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ECo Artist in Residence: Andrea Limauro
Andrea Limauro is a political artist, muralist, city planner and climate resilience expert whose art critically examines nationalistic and religious narratives, colonialism, gun violence, and climate change.
Andrea Limauro was born in Rome, Italy, and currently lives in Silver Spring, MD. His current projects include a year-long Artist in Residence fellowship at Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute as well as “The Climate of Future Past”: a year-long public art and written opinions commission about climate change by the Washington Post.
Limauro’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad including the Art Museum of the Americas and the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C., the Painting Center in New York City, New York and the US Ambassador’s Residence in Vienna, Austria through a US State Department’s Art in Embassies Program loan. His paintings have been included in New American Paintings and Studio Visit Magazine and have been reviewed by the Washington Post and the Washington City Paper on several occasions.
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Cascading jewel tones and fantastical geometric shapes forming a hint of landscape catch your eye when you see Andrea Limauro’s work on walls around D.C.—and, most recently, on the Georgetown…
April 10, 2025
Limauro has been a speaker at institutions like the Hirshhorn Museum and the National Building Museum in Washington, DC as well as national conference like the American Planning Association and the American Society of Landscape Architects. Limauro served as a Board Member of the Washington Project for the Arts for seven years, currently serves on the Advisory Art Committee at International Arts & Artists at Hillyer and the board of the NoMa Business Improvement District. He holds a BA in Politics and Sociology from Essex University, UK, a Graduate Diploma in International Development from the University of Padua, Italy and a Masters Degree in Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Artist Statement
My work is a reflection of my experiences, direct or through family, with civil wars, migration, gun violence, climate change and other political and social topics. My art is influenced by my academic training in political sciences and sociology; my work, research and travels in war-torn African countries in the early 2000s; and my climate resilience and city planning work in the US. Visually I am inspired by a mix of what I saw growing up in Italy in the 1980’s and 90’s – anarchist and communist graffiti, posters and propaganda wheat-pasted next to ancient art – as well as the aesthetic of right-wing political and religious communication and billboards in the US where I have lived since 2003. My materials are, thus, a mix of the old and new with gold and copper leaf side by side with screen printing, acrylic paint, spray paint, collage and neon colors.
Previous Artist in Residence
In 2020, the Earth Commons introduced its Artist-in-Residence program by partnering with Caitlin Nasema Cassidy, co-creator of the We Hear You project.