Another gifted artist we were very fortunate to discover through REEMERGE in summer ‘22 is MICAELA PIRZIO-BIROLI. Their copper etching in that show, evoking medieval imagery, won over the jury and took down a prize. The artist now returns in our 2023 AUTUMN INVITATIONAL (closing Friday) with a series of new prints that shares some similar timeless qualities but brackets a wider range of inspirations. Pirzio-Biroli is even more nimble in their creative practice, which “draws from my personal history to explore themes of ritual, disability, queerness and biracial identity,” they tell us. “Working across printmaking, performance, sculpture and installation, I translate corporeal stories across multiple dimensions — moving between works on paper and forms in time and space.... In darkly humorous scenes depicting ridiculous semi-human figures, I invite my audience into the chaos and absurdity of my internal world, honoring the nonsensical as a force of resistance.” All these works are available for purchase right now in person or online (offthewallgallery.org).
MICAELA PIRZIO-BIROLI
(in order of the portfolio shown)
“Waiting for Diagnosis”
14 x 15.5 framed
four-layer woodblock reduction
325.
“Best Face Forward”
15 x 17.5 framed
woodcut
250.
“The Destroyer”
17.5 x 14.5 framed
three-layer linoleum reduction
225.
“Self Potrait”
12 x 10 framed
monotype
125.
