Short Bio
Aloria Weaver is an internationally-recognized oil painter, stained glass artist, art instructor and curator with nearly thirty years of experience in arts-based business.
Statement
"My work is rooted in symbolism, history, mythology and tradition. I recognize originality as a return to the binary origins of life: Nature and Geometry. It is this understanding which enables me to create contemporary art through living traditions. Through my work, I explore the intersections of humanity and nature, culture and tradition, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, religion and spirituality.
Through engaging with slow, deliberate processes, utilizing materials that come directly from the Earth, I connect to my origins, both literally through physical contact with the substance, and symbolically, through my emulation of the creative processes of nature. Careful practice and devotion to handmade craft necessitates a return to a sustainable pace, while the use of traditional materials serves as a means for reconnection to nature.
As a contemporary artist participating in a living craft, I strive to communicate with the spirit in my materials, seeking a state of oneness. Technique manifests as a dialog with the elements and an acknowledgement of the delicate web of interdependence that unites humankind with all of life. The single-pointed focus "of attention on the creative act becomes an observance; a contemplation of the celestial order of the living universe and an expression of reverence for our home within it."
Biography
Aloria Weaver was born in 1979 in Buffalo, New York. She began oil painting in 1993 as an apprentice to several professional artists at the Buffalo Arts Studio of Western New York under the mentorship of its founder and director, Joanna Angie (an oil painter influenced by Tibetan Buddhism). She later studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, then at Buffalo State College and the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Weaver completed her postgraduate studies at the Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts in London, earning a master’s degree in Traditional Arts with distinction. There, she was initiated into a number of sacred arts and architectural craft lineages, including Islamic geometry, medieval stained glass, gilding, ceramic tile, stone carving and parquetry. Weaver holds a remarkable number of traditional lineages, including:
• Atelier training in the sight-size method of classical realism with alumni of the Florence Academy of Art in Italy
• Italian egg tempera icon painting and gilding with Fred Wessel, through an unbroken transmission from master to student dating back to Fra Angelico in 1430
• Russo-Byzantine egg tempera icon painting and gilding with Irina Bradley
• Mischtechnik (mixed-technique), an indirect process of painting with egg tempera and oil glazes, as taught by Ernst Fuchs, one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
Since the late 1990’s, Weaver has acted as guest curator for galleries from New York to Colorado to Washington, as well as in Vienna, Austria and in London, UK. Weaver has traveled extensively throughout the US and Europe, painting, teaching, exhibiting and giving lectures and presentations. For three years, she was an instructor at the Vienna Academy of Visionary Art in Austria (the world’s first international school for Visionary Art) and the Academy’s summer program in Italy. She is the CEO of SOMA, Organic Artist Elixirs, the Executive Director of Luminous Flux Gallery & Studios and has taught private art intensives nationally and internationally since 2011.
Resume / CV
SKILLS
• Oil Painting
• Egg Tempera Painting
• Stained Glass / Painting
• Gilding
• Geometry
• Handmade Gesso &
Traditional Painting Supports
• Stone & Plaster Carving
• Handmade Ceramic Tiles
• Portraiture & Figure Drawing
• Woodworking & Carpentry
• Basic Conservation Skills
• Proficiency with Hand Tools
• Sound Manual Dexterity
• Strong Attention to Detail
• Accurate Color Matching Ability
• Extensive Experience in a wide range of Artistic Media, Materials & Methodologies
• Strong Background in all aspects of Arts-Based Business
• Teaching & Curriculum Design
• Curation & Installation
• Gallery Management
•Creativity & Innovation
• Collaboration
• Independent Initiative
• Communication & Writing
• Effective Team Management
• Organization & Problem-Solving
• Project Scheduling & Execution
• Budgeting & Financial Planning
• Multimedia Events Production
SELECTED AWARDS & ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 CEPA Gallery - Contemporary Innovation Award -
Mosaic & Glass Arts International Stained Glass Buffalo, NY
2022 Blue Sage Gallery 1st Place People’s Choice Award Paonia, CO
2021 Temple of the Muse Artist in Residence Paonia, CO
2020 Art In Public Places Selected Artist Fort Collins, CO
2019 Albukhary Foundation Scholarship Award Recipient London, UK
2019 GF Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village Artist in Residence Guildford, Surrey, UK
2013 Art In Public Places Selected Artist Fort Collins, CO
2012 Natural Philosophy Alliance Grant Recipient Albuquerque, NM
EDUCATION
2018 - 2020 Master of Arts in Traditional Arts The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, London
2020 Permaculture Design Certification Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute
2014 - 2016 Classical Realism (Sight-Size Method) The Loveland Atelier (of the Florence Academy, Italy)
2016 Alla Prima Portraiture Zoey Frank – Art Students League of Denver
2016 Plein Air Painting Judson Monroe – Loveland, Colorado
2015 Egg Tempera & Gilding Fred Wessel – Whidbey Fine Arts Studio
2010 Mischtechnik Painting Seminar Vienna Academy of Visionary Art
2001-2003 Massage Therapy (Anatomy) New York Institute of Massage
1997 - 2000 BAS Program - Figure Drawing Focus State University of New York at Buffalo
1996 Summer Program The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
1994 - 1998 Apprenticeships & Internship Buffalo Arts Studio of Western New York
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 - Present Executive Director Luminous Flux Gallery + Studios Colorado
2011 - Present Private Painting Instructor Luminous Flux Gallery + Studios International
2003 - Present Entrepreneurial Fine Artist Aloria Weaver International
2016 Featured Presenter SGEM Conference – Hofburg Palace Vienna, Austria
2015 Instructor Visions in the Mischtechnik Seminar Italy
2013-2016 Trimester Instructor, Faculty Vienna Academy of Visionary Art Vienna, Austria
2013 City Commissioner Office of Creative Sector Development Loveland, CO
2013 Featured Presenter 2nd Annual Electric Universe Conference Albuquerque,NM
2006 Mural Artist City Repair - Village Building Convergence Portland, OR
1995 - 1998 Artist’s Assistant Buffalo Art Studios of Western New York Buffalo, NY
1995 - 1998 Mural Artist BAS of WNY’s Project C.R.E.A.T.E. Buffalo, NY
(Community Revitalization through Environmental Art & Team Efforts)
SELECTED CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2019 Art of the Sacred Goodenough College London, U.K.
Curated & installed exhibition, organized symposiums & workshops
2019 Ancient Future Goodenough College London, U.K.
Curated & installed exhibition, organized symposiums & workshops
2017–2018 NoCO Hemp Expo Budweiser Event Center Loveland, CO
Curated & installed exhibition, stage design & painted backdrop
2014-2018 Regular Exhibitions Luminous Flux Gallery Loveland, CO
All aspects of gallery management, curation, installation, sales & regular events
2018 Luminaries McNichols Civic Center Denver, CO
Curated & installed exhibition, hired & coordinated live artists,
created budgets, produced a series of multimedia events
2016 Ernst Fuchs Tribute Galerie 10 Vienna, Austria
Guest-curated and installed exhibition of 40+ international artists
2014 CO Alliance of Visionary Artists Skylite Gallery Denver, CO
Curated and installed exhibition of 50 CO artists, produced multimedia event
2013 Art Spirit Now Agora at the Riverside Boulder, CO
Curated exhibition, organized dual VIP fund-raiser events for CAVA and the
Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, produced multimedia events series
2013 Emerging Light Trace Gallery Denver, CO
Curated exhibition, organized & taught oil painting workshop series
2012 Dreams and Divinities Co-Curator of Publication International
Co-compiled & edited with Liba WS, “Dreams and Divinities:
Sacred Expressions from Women”
2010 The Irresistible Stream of Time Galerie 10 Vienna, Austria
Guest-curated and installed exhibition of international artists
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
CEPA Gallery Mosaic & Glass Arts International, SGAA Buffalo, NY
Blue Sage Gallery Life in Collaboration - 2 person show Paonia, CO
Cirque Gallery Mythopoeia - solo show Paonia, CO
2022
Blue Sage Gallery West Elk Annual Open Exhibition Paonia, CO
The Garrison Chapel PFSTA Graduates Exhibition London, UK
Laxenburg Castle Emergence - United Artists for Ukraine Vienna, Austria
Laxenburg Castle Emergence - A Chance for Happiness Vienna, Austria
2021
Laxenburg Castle Emergence - A Chance for Happiness Vienna, Austria
2020
Virtual Exhibition PFSTA Graduates Exhibition Online
Virtual Exhibition Dreams & Divinities: Love Online
Virtual Exhibition Convergence: Art in the Age of Pandaemonia Online
2019
Atelier Gustave Fêlures & Lumière - Dreams & Divinities Paris, France
Goodenough College Art of the Sacred London, U.K.
University of Greenwich Breaking Convention London, U.K.
University of Bath Electric Universe Conference – Dynamic Earth Bath, U.K.
Goodenough College Ancient Future London, U.K.
2018
Chimeria Festival Alchemy & Shamanism: Master of Metamorphosis Sedan, France
Hive Gallery Tiny Visions Los Angeles, CA
Axis Gallery The Wheel of Re-Creation Seattle, WA
McNichols Civic Center Luminaries Denver, CO
Rembrandt Yard Art Gallery MAPS Benefit Boulder, CO
2017
Visions Chamanique Sacred Deer Paris, France
CU, Architecture & Planning 7.5 Billion Hearts Denver, CO
KrabJab Studio Modern Symbolists - Featured Artist Seattle, WA
Fort Collins Museum of Art Masks Fort Collins, CO
2016
Galerie Friese Art for Peace Kirschau, Germany
Chimeria Festival Gateways to the Visionary Experience Sedan, France
Galerie 10 Transmission Vienna, Austria
Hofburg Palace SGEM Conference on Social Sciences & Arts Vienna, Austria
Atelier Gustave Art of Imagination – Peace Across Europe Paris, France
2015
Portland Art Museum Inspire Truth Portland, OR
Bash Contemporary Gallery The Garden of Fernal Delights San Francisco, CA
LuminArte Gallery Dreams & Divinities Dallas, TX
Ammon-Ra Gallery Dreams & Divinities Monterrey, Mexico
