Ann Marie Auricchio
new paintings"First Saturdays" Opening Reception - 7 March + 4 April 5-8 PM
February 11 – April 4, 2026
Pull Quote
Through both abstract painting, and immersive installation spaces, I create metaphorical landscapes to confront challenging emotional experiences. Visual elements such as power lines and the deep recesses of the forest inspire the texture and movement of these self reflective spaces.
Biography
A N N M A R I E A U R I C C H I O | | | @annmarieauricchio_art
[lives & works – New Orleans, LA ::: b. 1972, Queens, NY]
Ann Marie Auricchio (b. 1972, Queens, NY) lives and works in New Orleans, LA. Originating from a raw visceral space, her paintings put a lens on the power of vulnerability, giving form to external forces impinging on internal landscapes. Her paintings are not quiet spaces of reflection, but rather a place to hold the loud energy of confrontation. Auricchio earned her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and has attended residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Recent solo exhibitions have been held at Ferrara Showman Gallery (New Orleans, LA), the Spring/Break Art Show NYC, and Michael Warren Contemporary (Denver, CO) Her work has been exhibited nationally in commercial galleries as well as with alternative and institutional spaces such as White Columns NY, the Painting Center NY, the Alexandria Museum LA, and the Contemporary Art Center New Orleans. Auricchio previously held a 25-year tenure in the entertainment industry as a scenic artist and designer for film, theater, and television. Included in many private collections, her work belongs to several corporate collections, including Azamara Cruise Lines and the Scott Companies. Her work has been reviewed in the Denver Post, and Whitehot Magazine. A forthcoming solo show is scheduled for Fall 2025 at the Wiregrass Museum in Alabama.
Artist Statement
I create emotionally driven paintings that explore the intersection of psychological and physical experiences. With a predisposition for anxiety, my work is about leaning into
the discomfort of navigating an often tumultuous world.
My first panic attack felt like a tidal wave engulfing my entire body. Simultaneou consumed in physicality and disassociation. The sound of branches crackling beneath my feet as I walked became my tether to reality. This fight-or-flight state is fueled personal trauma , and by the many external stresses we all face in our ever-shifting world of social, political, and environmental crises.
Within my work I employ metaphors of imagined geological and atmospheric upheavals to reflect the emotional impact of external forces through abstract gestures I incorporate textures and color palettes derived from natural elements such as vegetation, water, and fire. The combination of these components expose the fragil balance between reality and perception. I begin with a drawn, painted, or assembled mark which creates a prompt to unlock a cognitive response, mimicking the subtle ways that we process information and events. Then I build a space in which to navigate the memories and feelings that have been stirred.
Large scale acrylic and oil paintings engage directly with my body, confronting overwhelming feelings head on. Meanwhile small works on paper allow me to access an intimate meditative perspective. My newest work examines and recontextualizes experiences of processing and place with the construction of paper collages and subsequent reinterpretation through large irregularly shaped oil paintings on panel. Throughout each medium, my work puts a lens on the power of vulnerability giving form to uncomfortable realities we face within and in opposition to ourselves.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1994 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art
SOLO + TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Ann Marie Auricchio, Burning Inside, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2023 We Are All Heroes: Ann Marie Auricchio, Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver, CO
2022 Inner Worlds/Outer Worlds: Ann Marie Auricchio & Sherry Owens, Octavia Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022 Works on Paper: Ann Marie Auricchio, The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2020 Yellin in My Ear, Pop-up @454 Julia, New Orleans, LA
2000 New Skin, The NY Body Archive, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 An Outside Chance, IBIS Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022 Ethereal Communication, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2022 Phantasma, curated by Elliot Stokes, Art Conscious, New Orleans, LA
2022 Resilience/A Visual Proclamation, Upstart Modern, Sausalito, CA
2022 Remember Earth, curated by Erin Antonak, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2022 Selection of Gallery Artists Spring Exhibition, Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver, CO
2022 Possible Impossible Worlds / 6th Louisiana Biennial, juried by Rebecca Hart, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
2021 Ann Marie Auricchio, Mia Kaplan, Erika Larkin-Gaudet, Octavia Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2021 Selections from the Roster, South Hampton Art Fair, Octavia Gallery, The Hamptons, NY
2021 Once in a Year, juried group show, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2021 Abstraction, Landscape, and Light, EDNA Contemporary, San Luis Obispo CA
2020 33rd September Juried Exhibition, juried by Kristen Miller Zohn, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana
2020 ArtFlow 2020 Group Show, Shaw Center for the Arts Mansfield Gallery, Arts Council of Baton Rouge, LA
2019 Landscape: Real And Imagined, juried by Eileen Jeng Lynch, SITE:Brooklyn Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Spring Group Show, Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2000 Foreign Bodies, White Columns, New York, NY
1999 Outer Burroughs, White Columns, New York, NY
1999 Beware the Ides of March, ABC No RIO, New York, NY
1998 WAR, Postmasters, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES + COMMISSIONS
2023 Karen Shea and Gabe Silverman Endowment Funded, Virginia Center of Creative Arts
2021/22 Selected Artist in Residence, The Joan Mitchell Center Residency
2023 Installation “Divine Cinnabar” for Remember Earth, curated by Erin Antonak, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2020 Azamara Cruise Lines
2020 Hotel St Vincent New Orleans
2019 Hotel Peter and Paul New Orleans
2016 Netflix/Marvel Comics
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Old-school ideas about art and literature get an update, Denver post critic Ray Rinaldi
2022 We Hit the Road in Search of the Flyover States’ Most Exciting Creatives, Print magazine by Chloe Gordon
2021 The Creatives, Adore Magazine By Katy Danos and Michaela Bechler
2016 Studio Visit Magazine: Volume Thirty Three, juried selection by Michael Lash
