Olivia De Bona
Olivia de Bona, through her wood and straw marquetry enhanced with paint, composes the portrait of a woman sublimated by a chosen solitude, finding herself in a powerful inner light.
Olivia de Bona has never stopped developing a poetic lexicon made of images that marry her personal imagination with collective imagery. If Olivia de Bona's technical mastery sublimates her figurative universe, it is in thematic recurrence and serial presentation that she deploys the narrative aspect of her work, thus touching on the tale, the intimate but also the universal. Faithful to the subjects that are dear to her - nature, women, dreams, Olivia is an artist who does not hesitate to risk herself from one extreme to the other and who manipulates all textures with an almost animal passion.
Thus, his works are both miniatures and monumental frescoes; they are composed of straw, paint or wood and are available on various supports. The perpetual search for new materials is an integral part of his approach.