ARTIST | PHOTOGRAPHER | EDUCATOR
Pia Barlotta graduated Flagler College with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Fine Art, Minor in Illustration, and Concentration in Education & Honors Studies. She is originally from Connecticut and relocated to Northeast Florida as of 2017. Pia is currently an Art Educator for St. Johns County School District while also pursuing her artistry independently.
"My art-making process often begins with mediation on my Faith & Spirituality and the Human Condition. My work centers around these themes of life, beauty, and suffering in relation to the Transcendence."
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Exhibitions:
2023 Group Show, Faces & Figures, St. Augustine Art Association Gallery & Online, St. Augustine, Florida
2023 Group Show, Mix It Up, St. Augustine Art Association Gallery & Online, St. Augustine, Florida
2021 Group Show, Inky Only III, Paperworkers Local, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
2021 Group Show, Art in the Time of Corona, The Dab Art Co. Online Gallery
2021 Senior BFA Portfolio Exhibit, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St.
Augustine, Florida
2021 Uncanny, Kenan Hall Gallery, Flagler College, St.Augustine, Florida
2020 Senior BA Portfolio Exhibit, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St.
Augustine, Florida
2020 An Age of Divisive Politics Special Issue, Edge of Faith Magazine
2020 Group Show, Flagler County Parks and Recreation, Palm Coast, Florida
2019 Group Show, AIGA JAX Design+Music, CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville, Florida
2019 Group Show, Wiley Hall Exhibit, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida
2018 The Promenade the Alcazar, The Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, Florida
2017 Group Show, Silpe Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
2016 Group Show, Silpe Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Honors and Awards:
2021 Summa Cum Laude
2021 Flagler College Visual & Performing Arts Departmental Award
2019-2021 Alpha Chi National Honor Society
2019-2021 The Della Rosenberg Scholarship, Flagler College, St.Augustine, Florida
2019-2021 Jeff Young Memorial Scholarship,Flagler College, St.Augustine, Florida
2018-2021 Flagler College President & Dean's List
2020 Second Place in Photography, Flagler County Parks & Recreation Art
Show, Flagler County, Florida
2017 The Jay W. and Elizabeth M. Tyrrell Art Scholarship, Main Street
Foundation, Connecticut
2017 CAS Outstanding Arts Award, Connecticut Association of Schools, Connecticut
2014, International ArtScience Prize
Membership:
2023-present NAEA National Art Education Association
2023-present FAEA Florida Art Education Association
2023-present Catholic Art Institute
2023-present STAAA St. Augustine Art Association