ALLISON RIETTA

“I see a relationship with the healing properties of sound and geometric rhythms. My work with sound bowls overlaps with my geometric artwork. I blend the inner and outer character traits of spirituality with the relationship between simple shapes and forms.”

Allison Rietta’s geometric abstractions, uses forms and colour to represent deeper personal meaning. Her work is largely inspired by her own experiences with the spiritual, and this in turn imbues her pieces with a meditative calmness. She also draws inspiration from various sources including nature, literature, and her family to infuse her work with spiritual meaning. Working mainly with watercolour, acrylic, and collage, Rietta meticulously layers shape and colour, giving her pieces a depth that mirrors that of the spiritual rhythms that serve as the spark. This effect is also channeled through the layers of paper Rietta uses in her work, deliberately building depth and dimension that leave viewers curious and absorbed. Referencing mystic geometry, she translates auditory experiences into visual forms with various combinations of colours and shapes. This connection is influenced by her fascination with rhythms and the senses as well as her study of meditation and Himalayan sound bowls. Rietta juxtaposes strong geometric forms with soft shapes and colours, creating pieces that represent the many facets of herself as well as the world around her. In many ways, her work represents dualities, those between the controlled and the free flowing, the seen and the heard, and the explicit and the implicit.

Working internationally and domestically as a graphic designer and creative director for over 25 years, Rietta is the founder and creative director of a brand strategy agency, and this experience helps to inform her current work and has greatly contributed to her method of creating. She is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, with a degree in Environmental and Industrial design in 1993. In the past five years her art has been recognized on the international stage with exhibitions in Toronto, New York, and London, a residency in Finland, a feature in in British Vogue in 2022, longlisted for Jackson's Painting Prize in the UK in 2023 and 2024, and shortlisted in 2023 for the Visual Art Open and International Emerging Artist Award in the UK.

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