biography
s.e. angelini is a practicing artist with a degree in painting and environmental studies (BA) from Temple University (TU) in Philadelphia, PA.
s.e.’s experience includes working with the family programs department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, teaching with the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership, assisting for the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts’ youth summer programs, designing for Temple University’s Office of Sustainability, and interning for artist Pietro Ruffo.
s.e currently serves as a brand ambassador for Holbein Art Materials.
while not in Philadelphia, s.e. creates art in Washington, D.C. and Rome, Italy.
Artwork displayed in Nocturnal: Night Market (2025), Vox Populi: Cabinet Of (2024); CARAS solo exhibition: Wrong Place, Wrong Time (2023); Charles Addams Gallery: Project Ieerie: Let me know you are alright (2023); The Schuylkill Center: Walking the Edge (2023), and Yosemite Arts: Visions of Self (2023).
achievements
Temple Presidential Scholar and Honors Program Participant, cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
Temple University Geography and Urban Studies Department Award for Outstanding Achievement
Temple University Creative Arts, Research, And Scholarship (CARAS) Recipient
Temple University’s Office of Sustainability Green Grant for Public Art
Jewell & Rutherford Gleason Scholarship for Painting Project
Stephen Greene Scholarship in Painting
Scholastic Gold Keys in painting, drawing, digital, and mixed media
artist statement
I forge connections through investigations of the human condition. Rather than centering on minutiae of my personal narrative, I seek to identify my commonalities with others. Narrow perceptions become universal through projection upon my subject matters.
I find intense humanity in the nonhuman, and figures appear in my work often simply as props in a larger narrative. Private scenes exist as windows into unknown lives, intentionally keeping viewers at arms length. Through this push and pull, the paradox of human connection is exposed.