenced by my academic training in political sciences and sociology; my first-hand experience with civil wars in Angola and Sierra Leone in the early 2000s; and my climate resilience and city planning work in the US where I have lived for over 20 years. Visually I am inspired by a mix of what I saw growing up in Italy in the 1980’s and 90’s - anarchist and communist graffiti, posters and propaganda wheat-pasted next to ancient art - as well as the aesthetic of right-wing political and religious propaganda. My art is, thus, a mix of old European and new World aesthetic and materials, with gold and copper leaf side by side with screen printing, acrylic paint, spray paint, collage and neon colors.
RESUME:
solo exhibitions:
2022
2019
2024
2025
2022-2025
2025
2022
2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
2023
2025
2020
2021
2024 - ongoing
solo exhibitions:
2022
- HOMME: "We Burn their Flags", Washington, DC
- The Silva Gallery/Latela Curatorial: "Hotter, Wetter, Deadlier", Washington, DC
- Culture House: "American Civil War", Washington, DC
- Tephra ICA: "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats", Reston, VA
- Martha Spak Gallery: "After They Left", Washington, DC
- Fisher Gallery: "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats", Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
- Hillyer Art Space: "Mare Nostrvm", Washington, DC
2019
- WAS Gallery: "Journey Still", Bethesda, MD
2024
- Washington Studio School: "Civic Tongue", Washington, DC
- Second Street Gallery: "Art of Collage", Charlottesville, VA
- The Painting Center: "Edge of Night, Break of Day", New York, NY
- Amy Kaslow: "Washington Landscapes", Washington, DC
- Art Museum of the Americas: "VIDart Auction", Washington, DC
- Hillyer Art Space: "CREATE/CHANGE", Washington, DC
- Touchstone Gallery: "The art of Engagement", Washington, DC
- Annapolis Maritime Museum: "Stormy Weather", Annapolis MD
- The Galleries at the National Institutes of Health: "Changing Art Show", Bethesda, MD
- Washington ArtWorks: "Small Wonders Exhibit", Rockville, MD
- Arlington Art Center: "Dia De Los Muertos", Arlington, VA
- Touchstone Gallery: "MiniSolos", Washington, DC
2025
- "The Climate of Future Past" four public artworks - for Washington Post, Washington, DC
- “People, Planet, Ideals - America the Beautiful” painting - for Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC
2022-2025
- “A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats” 3 year loan to Art In Embassies for U.S. Ambassador Laura Holgate's residence, Vienna, Austria
2025
- “A River Runs Through It” Mural, Lansburgh Park, Washington, DC - DC Department of Parks and Recreation
- “Endless Summer” Mural, The Burton, Washington, DC - MRP commission
- “The River and the Town” Mural/Sculpture, Georgetown Waterfront, Washington, DC
- “Endless Spring” Mural, 5471 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD - Chevy Chase Land Company commission
- “Upside” Mural, Upside on Moore, 1700 N Moore St. Arlington, VA - Mothersauce Partners commission
- “NoMa in Space” Mural, Alethia Tanner Park, Washington, DC - NoMa BID commission
2022
- “K St. Virtual Gallery”: rotating digital projection art exhibition curator, NoMA BID, Washington DC
- "Body Language: contemporary approaches to figuration" Brentwood Art Exchange, Brentwood, MD
- NoMa Lobby Project; rotating art exhibition curator
- "Welcome to the Resistance" - Resistance Art in Trumpian Times, Kyo Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Transformer DC: Benefit Exhibition & Auction, Washington, DC
- Mexican Cultural Institute: "VIDart Auction" , Washington, DC
- Washington Project for the Arts: "Annual Benefit Auction", Washington, DC
- Art Museum of the Americas: "VIDart Auction" , Washington, DC
2023
- State of the Art Night - Art & Democracy, Hirshhorn Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC
- Earth Day: Art for the Earth: Creative Advocacy for the Environment – Earth Day 2023, Hirshhorn Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC
- Climate Change and the Arts - Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium, American University Museum at the Katzen Center, Washington, DC
2025
- Washington Post "Four Seasons" Artist, Washington Post Opinions, Washington, DC
- Georgetown University Artist in Residence, Earth Commons Institute, Washington, DC
2020
- Bethesda Painting Awards - 2020 & 2022 Editions Semi-finalist - Bethesda, MD
- Albero Andronico - XII Edition National Award Finalist - Rome, Italy
- New American Paintings, Legacy Artist Issue (2025)
- New American Paintings, No. 148, South Issue (2021)
- Studio Visit Magazine Volumes 49 & 50
2021
- Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/2021/08/18/c35d26f2-feb1-11eb-85f2-b871803f65e4_story.html
- New Art Examiner: http://www.newartexaminer.net/andrea-limauro-and-arnaud-leclere/
- Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-tiny-contemporary-monuments-to-transient-phenomena/2018/10/18/0effab40-d0be-11e8-b2d2-f397227b43f0_story.html?utm_term=.23744d03ed3d
- Washington CityPaper:https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/21028328/andrea-limauro-mare-nostrvm-at-at-iaa-at-hillyer-reviewed
2024 - ongoing
- NoMa Business Improvement District, Board Member
- International Arts & Artists at Hillyer, Artist Advisory Committee Member
- Washington Project for the Arts, Board Member