My recent body of work combines a variety of methods, materials, and imagery like clouds, grids/nets, numbers, sun rays, and notebook paper, with the repetition of phrases like ‘Breathe’ and ‘Be Here’. The use of these phrases in my work and in my daily life helps me to find the focus and courage I need to explore questions of spirituality and to create with a playful and experimental mindset. I strive for a sense of movement, light, and air in each work by layering imagery with different textures and levels of transparency. Ultimately, I hope to encourage the viewer to take more time to look, to wonder, and to be present.
Bio: Born and raised in sunny Florida, Nina Bellucci received her BFA in painting from the University of South Florida (2006) and an MFA in painting from Boston University (2009). Recent solo exhibitions include Doorway_a_gallery, Waltham, MA; Shelter In Place Gallery, Boston; and Dream Clinic, OH. Select group exhibitions include Gallery Tempo, Boston; The Yard: Williamsburg, NY; LaiSun Keane, Boston; Collar Works, NY; Slag Gallery, NY; and Basement Projects, CA. Bellucci has received numerous nominations and awards, including a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant in Painting (2018), a Joan Mitchell Fellowship nomination (2022), and a residency at Room83Spring Gallery in Watertown, MA (2017). She is a founding member of the artist group Musa Collective Boston and exhibits with them regularly. Her works on paper can be found at Uprise Art NYC. Bellucci maintains a studio in Waltham, MA and lives in Newton with her husband and two children.