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Mia Tavonatti
Mia Tavonatti

An American painter currently based out of Santa Ana. She specialized in painted glass mosaics that resemble oil paintings and vise versa large oil paintings and is recognized both in the United States, Italy, France and Greece. Her most notable series being "Svelata" an italian word meaning unveiled or revealed first displayed in 2007 in Museo Arsenale Amalfi, then later in 2008 was one of twenty artists chosen to display in an exhibition in Acquasparta, Italy in a solo gallery consisting of giant oil paintings with theme around water sources and detailed translucent and semi-translucent sheets giving life to the meaning of Svelata.

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Early life and education[edit] Mia Tavanotti was born in United States. She earned both a BFA and MFA from California University Long Beach graduating with a major in Illustration. Studied in Paris at the Sorbonne, Parsons School of Design, in the studio French impressionist Monsieur Relange. In Italy and Greece with painters Dominick Cretara, Johnny Cariachi, and Demitri Mitsanas.

Work

For the past 25 years Tavanotti has worked in her method of painted glass mosaics and traditional mediums as well. Currently a part-time painter and mural instructor at Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna Beach, CA and has been for the past 20 years. In her mural class she and students have completed 8 public murals.

Select Exhibitions 2011


 * Awarded 1st Place for Crucifixtion of Christ at Artprize, (Madison, WI)

2010


 * Awarded 2nd Place for Svelata at Artprize, (Grand Rapids, MI)

2008


 * Presented "Best of Show," Acquasparta, Italy

2007


 * European solo debut of Svelata, Museo Arsenali, Amalfi, Italy

2006


 * Invited to join the Air Force Arts Program in Washington; a group of artists challenged with the task of recording history through art. Sent on with the Air Force and creates a painting that becomes part of the US Air Force permanent collection. Included in rotating exhibitions between various institutions among them: the Pentagon, Smithsonian and National Airspace Museum