Maria Molteni
539 Tremont Street, Studio 315
www.mariamolteni.com on Instagram
Maria Molteni is a queer interdisciplinary artist, designer, educator, and mystic working on Massachusett/ Wampanoag Land for the last 25 years. They descend from Tennessee square dancers, stunt motorcyclists, quilters, farmers, opera singers and machinists of varied European backgrounds. Molteni is the first working artist in their family. Their practice has grown from formal studies in Painting + Printmaking, Art Education + Publication, Dance + Athletics, to incorporate research, ritual and play-based collaboration with the living and dead.
Molteni is most known for monumental hand painted groundworks, particularly "Cosmic Courts" which helped lay the foundations for the national basketball court painting movement. Molteni refers to them as "altars to the sky" and horizontal/ anti-monuments. In the studio, they experiment with many materials - from inflatables, to video, to welding. They choose media that intersect conceptual rigor, formal poignancy, and spiritual depth. Their intuitive practice spans somatic spellcraft, embodied prayer, astrology, tarot, dreamwork and color magic.
