Maryanne Buschini
Fine Artist
(b. 1953, White Plains, NY) earned an Masters of Art from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA, and a BFA from Kansas State University. She has studied extensively at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA and workshops in the US and Ireland. She has been awarded a painting residency at Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY.
She has worked as a graphic designer and taught art in K-12 and university settings in the Philadelphia area. While working and raising 2 sons with her husband, John, she maintained her studio practice.
Maryanne Buschini's work has been exhibited in juried group exhibitions at DaVinci Art Alliance, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia PA; the Duke Gallery, Community Arts Center Wallingford PA; Goggleworks, Reading PA; Rye Arts Center, Rye NY; the Museum of the State of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA; as well as a solo show in 2019.
The artist lives and works in Malvern, PA.
Researching black and white photos, Maryanne interprets images to create narratives of celebration, hard work, family and love.
Snapshots are a catalyst for painting and storytelling. A camera can be used to capture a moment that would have been lost or misunderstood. I use paint to create a conversation and interpret. Personal family photos and those the strike me in storytelling or emotion are a starting point --often finding unexpected results. The narrative in the paintings may be very apparent, create discovery, or uncover secrets for artist and viewer.
Selected Awards
Painting Residency, Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY 2021
HOME, Duke Gallery, Community Arts Center, Wallingford PA
Second Place Award 2021
Collection: Labor, Stone, Water, - Solo Show Fireside Gallery, Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon PA 2019
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts CE Juried Show, Anne Bryan Gallery, Hamilton Building - Honorable Mention Award 2019
BRICK BY BRICK, LGBTQIA+ Stonewall at 50 - Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks, Philadelphia PA 13th St/Gayborhood Award 2019
Philadelphia TriState Artists Equity 2019 70th anniversary Juried Members Show - Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading PA
First place and Solo Show Award
Paint the Town Phoenixville, Invitational Plein Air, (2 awards) Teresa Haag Studio/Gallery 2018
Philadelphia TriState Artists Equity 2018 Spring Members Juried Show – Bull Center, West Chester University honorable mention
Artists Tri-State Equity Fall 2015 Members Show, Community Arts Center, Wallingford PA First Place Award
Faces of the Fallen, (2 portraits of soldiers), Arlington VA
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Gallery 1310, Juried Alumni Show 2001, Philadelphia PA Best of Show-Alumni Award of Excellence Prize
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Rostered Artist – Artists in Education
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, The Art of the State: ’98, (two works selected) Harrisburg PA.