Artist Bio
Rosetta DeBerardinis is a visual artist who had
a 24-year a full-time studio practice a few steps from the nations
Capitol in Washington, D.C. This native New Yorker who has recently
returned home creates an oeuvre of abstract paintings ranging
up to 9 feet, urban drawings of architectural rendering abutting
each other and three-dimensional works incorporating recycled
materials. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally
in museums, commercial galleries and art venues and included in
both public and private collections. The Corcoran Gallery of Art;
Hampton University Museum; The Dallas Womens Museum; Croatias
City Museum of Varazdin; Museum of Latin-American Art; Noyes Museum;
The African-American Museum of Dallas; and the Islip Museum are
amongst the institutions who have presented her work. She is included
in permanent collections at: PNC Bank; Siena Art Institute; Black
Mountain College Museum; Modesta Museum; Verizon Center; Judith
A. Hoffberg Archive; Maryville University; Historic Park Towne
Place; Chiang-Kai International Airport; Marriott Marquis Hotel
and more.
DeBerardinis has been granted awards by the District
of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Liquitex,
a manufacturer of professional art materials. Several periodicals
and online publications including The Guardian, The Washington
Post, Richmond-Times Dispatch and the books 100 Artists of
Washington, D.C and The One Word Project have featured
both the artist and/or her work.
She is a graduate of Vassar College and holds advanced
degrees from the University of the District of Columbia and the
University of Baltimore School of Law and studied at the London
School for Social Research, Rice University and the Fashion Institute
of Technology. Beyond the easel, DeBerardinis was an editor and
writer with numerous bylines in both print and electronic media;
a former competitive fencer who trained with the U.S. Olympic
team; playwright and a corporate attorney who clerked for both
the Chairman to the Council for the District of Columbia and the
General Counsel to the United States Copyright Office, prior to
making a complete commitment to the pursuit of her evolving artistic
passion.
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