Tina Alberni

Architectural Skins: Sustainable Collage & Assemblage

Amidst the fragmentation that divides humanity and our ecosystems, these 'architectural skins' and miniature assemblages serve as a call for harmony. Painstakingly built from repurposed textiles and found materials, each piece unites unlikely fragments into cohesive forms—proving that our shared threads are the ultimate glue connecting us all. Through vibrant hues and whimsical compositions, these works merge playfulness with urgency to propose a path forward rooted in repair.

Vanishing Wild

This collection shines a light on endangered life ​profoundly impacted by human behavior. This series began about 5 years ago when she became aware of dramatic changes in animal populations across the world. She began researching about the plights of different animals and realized her deep connection with nature and the anxiety she felt knowing so much of life on the planet was out of sync; feeling chaotic and hopeless. She is interested in finding a balance between nature, human behavior, technology, climate change and social-chaos. Her paintings are powerful in that they are able to speak hard truths yet, because of her use of symbolism, and vibrant, playful aesthetic, her paintings land in a place of hope and even joy. To distill and process the global chaos while creating breathing space within her work and within herself, she intricately draws out sections in a lace-like formation. This not only reveals the interplay between fragility and strength, mirroring the dichotomy inherent to our planet and our relationship with it, but also intersects symbolic culture by linking concepts, cultures, objects, and events. This emphasizes our interconnectedness across time and underscores the need for a balanced coexistence because we depend on one another. The shapes within her subjects often allude to urban development, where land divisions for human settlement, mapping, and architecture encroach upon life, natural habitats, and small communities, leading to displacement and turmoil. All work is created with high quality archival materials and are sold unframed. Works on canvas are gallery wrapped with finished edges.

Stacked Glass

With a nod to the De Stijl movement, where geometry served as a universal language to express harmony through simplicity and abstraction, this work emerges from chaos and complex reflections on the contemporary world. The deliberate use of glass serves as a metaphor for both strength and fragility, acting as an emotional and stable scaffold upon which each piece relies on to support its intricate themes and chaotic elements. Layers of vibrant colors form a graffiti-like aesthetic, inviting viewers on a symbolic journey or a form of universal prayer, imbuing a narrative that celebrates hope, harmony, and connection.
My "Language"
Stacking as accumulation: The layered panes clearly read as pressure building—histories, systems, and tensions literally piling up.
Scaffold + fragility: The glass physically holds the compositions together while also feeling precarious, which reinforces the strength/fragility metaphor.
Geometry seeking harmony: The angular structure and color blocking echo De Stijl logic, even as the surfaces remain energetic and disrupted.
Graffiti-like layers: The color, markings, and embedded ephemera feel urban, immediate, and human— fragmentation and response to the contemporary world.

Note: This is a commission-driven collection 

Human Figure and Soulscapes

The human figure and what being human is all about has been of interest to the artist since the beginning of her studies in art school. For the first ten years of her art practice, this was the subject of all her work. This new developing collection reflects the spiritual alchemy, mental armature, and physical state of being Human - in other words the architecture of the body, mind & soul. The artist distills and processes the global chaos while creating breathing space within their work and themselves. Intricately drawing out sections in a lace-like formation, they reveal the interplay between fragility and strength, mirroring the dichotomy inherent in our planet and our relationship with it. The artist's approach intersects symbolic culture by linking concepts, cultures, objects, and events, emphasizing our interconnectedness across time and underscoring the need for a balanced coexistence because we depend on one another. The shapes within the subjects often allude to urban development, where land divisions, mapping, and architecture encroach upon life, natural habitats, and small communities, leading to displacement and turmoil. All the work in this collection is created with high-quality archival materials and is sold unframed. Works on canvas are gallery wrapped with finished edges. All work is created with high quality archival materials and are sold unframed unless stated otherwise. Works on canvas are gallery wrapped with finished edges.