Bio

Maggie Capettini is a visual artist and a poet. Her primary bodies of artwork include representational paintings of the natural world, abstract paintings exploring emotion and memory, nature-inspired ceramics, and a multi-media series exploring her experience living with a chronic illness.

Maggie is the recipient of various awards and grants, including several Individual Artist Support grants from the Illinois Arts Council, as well as a National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grant. She was a 2022 featured artist with Rendezvous Arts and was the 2016 Artist-in-Residence and 2019 Co-Curator for Warrenville Historical Society’s Albright-Inspired AIR Program.

Much of Maggie's representational work is painted outdoors, a first-hand sensory experience that influences both her art and her writing. She also creates in her home studio in Downers Grove and as a Resident Artist at Water Street Studios in Batavia.

Maggie received a BA in Studio Art from Augustana College (Illinois) and an MAT from Dominican University. Her artworks are held in the public collections of several Illinois institutions and in the City of Taufkirchen (Vils), Germany. A giant duck she painted with a Tuscan landscape lives at the Media Center of Lockport Township High School East Campus. Maggie’s poem “Dad’s AM Radio” is included in the forthcoming poetry anthology The Songs of Summer (Water’s Edge Press, Fall 2025).