Angela Mezzatesta, Carbon Silence, 2024

Charcoal ink on raw canvas

50 x 152 cm

About the artist:

Angela Mezzatesta is an emerging artist from Naarm-Melbourne who graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art with Distinction at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2023. Her artistic approach is rooted in a connection with the natural world where she bridges the realms of painting and installation. She works with a range of mediums, including foraged earth pigments and plant matter, transforming these raw materials through intuitive staining techniques that reflect the unpredictable beauty of nature. Angela’s work has been recognised with several awards, including the Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Excellence Award from RMIT, the Chapman and Bailey Painting Award, the Julia Ciccarone Highly Commended Painting Award, and second place in the Fortyfivedownstairs Emerging Artists Award in 2022.

www.angelamezzatesta.com