“I create hyperreal fruit paintings that capture the lush, fleeting moments when color, texture, and flavor are at their most alive. My work is about more than just fruit — it’s about savoring beauty before it slips away. Each painting is a reminder to slow down, look closer, and celebrate the sweetness of the present moment.”
If a piece speaks to you, make it yours — there’s only one.
Angela Faustina’s Resume
Angela Faustina’s sticky-sweet oil paintings transform glistening fruit into vibrant worlds you can almost taste. Capturing perfectly ripe, juicy fruit flesh in each brushstroke, her artwork is unapologetically alive. Living with Lupus gives her work its heartbeat: a raw mix of beauty, fragility, strength, and resilience. Her art connects the universal to the personal and lets you hold onto beauty at its peak, before it slips away. These paintings are bright, lively, intimate, and bold as hell. Walking the line between realism and idealism, these are NOT your traditional still life paintings.
Her work isn’t just about fruit—it’s about the universal experiences that connect us all. That’s why Faustina’s luminous paintings have been collected and exhibited for nearly 20 years across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Her large-scale public art brightens Southeastern US cities from Atlanta to St. Pete, and her artwork is featured in art curricula worldwide. She is represented by Signet Contemporary Art in London.
Raised in South Florida, Faustina has called Atlanta home since 2015. She graduated summa cum laude in Studio Art and History from New College of Florida, with additional studies at Ringling College of Art & Design and Parsons School of Design in New York.
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Angela Faustina is represented by Signet Contemporary Art in London, England, UK.
2025
One by One invitational exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Good Things Come In Small Packages, Cat Eye Creative, Decatur, Atlanta, GA.
Local’s Only, ABV Gallery, East Atlanta, GA.
Summer in the City, Cat Eye Creative.
SHINE, Cat Eye Creative, Decatur, Atlanta, GA.
Womxn’s History Month gallery exhibition, Babe Walls at Truss House, Denver, CO.
Women’s History Month, Empire Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Lots of Love, Cat Eye Creative Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2024
The Greatest Gift, Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA.
Little Things, Swan Coach House Gallery, Buckhead, Atlanta, GA.
SHINE Mural Festival 10 Year Anniversary, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL.
Tiny Doors and Friends 2, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Summer in the City, Cat Eye Creative. Atlanta, GA.
Arts Alive Festival Gallery Exhibition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL.
The Corner Office: Stacks Squares Murals Retrospective, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA.
Refresh Spring Exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
ONE BY ONE invitational exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
ARTWALK monthly curated group exhibition, The Loft, Marietta, GA.
2023
Anniversary Exhibition, The Loft, Marietta, GA.
Annual Signet Summer Exhibition, Signet Contemporary Art, London, UK.
ONE BY ONE invitational exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
ARTWALK monthly curated group exhibition, The Loft, Marietta, GA.
2022
Seasons Changing, Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA.
Conjure group exhibition, The Loft, Marietta, GA.
Absolutely Relative, FreeMarket Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
SIX BY SIX, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Elemental: Anniversary Exhibition, The Loft, Marietta, GA.
Annual Signet Summer Exhibition, Signet Contemporary Art, London, UK.
PAPER TRAIL invitational exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Postcard Pinup group exhibition, MINT, Atlanta, GA.
ONE BY ONE invitational group exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
ARTWALK monthly curated group exhibition, The Loft, Marietta, GA.
2021
The Greatest Gift invitational group exhibition, Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA.
NUDE group exhibition, MIZE Gallery, St. Pete. FL.
We See You invitational group exhibition, Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA.
ONE BY ONE invitational group exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
ARTWALK monthly curated group exhibition, The Loft, Marietta, GA.
2020
PAPER TRAIL invitational exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
In the Clouds group exhibition, MIZE Gallery, St. Pete. FL.
Virtually Close – Socially Distant Virtual Reality art exhibition, Cat-Eye Creative.
Lovers Only, FreeMarket Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
ARTWALK monthly curated group exhibition, The Loft, Marietta, GA.
2019
Indulge: A Feast for the Eyes, Soft Water Studios, St. Petersburg, FL.
12×12, The Stockroom, Sydney, AUS.
Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Signet Contemporary Art, Singapore City, SGP.
Paint like a Girl invitational, Facet Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
A New Look, Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA.
Paper Trail invitational exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Fresh Contemporary Art Fair, Signet Contemporary Art, Cheltenham, UK.
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Signet Contemporary Art, Hong Kong.
MINI, Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.
Affordable Art Fair NYC Spring, Signet Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
ARTWALK monthly curated group exhibition, The Loft, Marietta, GA.
2018
SHINE Mural Festival Exhibition, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL.
RIPE, solo exhibition, gallery43.2, Marietta, GA.
ARTWALK monthly curated group exhibition, gallery43, Roswell, GA.
For the Love of Art PopUp Show, The Brickyard, Marietta, GA.
2017
Various monthly curated group exhibitions including Bare, Remix, Emerge, Branded, and Wonder, gallery43, Roswell, GA.
2016
From the Garden juried three person exhibition presented by The City of Norcross, The Rectory, Historic Norcross, GA.
Open juried exhibition, Kudzu Art Zone Gallery, Historic Norcross, GA.
Ripe: Still Life Paintings by Angela Faustina, invitational solo exhibition presented by Sarasota Orchestra, Harmony Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
2015
ARTicles: Leslie Curran Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.
Garden Art Party, BlueLucy Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.
Art & Soul Benefit Exhibition, juried exhibition presented by Business of the Arts of Broward, GalleryOne, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
2014
Landscape, BlueLucy Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.
BIKE, BlueLucy Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.
Femme Fantasy Juried Exhibition, Soft Water Studios, St. Petersburg, FL.
2013
Simply Original Juried Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
2012
Angela Faustina, solo exhibition, Colorida Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal.
2011
Angela Faustina, solo exhibition, HEA 180, Lecce, Italy.
MIRA Art Residency Collettiva d’Arte, three person exhibition, La Galleria Scaramuzza Arte Contemporanae, Lecce, Italy.
MIRA Artist Residency Presents, three person exhibition, Piazza della Republica, Martignano (LE), Italy.
2009
Transience, Fragmentation, and Fruit: Artwork by Angela Faustina, solo exhibition, Mildred Sainer Arts Pavilion, Sarasota, FL.
New College of Florida Senior Thesis Art Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
OPEN Art Show, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL.
13: An Art Exhibition featuring the Watershed Collective, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL.
2008
New Editions, Bleu Acier Inc., Tampa, FL.
Yearn, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
Faces. Spaces. Sound. New College of Florida Thesis Group Show, Isermann Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
2007
Student Art Show, Isermann Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
Open Studio Exhibition, Parsons: The New School for Design, New York, NY.
2006
“12 by 12” juried exhibition, Isermann Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
Interview: “Check Out Angela’s Story,” VoyageATL, July 21, 2025.
Interview: “Stories of Overcoming Imposter Syndrome,” Bold Journey, January 22, 2025.
Feature: “About Chamblee Public Art: Fertile Ground,” City of Chamblee, January 2025.
Mention: “Adding Color to Chamblee,” Chamblee City Lifestyle, January 2025.
Mention: “SHINE mural festival to launch with reflective Morean Arts Center show,” Tampa Bay Newspapers, September 25, 2024.
Interview: “Meet Angela Faustina,” Canvas Rebel Magazine, September 16, 2024.
Mention: Lia Picard, “Hotels for Art-Lovers in Atlanta,” Discover Atlanta, September 1o, 2024.
Mention: “Babe Walls announces artist line up,” The Champion, August 30, 2024.
Interview: “Artist Spotlight: Angela Faustina,” ABV Gallery, April 2024.
Interview: Adron McCann, “Speaking of the Arts: Angela Faustina,” NPR WABE/90.1 radio interview on City Lights segment, January 12, 2022, Atlanta, GA.
Interview: Cecilia Brumley & Bernie Delinski, “Have you seen it?“, Shoals Woman Magazine, August 2021.
Interview: Bernie Delinski, “Atlanta artist sees fruits of her labor with downtown Florence mural“, The Times Daily, June 15, 2021.
Interview: Aileen Farshi, “Today in street art: Angela Faustina’s mouthwatering murals grew from still-lifes” interview, ArtsATL, April 23, 2020.
Mention: “Best of Cobb 2020 Nominees: Artists“, Cobb Life Magazine, January 2020.
Mention: “Holiday Gift Guide,” Creative Loafing Atlanta, December 2018.
Mention: “It’s a wrap! A fine SHINE,” The St. Pete Catalyst, October 12, 2018.
Mention: “Here are the new artists for SHINE Mural Festival in St. Petersburg,” Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, October 4, 2018.
Mention: “Fall Art Preview,” Tampa Bay Business Journal, September 2018.
Mention: “Arts Alliance announces St. Pete SHINE muralists,” Tampa Bay Business Journal, August 30, 2018.
Mention: “SHINE ’18: Shorter but bigger, international, inclusive,” The St. Pete Catalyst, August 30, 2018.
Mention: “Here are the new artists for SHINE Mural Festival in St. Petersburg,” Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, August 2018.
Feature: “Paint the Town: Marietta Brings Blank Walls to Life with Long-Awaited Mural Art,” Cobb Life Magazine, July 2018.
Feature: “Local Artist Spotlight: Angela Faustina,” Roswell Magazine, May/June 2018.
Mention: “The Atlanta Arts & Culture Weekly Review,” VoyageATL, May 2018.
Mention: Guide to Good Times: Official Guide to Roswell, Georgia, City of Roswell, GA, 2018.
Feature: “Painting the Town,” Marietta Daily Journal, April 15, 2018.
Mention: “Immersive art lines new Marietta trail,” Smoke Signals: North Georgia Arts & Entertainment, April 2018.
Mention: “2017 Holiday Gift Guide: Support Atlanta Artists!,” Creative Loafing Atlanta, vol. 47, no. 5, December 2017.
Feature: “Local Art Exhibition in Support of Norcross Garden Park,” Norcross News, September 2016.
Feature: Patrizia Capoccia, “Mira, a Lecce in mostra I dipinti di Faustina, Lewenz e Hammond,” Il Paese Nuovo, 5 November 2011.
Feature: “Artisti internazionali MIRA Residence,” video interview, Eterarte and MIRA: International Residency for Artists, Martignano, Italy, 2011.
Feature: “Soggiorno d’arte nel salento narrato da un tris al femminile,” La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 28 October 2011.
Feature: Dario Russo, “Mira Art Residency – Collettiva d’Arte,” Lecce da Fare, 28 October 2011.
Feature: Hannah Brown, “The Watershed Collective: An art exhibit at New College,” Catalyst Newspaper, vol. XXVI, no. 2, 18 February 2009.
2025
Burnin’ Bridges Mural Jam in Chatanooga, TN.
2024
Babe Walls Mural Festival in Chamblee, GA.
2021
“Flourishing Florence” 246′ long commission by the City of Florence, AL.
2019
OuterSpace Project at PATH400, Buckhead, Atlanta, GA.
Jen’s Zen Den at Camp Barney Medintz, Cleveland, GA.
2018
SHINE St. Pete Mural Festival at Greenbench Brewing, St. Petersburg, FL.
Marietta Trail to River Festival at Kiosco Restaurant, Marietta, GA.
Stacks Squares Mural Project in Cabbagetown, Atlanta, GA.
UPCOMING: Featured Artist: 2025 Shine 10th Anniversary book, October 2025.
Book Cover: Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter, published by Scribner Books, design by Natatlia Olbinski featuring POMEGRANATE LIV by Angela Faustina, 2023.
Featured Artist: Marietta Arts Council’s M2R TrailFest Opening Ceremony + Muralist Meet & Greet, Marietta, GA, 2022.
Featured Artist: Drink & Doodle vols. 60, 64, 66, 67, 73, 94, 96, and 98, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2019 – 2022.
Featured Artist: Limited edition fine art print, The Print Shop at Ponce City Market and The Print Shop Pop Up at Hotel Collee, Atlanta, GA, 2021.
Featured Artist: Outerspace Project mural festival, Atlanta, GA, 2019.
Featured Artist: Heineken’s Man of the Match for Atlanta United, Mercedes Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA. Hand painted Fender guitar presented to the MVP of the last home game of the 2019 season. Atlanta, GA, 2019.
Meet the Artist + DRAFTS Host: Green Bench Brewing Co., St. Petersburg, FL, 2019.
Featured Artist: SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival, St. Petersburg, FL, 2018.
Featured Artist: PeachDish Artist Series, 2018.
Featured Artist: Marietta Arts Council M2R Trailfest mural, Marietta, GA, 2018.
Featured Artist: Stacks Square Mural Project, Cabbagetown, Atlanta, GA, 2018.
Featured Artist: ArtForCharity.org non-profit organization. 100% of art merchandise profits go toward charities like Lupus Foundation of America, 2018-2020.
Second Place: Arts Alive Festival Gallery Juried Exhibition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL, 2024.
Award: Best Book Cover of 2023 from Electric Literature for Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter, published by Scribner Books, design by Natatlia Olbinski featuring POMEGRANATE LIV, 2023.
Award: Georgia Visual Artists Grant. The Judith Alexander Foundation, 2020.
Nominee: Best Artist, Cobb County. Cobb Life Magazine, January 2020.
Artist’s Talk: BRANDED with Craig Ford and James Gilbert. gallery43, Roswell, Georgia, 2017.
Artist’s Talk: METHOD with Sabra Esler, Kyle Hicks, and Beth Bush. gallery43, Roswell, Georgia, 2017.
Artist Residency: Martignano International Residency for Artists, Martignano, Italy, 5 months, 2011.
Artist’s Talk with Tinsley Hammond. Eterarte and MIRA: International Residency for Artists collaborative event, Martignano, Italy, 2011.
Artist’s Talk: Transience, Fragmentation, and Fruit. Mildred Sainer Arts Pavilion, Sarasota, FL, 2009.
Award: NCF Academic Scholarship, New College of Florida, 2005 – 2009.
Award: Bright Futures: Florida Medallion Scholarship, 2005 – 2007.
Award: College Board: AP Scholar with Honor Award, 2005.
Art Director and Instructor. Camp Barney Medintz overnight summer camp, Cleveland, Georgia, 2008, 2010-2012, 2018, 2019, 2025.
Private Art Instructor. 2016 – 2019.
Visiting Artist and Instructor. Camp Barney Medintz, Cleveland, Georgia, 2016 and 2017.
Art Instructor. Kudzu Art Zone, Norcross, Georgia, 2016.
Senior Programming Facilitator. Girl Scouts of Gulf Coast Florida, Bradenton, Florida, 2008-2013.
Research Assistant. Ringing Museum of Art, Twentieth Century Japanese Prints Exhibition, 2008.
Research Assistant. New College of Florida, history department, 2007.
New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts summa cum laude
Areas of Concentration: Fine Art, History
Thesis Sponsor: Kim Anderson
Parsons: The New School for Design
SIS: Fine Arts: Advanced Studio Course
Course Instructors: Glenn Goldberg and Sharon Louden
Ringling College of Art and Design
Additional Coursework