Kay Belardinelli is an interdisciplinary artist exploring ritual, healing, and the senses.
She employs a wide range of media, including writing, drawing, photography, and video. She is also the front-person of the experimental doom metal band Mar, and performs solo under the moniker Mariassunta.Conceptually her work involves unearthing difficult memories from lived experience, and examining their effects on the body. She has also made work about environmental destruction, folk Catholicism, and wildness. Her aesthetic uses texture and layering to communicate complexities and ambiguities, often interspersed with raw elements and a somber mood.
Kay Belardinelli has exhibited and performed her work throughout the United States, including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. She completed rural residencies at Hill House (Michigan) in 2017 and Mary Sky (Vermont) in 2019. She currently lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island, with her dog Sadah and various plants.
