Cazzato
Work
About
Photo by Wanjie Li
Maria Cazzato is an interdisciplinary artist from Tucson, Arizona, currently pursuing a BFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from Tufts University. Her work examines contemporary body politics through depictions of the fat female form.
CVEducation
Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Expected Graduation: May 2026
Combined Degree BA +BFA Political Science, Philosophy, and Studio Art
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025Fragments of Self, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Body Politics, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (Forthcoming)
2024 Feast, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, USA
Losing My Religion, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, USA
Boston Printmakers Student Exhibition, Boston, USA
Twenty-Five Cents for Eight Minutes, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA
End of Year Print & Paper Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, USA
Awarded the Print Department End of Year Prize
Drawing and Painting Biennial, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, USA
Feast, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, USA
One of ten artists selected to be featured at the Fitchburg Art Museum
20th Annual College Show, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, USA
Awarded Juror’s Prize and Youth Committee Honorable Mention
2023Out to Dry, Solo Exhibition at Edwin Gallery at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, USA
End of Year Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, USA
End of Year Print & Paper Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, USA
Gender and Culture Symposium, Tufts University Women’s Center, Boston, USA
Awards and Publications
2023 Women United Art Magazine, Interviewed for the ‘Spotlight Section’ in Issue IV
2023 Women Art United Art Prize, Shortlisted Artist
2023 Finalist, 8th Edition Boynes International Artist Award, Young Artist Category
2023 SuboArt Magazine, July Print Issue VI
2022 Gold Key, Silver Key, 8 Honorable Mentions, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, New York, NY
2021 All She Makes International Women’s Art Magazine, Issue 3
2021 Silver Key & 2 Honorable Mentions, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, New York, NY
2021 Outstanding Emerging High School Artist Award, University of Arizona Museum of Art
2020 1 National Gold Medals & 1 Gold Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, New York, NY