Aineki Traverso Named Future Great 2025 by ArtReview
In ArtReview's Future Greats 2025 feature, Aineki Traverso, an artist from Atlanta, has been spotlighted thanks to the recommendation of Karen Lamassonne. Traverso creates figurative paintings that fuse her own memories and photographs with elements like plants, water, and landscapes, resulting in complex and mysterious pieces. Lamassonne points out their shared Latin American gothic vibe and fascination with the human body, where limbs appear to materialize and disappear. Traverso's innovative shows feature intriguing installations, such as a ceiling-mounted eye drawing. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2013 and is now in the Studio Artist Program at Atlanta Contemporary. In 2024, she earned the Atlanta Artadia Award and the Edge Award, and she has a solo exhibition planned for March at Wolfgang Gallery in Atlanta.
Key facts
- Aineki Traverso is selected for ArtReview's Future Greats 2025 by Karen Lamassonne.
- Traverso is a painter based in Atlanta.
- Her paintings are figurative, inspired by personal photographs and memories.
- Works feature botanical elements, bodies of water, and merging landscape sections.
- Lamassonne describes a shared Latin American gothic aesthetic and focus on the human body.
- Traverso's exhibitions include unconventional installations like a ceiling eye drawing.
- She is a resident in the Studio Artist Program at Atlanta Contemporary.
- Traverso earned her degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 2013, focusing on film theory.
- In 2024 she received the Atlanta Artadia Award and the Edge Award from the Forward Art Foundation.
- A solo show at Wolfgang Gallery, Atlanta, is scheduled for March.
Entities
Artists
- Aineki Traverso
- Karen Lamassonne
Institutions
- ArtReview
- Atlanta Contemporary
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Forward Art Foundation
- Wolfgang Gallery
Locations
- Atlanta
- United States