Angelina Parrino was born in Darby, FL.
Angelina is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and arts educator. She has 15 + years of experience in drawing and painting, and additional expertise in printmaking, book arts, creative fiction, film photography, and installation. She received an MFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in the Spring of 2020. Her work has been exhibited with the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery (Tampa), The Emporium (Knoxville), Foley Gallery (NYC), The School House Gallery (York), Ewing Gallery (Knoxville), and was featured in Issue 10 of Maake Mag (curated by Nickola Pottinger) with an interview by Maura Clarke. In 2019 she was shortlisted for the Hopper Prize, as well as being the recipient of the Thomas Fellowship: a prestigious award in support of thesis work with real-world implications.
Angelina is passionate about connecting with diverse people through creative methods. She has 5+ years of experience teaching in the general arts. Angelina completed an appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Tampa in the Spring of 2024, where she designed and taught a rigorous and inclusive arts curriculum to students of all majors. She partners with Blazing Stars Montessori to offer art workshops to primary and elementary children, and is involved with The Larks Nest: a new makerspace in historic Dade City, FL.
Upon returning from Peters Valley School of Craft, where Angelina was a Maxwell/Hanrahan Artist-in-Residence for November, Angelina continues to process the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, integrating new memories and mapping old ones onto the magnificent Greek Revival House. The results will later be synthesized into an artists’ book that attempts to reconcile the inevitable change that occurs after a natural disaster and the will to keep moving forward.
In her spare time, Angelina enjoys gardening, observing Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis), reading, arranging (ideas, rooms, words), and spending time with her family at the home that her dad built.