Margaret Lanzetta works at the intersection of painting, collage, silkscreen, and textile, combining internationally sourced fabrics and handmade papers with paint to produce color-saturated, tactile works that bring centuries-old patterning traditions into dialogue with contemporary political and environmental narratives. Her practice is shaped by extended periods living and working in India, North Africa, Asia, and Europe — experiences that inform her engagement with Buddhist and Islamic geometric traditions and the culturally resonant materials that recur throughout her work. Lanzetta has exhibited widely, including at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Museum, Bangkok; the Queens Museum International; and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Yale University Art Gallery; the Harvard Museums; and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, among others. A permanent commission for the New York City Subway is among her public works. The recipient of three Fulbright Fellowships — to India, Syria, Singapore, Thailand, and Germany — Lanzetta has also been awarded residencies at MacDowell (three times), the Ucross Foundation, Dieu Donné Papermill, and internationally at INSTINC Singapore, Youkobo Tokyo, and the British Academy in Rome. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times and The Brooklyn Rail, among other publications. Lanzetta attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York. She has also studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, the Tyler School of Art in Rome, and the Studio Art Center International in Florence. She divides her studio time between New York City and various international locations.