Maria Rita Azzaro, from Civita Castellana (VT) is an artist based in Rome. She started painting when she was seven, as a self-taught artist, reproducing the figurative art of the Renaissance. She later attended the drawing school at the atelier of Adriano Fida where she learn the technique of chiaroscuro, and continued her studies in the experimental course of materic painting by painter Aleksandra Kasperek.
Azzaro’s works are deeply personal, creative, and tied to sustainability. They tell a story of environmental awareness and gender equality through the use of various materials, such as fabrics, old clothes, and paper, applied to canvases. “Art to live by” has always been the artist’s approach in her creations. The technique of material painting allows her to achieve a high level of three-dimensionality in the work, almost to the point of resembling a sculpture applied to the canvas. This, combined with the unique feature of being able to “touch” the painting, astonishes the viewer and engages other senses beyond sight.
Protagonists are often female figures whose faces are partially hidden behind patchworks of fabric and hand-torn paper. “The eyes are the mirror of the soul,” and covering them symbolizes the difficulty in recognizing the soul of others: no one can fully understand the life that lies behind a gaze. Every life experience influences the daily life, emotions, and psyche of each human being, and women often have a different and more challenging perspective on life than men. This concept also guides her latest paintings dedicated to Greek mythology, where the artist reinterprets the stories and depictions of certain goddesses, emphasizing the concepts of peace, resilience, and harmony.
Although Azzaro primarily works on commission, she has exhibited in various group shows (notably the exhibition “The Woman: The Body, The Mind, The Heart” at the Fijlkam Museum in Rome) and curated her own solo exhibition, “Meravigliosa-Mente.” Since 2023, she has been teaching ‘creative watercolor,’ organizing workshops and art events in Rome, and actively collaborating with an international yoga school for retreats in Italy and abroad, where the approach to art is presented as a new form of meditation and psychophysical well-being.
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