Vanessa Milan

Vanessa Milan (Treviso, 1986), is a Venice based artist.
After taking her Diploma at Treviso Art School she graduated at the Academy of Arts of Venice in 2009 with a Master Degree in Engraving.
At present time she is working in chalcographic engraving at Laboratorio Libero 43 Sen(z)armi in Forte Marghera (Venice).
She started playing with graphics without being aware of her choice, attracted more than everything else from what goes around the chalcography: manual practice and craftmanship, ink, strong odors of solvents, the patience and devotion that a single piece of work or technique requires.
Her works start out from an array or matrix of zinc and iron. By imprinting the first shape with the etching, she starts forming the first shape of her works, before applying and experimenting with other techniques: salt acquatint, etching process exposed, dry point.
This dry point bursts out violently, erupting lines that become points themselves, condensing patterns and signs, before the thread presents itself, joining the newborn creation.
As this bonding begins to unveil, unifying the infinitesimal, it helps the viewer in focusing without giving away any clue; the thread tangles up with ink, magnifying signs, delineat...

Grafic art, Venice, IT, Venice,