Shape of my Heart

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.

Mixed media

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Premio ARTE 2005, Milano (ITA) In collaboration with Accademia di Belle Arti, Venezia and ARTE Mondadori BW film

The bodies present themselves together in front of the lens. In the shot, the lights amalgamate the forms and the bodies appear as one, creating an apparent formal and aesthetic unity. The research tends towards the representation of the self linked to the other, to the couple, to love, to sexuality. The reasoning behind this research is experimentation in the hope of being able to return the image of a single person, trying to merge, to hide one figure in the other.

Love is Clockworks

Mixed media on paper

The Most Beautiful Flower

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.

Mixed Media on vintage photograph

This work is featured in the Issue 14 and in the exhibition "Our Stories" of PhotoTrouveè Magazine

Something got broken like stolen

My research project focuses on the chronic illness Endometriosis and the consequences to the people affected by it. Endometriosis is a common condition where cells similar to the lining of the uterus are found in other parts of the body outside of the uterus. It causes life-changing symptoms including chronic pain and fertility difficulties. Awareness of endometriosis is low, even among healthcare providers.This condition affects 1 in 10 women, so why do we know so little about it? Prof. Pietro Giulio Signorile, President of Italian Endometriosis Association, calls it a “social condition,” but despite how widespread the condition is, many people find themselves waiting years for a diagnosis and struggling to find support, often being told that their severe period pain is normal. Drawing from my personal journey, Endometriosis can leave individuals feeling "in pieces” due to numerous surgeries, emotional struggles, losses, gaslighting, dealing with gender gap. Through art, I want to share a story that promotes strength, resilience and a sense of community. This creative journey begins with portraits I took of women, gradually moving to abstract forms representing their inner world. The creative research features photographs and mixed media collages based on photos, creating a reflective path that explores chronic pain, isolation, and resilience: making the invisible, visible.

Diptychs: photo and mixed media collages based on photographs

How different is the perception of life between feeling (inside) and the reality that surrounds us (outside)? I would liken our mind to a room, our secret room that allows us to impersonate what we really feel we are, what we believe we belong to.

How different is the perception of life between feeling (inside) and the reality that surrounds us (outside)? I would liken our mind to a room, our secret room that allows us to impersonate what we really feel we are, what we believe we belong to.

Body Modification II

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

Shapes of my sorrow

Creating the artworks was both an emotional and healing journey. During the process, I felt a deep connection to my emotions, and translating them into visual form was both challenging and cathartic. There were moments of intense vulnerability, but also a sense of empowerment as I expressed what I often struggle to put into words. The series began as a way to process and cope with my experiences, especially those related to my struggles with endometriosis. It started from a need to externalize the pain, confusion, and resilience I’ve felt. Over time, it evolved into something more a way to connect with others who might be going through similar experiences, offering a visual representation of emotions that are often difficult to articulate. Overall, it was a transformative experience, helping me to make sense of my journey and find peace in the act of creation

Mixed media: paper, watercolour, acrylics

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

In today's society, the difficulty of relating is manifested even in the most intimate ties. Affective relationships have become uncertain and frivolous. The satisfaction of personal pleasure takes first place on the scale of values, transforming the body into a receptor capable of feeling emotions on command. Moreover, an excess of media information crowds our present, giving rise to a paradox: hyper-communication results in a lack of messages, symbols and deep vibrations of their experience. Here I focus on intimacy, working on the body and portraits. Memories of sincere and innocent bonds materialise on the prints and become the means to rediscover the most authentic emotions.

Body Modification I

Mutazioni Contemporanee Progetto ACCADE Galleria A+A, Venezia and Galleria Lucchetta Venezia Digital Photo

The research addresses skin and body. Body Modification, as an art that resorts to the body in situations of suffering, has an extreme means of fighting against the difficulties of living. The skin is attacked in an attempt to reach the most inaccessible depths of the self. Today, it is important to acquire the ability to continuously redefine ourself. The goal becomes one of self-representation in society, where the depiction of one's own image tends to prevail over everything. Visually, through the medium of photography, the body is conceived as a series of fragments that can be recomposed at will and hybridised: the sign, the trace, the cut, are intended to mutate the image. Taking the various parts of the body, already modified and marked by the tattoo and the cut, is recompose, with several elements of different individuals, creating an apparent formal and aesthetic unity that in reality is not one but many parts. The scarred and wounded body is a place of spatial experimentation, it is shattered and recomposed, it presents itself in the form of directions, elements that overlap, intersect, trace relationships with the surface, reveal themselves as other than what they actually are. The attempt communicates the sense of the human condition in the face of a destabilising reality.

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