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Mia
Scarpa
My work explores the relational distinction between art & craft and the inherent hierarchical value given to the word “Art”, while “craft” holds a different & often lesser connotation. The work is very material-based & I focus on things such as detail-work (in relation to craft), humor, decoration/ornamentation, toys, album covers, cartoons, symbols, treasured objects, memories, connections, home, comfort, and other seemingly unconnected things. I often incorporate unique references in regard to imagery, they range from the specific, to the purposeful, to the literal, to the completely ambiguous. I struggle with the notion that a lot of contemporary art consists of painting that appears like outsider art, but is not. I feel that my work somehow fits into this strange in-between category.
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With Arms Wide Open
Mixed Media
36" x 48"
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Dirty Water
Cut-up t-shirts
24" x 36"
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Into Dust
Mixed Media Mosaic
9" x 12"
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Table (Install Shot)
Ceramic tile mosaic
20" x 20" x 36"
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Today is the Greatest
Mixed Media on Plaster
6" x 8"
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P2
Mixed Media
20" x 25"
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Bound for the Floor
Mixed Media mosaic
6" x 8"
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Don't Push
Oil on Canvas
30" x 30"
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I'm like this:
Mixed Media
8" x 10"
- Julieta Beltran Lazo
- Madeleine Billings
- Ji Won Cha
- Zack Davey
- Stella Egelja
- Sasha Filimonov
- Connar Foley
- Carley Gmitro
- Sam Go
- Lia Kang
- Grace Kayar
- Abbi Kenny
- Nellie Konopka
- Zhuoyang Li
- Jordan Liptak
- Katherine Machin
- Bradley McCrary
- Lisha Nie
- Eleanor Olson
- Calliope Pavlides
- Lucy Qiu
- Gabriela Rassi
- Hannah Reinhard
- Francisco Rocha Salazar
- John Shen
- Mia Scarpa
- Luke Whittaker
- Yan Diego Wilson
- Yukine Yanagi
- Jeongmun Choi
- Sasha Gordon
- Grace Kauffman-Rosengarten
- Sam Koh
- Jordan Liptak
- Danielle Park
- Amalia Torero
- Emilie Wang