ARTIST STATEMENT            
My work is a physical expression of my experience of being human. Thoughts and observations create the impulse to make an object, or a series, and in this way the work is a visual footprint of my thinking. My paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, prints and installations explore light, space, and layering while visually alluding to the passage of time and my place within a continuum of human experiences. I use objects such as, rope, thread, paper, wax, and paint in a repetition of line, form, and asemic gesture. These elements are metaphors for memories and thoughts held together over time. My work is a conversation about how I connect to my past; How I embrace the present moment; How I pass along parts of myself to future generations. When I work with materials, I explore these ideas much the way a scientist conducts an experiment and then I let my hands tell the story of my findings.

BIO
Artist, Milisa Galazzi, is best known for her three dimensional hand sewn shadow drawings, her printed works on paper, and her richly layered abstract paintings all of which explore the very nature of being human. Her work is held in private international collections as well as public collections in the United States such as Women and Infants Hospital and the Women's Medicine Collaborative in Rhode Island. She exhibits nationally in solo and group shows in both galleries and museums. Galazzi presents talks at national and international conferences such as the International Encaustic Conference and the National Art Education Association Conference in New York City and teaches classes at universities such as Clark and Yeshiva. Her artwork has been featured and reviewed in Surface Design, FiberArts, Art New England, and ArtScope magazines as well as in books such as, "Contemporary Cape Cod Artist: On Abstraction," and "Paper + Wax, Techniques in Handmade Paper and Encaustic” as wells as, "Encaustic Art in the Twenty First Century." Galazzi was 'boat schooled' as a child while she and her family traveled and lived aboard their thirty-one foot trimaran sail boat hand built by her father. She received an MA with Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design where she exhaustively researched the educational effectiveness of community-based art education settings and her findings are published by Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Project Zero Press, 1999. In addition, Galazzi holds a BA from Brown University where she studied Studio Art with minors in Women’s Studies and Cultural Anthropology. She attended Studio Art College International (SACI) in Florence, Italy and graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover. Her broad education directly informs the content of her art making, her creative advising services, and her speaking engagements. Galazzi is the Founder & Director of full palette LEARN. TEACH. LEAD whose mission is Cultivating Creativity and Mindfulness for a Better World. She works full time in her studio in Providence, Rhode Island.

EDUCATION
1996  MA Conferred with Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1988  BA, Brown University, Providence, RI
1984  Diploma, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
1995  Harvard University, Graduate Intern, Project Zero at Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
1990  Yale University, Graduate Course in Graphic Design, Brissago, Switzerland
1987  Studio Art College International, Six College Courses in Art and Art History, Florence, Italy

GRANTS & AWARDS
2020  Shrewsbury High School Artist Grant, Virtual Visiting Artist, Shrewsbury High School, Schrewsbury, MA
2019  Burlington Education Foundation Grant, Artist in Residence, Burlington High School, Burlington, MA
2015  Directors Award, 9th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2013  Honorable Mention, Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island State Artists Exhibition, Newport, RI
2012  R&F Artist of the Month, September, Kingston, NY
2011  Winner, ArtScope Magazine, Centerfold Competition, Boston, MA
1984  The Brown Award for Leadership, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
1981  Senior Art Award Presented to a Sophomore, Nauset Regional High School, North Eastham, MA
1979  Blue Key, National Scholastic Art Awards, State of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
1971  Governor’s Art Award, State Capital Exhibition, Boston, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019  Asemic Journey, Cambridge Street Gallery, Burlington, MA 
         The Way I See It, Academy of Performing Arts Gallery, Orleans, MA 
         Line As Language, The RSM Art Gallery, Bently University Library, Waltham. MA
2016  Ties That Bind, Gallery Artrio, Hyannis, MA
2014  Gallery Artist, Trapunti de Colore Exhibition, Ernden Fine Art Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2013  Gallery Artist, Threads and Memories, Ernden Fine Art Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012  Guest Artist, Ernden Fine Art Gallery, Provincetown, MA
         TO-DO: A Bathroom Installation, 6th Int'l Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2011  Guest Artist, Ernden Fine Art Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2010  Layers of Time, Above Providence Optical Gallery, Providence, RI
         thread/text/time, Blizzard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2004  Threads of Time, Little Falls, Edgewood, RI
1988  Thesis Exhibition, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020  Art in the Time of Pandemic, Virtual Exhibition, Joanne Mattera Blog, May 2020
         In Transition: A Members' Exhibition, Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA
         The Blues, The Painting Center, New York, NY
         Thicket: Anthony Fisher, Milisa Galazzi, Thomas Ladd, Chazan Gallery at Wheeler, Providence, RI
2019  Dot Conference, Room 83 Spring, Watertown, MA
         Fountain Street Artists, Gallery 175, Pawtucket, RI
         Dot Conference, Room 83 Spring, Watertown, MA
         Dot Conference, The Yard, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
         Book Cover Show at Nautilus, Wayland Square, Providence, RI
         Anything But Flat, Castle Hill Gallery, Truro, MA
         Summer Invitational, Miller White Fine Arts, South Dennis, MA
2018  Boston International Fine Art Show, Cyclorama, Boston, MA
         Connections, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
         AD20/21 Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries, Cyclorama, Boston, MA
         Miller White at National Boston, Brookline, MA
         Best Practices Invitational Summer Exhibition, Miller White Fine Arts, South Dennis, MA
         Art Educators' Exhibit, Salve Regina University, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery, Newport, RI
         Organic to Geometric Part II, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
         David & Schweirtzer Contemporary, Castle Hill Fundraiser, Brooklyn, NY
2017  31 Bodhisattvas, Miller White Fine Arts, South Dennis, MA
         Welcome Blanket Project, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
         Alternative Wax: Layers of Facts, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
         Black Tie Optional, Adam Peck Gallery, Provincetown, MA
         Beyond Rainbow, Gallery Galleon, Vieques, Puerto Rico
         Rhode Island Art Educators Association Exhibition, Chazan Gallery at Wheeler, Providence, RI
2016  NO. 10, Gallery A Pop Up, Provincetown, MA
         Length x Width x Depth, 11th Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2015  19 on Paper at Gallery 157, Pawtucket, RI
         9th International Encaustic Conference Award Winners, Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
         Contemporary Cape Cod Artists on Abstraction, Tao Water Art Gallery, West Barnstable, MA
         Minimal/Maximal, Mike Carroll Juror, Castle Hill Gallery, Truro, MA
         Contemporary Cape Cod Artists on Abstraction, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
         Casting Shadows, Julie Hiller Gallery East, Provincetown, MA
         Contemporary Cape Cod Artists on Abstraction, Miller White Fine Art, West Dennis, MA
         Organic to Geometric: Investigations in Structure and Surface, Endicott College, Heftler Gallery Beveryly, MA
2014  We Love Art: 50 Artists Show Their Love, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
         Subliminal, Castle Hill Gallery, Truro, MA
         Swept Away...Contemporary Encaustic, The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
         Ninth Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Az
         19 on Paper, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
         Hidden Worlds, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
         We Love Art: 50 Artists Show Their Love, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2013  Swept Away...Contemporary Encaustic, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
         7th Intern'l Encaustic Conference, Instructors Exhibition, School House Gallery, Provincetown, MA
         Newport Art Museum Annual Members' Juried Exhibition, Newport, RI
         Elephant in the Room, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
         19 on Paper 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2012  The Wax Book: Altered, Repurposed, Remade, Castle Hill Library, Truro, MA
         Pattern, The Mill Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
         Color Dominates, A National Juried On Line Exhibition, Evans Encaustic Blog
         Pollination: Beyond the Garden, ArtCurrent, Provincetown, MA
         Wax: Contemporary Encaustic Works, National Juried Exhibition, PVAC, Santa Cruz, CA
         First Anniversary: PAPER, A Juried Exhibition, Fountain Street Fine Art, Framingham, MA
         Fiber in the Present Tense: Contemporary Art Textiles, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
         Whimsy in Wax: Presented by New England Wax, The Essex Arts Center, Lawrence, MA
2011  Domesticity, The Mill Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
         Tactile Expressions, Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School, Providence, RI
         New England Collective II: 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
         Wax in Motion, National Juried Group Exhibition, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
         Pollination: Beyond the Garden, Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
2010  NEW@FAC, Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield, CT
2009  Fittings, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
         RISD Alumni Sale, RI Convention Center, Providence, RI
2008  Common Threads, Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School, Providence, RI
         RISD Alumni Sale, RI Convention Center, Providence, RI
         WAX-IT '08, Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH
2007  RISD Alumni Sale, Benefit Street, Providence, RI
2006  ARTWORKS! Orleans, Cape Cod, MA
         RISD Alumni Holiday Sale, RI Convention Center, Providence, RI
2005  RISD Alumni Sale, Benefit Street, Providence, RI
2003  risd/works, Providence, RI
2002  Duality, Academy of Performing Arts Gallery, Orleans, MA
1990  Faculty Exhibition, Hargate Art Center Gallery, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
1984  Senior Exhibition, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.

COLLECTIONS
Private Collections in the United States & Puerto Rico, Germany, Ireland, Korea
Laird Plastics, Warwick, RI
Women’s Medicine Collaborative, Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI
Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI
John Hay Library's Walter Feldman Book Arts Studio, Brown University, Providence, RI

PUBLICATIONS
2018  Cape Cod Arts Magazine, Review of 24 Established Cape Cod Artists, review by Haley Cote
         Organic to Geometric II: Investigations in Structure and Surface, Museum Exhibition Catalog
2016  Surface Design Journal, Fiber & Wax, Winter Edition, Article by Miles Conrad
         Encaustic, Ashley Rooney, Forward by Kim Bernard, Schiffer Books
2015  Cape Cod Contemporary Artists: Abstraction, Deborah Foreman, Schiffer Books
         Organic to Geometric: Investigations in Structure and Surface, Exhibition Catalog
2014  Studio Visit Magazine, Spring Edition
         Ninth Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Exhibition Catalog
         Swept Away...Contemporary Encaustic, Hunterdon Museum, Exhibition Catalog
2013  Authentic Visual Voices: Contemporary Paper & Encaustic, ebook, Catherine Nash
         19 on Paper 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, Newport Art Museum
         Swept Away...Contemporary Encaustic, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalog
         Elephant in the Room, Exhibition Catalog
2012  Paper + Wax, Techniques in Handmade Paper and Encaustic, M. Belto, North Light Press
         R&F Artist of the Month, R&F Website, September 1-30
2011  Juried Image Centerfold Competition, Art Scope Magazine, September/October Issue
         The Wax Book: Altered, Repurposed, Remade, Exhibition Catalog
         Pollination; Beyond the Garden, Exhibition Catalog
         Milisa Galazzi: The Interview, Part One and Part Two Lynette Haggard Blog, April
         Review of Exhibition: Tactile Expressions, Gregory Wright Artist Blog, April, 20
         Review of Milisa Galazzi, BEE Sweet Blog: Waggle Dancing, April 13
2010  The Questionaire: Milisa Galazzi, Art in the Studio Blog by Nancy Natale, July 20
         Review of Milisa Galazzi Solo Exhibition:thread/text/time, Art in the Studio Blog, March 15
         NEW@FAC, Exhibition Catalog
2007  Sampling: A Showcase of Ideas and Layers, Fiber Arts Magazine, Liz Good, September-October
         My Studio, My Sanctuary: Making the Most of a 12x12-Foot Home Studio, Art Calendar Magazine,
1996  Another Safe Heaven: Portraits of Boulevard Arts Center Then and Now, J Davis, M. Eppel, M. Galazzi, P. Gonzalez-Pose, S. Maira, B. Solomon, Project Co-Arts, Harvard Project Zero, Cambridge, MA

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
2020  Presenter, Creativity and Neurodiversity, 14th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2019  Presenter, Full Palette: Learn.Teach.Lead, 13th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2017  Presenter, Standards and Practices,11th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2016  Presenter, Standards and Practices, 10th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2015  Panelist, Raising the Bar 2, 9th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2014  Panelist, Raising the Bar, 8th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2013  Presenter, Edges & Corners, 7th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2012  Presenter, Hot Wax 2, National Art Education Association, National Conference, New York, NY
2012-2017 Juried Member, 19 on Paper, Providence, RI
2010-current Member at Large MA/RI, Surface Design Association
2007-2012 Advisory Board Member, New England Wax
2004-current Guest Artist, Various Public and Private Educational Settings
1994  Invited Guest Member, City Associates, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1992-1994 Steering Committee Member, Chicago Arts Partnership in Education, Chicago, IL
1992  Active Member, National Art Education Association
         Committee Member, Project Beautification, Chicago Community Trust, Chicago, IL
1990  Panelist, Women in Education, Brown University, Providence, RI
1989  Chair, Twenty Years of Co-Education Celebration Committee, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
1988  Panelist, Public v. Private Education, Ted Sizer Moderator, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

TEACHING, LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
2020  Workshop Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2019  Adjunct Professor, Department of Art, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2019  Workshop Co-Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2019- Current, Founder & Director of full palette LEARN. TEACH. LEAD. Providence, RI
1997- 2018 Director, Brewster Day Camp, Brewster, MA
1997  Instructor, Department of Art & Design Education, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1995-1996 Director, Project New Directions, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1991-1994 Director of Education, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL
1988-1991 Faculty, Department of Art, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH

INTERESTS
Reading, Baking, Scuba Diving, Hiking, Snowshoeing, Skiing, Camping, Biking, Swimming, Yoga, Meditation