Join us for an inspiring conversation with Brooklyn-based artist and textile designer Amelie Mancini. We discuss the nonlinear process of navigating loss and healing while sharing the importance of staying open to new ways of creating. Here’s what we discuss:
1. Amelie’s personal experience with grief and the ways in which her studio practice provided a space for her to navigate the loss of a parent.
2. The beauty of staying open to new creative impulses and exploring different techniques, mediums and processes.
3. Amelie’s work as a textile designer and how this experience has impacted her work as a painter.
About Amelie -
Born and raised in Lyon, France, Amelie Mancini moved to Brooklyn, NY in 2006. She received a Master’s Degree in Design and Fine Arts at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
In 2022, she received the Royal Watercolour Society Award, curated by Brit Pruiksma (@mothflower). Her work was featured in Works On Paper 4 and 5 at Blue Shop Gallery in London. She had recent exhibitions with Hashimoto Contemporary (New York, NY), Maake Projects (State College, PA), Mepaintsme (online) and 81C in St Thomas, U.S V.I.
She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and their two children. She divides her time between her painting practice and her role as creative director for Biquette, a textile company specializing in artist collaborations.