Philomena Marano Art
American, b. 1952
Philomena was raised in Brooklyn, just a stone’s throw from America’s most famous amusement park, Coney Island. She is most known for cut paper collage and limited edition prints in her acclaimed collection, “American-Dream-Land” in which she depicts both personal and universal themes in the rides, signs and attractions of her childhood playground.
In 2017 , a move to Florida shifted her attention to the circus thrill shows of Sarasota. The precision, exhilaration and wonder embedded in the spectacle of these performances were a definite reminder of the fun and danger of the wondrous mechanical constructions in Coney Island; a continuity of earlier sensibilities.
She acquired and honed her cut paper skills while working as an assistant to preeminent artist Robert Indiana in his New York studio on a prodigious cut paper project rendering set and costume designs for “The Mother of Us All”, Santa Fe Opera. In 2020, she was invited to give artist talks at the MFA St. Pete’s, FL. on her experiences working on the project in an exhibition titled: Art of the Stage: Picasso to Hockney where many of Indiana’s stage designs from “Mother” were displayed.
Marano is co-founder of the Coney Island Hysterical Society, earned a BFA from Pratt Institute , and has been included in numerous galleries including Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn ,NY, ACA Gallery, NY, New York, Deutsche Bank, NY, New York, The DeLand Museum of Art, FL., Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL., and the Art Center Sarasota.
Her work is featured in Charles Denson’s book, “Coney Island, Lost and Found,”
Ten Speed Press, 2002, SRQ magazine, 2021 , Luxe Interior + Design, 2021, Between 2Two Shores, a UK based Literary & Art publication, 2021, among others
and is in many private and corporate collections including the Brooklyn Museum.(Biography provided by Tabla Rasa Gallery)
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Artist: Philomena Marano
Seabrush Romp, colorful, undersea scene, aquatic , whimsical creatures playful
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Seabrush Romp" is a unique combination of precisely cut colored paper layered over painted wood. It is part of a recent series I call "wUNDERsea, which heralds the wondrous beauty ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Acrylic
Girls Play to Win, women's Baseball sports diptych colorful shaped canvases
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Girls Play to Win" is a diptych honoring the poise and strength of the first women's American Baseball league. The AAGPBL (All American Girls Professional Baseball League) was estab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Acrylic
Phantastical, Meaningful colorful imaginative undersea fantasy aquatic motion
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Phantastical, Meaningful" is a unique combination of precisely cut colored paper layered over painted wood. It is part of a recent series I call "wUNDERsea, which heralds the wondro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Floating collage and painted colorful serene undersea scape
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Artist Philomena Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Acrylic
Under the Sea colorful aquatic hard edge playful detailed ocean life
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Under The Sea" was created in collaboration with a poet's words , thus transforming it into visual poetry. The narrative tells of a tiny sea turtle's launch and return from a long j...
Category
2010s Contemporary Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Panel
Jellyfish colorful aquatic, whimsical, undersea, lyrical ocean life
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Well known for her cut paper artwork, and amusement park themes, Ms. Marano’s delightful imagery is included in numerous books and documentaries about Coney Island history.
In this ...
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2010s Contemporary Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Seahorse Garden hard edge colorful aquatic whimsical undersea
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Seahorse Garden" is surprisingly hard edged and whimsical at once. It is part of my "wUNDERsea" series.
The work aims to bring together the childhood wonder of visits to the aquari...
Category
2010s Abstract Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Under the Wonder, "bold, colorful, playful, arrow, dynamic shaped edges
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Under the Wonder " evokes the sensation of being beneath giant ride in an amusement park plus its title suggests a double entendre; being under the b...
Category
2010s Pop Art Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic, Archival Paper
PLAY, colorful, dynamic, kinetic mixed media paint and collage
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
To create PLAY the artist reached back and up cycled materials that she had worked with in the past. She combined sections of her archival pigment prints collaged with painted wood ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Wood, Archival Paper, Acrylic
LONE/Coney Island Spiritual Archival pigment print Cyclone Roller Coaster
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portrait of the iconic Coney Island Cyclone Roller Coaster. Limited edition 200, archival pigment print on Sateen white paper, signed & numbered. Image depicts the rush and pure exhi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
OCEAN MYSTERY , lyrical, imaginative, dark, dreamy, undersea, nautical
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel drawing on black paper , dark, colorful, playful, mysterious life beneath the sea
Nature, Corals, sea anemones, magical abstract creatures, glow, undersea design, aquarium...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
OCEAN DREAMING , Playful, imaginative, dark, colorful, dreamy undersea
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel Drawing on black paper, dark, colorful, playful, imaginative, mysterious, undersea life, lyrical, surreal, nature, corals, sea anemones, fish, abstract, glow, aquarium
This a...
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2010s Other Art Style Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Shooting Gallery #2, colorful playful whimsical pattern graphic serigraph
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silkscreen Edition of 200
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] the soul of Coney Island to reveal its twin promises of candy-colored paradise and garishly ornate nightm...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
I KNOW YOU, colorful Coney Island parachute jump theme w abstract clouds, sky
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Print on circular canvas, collage, architecture, Parachute Jump, Coney Island colorful, clouds, tondo
Category
2010s Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Paper
Luna's Tire Shop, hand cut collage bright limited color
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Collage: Hand cut color-aid paper on gessoed heavyweight watercolor paper
framed in a flat gray painted wood frame with plexi.
Philomena is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA fr...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Alarm, Rims, Tint, Urban scene, city, hard edge, graphic, industrial, tires
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alarms, Rims,Tint is part of Marano's FLAT FIX series-
Hand cut paper on heavy weight gessoed watercolor paper, framed in flat gray painted wood & plexi.
Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster...
Category
2010s American Modern Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
High Flyer circus trapeze artist bright colors blue sky clouds bold
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Although "High Flyer" is a contemporary setting of a bungee jump in an American traveling circus it is also a tribute to "Miss La La," a circus performer of...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Clock & Chute, 1981
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Edition of 200
Coney Island
Philomena Marano is known for her colorful cut paper technique. She worked with Robert Indiana.
Ms. Marano's work is in m...
Category
1980s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Screen
Globe of Thunder bright colors black background circus daredevil motorcycle fun
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This archival pigment print is a ltd. edition of 25
Archival ink printed on MOAB Entrada white paper
Paper size 21.5 X 26.5 in.
Image size 18.25 X 23.5 in
The Globe of Thunder is an actual attraction performed by daredevils in traveling circus shows. The Globe of Thunder attraction might have 2 to 6 motorcycles cycling round inside the mesh globe...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Car Service, cut paper collage, urban landscape, hard edge, bold graphic, text
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
CAR SERVICE
Hand cut paper on heavy weight gessoed watercolor paper, framed in flat gray painted wood & plexi. Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Paper
Bumper/Scrambler, bold, colorful bumper car print, amusement park, Coney Island,
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Printmaking on Paper
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
YOUR CHOICE, bold colorful, amusement park, coney island, rides, signs modernism
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Archival pigment print
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] the soul of Coney Island to reveal its twin promises of candy-colored paradise and garishly ornate nightmare...
Category
2010s Contemporary Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Used Tires, urban street scene, industrial, hard edge, hand cut paper, collage
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Collage: Hand cut color-aid paper on gessoed heavyweight watercolor paper
framed in a flat gray painted wood frame with plexi.
Philomena is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Paper
PLAY FASCINATION 2, colorful mixed media, text
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic on canvas paper, mounted on masonite with black enamel painted frame.
Category
1990s American Modern Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Enamel
THRILLS, Coney Island wonder Wheel, night, neon sign, amusement park, colorful
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ltd ed archival pigment print., ed 50
Original art was created as part of Marano's"American-Dream-Land," Coney Island series and later
translated to an edition.
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] the soul of Coney Island to reveal its twin promises of candy-colored paradise and garishly ornate nightmare,” as Ann Aptaker describes, through the prints and cut-paper collage in her “American Dream-land” series (1979-). These colorful, graphic style works evoke the energy and amusement of Coney Island through depictions of the rides, the boardwalk, clowns, and food vendors.
Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster...
Category
Early 2000s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
This Way Out, colorful graphic amusement park with text
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silkscreen Edition of 125 + 1AP
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] the soul of Coney Island to reveal its twin promises of candy-colored paradise and garishly ornate nightmare,” as Ann Aptaker describes, through the prints and cut-paper collage in her “American Dream-land” series (1979-). These colorful, graphic style works evoke the energy and amusement of Coney Island through depictions of the rides, the boardwalk, clowns, and food vendors. Many are large-scale papier collé installations, a technique Marano learned from Robert Indiana in whose studio she formerly assisted. In conjunction with “American Dream Land,” in 1981 Marano and Richard Eagan co-founded the Coney Island Hysterical Society, which undertakes projects such as restoring old rides in response to the alarming rate at which they were shutting down in the fabled amusement park of their childhood.
Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster...
Category
2010s American Modern Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
SPOOKARAMA / Coney Island, linocut, skull, signage, amusement park, pop culture
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Editions 5/10, 6/10 available
Linoleum block print: Black ink on rice paper,
This black & white image, filled with playful shadow patterns is from a set of 4 block prints; earlie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Printer's Ink, Rice Paper
"Pop" Corn, pop art colorful hand cut paper
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand cut color-aid paper by renowned cut paper artist specializing in Brooklyn Coney Island themes. Ms. marano started her career working with Robert Indiana
Category
1990s Pop Art Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper
I Hear the Brooklyn Bridge Singing, bright colors, urban landscape, new york
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Edition limited to 50
Size: 22" x 28"
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] the soul of Coney Island to reveal its twin promises of candy-colored paradise and garishly or...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Big Lolly & Cone, colorful, bold, candy, abstract, hard edge, playful, pop art
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Big Lolly & Cone is a mixed media piece featuring a swirly lollypop, an icon of american amusements and escapism plus an ice-cream cone, another sweet treat. The swirly lolly is ren...
Category
Early 2000s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Color
Coney Island Tondo, screen print, colorful graphic shooting gallery, shadow box
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] the soul of Coney Island to reveal its twin promises of candy-colored paradise and garishly ornate nightmare,” as Ann Aptaker describes, through the prints and cut-paper collage in her “American Dream-land” series (1979-). These colorful, graphic style works evoke the energy and amusement of Coney Island through depictions of the rides, the boardwalk, clowns, and food vendors. Many are large-scale papier collé installations, a technique Marano learned from Robert Indiana in whose studio she formerly assisted. In conjunction with “American Dream Land,” in 1981 Marano and Richard Eagan co-founded the Coney Island Hysterical Society, which undertakes projects such as restoring old rides in response to the alarming rate at which they were shutting down in the fabled amusement park of their childhood.
Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Screen
Tickets/ Coney Island, colorful detailed cut paper, urban New York graphic
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Color Aid paper, Paint, Contemporary collage
Hand cut color-aid paper
Worked with Robert Indiana
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] th...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Little Zipper, whimsical fun graphic black & white parachute jump text skull
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Linocut graphic print with text
9/10 and 10/10 limited edition 10 10
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] the soul of Coney Island to reveal its twin promises of candy-colored paradise and garishly ornate nightmare,” as Ann Aptaker describes, through the prints and cut-paper collage in her “American Dream-land” series (1979-). These colorful, graphic style works evoke the energy and amusement of Coney Island through depictions of the rides, the boardwalk, clowns, and food vendors.
Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster...
Category
1980s Ashcan School Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Linocut, Rice Paper
Coney Island trio, colorful, playful, targets, bright, fun, games, amusement park
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Editions 1-5 of 5 + 0AP
Framed in a black wood shadow box frame with glass
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Paper
"Tondo/Your Choice" bright colors, words, circle canvas, bumper cars, abstract
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tondo/Your Choice" 2020, is created from pieces of balsa wood, salvaged pieces of colorful cut paper and prints from my Coney Island series. Pieces are attached to a circle canvas....
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Acrylic
FLAT, cut paper collage urban New York street culture industrial
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"FLAT" Hand cut paper on heavy weight gessoed watercolor paper
Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster...
Category
2010s American Modern Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper
Luna's Tire Shop, Urban, cut paper collage, playful, industrial, tires, framed
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
LUNA'S TIRE SHOP :
Hand cut paper on heavy weight gessoed watercolor paper, framed in flat gray painted wood & plexi.
Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn...
Category
2010s American Modern Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper
Improv 1 cut paper, graphic, industrial, playful, urban, city
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper on 2 ply archival board
Using salvaged pieces of color aid paper from my "Flat Fix" series I create compositions that are at once mechanical and whimsical.
Category
2010s Abstract Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Paper
PLAY FASCINATION 1 , bright color, text, acrylic, hard edge
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic on canvas paper, mounted on masonite with black enamel painted frame.
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] the soul of Coney Isla...
Category
1990s Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Paper, Acrylic
Improv 2, cut paper, abstract, graphic, industrial, playful, urban, city
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper on 2 ply archival board
Ms. Marano says, "Using salvaged pieces of color aid paper from my "Flat Fix" series I create compositions that are at once mechanical and whimsical."
Artist Philomena Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster...
Category
2010s Contemporary Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Paper
Bill-Board-Walk, Burning/Coney Island, Bright colors, popular culture, New York
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Bill-Board-Walk, Burning/Coney Island" is a portrait of the vernacular signage and architectural wonder of the billboard attractions at America's most famous amusement park, Coney Island.
The original art was created in cut paper, 50" X 37" and is in the collection of Chase Bank. It is part of Marano's "American-Dream-Land" series and was recently translated into a ltd ed. (25 ) archival pigment print, 30.5 x 24 inches.
Bold, bright and with a daring figure diving in flames, this piece transcends location and time.
Philomena is a daughter of Brooklyn, a master of cut paper and a former assistant to Robert Indiana where she learned the cut paper practice that she continues to explore in her work. She has been exhibited by Tabla Rasa...
Category
Early 2000s Hard-Edge Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Improv 3" , abstract, urban, black & white, industrial, playful,
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper on 2 ply archival board:
Using salvaged pieces of color aid paper from her "Flat Fix" series Philomena Marano creates compositions that are at o...
Category
2010s Abstract Philomena Marano Art
Materials
Paper
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