OCULI FLORES IN DIRTY PAIN Painting

Valeria Ferrari was born on the 8th of December 1988 in Bari, Italy, where she still lives and works. She began her studies of art and music very young and attended the Conservatory N. Piccinni to study cello. At the same time, she attended courses in ceramics and drawing. Following high-school she enrolled in the faculty of psychology and then attended some post-graduate courses in "hypnosis", "symbolic modelling" and "interpretation of the drawings of children". Her interest continued to turn to art in all its forms.Together with the artist Anna Guerriero, she created the first collection of “Gioiellid'Arte”, small watercolour paintings made of silver and glass mosaic from the ancient furnaces of Murano. With these works she created her first exhibition in 2010 –“Arcus CaelestisVenetiae”- in the gallery “DivisioneArte” in Bari. During the exhibition she performed a reading that provided a synthesis between colours, sounds and video images. The performance aimed to induce the viewer to follow a unique and personal artistic path through installations, which became an integral part of the work itself. Her work continued with a new exhibition in 2013 in Venice in the “Basilica del Frari”, in the important "Sala del Capitolo" where, together with "Gioiellid'Arte", she exhibited the sequel to her previous works: a series of large panels made of glass mosaic. In 2015 she opened a solo exhibition entitled "Violence" at the club "MAD" in Bari that sees her in the main role with the electric cello in a live musical performance. In 2016 she participated in the event opening of the event "SAVE THE BEAUTY", completing a live ‘Action Painting’ . The event at the Palazzo Roberti in Mola di Bari was dedicated to the fight against violence towards women. Her event also followed a multisensory path where the public witnessed the realization of the work at the time of creation, acting in synergy with the musicians, poets and writers present. In the summer of 2016 she collaborated with the project "TRITONO" in a series of events that included the presentation of original and unpublished musical projects.The work shows, in the pictorial work of Valeria Ferrari, the highest expression of the concept of experimentation, creating aintermingling of meanings between music, art and environment. In November 2016 she exhibited her works in a solo exhibition for the inauguration of the Dexter Club, a place of cultural interest in Bari.