Vanda Daminato

Born 24 May 1951, Mezzolombardo-Trento, Italy, lives and works in Milan. The artistic journey of Vanda Daminato is characterised by a creative path which is based on the elegance of coloured drafts and which is supported by a language of dreams that draws from the worlds of fairytales and literature. Her artwork tells stories that are infused with positive feelings, love stories wrapped up in an aura of purity, leaps on to the wings of freedom and childhood memories that are free of shadows and which are able to reflect and recover the spontaneity and imagination of a child and remodel these qualities with the awareness and rationality of an adult, but without affecting the magic. Daminato works by combining pastel shades and more intense colours, creating colourful contrasts that enhance the emotions of vision. The imaginary and fairytale world in which Daminato’s artwork lives is easy to see thanks to the use of thick contours, a detailed preparatory drawing and the presences of soft and fluid lines.
The shading is always delicate and elegantly adjusted in order to provide enough room for the expressive strength of the colours, which, thanks to their brightness , immediately guides the viewers’ eyes around the painting. It is a...

Principal exhibitions: Palazzo Grassi, Venezia 1979; Galerie Internationale, New York 1981; Museo Leonardo da Vinci, Milano 1987; Villa Olmo, Como 1987; Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona 1987; Museo d'Arte Moderna, Malta 1988; Castello San Giusto, Trieste 1989; Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano, Milano 1994; Fortezza da Basso, Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Firenze 2001; Sharjah Art Museum, Artcard 2005. Grand Palais, Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Paris 2012; Present Art Festival 2013, National Library of Shanghai Pudong, with the patronage of the Ministry of Culture of China, Shanghai 2013; Amsterdam Whitney, International Fine Art Inc, Chelsea New York 2013; Museum Casa Battlò,International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Barcelona 2013; Wison Art Museum, Shanghai 2013; MOYA Museum of Young Art, Palace Schonborn, International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Wien 2013; Milan Art & Events Center, Milan 2013; Meeting in Shanghai, International Art Exhibition, Natinal Library of Shanghai Pudong, with the patronage of the Ministry of Culture of China, Shanghai 2014; Spectrum Miami Art Fair 2014, Contemporary Art Network, New York; Milan Art & Events Center, Milan 2015; Art UpCLOSE Gallery , New York 2015. Creator of the Im...