B I O 

As a child I used to draw to escape tension, to block out the world, but also to listen, to hear, whether at home, school, or church. Eventually making art became the healthiest and most fulfilling way for me to process life.

Lucy Rovetto, was born and raised in Jersey City where she spent her time playing two-hand touch football or manhunt in the street or inside conducting fake Italian radio show interviews on her mother's black Panasonic tape recorder. Otherwise, you would find her  drawing. Rovetto graduated from Jersey City State College in 1991, with a BFA,  specialization in Printmaking.

"Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she has wings."  Victor Hugo

Having her mom's wandering spirit Rovetto began traveling as soon as she could, spending summers in Provincetown, Ma., then abroad in Italy and Malta. She has lived in *British Columbia Canada, Marysville, Washington and Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. In South Africa she started Lucys Lemons, a food business selling gluten free, vegan goods to a local cafe, homemade bottled sauces, steak sandwiches, chicken shawarma and limonada out of a make-shift food cart on the street.  

Life is theater anyway sometimes impromptu, sometimes rehearsed.
Rovetto expresses her vision through a variety of medium – drawing, smearing paint, photography, found objects, collage and is happiest when her creations seem like a "sketch" or a fleeting moment.  She tears out pages from books and magazines and pieces them together for visual texture, sometimes for the actual text. Legible text printed or hand-written becomes a language of its own, appreciated in the same way as the figure. Her work is figurative, there are recognizable forms, but nothing is meant to be taken literally. Introspective, expressive and provocative, her personal stories and memories invite you to remember your own stories. She often starts off with a self-portrait because "if you really look at yourself you begin to see the world".

As Visual Arts Coordinator at Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC), she curated  “Origins” in 2015, “Identity”, “Vanity”  "And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank Art Exhibit" in 2016, “Borderless” and "Fear" in 2017,  "Truth", "Resistance" and "Connection" in 2018 and "Privilege" in 2019.  The exhibitions she has curated and/or supervised are exceptionally well organized, bringing together an eclectic array of artists and artwork to visually explore the themes of each series, which include theater, film, spoken-word and performance, presented by JCTC. 

*Rovetto’s professional arts experience is global in scope, including:   Artist Assistant for Anton Smit, a South African sculptor, Gallery Assistant for Point Elliott Art Center in Mukilteo, Washington State, and Art Handler/Installer and newsletter photographer for the Jersey City Museum.  She created and conducted AWE (Art as Worship Experience), a series of art workshops for The Go School in British Columbia, Canada and Stellenbosch University in South Africa. ​



ART STUDIO and VISUAL ART COORDINATOR​ 

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In the media

Resistance

NJ.COM: Truth

Truth Exhibit
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Cuny TV: Arts in the City 

Chicpea: "Happiness" at Merseles Studios

NJ Stage: Identity  - JCTC Explores Self & Society

NJ.COM: Jersey City Theater's New Series Explores Society's Effect on Identity

Before Me and After My Time: Angelo Bellobono and Jack Crying Raven Anderson

The Dirt on Jersey City blog: The Dirt on the JCs Art Scene

The Dirt on Jersey City blog: Local Woman of the World: Lucy Rovetto

The Dirt on Jersey City blog: Giving Hope to Local Artist

NJ.COM about "Identity Series" Exhibit

NJ.COM about "Identity" Exhibit Closing

NJ Stage: Explore "Origins" Exhibit

NJ Arts Maven: Vanity Exhibit

NJ.COM about Vanity Exhibit