Regina Valluzzi
Waltham, MA United States
The acrylic painting system has undergone radical changes and advances in recent decades, allowing new and very different approaches to painting. By using novel optical media, Dr. Regina Valluzzi has created paintings that are active and responsive... More
Artist Statement:
The acrylic painting system has undergone radical changes and advances in recent decades, allowing new and very different approaches to painting. By using novel optical media, Dr. Regina Valluzzi has created paintings that are active and responsive to both viewer and environment. Through experiments with the properties of different acrylic paint and media formulations she has added complex 3-dimensional textures to paint. Using these experiments she has also been able to create delicate layered patterns of color that are not achievable with a brush or palette knife.
A number of these “paintings” approach landscape ideas using new ways of manipulating paint media. Grasses and stems created by pouring one liquid into another on the canvas, extrusion, diffusion, and textural ideas can all suggest and indicate landscape elements. These approaches create an image that isn’t put together quite the same way as a typical landscape. The image is built up through paint interactions and bits of media standing in for objects, rather than as an illusion created by brush and palette knife marks.
Bio:
Dr. Regina Valluzzi has a scientific background in nanotechnology and biophysics. She has been a scientist in the chemical industry, a research professor, a start-up founder, and a science-themed artist. She is primarily an autodidact, but had lessons in art and visual theory from a formally trained artist parent. She has become expert at finding art lessons in any activity involving visual information.
Dr. Valluzzi has always held a strong interest in the visual arts, allowing visual arts ideas to permeate her technical work and vice versa. She was educated in Materials Science at MIT, obtaining a second B.S. degree in music and a minor in visual studies. Her PhD thesis at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst requiring advanced microscopy, image analysis, and theoretical data modeling. These experiences provided the visual insights and experiences that inform much of her work as an artist.
A number of these “paintings” approach landscape ideas using new ways of manipulating paint media. Grasses and stems created by pouring one liquid into another on the canvas, extrusion, diffusion, and textural ideas can all suggest and indicate landscape elements. These approaches create an image that isn’t put together quite the same way as a typical landscape. The image is built up through paint interactions and bits of media standing in for objects, rather than as an illusion created by brush and palette knife marks.
Bio:
Dr. Regina Valluzzi has a scientific background in nanotechnology and biophysics. She has been a scientist in the chemical industry, a research professor, a start-up founder, and a science-themed artist. She is primarily an autodidact, but had lessons in art and visual theory from a formally trained artist parent. She has become expert at finding art lessons in any activity involving visual information.
Dr. Valluzzi has always held a strong interest in the visual arts, allowing visual arts ideas to permeate her technical work and vice versa. She was educated in Materials Science at MIT, obtaining a second B.S. degree in music and a minor in visual studies. Her PhD thesis at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst requiring advanced microscopy, image analysis, and theoretical data modeling. These experiences provided the visual insights and experiences that inform much of her work as an artist.
Education:
PhD, 1997 Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amhers
BS, 1989, Humanities, Music Composition Concentration and Visual Art minor, Massachusetts institute of Technology
BS, 1989, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
High level graduate Computer Science coursework at Pace University, White Plains, NY
Graduate level Chemistry coursework at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn NY
Studio Art classes at the Museum of Fine Art Museum School, Boston, MA
BS, 1989, Humanities, Music Composition Concentration and Visual Art minor, Massachusetts institute of Technology
BS, 1989, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
High level graduate Computer Science coursework at Pace University, White Plains, NY
Graduate level Chemistry coursework at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn NY
Studio Art classes at the Museum of Fine Art Museum School, Boston, MA
Awards & Distinctions:
Best in Show (1 of 2), The Gallery at 100 Market Street “Un-Themed and Varied”, 2013
Juror's Choice Attleboro art museum member's show 2012
Honorable Mention at the SMART Science and Art Festival 2011, Los Alamos, NM
2 Special Recognition awards in international online juried shows hosted by Light Space and Time 2011,
Publications (Art)
Cover of “Focus” the Newsmagazine of the American Mathematical Association, March 2013
Cover of “Natural History” Magazine July/Aug 2013, and portfolio feature
Agave Magazine – cover vol 1 iss 2, 2014
Interview and art feature, Tampa Review online, October 2013
Diagram Magazine, small portfolio feature, 2012
Oddball Magazine, image feature, 2012, 2013, 2014
The Quotable, image feature, 2012
Palooka, portfolio Feature, 2012
Black Fox Review, image feature, 2013
Prick of the Spindle Portfolio Feature and cover (online), 2012
Cover of Agave Magazine, Vol 1 issue 2 plus image feature (online)
Interview and portfolio feature in Tampa Review online, Issue 10, October 2013
Cover, Prick of the Spindle Print Edition, Issue 4, 2013
Cover of "Communitas"
Image featured in “Focus” the news magazine of the Mathematical Association of America 2012
Cover of the Bridges math art exhibition catalogue 2013 (exhibition at the Join Mathematical meeting in San Diego)
Portfolio feature and interview, Tampa Review online, October 2013
Science
Awards
GANN Fellowship, 1992;
Nano Science and Technology Institutes Early Stage Company Award, 2005
2006 Mass High Tech “10 Women to Watch”
Invited Lectures
“Biologically Informed Facile Fabrication of Nanopatterned Materials” Invited Talk, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, February, 2002
“Long Range Order in Model Fibrous Proteins” Invited Talk at the Second Annual Symposium on Silk and NMR, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, 2001
Invited Seminar at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; Department of Chemical Engineering, 2000
“Chirality and Fibrous Protein Macromolecular Assembly”; Invited Talk; Chiral Molecules Symposium; March Meeting; Anaheim, CA, 1999
Invited Talk at The University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, April, 1999
Invited Talk at The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, April, 1999
Invited Talk; Department of Agriculture, Tskuba, Japan, April, 1999
“Hierarchical Assembly of Fibrous Proteins”; Invited Talk; Biopolymers Symposium; Soc Plast. Eng.; May, NYC, NY, 1999
“The diversity of insect silks is a resource for new materials technologies”; Invited Talk; 2004 ESA Annual Meeting and Exposition
“Nanopatterned polymers as chiral media”; Invited Talk; SPE ANTEC 2005, New technology forum, Boston, MA
Invention2Venture Conference, 2005, sponsored by the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center
Nanotechnology and Life Sciences, New Windows into the Future Symposium, Sponsored by MIT Enterprise Forum, 2005
“A Nanoscale Approach to Chiral Discrimination”; Invited Talk; in New Methods for Characterization of Chiral Pharmaceuticals, FACSS conference, 2006
WEST Showcase, Beyond your own domain, 2006, nanotechnology panel
Chaired and organized the entrepreneurship section of AMITA (MIT alumnae association) Leadership conference, Spring 2010
More than 30 peer reviewed publication in biomaterials, polymers, nanoscience, and biotechnology
Juror's Choice Attleboro art museum member's show 2012
Honorable Mention at the SMART Science and Art Festival 2011, Los Alamos, NM
2 Special Recognition awards in international online juried shows hosted by Light Space and Time 2011,
Publications (Art)
Cover of “Focus” the Newsmagazine of the American Mathematical Association, March 2013
Cover of “Natural History” Magazine July/Aug 2013, and portfolio feature
Agave Magazine – cover vol 1 iss 2, 2014
Interview and art feature, Tampa Review online, October 2013
Diagram Magazine, small portfolio feature, 2012
Oddball Magazine, image feature, 2012, 2013, 2014
The Quotable, image feature, 2012
Palooka, portfolio Feature, 2012
Black Fox Review, image feature, 2013
Prick of the Spindle Portfolio Feature and cover (online), 2012
Cover of Agave Magazine, Vol 1 issue 2 plus image feature (online)
Interview and portfolio feature in Tampa Review online, Issue 10, October 2013
Cover, Prick of the Spindle Print Edition, Issue 4, 2013
Cover of "Communitas"
Image featured in “Focus” the news magazine of the Mathematical Association of America 2012
Cover of the Bridges math art exhibition catalogue 2013 (exhibition at the Join Mathematical meeting in San Diego)
Portfolio feature and interview, Tampa Review online, October 2013
Science
Awards
GANN Fellowship, 1992;
Nano Science and Technology Institutes Early Stage Company Award, 2005
2006 Mass High Tech “10 Women to Watch”
Invited Lectures
“Biologically Informed Facile Fabrication of Nanopatterned Materials” Invited Talk, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, February, 2002
“Long Range Order in Model Fibrous Proteins” Invited Talk at the Second Annual Symposium on Silk and NMR, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, 2001
Invited Seminar at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; Department of Chemical Engineering, 2000
“Chirality and Fibrous Protein Macromolecular Assembly”; Invited Talk; Chiral Molecules Symposium; March Meeting; Anaheim, CA, 1999
Invited Talk at The University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, April, 1999
Invited Talk at The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, April, 1999
Invited Talk; Department of Agriculture, Tskuba, Japan, April, 1999
“Hierarchical Assembly of Fibrous Proteins”; Invited Talk; Biopolymers Symposium; Soc Plast. Eng.; May, NYC, NY, 1999
“The diversity of insect silks is a resource for new materials technologies”; Invited Talk; 2004 ESA Annual Meeting and Exposition
“Nanopatterned polymers as chiral media”; Invited Talk; SPE ANTEC 2005, New technology forum, Boston, MA
Invention2Venture Conference, 2005, sponsored by the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center
Nanotechnology and Life Sciences, New Windows into the Future Symposium, Sponsored by MIT Enterprise Forum, 2005
“A Nanoscale Approach to Chiral Discrimination”; Invited Talk; in New Methods for Characterization of Chiral Pharmaceuticals, FACSS conference, 2006
WEST Showcase, Beyond your own domain, 2006, nanotechnology panel
Chaired and organized the entrepreneurship section of AMITA (MIT alumnae association) Leadership conference, Spring 2010
More than 30 peer reviewed publication in biomaterials, polymers, nanoscience, and biotechnology
Professional/Teaching Experience:
Materials Characterization and Experiment design courses taught to graduate students in the Engineering School at Tufts University, Windows on Science with Freshmen in the Chemistry and Physics Departments, Understanding Microstructure and Introduction to Nanotechnology - undergraduate seminars style courses at Tufts (I developed all of the curricula). Also X-ray characterization of Polymers, evening school classes.
Exhibitions:
Galleries
Paula Estey Gallery, 3 Harris Street, Newburyport, MA
G19 Gallery, 19 Broadway Rockport, MA
SOLO
2014 Aesthetic Experiments Remis Gallery, Newbury, MA
2013 at Lifeyield, Boston
2012 “Insight and Allusion”, curated by john Quatrale, The Gallery at Athans Cafe, Brighton, MA
2012 at Crema in Harvard Square, Cambridge
2012 at Mullen, Boston
2010 at the Jam N' Java coffeehouse in Arlington MA
Group
2014 "Appearances", Provincetown Green Arts festival, curated by Dorothy Palanza
2013 Red Wall gallery, Contemporary Art Fair, Javits Center, NYC, NY
2013 “Unthemed and varied”, the Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
2013 Members Juried Show 1 and II, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
2012 “Driven to Abstraction” 4 person show, Old Shwamb Mill, Arlington, MA, curated by Regina Valluzzi
2012- 2014 Mathematical Art exhibit at the Joint Mathematics Meeting (3x)
2012 "Glitz" National Group show, Annmarie Museum and Sculpture Garden, Solomons, MD
2012 "With the Other Eye", the Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
2012, 2013 WGBH Winter Art Auction
2011 "9x12", Ferencvarosi Pince Gallery, Budapest, curated by Beata Szechy
2011 "Identity", Brighton Allston Heritage Museum, curated by John Quatrale
2011 "Appearances", Provincetown Green Arts festival, curated by Dorothy Palanza
2011 Still Point 3, international show, Still Point online Art Gallery
2011 “Artists in the Arboretum” Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA
2011 Paperworks InternationalWinners Show, bjspoke gallery, Huntington, NY
2011 "Red", Inside Out Gallery Somerville, MA
2011 "Rising Above" Invitational show at the West Side Arts Coalition NYC, NY, curated by Carson Grant
2011, 2012 SMART International Science math and Art Festival, Los Alamos, NM (finalist both years)
2011 “Early Winter Show”, “Just my Imagination” (2 exhibits), Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
2011 “Regeneration”, regional show, Arlington Art Association, Arlington, MA
Paula Estey Gallery, 3 Harris Street, Newburyport, MA
G19 Gallery, 19 Broadway Rockport, MA
SOLO
2014 Aesthetic Experiments Remis Gallery, Newbury, MA
2013 at Lifeyield, Boston
2012 “Insight and Allusion”, curated by john Quatrale, The Gallery at Athans Cafe, Brighton, MA
2012 at Crema in Harvard Square, Cambridge
2012 at Mullen, Boston
2010 at the Jam N' Java coffeehouse in Arlington MA
Group
2014 "Appearances", Provincetown Green Arts festival, curated by Dorothy Palanza
2013 Red Wall gallery, Contemporary Art Fair, Javits Center, NYC, NY
2013 “Unthemed and varied”, the Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
2013 Members Juried Show 1 and II, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
2012 “Driven to Abstraction” 4 person show, Old Shwamb Mill, Arlington, MA, curated by Regina Valluzzi
2012- 2014 Mathematical Art exhibit at the Joint Mathematics Meeting (3x)
2012 "Glitz" National Group show, Annmarie Museum and Sculpture Garden, Solomons, MD
2012 "With the Other Eye", the Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
2012, 2013 WGBH Winter Art Auction
2011 "9x12", Ferencvarosi Pince Gallery, Budapest, curated by Beata Szechy
2011 "Identity", Brighton Allston Heritage Museum, curated by John Quatrale
2011 "Appearances", Provincetown Green Arts festival, curated by Dorothy Palanza
2011 Still Point 3, international show, Still Point online Art Gallery
2011 “Artists in the Arboretum” Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA
2011 Paperworks InternationalWinners Show, bjspoke gallery, Huntington, NY
2011 "Red", Inside Out Gallery Somerville, MA
2011 "Rising Above" Invitational show at the West Side Arts Coalition NYC, NY, curated by Carson Grant
2011, 2012 SMART International Science math and Art Festival, Los Alamos, NM (finalist both years)
2011 “Early Winter Show”, “Just my Imagination” (2 exhibits), Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
2011 “Regeneration”, regional show, Arlington Art Association, Arlington, MA
Artistic Influences:
Ernst, Klimt, Mondrian, Kasuma, CERN, high vacuum equipment, Electron micrographs, other microscopy images, Klee, Scientific diagrams, quantum physics, condensed matter physics, chemistry, DeGennes and his Polymer Physics Diagrams, Hundertwasser, Egon Schiele's landscapes and roof patterns, fauvism and the bleu reiter, polymer physics, Hopper
Artist Tags:
acrylic extrusion, mixed media, active optics, trees, landscape, seascape
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