Teresa Maresca, born in 1956, has been living and working in Milan, Italy, since the 1980’s. Her first shows covered the theme of landscape, and were presented with essays by art critic Roberto Sanesi and philosopher Carlo Sini. In 1995 at the Marino Marini Museum in Pistoia she staged a multifaceted exhibition entitled “Interiors of Stone” which was inspired by Graham Sutherland’s war sketches. Also included were poems by Roberto Carifi and an original musical composition for vocal chorus and orchestra by Paolo Colombo.

Her study of interiors grew to include cathedrals in 1998, as well as factories. This series on “industrial archaeology” was shown at the Museum of Iron in Brescia and at the former Falck steel factory on the outskirts of Milan, now the Museum of Industry and Work. The exhibition was introduced by writer Lalla Romano, art critic Andrea Beolchi and poet Roberto Mussapi. Her most recent work, entitled “America”, is dedicated to the traces of time left on abandoned buildings of the American West and is presented with a critical essay by Franco Meli, professor at the IULM University of Milan.