Geisha

A project in collaboration with Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia and Galleria A+A, Venezia Fine art B/W film and hands print

"BEAUTY KNOWS NO PAIN: A Fascinating Lie" is a photographic artwork that delves into the complex relationship between beauty and suffering.In this series, two girls embody the eternal dichotomy between a perfect outward appearance and the deep emotional wounds hidden within. Space and Girls are intentionally contradictory: girls with angelic features, reflects the facade society often imposes on us. Melancholic gaze and slight scars, represents the inner reality, the invisible pain that many of us hide. Through this contrast, the work critiques the illusion that beauty equates to happiness and the absence of suffering. The title, "BEAUTY KNOWS NO PAIN: A Fascinating Lie," emphasizes this captivating and widespread lie, inviting the viewer to reflect on how often we are conditioned to seek outward perfection at the expense of our true essence and well-being. The piece invites us to recognize and embrace our vulnerability and authenticity as genuine forms of beauty.

My new works speak of a radical change that has not only occurred in my private life but has been reflected above all in my way of conceiving the primary need that I had when I started again with my creative research: to externalize my personal experience with all the series of emotions and deprivations that my disease Endometriosis has led me to live. Starting from the sentence “Although you are literally in a thousand pieces, you can be a masterpiece in another form”, starting from my pieces, I needed to cut, break, fold, glue, color, I needed gestures, signs, strength. So, this new type of research speaks of my “thousands pieces”, of how they must be collected, glued together, held together tightly by courage and resilience. This work also speaks of my first person singular and of the landscapes of my heart.

Digital photo

It's a never ending loving story of my family. It is how I add new pieces of memories. One thing my grandmother always said to her five sons: you are the most beautiful flowers in my garden. Three sisters appear in the First photo. The woman on the right is my grandmother. My dad's mom. It was a sunny winter day and these wonderful women were strolling through the streets of Padua (Italy), impeccably dressed. From the need for remembrance; from this phrase; from the intimacy of my family’s hearth, this project was born.

Mutazioni Contemporanee Progetto ACCADE Galleria A+A, Venezia digital photo

Premio ARTE 2006, Milano (ITA) In collaboration with Accademia di Belle Arti, Venezia and ARTE Mondadori Cross Over Diapo film to Negative film

What is your relationship with yourself and with mirrors? What do you see reflected? How do you recognize your image? Living with a chronic illness (Endometriosis and Adenomiosis) sometimes feels like living a surreal life. That's what I see in the mirror: pieces of someone that I sometimes don't recognize, and at times, I couldn't even recognize myself among my family, who didn’t understand my suffering. I have intimately experienced my existence from the outside, imagining myself as part of a community more similar to me.

Is a deeply personal and evocative project that delves into the delicate balance between strength and vulnerability. Is work explores resilience through fragility. Each piece reflects my journey of living with endometriosis, a chronic condition that has profoundly shaped my identity and perspective. Through photography and mixed media, I explore the themes of pain, resilience, and renewal, capturing the intricate layers of what it means to live within a fragile yet unyielding body. This work serves as both a reflection and a conversation: a space where vulnerability transforms into empowerment, and fragility becomes a testament to inner strength.