The Artist
Sonia Valsecchi
was born in Italy in 1974. In 1997 she graduated from Academy
of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, Italy, with a Degree in Decoration.
During and
after her studies she has exhibited in many cultural centres
and art galleries in her home country.
At first
she worked as a Drawing and History of Art teacher and as Interior
Decorator. Then she returned to full time education training
in “Conservation and Restoration of sculptured and inlaid
wood” at Academy of Restoration in Milan. She worked for
several years as a restorer of antique furniture always keeping
on painting.
In 2008
she left her home country and she moved to Paris, France, where
she made several exhibitions (Salon of Independent Artists,
Thuillier Art Gallery, Open Studios). During the same period,
she exhibited also in other parts of the country, particularly
in the north (she was selected for the International Competition,
"Great Prize for the Artists of Tomorrow" in Le Touquet,
Paris Plage) and in the south (Maison du Portal in Levens).
She has
recently moved to live and work in Manchester.
Of her work
Sonia says:
“My
passion for art is a source of vitality that allows me to
dig deeply inside in the most hidden paths of the souls of
humans and of nature. For me everything is like a “dance”,
an hymn to the passions , the true power of life.
I
love to tell about human being, above all female figures,
through my painting.
Since
several years I have worked using acrylics mixed with some
materials, such as the plaster, paper and sawdust, which give
to the pictorial surface an irregular consistency. Using the
tecniques at full colour and for transparency, I try to recreate
the cardiac beat that I feel inside me each time that I'm
close to Beauty, to Nature's breath, to every little thing
surrounding me”.
An extensive
gallery of her artwork can be seen on her website at:
www.soniavalsecchi.eu
Sonia can
be contacted by email at:
sonia.valsecchi@gmail.com.
