Daniela El Khabbaz

The creative process starts at an early age when the artist's first visions, her artistic future and the use of a psychical language are being linked to perception of reality. The first artistic manifestation comes in the form of the interaction with her naked dolls, organised in order of their height and put into a dresser with three large drawers. She watched the amazed viewers coming to the room and opening the drawers, one after another. Naked dolls organized in order of height were a source of awe for an unsuspecting viewer.
The choice of expressive performance was being 'interrupted' almost immediately by interaction of writings about the conflicts of adolescence. The diaries would have been destroyed in adults' age. The primary path where the artist resumes its creative verve through the use of colour and matter would have been the high school. The academy Albertina in Turin would have been the place of meeting with teachers and colleagues. As an independent artist she did not want to follow any predetermined channel which led to opening her own gallery / studio in Via Rossini in Turin. Not mingling or even aiming to demonstrate the necessity of her soul and inspiration this was rather a business venture. Living far away f...

• Completed Artistic maturita examination, Artistic Lyceum in Cottini 1996
• Attended the courses of painting (1997), sculpture (1998) and conservation/restoration (1999), Academy Albertina in Turin
• Since 2012, after closing her gallery in Turin, has been in seclusion from the art community, practicing and mastering her art within her own home studio and publishing online

2012 Installation Spaceship, Municipality of Chieri (Turin)
2002 – 2012 Soho Gallery, Turin (paintings, sculptures)
2001 Installation Memory, Nervi Palace, Turin
2000 Nervi Palace: Artists in Turin, Turin (paintings, sculptures)
2000 Broleto Palace, Novara: Giovanni Quaglino’s Memorial of contemporary art (paintings, sculptures)
1999 Over Studio Pit Stop, Turin (paintings)
1998 Participated of competition Io Espongo – Azimut, Turin (sculpture)
1997 Biennial of Young Artists, sector OFF: design, Turin
1996 – 1997 Lomellini Palace, Carmagnola (Turin) (sculptures)
1995 Arches Murazzi, Turin (sculptures)