Tiziana Mazziotto - Painter
About my art.
My work explores the tactile relationship between materiality, space, and perception. As a mixed-media artist, I blend traditional painting with industrial materials like concrete, plaster, cardboard, and metal to create immersive, textured surfaces that blur the line between two-dimensional and three-dimensional art. These materials—often associated with construction or function—become the canvas themselves, transforming into environments that reflect themes of decay, transformation, and impermanence.
At the core of my practice is a fascination with the fluidity of materials. I am interested in how raw, industrial substances can hold emotional and conceptual significance, transcending their original purpose to become vehicles for artistic expression. The act of manipulating these materials allows me to interrogate the boundaries of craft and fine art, inviting the viewer to reconsider the role of texture, form, and physicality in visual experience.
Through my work, I aim to evoke a sense of dislocation and reconstruction, reflecting on both the urban environment and personal histories. The decaying and evolving surfaces in my pieces echo the complexity of contemporary life, with its constant states of flux and transformation. By engaging with unconventional media, I seek to create artworks that encourage viewers to physically and intellectually interact with the materials, inviting them to experience the intersection of craft, painting, and sculpture in new and unexpected ways. At times I shifts focus to the urban landscapes of Brooklyn and New York City. These pieces combine the rawness of concrete with images or abstractions of the city—its skyline, streets, architecture, and life. The work captures the vibrancy and dynamic energy of the city, while simultaneously recognizing the wear and tear it endures over time. Just as nature eventually reclaims the land, so too do urban spaces show signs of wear, erosion, and rebirth. The concrete, a material symbolic of human constructs, serves as both a literal and metaphorical medium for depicting this ongoing dance between urban development and natural decay.