is a Canadian-born artist and ceramicist based on the Gold Coast, working mostly in abstract expressionism using big, instinctive movements and bold colour. In clay, it's the same approach yet slowed down. Her hand-built and coil-built pieces keep the evidence of how they were made, a nod to her Mediterranean heritage, tied to family roots in Lazio and Abruzzo Italy.

Marisa studied Anthropology at the University of Toronto before turning to art full-time, and it's stuck with her. The work still feels a bit like fieldwork, more interested in how people carry meaning and memory than in explaining itself outright. She's currently continuing her practice at Byron School of Art in Mullumbimby, Australia.

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