Maria DiFranco

Maria DiFranco is an artist based in Providence, Rhode Island, where she studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design. Maria’s artwork utilizes symbolism and story telling, and draws inspiration from her Mediterranean and Middle Eastern heritage. Maria is interested in blurring the lin…

In my artwork I appropriate and recast images specific to distinct cultures to symbolize contemporary subject matter. As an artist, I am acutely attuned to the various aspects of contemporary life that surround me, but also very much interested in the history, traditions, and characteristics brough…