STATEMENT

Through my study of women’s stories, I paint interpretative portraits of historical women who have been forgotten, misunderstood or omitted from history. I create portraits of past women to re-conceptualize their contributions and assert the female narrative. Each portrait is accompanied by a biography.

Portraiture inspires and connects us to people and stories. Through my likenesses, I connect with past figures, revealing timeless and ageless life stories filled with challenge, courage, resolve and hope. These lesser known women transformed their communities, providing a template for action and agency. Honoring these women in paint, creates a public memorial, elevating them from archival footnote. Collectively, the work reveals the breadth of overlooked female perspectives on our historical discourse. My portraits affirm respect, value and purpose for all narratives.

The subjects of my paintings are depicted with featureless faces. The omission of facial details allows for an imagined and subjective interpretation. She is simultaneously the every woman and anonymous woman. Additionally, many of my subjects did not have contemporaneous likenesses. The couture and environment become visually dominant, allowing artistic and interpretative storytelling. The blackened figure also recalls silhouette history, which expanded portraiture to the previously excluded.

The embellished frame elevates and commemorates the subject, recalling monumental portraits and conversely jeweled tokens. The miniature scale invites an intimate conversation or tête-à-tête with the subject. The small scale forces a viewer to get close and peer inside. Like a portal, the frame acts as a window into another time and place.

Although my work is rooted in history, I find parallels in our contemporary political and social struggles. From feminism and female autonomy to labor rights and equitable freedoms and justice, these challenges persist. My work allows me to learn from our activist ancestors and offers hope.

BIOGRAPHY

Maremi Andreozzi is a Virginia painter exploring themes of feminism and women’s history. Maremi earned a BFA from Cornell University and a MFA from Clemson University. Her work is in many private and public collections, including the The Art Bank: DC Commission for the Arts, Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers, and JD Marriot. Maremi has attended residencies at The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, La Macina di San Cresci (Italy), Mesa (Utah), and Cornucopia Art Center (Minnesota). Her residency at Mesa was in partnership with a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, “Key Ingredients: America by Food”.Maremi has exhibited nationally and internationally. She had work on loan in Vienna, Austria through the Department of State Arts in Embassies in the show, “Power: 2022-2025”. She has had several solo exhibitions with her gallery, Adah Rose Gallery. Her work has been reviewed by Discerning Eye, The Washington Post, Vaga magazine and Hyperallergic. In 2021, her work in the Phillips Collection show, “Inside Outside Upside Down” was spotlighted for an audio stop. She has work in “Fresh Views” at the American Revolution Museum in Yorktown, VA through summer 2026.