Cosmic Queer solo @ Womens Studio Workshop on view through 12/5
10/2: Opening reception 6-8pm
12/5: Stelle Scopa Festa public program, 12-3pm
Rosendale, NY, Gallery Hours M-F 9am-5pm, Curated by Faythe Levine <3
JUST DROPPED!
Sports & Queer Spirits Featuring Maria Molteni on Art Against Empire Podcast
Just discovered that our episode was posted in MAY of 2026! It’s such a great listen. Find Episode 13 on the AAE website, on Apple Podcasts, or on Spotify
Episode 97: Maria Molteni on Cosmic Courts, Corporate Cowardice, and Divine Losers
An interview where I share my honest and raw perspective on 15 years in the field + laying the foundations for a community centered court painting public art movement.
Cate McQuaid interviewed me for her working artist section- if you don’t have a Globe subscription, access the PDF here.
ON VIEW / UPCOMING
Oct 15-17: Online conference on art, design, magic, and religion! Register by 10/8!
Nov 5-8: Italian American Studies Association 58th Annual Conference @ Tufts University
On the second day of the conference, I’ll be screening the short film “Triskeles and the Monster’s Tools” and reading my similarly titled short essay to present my public artwork, its relationship to Christopher Columbus, and "Medusa Consciousness”
Nov 13-15: Infinite Goddetc x Maria Molteni is back at the Boston Art Book Fair!
Check out the BABF site for all the deets on the Preview Party (Friday 11/13, 7pm-10pm/1am), and general admission Saturday 11/14, 12pm-6pm and Sunday 11/15, 12pm-5pm
Sept. 16, 4-6pm Join us under the Tobin Bridge between the Charlestown Navy Yard and Harvard/Kent Elementary school to celebrate my brand new mural titled “Herring Ladder, Rope Walk, Peace Garden Home”. A new permanent public work supported by Charlestown NYGA + The Henderson Foundation
I was accepted to attend the Arctic Circle Residency. My expedition begins May 2027. Learn how you can support me in this opportunity here.
IN THE STORE: Shop Infinite Goddetc
Finally! Purchase premade and custom Rosaries comprised of beads that I make from cooking down fresh rose petals. Click here to buy a Rosary or learn more about how to commission one that we design together.
Four new reversible Asteroid/ Infinite Goddetc Jerseys just hit the store: Medusa, Hecate, Lilith, and Sappho. Collect them all or choose your favorite
Special Offers
Special Offers are time or context-sensitive offerings that I typically announce through social media or newsletters. They’re often launched for the purpose of mutual aid, specific fundraisers, or to alighn my creative output with cosmic or world events. Click the photo to learn more about Hawk-Eye Paintings + La Leonessence offerings.
An original deck of playing/ divination cards- inspired by Italian Scopa & Tarot Cards. Charmed by celestial and terrestrial iconography. Purchase your deck and accompanying zine, altar cloth, and more HERE.
PUBLIC ART ON VIEW
Hand painted mural behind the Fremont Theatre in Downtown San Luis Obispo, CA. With support from the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art and the City of SLO. Curated by Emma Saperstein
COSMIC COURTS!
AKA “Altars to the Sky”. Visit the sites that laid the foundation for the national community-centered basketball court mural movement! A Sea Bird is number six of seven courts designed by Molteni and hand painted with the help of Queer/ LGBTQIA NCAA Collective collaborators.
RECENT SOLO SHOWS
Site-sensitive installation based on a recorded Shaker trance experience of Ann Mariah Goff.
Solo at Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Opening Reception April 4, 6-9pm
Supported by a grant from the Artist’s Resource Trust
Maria Molteni: Soft Score
Solo show at Fuller Craft Museum came down first week of 2025! But the recycled hoop cloud-scape is safely packed and ready to travel. Reach out if you know where it should drift to next!
SUPPORT + SERVICES
Here I share research, writing, works in progress, video art, travel tips, playlists, lectures and often physical freebies.
Need some advice? Interested in working together? “Pick my brain” or get feedback on your creative project? Book a consultation meeting on a sliding scale!
Siren Calls are tarot + oracle card readings available to you or a loved one - includes gift certificates!
PRESS
SOME FAVE PROJECTS
Hand painted groundwork at The Momentary contemporary art museum, Bentonville, AR. Curated by Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas
If you’re interested in my research and work related to Shakers and the Era of Manifestations, check out this project!
Gateway to Infinity (An Anti-monument)
Find my newest ground work located on The Greenway - across from Boston’s Longwharf Hotel/ beside Greenway Carousel. G2I was unveiled by a Summer Solstice ritual with enby/ queer Italian-American collaborators. Learn more about the project, its publication + short film, and letter of resistance. Curated by Dr. Audrey Lopez
ACTION + AID
MUTUAL AID
PAST EVENTS
Group exhibition curated by Rosa Berland at the Calandra Italian American Institute
On view through: 8/14
I’ll be speaking about my work on a panel “where art and science meet” with Alan Lightman (MIT physicist, author) and Russel Powell (Harvard Div prof). Free & Open to the public
April 8, 6-8pm @Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Back Bay, Boston
Group exhibition featuring artist in residence at the Boston Center for the Arts (Tremont St. South End), curated by Meclina Gomes
On View: April 11-August 1
Brings together work of three artists who consider humanity’s relationship to the universe outside the dominant lens of technological expansion and colonization.
Curated by: Megan Hyde
On view: February 9- March 20, 2026
Group show organized in partnership with the newest Femme Salée publication “Time Warp”. Both the show and publication feature my “City of Paradise Quilt”
On view through July 10
Group exhibition curated by Isabel Riley, March 5-April 25, 2026
Gorgeous group show centering contemporary fiber art modalities at UMass Amherst’s UMCA. Opening Reception September 11, 5-7pm (free to public with registration).
As the winter solstice approaches, join us in Molteni’s immersive installation “All Around the Room” at Hancock Shaker Village for a spirited group reading/ meditation on Shaker sister Ann Mariah Goff’s complete trance experience in the City of Paradise. This 1837 manuscript is among the first to mark the beginning of the Shaker Era of Manifestations.
August 10th, 6-8pm @ DUNES in Portland, Maine
Infinite Goddetc @ NOHOPBF
Join us at the Northampton Print and Book Fair for their special 10th year anniversary! Saturday Sept 27, 11am-5pm
Radical Road Trip Seeks Heaven on Earth! Learn about our roving pilgrimage from Salem, MA to Lily Dale, NY in the year of the Chariot.
FB AIR video feature of my commission including hand-welded and painted basketball hoops + site-specific painting