photo by Barb Noonan

Loriann Signori is a contemporary American landscape painter who paints luminosity. Her work is based in traditional methods and defined by her colorist tendencies.    A plein air painter at heart,  it is in nature that she is most inspired.  Her large scale studio works are developed from  memory  and her small plein air pieces. Loriann’s work, filled with rich luminous color, is best described as poetic realism.

Loriann lives and  works in the Washington DC area.

Solo Exhibitions

Quietude, Waverly Street  Gallery, Bethesda MD, April 2012

The Magic Hours,  Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda MD, May 2010

Man vs. Nature, Dumbarton Gallery, Washington, DC , November 2009

The Beauty of Nature, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD ,  February 2008

Pastel through the Seasons, Glenview Mansion Gallery, Rockville MD, February 2006

Selected Group Exhibitions

Seven Degrees of Separation, Ratner Museum, Bethesda MD, 2011

Holiday Show, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda MD,  December 2010, 2011

Artists Who Teach, Parkside Gallery, Washington DC, December 2010, 2011

Explorations, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda MD, July 2010

Shades of Pastel National  Exhibition, Strathmore Mansion Gallery 2009

Renaissance in Pastel National Show, Mattatuck Museum,  Waterbury CT 2009

Maryland Pastel Society Exhibition, Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD 2009

American Women Artist National Exhibition, Scottsdale Arizona, 2007

Shades of Pastel, National Exhibition MPS, Maryland, 2006

Strathmore Center for the Arts, Bethesda, MD; group exhibit, 2005

Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, Delaware, group exhibits, 2006, 2007

Rockville Art League, Rockville MD, group exhibits 2004-2008

Montgomery County Art League, Kensington Md., group exhibits 2003-2008

Grants, Awards and Publications

The Gazette, feature article,  January 2010

Kensington Plein Air, 1st place, Septmber 2010,

Maryland Pastel Society Exhibition, 3rd place, October 2010

Shades of Pastel, National Exhibition, 1st place 2009

Maryland Pastel Exhibition, Besti n Show 2009

Connecticut Pastel Society Award, MPS show 2009

Montgomery Art League, 1st place  2003, 2004, 2006,, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Rockville Art League, 1st, 2nd,  3rd,

Lowell study grant to work with Costa Rican artists in Monteverde Rainforest, part of Goddesses series 2003

Graduate fellowship, American University 

Education

Master of Fine Arts, graduate honor awards; American University

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Swain School of Design

My work may be seen in various private and corporate collections around the country;  as well as the John Matthew Moore Gallery in Mclean  and the Waverly Street Gallery in Bethesda, MD..

If you would like to receive information or purchase a painting  contact me here.