Marita Fontana

Marita Fontana
I am a self-taught mixed media artist with studies in Graphic Design and Communication in Perú. Born with Peruvian and Italian roots, I spent most of my life in Amsterdam — with chapters in Ibiza, Sydney, and now Madrid — always moving, always observing, always absorbing.

I am fascinated by the complexity of human beings, and therefore they are the main theme of my work. People enter my world — through a glance, a memory, a feeling — and leave transformed into line, colour and emotion.

My art is the result of a conversation between my interior world — complex and often chaotic — and reality as I have lived it. That moment where negative emotions transform into joy, peace or meaning. Personal symbolism that explodes into colour and shape.

My inspiration is life itself. How I lived it. How I remember it. How it lives inside me long after it has passed.

Graphic Design
Publicity
Business
Conservatory of Music
Communications Science

Art- box, Zurich - August 2019
Gallery 104 Tribeca, New York - September 2019
1st Dibs , NYC - September 2019
Art Basel, Miami - December 2019
Fellah hotel, Marrakech - December 2019 - February 2020
Gstaad Switserland Huus Hotel - Februari 2020
Gallery Du 808, UK Bristol - 2020