DVAA Member since 2024

Veronica Cianfrano

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About:

Veronica Cianfrano is a curator, multimedia artist, teacher, the youngest of three daughters, and a first-generation American.

In 2010, she received her MFA in Painting from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she discovered the need for better access to the arts. There she started CHER, a collaborative pop-up gallery; the mission of which was to bring thematically relevant contemporary art exhibitions to communities that don’t normally experience them by organizing temporary events, happenings, and exhibitions in alternative spaces.

In 2011 she co-founded Manifesto-ish, an online artist in residence program that allows artists of merit from any background and in any location to realize a project with the help of a team, receive consistent critical feedback for their work, participate in panel discussions, and exhibit their work digitally.

For the last eight years, she has taught studio art and art theory courses to pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate students nationally and internationally. Veronica has been a curator for 14 years and a Gallery Director for the last five years, most recently she was hired as the Gallery Director at DVAA. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and cat.

Artist Statement:

The fear of forgetting and being forgotten is practically universal. I am interested in how contemporary communication and digital photography have altered our memories, social interactions, and psychology. I use the connecting thread of memory by incorporating objects and materials that are imbued with nostalgia or sentimentality. Aesthetic references to memory, degradation, ephemera, and family photographs are common themes in my layered, multi-media works. It is my hope that interactions with my work help to reinforce a physical and emotional connection to each other and the space around us.