MARTA ALEXANDRA ABBOTT ❍ ✧


Is a Czech-American artist born in Amsterdam, raised primarily in the U.S., and currently based in Rome. Marta grew up in the studio of her artist mother, studied fine arts at university, and trained professionally in the fields of art restoration and floral design before turning her full attention to painting. Her fascination with nature has always informed her work, which investigates our human relationship with the natural world. Process and experimentation are fundamental to her practice, in which she primarily uses inks and pigments she makes herself from organic, botanical substances. This has led to a deeper study of the language of color and of the life of organic matter as channels of expression and communication. Marta has exhibited her work in New York, Prague and Rome among other cities, and most recently completed an artistic residency followed by an exhibit at Numeroventi in Florence, Italy. Prior to this, she had the opportunity to complete a residency and show her work at the historical printmaking studio, Fondazione il Bisonte, also located in Florence. She has participated in collaborations with creative brands as well as with other artists. Her work has been written about in various publications and was featured in the book Make Ink ( Abrams Press) by Jason Logan of Toronto Ink Company, and her paintings are in private collections around the globe. She participated in the making of an upcoming documentary about the use of color derived from nature throughout the history of human civilization which is set to come out in 2022.