"Symbols" Painting

Eleonora Gotti (born 1984) is a self-taught painter and licensed psychotherapist who lives and works between the United States and Armenia. Her art is closely connected to her work as a therapist, often reflecting the emotions, stories, and inner experiences she encounters in that space.

Painting began as a private form of release - a way to process the emotional weight of working with patients navigating trauma, crisis, and transformation. That impulse evolved into a distinct visual language rooted in Abstract Expressionism and Impressionism, and shaped by Frank Auerbach's uncompromising approach to paint.
Gotti works in oil, building dense, tactile surfaces with brushes, palette knives, and paint applied directly from the tube. She layers multiple colors so each remains visible, creating canvases that feel alive, raw, and deeply psychological.

Her debut collection, Catharsis, merges mosaic-like structures with bold, gestural forms and deliberate elements of chance. The work embodies the psychological tension between containment and release, reflecting both her artistic and clinical exploration of the human inner world.