Maria Arrieta

Arrieta is a Peruvian-born contemporary artist based in Gainesville, Florida. Her interdisciplinary practice explores cultural memory, identity, and the relationship between material, history, and inherited traditions through painting, textiles, sculpture, and installation.

Originally from Lima, Peru, Arrieta’s work is influenced by ancient Andean visual languages, including geometric symbolism, textile traditions, and material practices. Through abstraction, layered surfaces, carved textures, and the use of organic materials, she creates works that reflect on migration, transformation, and the continuity of cultural memory.
Arrieta holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting with a minor in Art History from Purdue University Fort Wayne (2021) and is currently an MFA candidate in Painting in the Expanded Field at the University of Florida, expected 2027.
Her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and academic art spaces across the United States.

MFA Candidate, Painting in the Expanded Field
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Expected 2027
BFA, Painting
Minor: Art History
Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana
2021
Escuela Superior Nacional Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Perú
Lima, Peru

Six Forms of Address, Hippodrome Theatre, Gainesville, FL, 2026
UF Juried Student Exhibition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2026
Inherited, 4Most Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2026
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
The Garrett Museum of Art, Indiana
Customs House Museum, Clarksville, Tennessee
Cambridge Art Association, Massachusetts