Giulia Pappalardo

Contemporary artist based in Catania. My work currently explores stylized and simbolic faces thrugh neon colors and graphic lines that express DISGUST. I exhibited at the Palazzo della cultura in Catania in 2024 with a serie of Self-Portraits and a more graphic/street/pop section

Giulia Pappalardo began her career as a graphic designer, cultivating her love for textures, modules and patterns. However, over the years she has approached various forms of art and craftsmanship.
She received her training at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome and after obtaining her degree she began working as a graphic designer for different communication agencies: The Looking Glass Factory in Rome, and then, BGS Darcy in Turin which later became Leo Burnett. She started working as a freelancer when she moved back to Catania.
In the meantime, in Catania she put all her effort into renovating and establishing a B&B, named “Bad”, whose project perfectly matches her graphic style and her generous creativity. Various photos of her B&B have been published in different furniture magazines such as: Brava Casa, Spazio Viaggi, Elle Décor, D Casa Viaggi – La Repubblica, Vivere In – La Sicilia, and The Guardian.
She then founded the “Cose UAU”, a bran...

High school diploma in Classical Studies (in Sicily),
3 years Course in Graphic Design (IED in Rome)

Many è years as Graphic Designer at various Graphic design and advertising agencies in Rome and Tourin (lastly Leo Burnett)

Creator of my brand UAU and artisan For myself in a lether laboratory (I Made bags With screen printed leather)

Other mano things in the middle…..

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02-23 February 2024
Palazzo della Cultura di Catania