Colleen Gianatiempo

I grew up in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. Childhood is where my fascination with nature began as I explored outdoors as an escape from life’s stresses. Observation allowed me to enter another world filled with captivating intricacies and complexities. Nature is where I continue to find solace and inspiration.
After moving to Los Angeles for work, I furthered my education by achieving a Certificate of Graphic Design from Otis Parsons School of Design. This led to me owning my own design firm for 25 years creating art and design within the disciplines of fine art, graphic art, interior design, photography and art instruction. Passion for fine art led me to the Academy of Art in San Francisco where I received a Master of Fine Art in Painting.
I draw my formal influences from geometric and organic forms and expresses and interprets these elements abstractly. My mixed media work embodies bold color, varying texture, amorphic shapes and patterns. One will always find a bit of geometry amidst layers of paint and paper. Gianatiempo describes her approach as spontaneous, allowing her artistic instincts to control the outcome of her final artworks.

Colleen lives in Martinez, CA with her husband and two teenag...

BS in Business and minor in Fashion Marketing from University of Massachusetts
Certificate of Graphic Design from Otis Parsons School of Design
Master of Fine Art from Academy of Art University

I have exhibited my work in a multitude of solo and group shows and have been represented by Martinez Gallery. My work is in numerous public and private collections, including an outdoor mural, “Small Town with a Big Heart” in the city plaza in Martinez, CA. I received an art award by Clyde&Co as one of the emerging artists of San Francisco in 2017. In 2018, I was selected as a heart artist for the "Hearts of San Francisco" to team up with the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation for their annual fundraiser. Recently, I was selected as a Sea Lion artist in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Sea Lions at Pier 39 in San Francisco. I am currently working on a six foot tall statue; stay tuned to see where in San Francisco it will be held.