MARGARET LANZETTA

Margaret Lanzetta is a New York–based artist whose work draws on global decorative traditions, textiles, and pattern to explore cultural migration, hybridity, and contemporary political and environmental narratives. She has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, in the Queens Museum Biennial, Kenise Barnes Fine Art; Jason Andrew, Norte Mar venues; Elizabeth Heskin Gallery, all in New York. International exhibitions include the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India; the National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand (pop-up, solo); 2nd Bloom, Singapore; Famous Ornament, Tokyo; Reign Marks, Rabat, Morocco; and the Stockholm Independent Art Fair.

 

Honors include three Fulbright Fellowships, including a Global Award to India/Singapore/Thailand, 2016-19, and India/Syria, 2007-8; the MacDowell Colony, (3 residencies); the Ucross Foundation; the British Academy in Rome; Greenwich House Pottery; Dieu Donné Papermill. Lanzetta’s work has been commissioned by Arts for Transit, New York subway. 

 

Her works are held in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Yale University Museum; and the Harvard Museums. Press about her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail,  ArtCritical.com, Two Coats of Paint, and several online and print venues.