Maria Giancola (b. 1989, New Brunswick, New Jersey) received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2018. She received her BFA from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts in 2011. Giancola attended the School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Program in New York City, participating in the Painting and Mixed Media Program in 2017. Her artwork was included in various publications, and her book Outline was added to the Cranbrook Art Library Collection in 2018. She has exhibited her work at group and solo exhibitions across the United States, including a recent group exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum in 2018. Giancola is currently an art history professor in New Jersey