According to me, art is a magical silence, transcending space and time, where inner images find expression. Since childhood, I hid under the living room table, drawing, cutting, pasting - a practice I continue in my studio today.

In recent years, my art reflects contemplation of reality, free from biases, beyond good and evil, male and female, exploring the limbo between consciousness and unconsciousness. I seek to reveal positive aspects that surround me.

This journey led to a painting technique with layered colors, materials, and resins, guided by the brush stroke. Each layer becomes a meditative mantra, fostering empathy with the longed-for, dreamed real.

Three main themes emerged: "Dialogue with Nature" blending abstraction and figurative symbolism using everyday objects hinting at human presence; " Suspended Atmospheres" where light takes center stage, freeing figures from temporal constraints, existing in a timeless, metaphysical dimension, akin to an artist's dream; and "Suspended Feelings" portraying close faces of a man and a woman, evoking intimate connections, opposing today's individualistic drift.

Inspiration comes from Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, and Mario Schifano, with Schiele's drawing style being an iconic influence.

Since 2004 she has had successful exhibitions in Italy and abroad, the most recent of which are in 2023 – Close your eyes, Aranciera di San Sisto, Rome and Artètika Gallery, Palermo (solo exhibition); in 2022 - We take the swampy path to the clouds, Galleria Umberto Mastroianni in San Salvatore in Lauro Museum, Rome (solo exhibition); participation in the International SyArt Sorrento Festival, Villa Fiorentino, Sorrento Foundation; illustrations for the publishing project Guido Levi, a story full of fears, anxieties and almost yellow events 1942-1946; in 2019 Domino/ Domination for fun and for real, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

As part of the SyArt Sorrento International Festival, she was awarded the Arbiter Fata Verde 2021 Prize for her interesting and valuable artistic research and was given the front cover with an interview in the April 2022 issue of Arbiter magazine. She also received the Honourable Mention from the Circle Foundation for the Arts 2020 and 2022; she was a finalist in the Lupa Award 2020 and the Celeste Award 2007 and in 2015 she was Pier Maria Rossi Museum competition winner. Her works can be found in the Copelouzos Family Art Museum in Athens, the SanPaolo Invest ArtCollection in Rome, in the Antonio Sapone Municipal Art Gallery in Gaeta and in other international private collections. She is featured in the 2020 edition of the De Agostini Atlas of Contemporary Art, the most comprehensive survey of Italian artists from 1950 to the present. In 2006 she was invited to exhibit as honour guest at the International Photo Festival in Lodz (Poland), in 2010 at the Italian Cultural Institute in Damascus (Syria) with the solo exhibition Urban Visions in Progress and at the International Symposium in Idlib (Syria) organized by the Syrian Ministry of Culture.

Giusy Lauriola

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DAGMAR by Giusy Lauriola

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LISBET by Giusy Lauriola

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SELMA by Giusy Lauriola

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TEODORA by Giusy Lauriola

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UNO SGUARDO SU DI NOI by Giusy Lauriola

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ANDRA by Giusy Lauriola

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CALLIOPE by Giusy Lauriola

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CAMELIA by Giusy Lauriola

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CONDIVISIONE by Giusy Lauriola

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INDIVAR by Giusy Lauriola

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JAGODA by Giusy Lauriola

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NEREA by Giusy Lauriola

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