BIOGRAPHY

Audrey L. Pinto is a visual artist and anthropologist based in North Carolina. She explores the evolution of contemporary fiber and paper art, focusing on women's contributions to this ongoing process. Her work emphasizes the importance of materials, labor-intensive techniques, and the art-making process itself.


Pinto holds an MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA, and a BA in Anthropology from Arcadia University in Glenside, PA. Her art has been exhibited in several venues across North Carolina, including the Carol Woods Art Gallery, Chapel Hill; Golden Belt Artists Gallery and Golden Belt Grand Gallery, Durham; and the Eno Arts Mill Gallery in Hillsborough. In Massachusetts, she has exhibited at the Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, and MASS MoCA, North Adams.


In 2022, Pinto curated an exhibition entitled Insight at the Eno Arts Mill Gallery, Hillsborough, NC. She also presented an artist talk on Process Art at the Carol Woods Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, in 2024.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a contemporary fiber and mixed-media artist, deeply inspired by ancient cultures and the traditional crafts of women, particularly embroidery, stitching, and weaving. My paper weavings are made using recycled paper, sari silk threads, ribbons, and beads from around the world. These materials reflect my connection to history and the stories they carry.


My work conveys social and personal histories, with layers of narratives hidden within the weavings. The panels are constructed using honeycomb packing material and paper strips cut from magazine covers, creating a visual language where each strip of paper represents a memory or thought. Images, objects, and text are interwoven, creating dense and sparse layers that simultaneously reveal and conceal.


The slow, quiet process of hand weaving and stitching is comforting and meditative, but the layers I create represent “the female” experience of navigating between visibility and invisibility, hiding and revealing—always cognizant of thoughts and feelings diminished and marginalized by societal norms that demand conformity.