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May 31st is AIR 17’s final open studios, a chance to speak with the residents about their practice, see their processes up close, and have a peek into what they have been exploring during their time at Textile Arts Center.

Come join artist Alessandro Levato @levato_archive in their studio, where they have been working through tactile, visual, and auditory forms exploring the queer trans body.

The artist shares, “The body is in nature. The body goes so far into nature that it is free of gender.”

They describe their work, “The images are only realized through their attachment with their first; the body is only realized through its development over time. The space between the images allows for the phantom body to live. Out of representation, the absence translates my trans body. I am giving an unrealized body an image.”- Alessandro Levato

To witness Alessandro Levato’s work in person and meet them in their studio, register with the link in our bio

1 Photography by the talented Geovanni Barrios @gvannibarrios
2 Phantom Boobs > Singular by @levato_archive courtesy of the artists website by @textileartscenter

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Introducing Alessandro Levato @levato_archive, an interdisciplinary artist featured in (a)mending, (at)tending — our exhibition in partnership with @transartfest on view through May 23 ✦

Gallery hours: Wed-Sat 1pm-6pm

Their work in the show:

Phantom Boobs > Singular
104” x 98”
my old bras, thread, batting, and fabric
2023

“This quilt makes use of all of my old bras that are no longer of use to me. Some of the more worn bras are stuffed to make space for the phantom boobs to reside. Other sports bras lay flat but their tightness is taken away. I’ve placed this quilt within an Amish farm near where I grew up. There, the quilt meets its full cycle, its ending, its release.”

Alessandro Levato (they/he) is a trans visual interdisciplinary artist living in Brooklyn, NY. Their work continually works to disrupt boundaries through recontextualization. Existing in a queer machine-made body, he uses performative aspects through the mode of production; interweaving the act of oil stick monotypes, pressed [put through a press] and repressed. Levato seeks to disrupt the final image of the piece using methods of de/reconstruction, cutouts, and melding to reach his own variations of simultaneous identities. They have received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2019) and The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Award (2022). Their work has been shown in group shows at Equity Gallery (2022) and Trotter & Sholer Gallery (July 15 - August 12, 2023). They have attended Mudhouse Residency (2024), and The Penland School of Craft Winter Residency for printmaking (2025). by @textileartscenter

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Carved chest, 30 x 40, oil stick monotype, 2023 by @textileartscenter

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4 months ago

Self with Hat
oil stick monotype on Evolon AP paper, 2023 by @textileartscenter

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6 months ago

Sod Farm
oil stick monotype on Evolon AP paper with deconstructed plate and fasteners, 2022 by @textileartscenter

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6 months ago

Patchworked, 2024
Handmade and hand pigmented flax and cotton paper, made at Mudhouse residency by @textileartscenter

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6 months ago

Parachute play, 2025 by @textileartscenter

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6 months ago

Been a while. This winter I was accepted into the @penlandschool winter residency program for printmaking. I met some great artists, made some work and processed a lot. More photos coming soon taken in Penland School of Crafts by @textileartscenter

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a year ago

Older quilt pattern made from my clothes coming back around. by @textileartscenter

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2 years ago

Studies by @textileartscenter

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2 years ago

A great drypoint monotype workshop @efa.rbpmw , GAG artist dinner with some bread neon bb’s by @elquesada & @abel.puls , and a book launch exhibition for @clarajeannereed to fill up July! Ofc Luci IS art all by himself 😘 by @textileartscenter

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Excited for my upcoming workshop DRYPOINT SHAPES: A MONOPRINT @efa.rbpmw
WEDNESDAY
7/24 & 7/31
6:30PM - 9:30PM

$190 Members
$225 Class w/ membership
$230 Non-members

PRICE INCLUDES MATERIALS COST
and 6 hours of free studio time
(expires one month from final class) sign up link in bio 🎉 taken in EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop by @textileartscenter

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