Angelina Gualdoni is an artist living and working in Brooklyn. She was born in San Francisco and got her BFA from MICA and her MFA from the University Of Illinois at Chicago. She also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2000.

She has had solo exhibitions at Asya Geisberg, Kavi Gupta, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the MCA in Chicago amongst others. She’s had group shows at Xolla Liebermand, Lama Dodd, Bowling Green, the Nerman Museum, the Queens Museum, Susan Inglett, the Orlando Museum of Art and many more.

She has received a NYFA Award grant, a Pollock-Krasner Grant and has been a resident at the ISCP and the MacDowell Colony along with other residencies.

She has been featured in the Boston Globe, Artcritical, the Huffington Post, Two Coats of Paint, the New York Times, Artnet and many more.

Angelina is also a co-founder of Regina Rex Gallery. Her work is in the collection of the MCA in Chicago, the Nerman Museum and the Saatchi Collection. She has taught for many years and is currently teaching at the School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston.

Brian stopped by Angelina’s Bed Stuy studio and we talked about the Chicago music scene, adjusting to New York, co-founding Regina Rex and her diverse approach to painting.