STATEMENT/BIO

STATEMENT

As a mixed media painter, I am inspired by the beauty of imperfection and the hidden narratives in discarded materials. My work combines paint, dried flowers, aged fragments of house paint, and found objects, brought together through layers of resin. This process secures the elements to the panel while preserving their delicate qualities, halting their natural breakdown.

Materials are often gifted to me — items that others can’t throw away or "treasures" my friends gift me. These objects, whether a stained lace tablecloth crocheted by a great-grandmother, fragments of a life once cherished, carry stories and emotional weight. I carefully consider each piece, sometimes holding onto it for years until it finds its perfect place within a painting.

The result is often joyful, colorful, and sculptural paintings that celebrate texture and vibrancy. By embedding these materials in resin, I explore themes of preservation, transformation, and the interplay between permanence and decay. Each piece becomes a meditation on the resilience of memory and the potential for renewal in what might otherwise be forgotten.

Through my art, I aim to reimagine waste as a source of beauty and connection, inviting viewers to see the extraordinary in the fleeting and the overlooked.
BIO

Brenda Cirioni's paintings emphasize surface texture and invite a sense of touch, while exploring themes of impermanence, transformation, and regeneration.
Cirioni received her training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, through both the Diploma Program and the Fifth Year Certificate Program.

She is represented by Portland Art Gallery in Portland, ME,
Three Stones Gallery in Concord, MA, and Renjeau Galleries in Natick, MA.

Her paintings are held in numerous corporate and private collections, both nationally and internationally, including the Wrigley Family Collection. Her piece Dickinson’s Hope once graced the office of Governor Deval Patrick and now resides in his personal collection. Additionally, her painting My Sister’s Garden is part of the Art in Embassies Program and is currently displayed in the Benin Embassy in West Africa.

Her work has been exhibited at the Danforth, DeCordova, Fitchburg, Berkshire, and Attleboro Arts Museums. She also participated in the traveling Brigham Young University exhibition Beyond Structure: Representations of the American Barn.

Brenda works out of her studio in the historic Gleasondale Mill in Stow, MA, where she lives with her husband.