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SUMMARY:The Storefront: AdrienneRose Gionta 
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DESCRIPTION:AdrienneRose Gionta joins Main Library's The Storefront reside
 ncy for the months of March and April. Visit the art space and engage in a
  virtually domesticated reality created and curated by ARG. .\nhttps://bro
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/front
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 alt="" /></p>\n<p>AdrienneRose Gionta. <em>9Works by ARG. </em>2024.</p>\n
 <p><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Artists Statement</span></p>
 \n<p style="text-align: justify\;">AdrienneRose Gionta is a multidisciplin
 ary artist exploring the intersections of algorithms\, artificial intellig
 ence (AI)\, and extended reality (XR) through web-based practices\, virtua
 l reality (VR)\, augmented reality (AR)\, video\, sound\, photography\, in
 stallation\, painting\, and drawing. Her work critically examines identity
 \, programmed biases\, and cultural assumptions surrounding fatness\, beau
 ty standards\, embodiment\, pleasure\, and fulfillment across physical and
  digital spaces. Rooted in personal history\, she honors the remarkable wo
 men in her lineage\, using art as a vehicle to offer healing and reimagine
  possibilities that were previously unavailable to them.</p>\n<p style="te
 xt-align: justify\;">Through vibrant\, multidimensional realms\, Gionta in
 vites viewers to consider the transformative potential of inhabiting avata
 rs within inclusive\, techno-spiritual environments. Drawing from AI + hum
 an collaboration\, pop culture\, and science fiction\, her work interweave
 s color\, humor\, love\, and acceptance to reflect on the evolving relatio
 nship between technology and the human experience. By challenging traditio
 nal narratives and expanding digital possibilities\, she encourages us to 
 rethink how we shape and are shaped by our interconnected realities.</p>\n
 <p style="text-align: justify\;"><span style="text-decoration: underline\;
 ">Biography</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">Brooklyn-born and
  Florida-raised artist\, AdrienneRose Gionta is currently the 2025 Wolfson
 ian Creative Fellow in Miami Beach\, FL\, and was recently an Artist in Re
 sidence at Oolite Arts (2023&ndash\;2024). Her solo exhibitions include It
  Is What It Is (Art Basel\, Miami Beach)\, Somewhere I Belong (Art and Cul
 ture Center\, Hollywood)\, You Light Up My Life (Tunnel Projects\, Miami)\
 , The Future is Fat Female (FATVillage Metaverse)\, Never Before Seen (Loc
 ust Projects\, Miami)\, and Everything&rsquo\;s Coming Up AdrienneRoses (P
 atricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum\, Miami). Gionta has participated in 
 group exhibitions at venues including the Institute of Contemporary Art\, 
 Miami\; Museum of Contemporary Art\, North Miami\; Spinello Projects\; Dav
 id Castillo Gallery\; Dimensions Variable\; and online platforms like Loop
  Art Metaverse and Foreign Objekt. Her work is held in the permanent colle
 ctions of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum and the Girls' Club Co
 llection\, Ft. Lauderdale\, as well as in private collections. She has rec
 eived the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Medi
 a Artists\, the Artists Support Grant\, and the Betty Laird Perry Award. H
 er work has been reviewed in Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of 
 Body Weight and Society\, ARTnews\, Artsy\, The Wall Street Journal\, and 
 artdaily.org.</p>\nhttps://broward.libnet.info/event/13156582
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