Andrea Bartine Caldarise
Andrea Bartine Caldarise is a painter exploring the psychological connection between landscape and people. She received a BFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University (2009) and Masters from the University of Pennsylvania (2013). As she develops her painting themes, Caldarise researches plants, folklore, and geological histories to locate through-lines with her first impressions of a place. With this process, she weaves lived experience with artist-created material and research. Situated in transitional moments, her art examines ephemeral qualities of landscape to craft an experience of discovery. Caldarise’s paintings position environment as an entry point for open-ended narratives drawing on the collective consciousness. Her paintings evolve over time, possessing a mutable yet distinct character — akin to the changing impressions one gets when revisiting a favorite book.
Alongside her painting practice, Caldarise has collaborated with dance and theatre companies, Real Live People (Philadelphia) and Exquisite Corpse Company (Brooklyn). She has worked on performances engaging with a variety of themes from manifesting memories about home and place to climate change. Caldarise also worked at the New Museum of Contemporary Art as the Manager of Public Programs (2017-2022), producing public programs and managing logistics for Education programs. Caldarise received the FST Studio Projects Fund grant (2019), and has participated in residencies at Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2018), Post Contemporary, Troy, NY (2010; 2013) and the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship at Yale University (2008). Andrea Bartine Caldarise has exhibited in New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C. and Rome, Italy.
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