BIO

Pia Reynaldo, Asian American of Filipino and Chinese background, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Reynaldo is an abstract painter. Her abstract paintings are powerful, meditative, and emotional. They represent feelings of the present and of the past. Her distinctive style is representative in her strong brush strokes that project movement and raw passion.

 

Colors and shapes, are built through many layers of paint and the application of markings, expressing visual determination and balance. “My paintings are very emotional, bringing moments in time and experience to the surface. I want people to have their own sensations when they look at my artwork.”

 

Reynaldo was recognized and awarded the “Outstanding Emerging Artist” for her selected work, ‘Silencing Explodes for “HerStory” in 2020-2021, and her painting ‘Etc Etc’, in “HerStory” 2023, online exhibition of Art by Women, presented by the Manhattan Arts International. She has displayed her works at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois WMG Small Works Member Show in 2023 and 2024. She participated in a group exhibition Woman 2 Woman Art Show in 2023 presented by Bojitt Studio and Xced Design Building in Chicago, Illinois. Her work has also been recently displayed online with Light Space Time Online Gallery 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, and Fusion Art Online Art Competition 2024, 2025. Reynaldo exhibited her works at The Other Art Fair 2019 Chicago, Illinois at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois and the Vail Public Library 2017, 2018, 2019, Vail, Colorado.

 

Reynaldo earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Graphic Design from Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1988. Reynaldo resides in Wisconsin with her husband John.