VALENTINA BARDAZZI
Born in Prato, Italy, in 1974, Valentina Bardazzi received her artistic training at various institutions in Florence and Pistoia, Italy, graduating from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1997. Since 2002, she has worked as an independent artist and currently lives and works in Berlin.
In her paintings, reality becomes distorted and recomposes itself into scenes suspended between the absurd and the mystical, where the sacred and the grotesque intersect, creating a visual and emotional short-circuit. Metamorphic bodies inhabit undefined spaces, where attraction and repulsion coexist, giving rise to images that seem to emerge from surreal anatomical treatises. Classical elements, fragmented and reworked into new configurations, lose their original familiarity, taking on the aesthetic of a disfigured Renaissance.
Valentina Bardazzi’s preferred themes and concepts are the body and geometry, seen as representations of nature and the divine. These concepts often take center stage in her work. The body, viewed as a connection between perfection and imperfection, is linked to consciousness and spirituality; it represents the alchemical process of transforming human consciousness. Geometry in her paintings symbolizes unconditional love, otherworldly power, and objectivity that approaches truth. It reflects the immaterial world of enlightenment that structures the image and essence of all natural forms in the universe, particularly the spiral and the golden ratio.
Her painting technique is experimental, employing methods ranging from pencil drawings on paper glued to canvas to acrylic painting on canvas or wood. Her color palette spans from colored pencils to markers, mixed with organic substances like coffee, which impart warmer and more natural tones. She also uses ink from colored ballpoint pens, which is then dissolved with solvents, giving the work a sense of corrosion and wear over time. Her approach is a nomadic journey that moves between elements of classical drawing in contrast with the experimentation of various chromatic techniques.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 “Der Große Mittag”, The Ballery Gallery, Berlin
2022 ” Prima Colazione”, Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin
2017 “Bardazwischen”, Projektraum Ventilator, Berlin
2015 “Parallel Sensation”, The Ballery Gallery, Berlin
2012 “Real Dreams”, MilkandLead Gallery, London
2011 “Natura Obscura”, Aka Gallery, Berlin
2011 “Mio Son Tuo”, Zero art e.V., Stuttgart
Group Exhibitions
2024 “Artlab 25 artists”, Benjamin Eck Gallery, Munich
2018 “Trans 01”, Fantom Art, Mexico City
2017 “Art & Environment” (charity event for Green Peace), Fellini Gallery, Berlin
2017 “50 Contemporary Artist / the Enter Art collection, E A F, Berlin
2017 “Liberating the Female Spirit”, Fellini Gallery, Berlin
2016 “E A F Pop up Exhibition” Messeturm, Basel
2010 “Amsterdam Art Fair”, Morren Gallery, Amsterdam
2009 “25 P “, Niagara, New York
2009 “Tease Art Fair 03”, Koln
