Born in Bay Village, OH
Lives & works in Grand Rapids, MI
Altieri works as an artist and high school art teacher in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Conceptually, her work focuses on the effect of relationships on identity, the peculiarity of human nature, and the articulation of the psychological world. Formally, her work can be seen in both two and three dimensions and addresses visual dichotomies through reduction carving and the manipulation of found materials, fabric, and thread.
AWARDS
Public Vote Installation Award Winner
Sonder
ArtPrize10
EXHIBITIONS
2020
Sonder: The Art of Empathy Through Eavesdropping
Book Publication, 392 pages
Featured Artist Real to Reel Film Festival at Saugatuck Center for the Arts
Saugatuck, MI with featured indoor and outdoor installations from March 2020 through December 2020
*postponed due to COVID-19 global pandemic
2019
Sonder at
Linear Restaurant
Oct 2019- Feb 2020
Grand Rapids, MI
Sonder at
Womxn's Fest
Downtown Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
Dryer Series
part of Thresholds
106 Gallery
Grand Rapids, MI
Becoming Us at the Hey-Yah House
In collaboration with Fruit Punch and Pink Sky Music
Grand Rapids, MI
2018
Becoming Us
part of Proof of Thought
106 Gallery
Grand Rapids, MI
Sonder
ArtPrize10
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids, MI
2017
Flex Gallery
Urban Institute for Contemporary Art
Grand Rapids, MI
The Calming Effect
Spiral Gallery
Grand Rapids, MI
More Than Anything
Bend Gallery
Grand Rapids, MI
2014
Vacancy/No Vacancy
Waterloo Art Gallery
Waterloo, OH
2013
Collective Bargaining
Depree Art Gallery
Holland, MI
Juried Student Show
Depree Art Gallery
Holland, MI
EDUCATION
2013 Hope College -- Holland, MI
Bachelor of Art in Art Education and minor in Psychology Education
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aug 2014 - Present
Secondary Education Art Educator
Wellspring Preparatory High School
Grand Rapids, MI
Feb 2017 - Present
Co-founder of Good Manufacturing Artist Collective
Bend Gallery
Grand Rapids, MI
April - June 2014
Elementary Art Long-term Substitute Educator
Jamestown Elementary
Hudsonville, MI
May - Aug 2014
Program Instructor
Saugatuck Center for the Arts
Saugatuck, MI