Meet Angelina Parrino
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Design
Phone: (813) 257-3865
Email: aparrino@ut.edu
Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
Mailbox: 104F
Building:
BAS
Room: 105A
Education
2016 The University of South Florida, B.A.
2016 The University of South Florida, BFA Studio Art
2020 The University of Tennessee (Knoxville), MFA Studio Art
Courses Taught
Foundations of 2D Design
Career Specialties
Through an expansive practice involving artists’ books, drawing, printmaking, creative writing and installation work, Parrino investigates how we exist in relationship to our environments (interior and exterior) and how we move between them (physically, and psychologically). She prompts viewers to explore points of connection, asking: Where is the division? How can we navigate our environments with renewed awareness and sensitivity? What does it mean to live well? And ultimately, what is the narrative we will leave behind?
Professional and Community Activities
Angelina Parrino is an interdisciplinary artist, writer and arts educator passionate about connecting with diverse people through creative methods. She has interned with Art in Health at USF, worked for The Boys and Girls Club of Tampa Bay and taught Pre-K-8th Grade students at the historic St. Peter Claver Catholic School in Tampa, FL. In Spring 2023, she received a grant to create “The Earthworks Project”, a program that promoted reverence for the natural world through artmaking with nontraditional materials. This project was carried out with her previous students at SPCCS and culminated in the creation of a walking labyrinth on campus that everyone could enjoy.
Parrino's work has been exhibited with The Emporium (Knoxville), Foley Gallery (NYC), The School House Gallery (York), Ewing Gallery (Knoxville) and was featured in Issue 10 of Maake Mag (curated by Nickola Pottinger) with an interview by Maura Clarke. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Hopper Prize, as well as being the recipient of the Thomas Fellowship: a prestigious award in support of thesis work with real-world implications.
During the pandemic, her piece “Immergere” was long-listed for a Short Story Prize with Fish Publishing (Judge: Emily Ruskovich) followed by “Penumbra” in 2022 (Judge: Sarah Hall). Presently, she has turned her attention towards artists' books--working to merge visual and literary aspects of her practice. Her attention is devoted to producing the first edition of an artists' book titled Synonym for a Dream, which she began designing in IS Projects' print shop, after interning with them during the summer of 2023.
Honors and Awards
2022 Victory Knoll Sisters Small Grant Recipient (to create EarthWork Art Program for students at SPCCS), Catholic Climate Covenant, Tampa, FL
2019 Thomas Graduate Fellowship Recipient
2017 Tennessee Fellowship for Graduate Excellence