Anna Mazzotta
{{short description| British visual artist}}
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Anna Mazzotta is a British visual artist of Italian descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/the-pure-decadence-anna-mazzotta|title=The Pure Decadence - Anna Mazzotta|website=artrabbit.com|access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/16207453.swindon-artist-anna-mazzotta-opens-diana-dors-exhibition/|title=Swindon artist Anna Mazzotta opens Diana Dors exhibition|website=swindonadvertiser.co.uk|access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.harrodsaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Halcyon-2018-3-resized.pdf#page=65|title=In on the act
|website=harrodsaviation.com|access-date=2019-08-02}} She is best known for her paintings and charcoal drawings, based on observations of life, revivalist glamour underpinned by humour which is often bittersweet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanotizialondra.com/2018/08/29/the-strong-and-vulnerable-women-of-anna-mazzotta/|title=The strong and vulnerable women of Anna Mazzotta|website=lanotizialondra.com|date=29 August 2018 |access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.datfashion.com/darticle?aid=YUVhZ3VYZ21QVnkyaFdZZFByRC83Zz09|title=Anna Mazzotta|website=datfashion.com|access-date=2019-08-02}}
Career
Mazzotta was born in Swindon, Wiltshire.{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=2006|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z |isbn=0-953260-95-X}} She studied Fine Art at the Wimbledon College of Arts, where she gained a First Class Honours Degree and afterwards, earned her Masters at the Royal College of Art under the tutelage of Paula Rego, John Bellany and Ken Kiff.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imagekind.com/MemberProfile.aspx?MID=215E59B0-C426-4980-ADE1-4E4997B6D244|title=anna mazzotta|website=imagekind.com|access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.yeslex.com/blog/2015/11/19/highlight-artist-anna-mazzotta-fine-artist|title=Highlight Artist: Anna Mazzotta, painter|website=yeslex.com|access-date=2019-08-02}} Her work was included in the exhibition Five RCA Painters at the Paton Gallery.
Critics note that her art has a depth of narrative that makes her work unique with a distinctive style that is instantly recognisable.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalmusic.club/anna-mazzotta|title=Anna Mazzotta|website=globalmusic.club|access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imaginations-fine-arts.co.uk/artists/anna-mazzotta/limited-edition-prints/|title=Anna Mazzotta|website=imaginations-fine-arts.co.uk|access-date=2019-08-02}} Mazzotta's style imitates vaudeville entertainment.{{Cite web |title=Anna Mazzotta |url=https://www.saatchiart.com/annamazzotta |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Saatchi Art |language=en}} Her work has been inspired by expressionism, the city of Weimar, and cinema. She lives and works in Bristol and London, England.
Mazzotta's solo exhibitions have been at Beaux Art in Bath, Gallery 19 in London, GX Gallery in London, Innocent Fine Art in Bristol, and A&D Gallery in London.{{Cite web |title=Artist |url=https://www.annamazzotta.com/artist/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Anna Mazzotta |language=en}} She has done private commissions for Jane Fonda and Norman Cook.
Honours and awards
- Jerwood Drawing Prize: Major Award Winner{{Cite web|url=https://jerwoodarts.org/exhibitionsandevents/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Jerwood_Drawing_Prize_2015_Catalogue_564721db959d2.pdf|title=JERWOOD DRAWING PRIZE 2015|website=jerwoodarts.org|access-date=2019-08-02}}
- Society of Women Artists: Great Art Winner
- Susan Kasan Summer Fellowship, USA{{Cite web|url=https://www.gillianjason.com/anna-mazzotta|title=Anna Mazzotta|website=gillianjason.com|access-date=2019-08-02}}
References
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External links
- {{Art UK bio}}
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Category:21st-century English painters
Category:21st-century English women artists
Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Art
Category:Alumni of Wimbledon College of Arts