Orianna Montenegro Area 1 Member

Social Media: @oriannationstudio

Member of Flag since: 2023

Artist Statement:

The artist’s body of work is focused on the ocean tide cycles and photosynthesis of planktons and the journey this species goes through yearly from the Atlantic to the Arctic. The artist was very intrigued to find how much the sea changes throughout time and also the natural phenomenon of photosynthesis and see the similarities in the artist’s techniques. The artist intentionally mimicked the density of
the reproduction of plankton, in which their presence changes the color of the water in which they live, leaving a colorful trail in the ocean. The artist’s approach is very intuitive; through the use of washed acrylics aligned around earthy colors, the artist creates spacecontained systems driven by shapes, layers, patterns and textures to represent the algae bloom and the tide cycle.

Selected Art Awards:

2nd Place in Mixed Media | Curator’s Voice Art Projects | May 2017
Honorable Mention in Painting | Curator’s Voice Art Projects | March 2017
Special Recognition in Painting | Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery February 2017

Selected Exhibitions:

Art Basel Exhibition, Galeria Azur, Dec 2022 | Miami, FL
Fifth Annual Art from the Heart, Family Resources Center from South Florida, April 2022 | Miami , FL
Basel Animals (Art Basel) Tripping Animals Brewing, Dec 2021 | Wynwood, FL
Manos Nobles – Fundación Pan de Dios, Pink Elephant Art House, Nov 2021 | Valencia, Venezuela
Arts in Pointes, Arts Ballet Foundraise, Nov 2021 | Aventura, FL
Fourth Annual Art from the Heart, Family Resources Center from South Florida, April 2021 | Miami , FL
Lyrical Narratives and Abstraction, Agora Gallery, Dec 2020 | New York, NY
Online Exhibition, Art In The Time of Corona, Dad Art Gallery, 2020 | Los Angeles, CA
Online Exhibition, Art In Isolation. COVID19, Curators Voice Art Project, 2020 | Miami, FL
Imaginarios – Guest Artist, The Red03 Art Gallery, March 2020 – Barcelona, Spain
30 under 30, Viridian Artists, Feb 2020 | New York, NY
(During Art Basel) Experimental & Interactive Art Installations, Dimensions, Dec 2019 | Miami, FL
Seer Projects x adhesivo Magazine, Unqork, Nov 2019 | New York, NY
The US Show, Blue Line Arts, Nov 2019 | Roseville, CA
Group Art Show, Jones Gallery KC, Nov 2019 | Kansas City, MO
Colors, BWAC Gallery, Oct 2019 | Brooklyn, NY
Small and Smaller, Site:Brooklyn, Oct 2019 | Brooklyn, NY
Tripping Animals Brewing, Solo show | With You From Afar, April 2019 | Doral, FL
Mint Gallery, Duplexity Group Show | March 2019, Atlanta, GA
Edge Zone Gallery, Boundary | Group Show | September 2018, Miami, FL
Tubac Center of the Arts | First Nations Contemporary Biennial | September 2018, Group Show | Tubac, AZ
Niza Knoll Gallery | Traditional & Emerging Expression | Juried Show | September 2018, Denver, CO
Craven Arts Council & Gallery Inc., 2018 Bank of the Arts National | Juried Show, August 2018 | New Bern, NC
HGAB Studio, Station 28th Art Walk | Group Show, July 2018 | Wynwood, FL
Aloft Brickell Hotel, Un paseo por Miami | Group Show, June 2018 | Miami, FL
Viridian Artists | The 29th Annual International Juried Exhibition | Group Show, Jun 2018 | New York, NY
NCSSM | Spring Exhibition | Group Show, Jun 2018 | Darhem, NC
Pancakes & Booze Miami Edition | Group Show, May 2018 | Miami, FL
National Art League, 88th Annual Juried Exhibition | Group Show, May 2018 | Queens, NY
Vanessa Lacy Gallery | Small works, Group Show | May 2018 | Kansas City, MO
TAG Gallery, 2017 California Open | Juried Show, August 2017 | Los Angeles, CA
3 Square Art, Color Exhibition | Group Show, July 2017 | Fort Collins, CO
Curator’s Voice Art Projects, Juried Spring Show | Juried Show, May 2017 | Wynwood, FL
Curator’s Voice Art Projects, Juried Winter Show | Juried Show, March 2017 |Wynwood, FL
Curator’s Voice Art Projects, Optical Shi s | Group Show, February 2017 | Wynwood, FL
The Hendren Gallery, Senior Show Exhibition | Solo Exhibition, December 2016 | Saint Charles, MO
The Boyle Family Gallery, Juried Student Exhibition, April 2016 | Saint Charles, MO
Lilian Yahn Gallery, Distortion Show | Group Show, January 2016 | Saint Louis MO,

Education:
Lindenwood University, Class of 2016,
St. Charles, MO
B.F.A. Studio Art & B.A. Graphic Design