Aineki Traverso
Featured Works
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Aineki TraversoI beheld the wretch, 2024Oil on canvas60 x 96 inView more details -
Aineki TraversoDel Apocalipsis, 2023Oil on canvas48 x 60 inView more details
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Aineki TraversoUna vida en la Patagonia y una muerte en la montaña, 2024Oil on canvas72 x 96 inView more details
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Aineki TraversoWhispers out of time, 2024Oil on wood14 in diameterView more details
Overview
I beheld the wretch, 2024
Aineki Traverso (b. 1991, Washington, DC) is a painter based in Atlanta and a current resident in the Studio Artist Program at Atlanta Contemporary. She uses the rhetoric of painting to find ways of reconciling a world and society that exist in a state of post-environmentalism, borne of climate change and advancing technology. Traverso’s painting exists within the amalgamation of figuration and expressionism, exploring the nuances of memory, nature, and technology as they relate to the body. While weaving a personal narrative, her paintings generally speak to a mode of preservation through different styles of rendering, and the act of mark-making as a way to communicate memory and denote the passage of time. Her work references the flora, humans, and landscapes of her life to suggest new social settings or methods of care for self and others in the midst of overconsumption.
Traverso is a 2024 recipient of the Artadia Award as well as the foundation’s inaugural SEEN Award. Her work has most recently been exhibited in spaces such as Swan Coach House Gallery, Johnson Lowe, and Whitespace Gallery. She has attended residencies at R&F Handmade Paints, Vermont Studio Center, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts, and VCCA. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2013 with a concentration in film theory.