Maria Tomasula

Place: Chicago

Born: 1958

Biography:

Maria Tomasula is a LatinX studio artist who makes paintings, drawings, and prints. She was born in Chicago in 1958 and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Tomasula's work is best known for its layered emotional intensity as well as its meticulously produced material surfaces. Her art explores the experience of embodiment and the sense of being that understands selfhood as materially entangled with all the phenomena and entities that shape us. Tomasula is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Notre Dame. She has had recent solo exhibitions at Forum Gallery in New York and Los Angeles, and her work is held in numerous public and private collections. Tomasula is also the author of the book 'The Art of Maria Tomasula: Embodiment and Splendor'.