Artist Statement
My works draw attention to and communicate about political events that I have a strong personal connection to like immigration, civil war, nationalistic mythologies, and climate change. I look to our history to interpret our present events and for clues about the future. Data, like sea level rise projections or migration routes, and photographs from the research are frequently referenced in the paintings themselves. I approach the historical and political research I need to do to for my paintings with the same nerdy enthusiasm and curiosity that I had in undergraduate school for my sociology and anthropology papers. I strive to create work that is visually pleasing and attractive to draw more attention to my political message. I employ irony and sarcasm to make my message more approachable and poignant.
As a self-taught painter, my aesthetic is influenced by what I grew up seeing around me in Italy in the 1980s and 1990s: Roman and Renaissance art, anarchist and communist graffiti, posters and printed propaganda. My approach to painting is a mix of old and new; gold leaf is side by side with screen printing, acrylic paint, markers, collage and neon colors.
My works draw attention to and communicate about political events that I have a strong personal connection to like immigration, civil war, nationalistic mythologies, and climate change. I look to our history to interpret our present events and for clues about the future. Data, like sea level rise projections or migration routes, and photographs from the research are frequently referenced in the paintings themselves. I approach the historical and political research I need to do to for my paintings with the same nerdy enthusiasm and curiosity that I had in undergraduate school for my sociology and anthropology papers. I strive to create work that is visually pleasing and attractive to draw more attention to my political message. I employ irony and sarcasm to make my message more approachable and poignant.
As a self-taught painter, my aesthetic is influenced by what I grew up seeing around me in Italy in the 1980s and 1990s: Roman and Renaissance art, anarchist and communist graffiti, posters and printed propaganda. My approach to painting is a mix of old and new; gold leaf is side by side with screen printing, acrylic paint, markers, collage and neon colors.
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RESUME:
select solo and duo exhibitions: 2020
2018
select group exhibitions: 2019
2016
public/community art: 2019
2019 - present
2019
2017
2016
awards: 2020
2018
2018 - present
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BIO:
ANDREA LIMAURO (b. Rome, Italy - lives in Silver Spring, MD) is a visual artist and city planner whose work explores issues of migration and migrant identity, nationalistic narratives, gun violence, climate change and other social topics. Limauro’s work has been exhibited at the Art Museum of the Americas, IA&A Hillyer, Touchstone Gallery, the Annapolis Maritime Museum, and the Arlington Art Center. Limauro was a Finalist for the Albero Andronico Art Award in Rome, Italy (2019) and a Semi-Finalist for the Bethesda Painting Awards in Maryland (2020). Limauro’s paintings have been featured in the Washington Project for the Arts annual auctions (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020), online auctions on Paddle8 and Artsy, art publications in the USA, UK, and Italy and have been reviewed by the Washington Post and the Washington City Paper. Limauro is the exhibitions curator for the NoMa Lobby Project in Washington, DC and serves as a Board Member of the Washington Project for the Arts. Limauro 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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