Chiara Merlotti Mott - Artist
Chiara Merlotti Mott is an artist
and designer based in Los Angeles.
Born and raised in Milan, Italy, Chiara moved to the United States to attend Pepperdine University. Among other scholarships and awards, Chiara was a four-year recipient of the National Art Association Scholarship. She graduated from Pepperdine as the Art Department’s Most Outstanding Graduating Senior.
After further pursuing her interests in the arts through a Post-Baccalaureate degree in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, Chiara has exhibited in a number of group shows in Los Angeles. A solo exhibition of her work was held in November 2004 at Rockotitlàn, in Hollywood.
She participated in the Valley Artist Studio Tour in 2006 and 2010. She has also exhibited at La Galeria Gitana, in San Fernando, in 2009, and again in 2012. In 2020, the city of Northridge West/Porter Ranch selected her design for its utility box public work project. She currently lives and works in the San Fernando Valley.
Education
2002
San Francisco Art Institute
Painting, Post-Baccalureate
San Francisco, CA
1991
Pepperdine University
BA, Art, Cum Laude
Malibu, CA
Awards
1991
1987-1991
1987-1991
Most Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
National Art Association Scholarship
Departmental Scholarship
Exhibitions
Solo
2020
2004
"Service Workers", Utility Box Design
Northridge West/Porter Ranch, CA
Solo Exhibit
Rockotitlàn, Hollywood, CA
Group
2024
2012
2010
2009
2008
2006
2004
"Autumn Expressions"
Juried Exhibition
Newhall Community Center, Newhall, CA
"From Abstraction to the Sublime"
La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
VAST Tour and Group Exhibition
San Fernando Valley, CA
"Of Dreams and Memories"
La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
"Score VII," Southern California Open Regional Exhibition
Kim Abeles, Juror
Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
VAST Tour and Group Exhibition
San Fernando Valley, CA
"LizArt"
Rockotitlàn, Hollywood, CA