Collection: BRITNI MARA

BRITNI MARA IS A CHICAGO-BASED VISUAL ARTIST WHO GRADUATED IN 2013 FROM BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, WITH A BFA IN STUDIO ART. IN 2014, SHE DID POST-GRADUATE WORK AT THE SIENA ART INSTITUTE IN ITALY AND HAS BEEN PASSIONATELY CREATING FINE ART EVER SINCE.

FOR BRITNI, MANUFACTURING WORK THAT EMBODIES MEANING IS THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AND HER ARTWORK IS AN INTRINSIC VISUALIZATION OF HER EXISTENCE. SHE IS CONSTANTLY STRIVING TO REIN IN HER SURROUNDINGS AND CONTROL THE UNCONTROLLABLE. THE ARTIST CREATES THESE PIECES AS SNAPSHOTS OF A DAY IN HER LIFE AND TITLES HER PAINTINGS NUMERICALLY ON THE DATE THEY WERE COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT PERSPECTIVE.

BRITNI IS INNATELY DRAWN TO PAINT AS A MEDIUM AND HAS A SENSORY ATTACHMENT TO THE PHYSICAL PUSH AND PULL OF PIGMENT. INTUITION AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GUIDES HER WORK AS SHE SEEKS A MEDITATIVE STATE TO CURATE CHAOS TOWARDS INTENTIONAL HAPPENSTANCE. SHE STRIVES TO BRING A SENSE OF STRUCTURE TO COINCIDENCE. MARA FINDS FREEDOM IN GESTURAL ENERGY AND PEACE IN THE COLOR FIELD INTERPLAY WHICH IS ROOTED IN POST-WAR ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST MOVEMENTS.

BRITNI IS ALSO DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING PLATFORMS FOR EMERGING ARTISTS TO THRIVE. IN 2020, MARA FOUNDED THE HALLWAY GALLERY, WHICH IS AN ALTERNATIVE POP-UP STYLE GALLERY DEDICATED TO SHOWING FEMALE AND NON-BINARY ARTISTS IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA. THE GOAL IS TO TURN THE EMPTY WALLS OF HALLWAYS INTO OPPORTUNITIES AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FIRST-TIME AND UPCOMING ARTISTS.

HER ORIGINAL ARTWORKS HAVE BEEN SOLD AND SHOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD.