Andrea Mariana Santangelo

Oil painting & life drawing

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Andrea Mariana Santangelo is a Bristol-based artist and genetic neuroscientist working in the field of mental health. Her practice exists in the charged space between science and art — between what can be measured and what can only be felt.

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Working primarily in oil with a reduced or monochrome palette, Andrea explores the human figure through life drawing, portraiture and what she describes as “human landscapes.” Her paintings investigate the structures that shape us — biological, psychological and emotional — while allowing space for ambiguity and vulnerability to surface.

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With the discipline of a scientist and the sensitivity of a painter, she is drawn to the tension between order and intuition. Light and shadow become tools for mapping inner states; restraint in colour creates depth rather than limitation. Across figurative and abstract works, she seeks to hold structure and emotion in balance — reflecting the complex, often unseen forces that inform identity and mental life.