TERESA TOLENTINO
530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
Teresa Tolentino transcends genre in her portraits, landscapes, and abstract paintings. Her treelines shudder in a ghostly haze. For her exclusive collection featured at Agora Gallery, floral abstractions denote delicate landscapes and arrangements. The viewer is both up close and far away, intimate and distant in these swirling botanical amalgamations. Working with acrylic paint, tile, glass, and found objects, Tolentino’s art has been featured at esteemed institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she participated in a virtual group show.
Tolentino is inspired by and seeks to reflect the beauty in the diversity of the world, using her platform to benefit marginalized communities — she is particularly passionate about the Spanish language, which she taught for over 30 years, and Huntington’s disease which affects many members of her family.
Tolentino’s pieces offer a respite, but one that is firmly based in the ordinary reminding the viewer one need not go far to find the magic around us. Unfurled Grace droops and swirls with languid whites and purples in the impression of a flower. Other works invite the viewer to float across a cloud-like nebula in Neblina or shine like the glimmering edges and oceanic splashes of Polished Sea Glass. As captured moments of reverence, Tolentino’s works inspire wonder, awe, and appreciation for all that is beautiful in the world.
Tolentino lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio.
TERESA TOLENTINO ON
Four Leaf Clover, 2022
Acrylic on Canvas
Maelstrom, 2021
Philippine Sunset, 2020
Acrylic on Canvas
What I create with acrylic paint, tile, and found objects is a visual representation of my thoughts, feelings, and broad range of lifetime experiences. I have chosen to live and work with people from the United States and abroad, gathering understanding, appreciation, empathy, and admiration for all.
My work illustrates the passion, joy, and love for humanity I carry in my mind and heart. My extended family suffers from an incurable neuromuscular condition named Huntington Disease. I am free of the disease and eternally grateful. I use my art to bring about awareness and donate some of my profits to the Huntington Disease Society of America.
Rather than focus on the dark side of life and the suffering it can bring, I focus on positivity using colors, topics, objects, and all of humanity for inspiration. My goal is to engage the viewer and uplift all of us from suffering and pain while pulling us out of our negative thoughts and into a place of calm.
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