Oil on canvas 28 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
$5,000Mattea Perrotta (b. 1990, Los Angeles) lives and works in Rome, Italy. Her work has been exhibited in solo presentations at AnnaRumma in Napoli, Praz-Delavallade in Los Angeles, Et. al in San Francisco, Haverkampf Leistenschneider in Berlin, Lamb Arts in London, and MAMA Gallery in Los Angeles, Madrid and Mexico City. She has been invovled in group exhibitions in Torino, Istanbul, London, Lima, São Paolo, Mexico City, and Bogotá. She holds a BFA from UC Berkeley and has been an artist in residence at the American Academy in Rome, The Porthmeor Artists Residency Programme in St. Ives and Al Maqam Residence in Marrakech.
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