Maria G. Pisano Explained

Maria G. Pisano
Field:	Book artist

Maria G. Pisano (born 1952)^[1] is an American book artist and educator.^[2]

Her books have been exhibited at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts Prize contests.^[3] Three of her books are in the United States National Library of Medicine: Caudex Folium, Fractured: Covid 19 – Memento Mori vs. Memento Vivere, and Hecatombe 9-11.^[4] Her work is in the Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Library at the Seattle Art Museum,^[5] the Rhode Island School of Design library,^[6] and the Walker Art Center.^[7] She has taught workshops, written articles and curated exhibitions on artists books.^[8] In 2021 she curated the exhibition Crossroads: Book Artists’ Impassioned Responses to Immigration, Human Rights and Our Environment at the Hunterdon Art Museum ^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Caudex Folium . National September 11 Memorial & Museum . 15 March 2024.
2. Web site: Maria G. Pisano . Center for Book Arts . 13 March 2024.
3. Web site: Maria G. Pisano . The MCBA Prize . 14 March 2024 . 17 September 2020.
4. Web site: The Artist Book: Cover to Cover with Maria G. Pisano Part I . Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections . 13 March 2024 . 5 August 2021.
5. Web site: Maria G. Pisano Archives . SAMBlog . 15 March 2024.
6. Web site: Pisano . Maria . Snake . Artists' Books . Digital Commons @ RISD . 15 March 2024 . 1 January 1998.
7. Web site: Maria G. Pisano . Walker Art Center . 13 March 2024.
8. Web site: Maria G. Pisano . CBAA the Association for Book Art Education . 15 March 2024.
9. Web site: Crossroads: Book Artists’ Impassioned Responses to Immigration, Human Rights and Our Environment Exhibitions . Hunterdon Art Museum . 15 March 2024.