Gabriella D’Italia: Getting Dressed in the Dark

Opening Reception: September 26, 2025 from 6-8pm

“I focus on time as a material phenomena in various media, often drawing inspiration from the natural environment. I use layering, repetition, and pattern across textiles, mixed media on paper and canvas, video, and text. New patterns emerge from these processes. It is in these new patterns that I find the truth of all transformation, a kind of material mantra, and the possibility of a more human and interconnected understanding.” — Gabriella D’Italia

Gabriella D’Italia (she/her) is an interdisciplinary, award-winning fine artist, writer, and Master Gardener. Her work explores home, nature, female identity and the contributions of these environments to our human wisdom and sustenance. She is best known for her highly inquisitive, pro-craft, feminist fiber works and multimedia collage. Her work has been exhibited at biennials, salons, embassies, and galleries internationally. Her memoir, Getting Dressed In The Dark, An Artist’s Way Home, is coming from Unsolicited Press, October 2025.

Gabriella grew up in Morristown, NJ. After receiving her BA in Philosophy and the History of Science and Mathematics through the Great Books program at St. John’s College, she moved to Boston and then Maine, where for two decades she immersed herself in costume design, quilting, leadership roles in nationally recognized fine craft organizations, and teaching courses on creativity. She holds an MFA in Intermedia from the University of Maine, Orono. She lives with her family and dogs in Morris County, NJ.

Getting Dressed In The Dark, An Artist’s Way Home
by Gabriella D’Italia

“Part candid memoir, part philosophical meditation, Getting Dressed in the Dark is both a daringly intimate exploration of one woman’s life, love, body, and art while also grappling profoundly with how we collectively make, resist, and bend meaning in our larger cultural landscape. A book to be savored and re-read, especially now.” 
— Gina Frangello, author of Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason and Elena Ferrante: The Neapolitan Novels