“Art, through beauty, has the capacity to illuminate the transcendent aspects of human existence, to awaken the mind and uplift the soul of the individual, to reveal universal truths, and to expand the limited perceptions of an otherwise mundane world.“

“My work is rooted in symbolism, history, mythology and tradition. I recognize originality as a return to the binary origins of life: Nature and Geometry. It is this understanding which enables me to create contemporary art through living traditions. Through my work, I explore the intersections of humanity and divinity, culture and tradition, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, religion and spirituality.

“My devotion to handmade craft necessitates a return to a sustainable pace, while the use of traditional materials serves as a means for reconnecting to our common origins, both literally through physical contact with the substance, and symbolically, by emulating Nature‘s creative processes.

“As a contemporary artist participating in a living craft, I strive to communicate with the spirit in my materials, seeking a state of oneness. Technique manifests as a dialog with the elements and an acknowledgement of the delicate web of interdependence that unites humankind with all of life. The single-pointed focus of attention on the creative act becomes an observance; a contemplation of the celestial order of the living universe and an expression of reverence for our home within it.”

Aloria Weaver is an award-winning stained glass artist and internationally recognized oil painter. She has 30 years of experience and a strong professional background in the visual arts and arts education. This includes running a successful private gallery, teaching nationally & internationally, curating art exhibitions for museums and galleries throughout the US, UK and Europe.

Weaver was born in 1979 in Buffalo, New York.  She began oil painting in 1993 as an apprentice to several professional artists at the Buffalo Arts Studio of Western New York under the mentorship of its founder and director, Joanna Angie (an oil painter influenced by Tibetan Buddhism).  Weaver studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, then SUNY at Buffalo and Buffalo State.

Weaver completed her postgraduate studies at the King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts in London, earning a master’s degree in Traditional Arts with distinction.  There, she was initiated into a number of sacred arts and architectural craft lineages, including medieval stained glass, Islamic geometry, gilding, ceramic tile, stone carving and parquetry. In addition, Weaver holds a remarkable number of other traditional lineages, including:

• Atelier training in the sight-size method of classical realism with alumni of the Florence Academy of Art in Italy
• Italian egg tempera icon painting and gilding with Fred Wessel, through an unbroken transmission from master to student dating back to Fra Angelico in 1430
• Russo-Byzantine egg tempera icon painting and gilding with Irina Bradley
• Mischtechnik (mixed-technique), an indirect process of painting with egg tempera and oil glazes, as taught by Ernst Fuchs, one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.

Since the late 1990’s, Weaver has acted as guest curator for galleries from New York to Colorado to Washington, as well as in Vienna, Austria and in London, UK. She has traveled extensively throughout the US and Europe, painting, teaching, exhibiting and giving lectures and presentations.  For three years, she was an instructor at the Vienna Academy of Visionary Art in Austria (the world’s first international school for Visionary Art) and the Academy’s summer program in Italy. She founded the Colorado Alliance of Visionary Artists (CAVA), is co-founder of SOMA Artist Organics, the Executive Director of Luminous Flux Gallery & Studios and has taught private art intensives to hundreds of students nationally and internationally since 2011.

Weaver has exhibited her work in a multitude of prominent locations within the US. Outside of the United States, Weaver’s artwork has been exhibited and sold in Mexico, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, and the UK.