About

Originally from Baltimore, Jayne Matricardi has been teaching and creating art in the Washington DC area for over twenty-five years. With an undergraduate background in painting and art history, she has also done multiple artist’s residencies and workshops in Italy with the artist-duo Rosenclaire. She holds graduate degrees in both education and fine art. Jayne has been teaching art at the high school level since 2001, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and digital art. Her personal art practice covers a wide variety of media and approaches, ranging from abstract collage to photo-realistic graphite drawing. 

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Artist's Statement

Currently, my art practice is focused on the intersections and overlaps between motherhood, caregiving, family histories and landscape. I explore this “motherscape” through a wide variety of media including drawing, painting, mixed media, poetry and video installation. While I arrive at much of my imagery through intuition,  I also pull from vintage photographs, and I rely heavily on research to inform and guide my work. Research interests include feminist studies, the history of scientific motherhood in America, and hidden mother photography from the Victorian era. Through a mindful artistic practice I gain self-awareness, sensitivity and empathy, which I hope will also be shared with my viewers.