Ana Maria Farina

histérica #1 (hysterical #1). upcycled fibers on monk's cloth. 34.5 x 27.5 inches. 2020.

histérica #2 (hysterical #2). upcycled fibers on monk's cloth. 29 x 35.5 inches. 2020.

histérica #3 (hysterical #3). upcycled fibers on monk's cloth. 25 x 34 inches. 2020.

histérica #4 (hysterical #4). upcycled fibers on monk's cloth. 52.5 x 29 inches. 2020.

histérica #6 (hysterical #6). upcycled fibers on monk's cloth. 25 x 33 inches. 2020.

histérica #7, Baubo (hysterical #7, Baubo). upcycled fibers on monk's cloth. 50.5 x 29.5 inches. 2020.

Ana Maria Farina paints using a gun—a tufting gun—along with needles, hooks, and knots. Repurposing a phallic signifier of violence, she conjures vibrant objects of comfort that inhabit a mystical pictorial space between abstraction and representation.

Ana Maria was born and raised in Brazil and is now based in the Hudson Valley, New York. She received her masters degree in Art and Art Education from Columbia University in 2016, and in 2018 she was awarded a fellowship to the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. In 2019, she received a scholarship to attend the MFA program at SUNY New Paltz, where she also served as the Visiting Artist Director and Instructor of Record. Ana’s work has been featured in many spaces throughout New York and she has upcoming exhibitions at the Wassaic Project, the Garrison Art Center, the Dorsky Museum, Paradice Palase, Susan Eley Fine Art, among others. Ana is the 2021 recipient of the College Art Association Fellowship in Visual Arts.

www.anamafarina.com | IG: @anamafarina