André Bodin Labode: Sculptor and Painter
French sculptor and painter André Bodin Labode, born in 1947, has exhibited extensively across Europe since the early 2010s, drawing inspiration from German Expressionism encountered during the 1970s.
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Valentyna Ohurtsova: Emotion and Embroidery in Venice
Russian-born artist Valentyna Ohurtsova, who settled in Venice in 2003, combines abstract expressionism with traditional cross-stitch embroidery to create works that translate inner emotion into tangible form.
Angelina Silvestre: Italian painter of memory and emotion
Italian painter Angelina Silvestre channels her inner world through landscapes, portraits, and studies of love and feminine identity, working primarily in oil with distinctive techniques inspired by divisionism.
Ivana Bomben: Informal Art and Cosmic Energy
Italian artist Ivana Bomben, based in Pordenone, creates abstract works combining colour, light, and found materials to explore natural vitality and cosmic forces. Her works are held in private collections across Europe.
Dimitra Natskouli: Iconography and the Sacred in Contemporary Art
Artist and psychotherapist Dimitra Natskouli combines Byzantine iconography with dance movement therapy and contemporary visual practice to explore psychological and spiritual dimensions of human experience.
Laura Furlani: Self-Taught Artist’s Return to Drawing
Laura Furlani, born in Trento in 1969, emerged as a documented artist in 2019 after decades of personal struggle, winning prizes at the Extemporebocce&Colori competitions in Venice.
Eugenio Bertin: A Painter’s Journey from Polverara to International Exhibitions
Born in Polverara in 1950, Italian painter Eugenio Bertin developed his artistic practice through formal training and decades of exhibition work across Europe and beyond.
Luciano Disperdi: Naval Engineer Turned Watercolorist
Born in 1940 in Roverbella, near Mantua, Luciano Disperdi spent over four decades as a naval engineer at Fincantieri before retiring in 2010 to pursue watercolor painting full-time.
Barbara Cancelli: Figurative Painter of Light and Emotion
Italian painter Barbara Cancelli has developed a distinctive figurative style blending Flemish chromatic traditions with emotional subject matter. Her work was featured in a major international exhibition in Venice in 2019.