Hello, I'm Paola Semilia.
Paola Semilia was born in Palermo in 1982. From a young age she shows a strong attitude towards art techniques (oils, mixed techniques, acrylics, resins) and above all reveals a great passion for engraving. The artist prefers material painting. In her works she tries to create a thickness with the paints and materials used, in such a way as to trigger a different perception of the painting, making the observer want to almost touch it, to fully appreciate its characteristics. Her academic career began with enrolling in the Abadir Academy of Fine Arts in 2001 in the degree course in Restoration, then continuing with the specialization in Painting, obtained with 110/110, publishing a thesis on Dan Flavin in 2007. In her works Paola Semilia uses a variety of materials, all referable to the industrial and construction sites: gypsum powder, steel, metal plates, resin, acrylic colors, and so on. The choice of these materials is not accidental, but has its roots in the history of the artist. Since, from an early age, she followed her father, a well-known builder from Palermo, to the construction site. She began to paint right there, letting herself be inspired by everything that surrounded her at the time and that permeated the lives of her family. These materials are used roughly, they are spread with spatulas, toothbrushes, with hands or feet, with everything that the artist has at his disposal. Brushes are used, but in a very limited way. The image that is created is a direct image, without guidelines or previous preparation for the drafting of colors, as the artist paints her works following more what her feelings tell her to do, what comes from within. The works, in fact, are the fruit of dreams. They represent invented cities, some under water, some in non-existent landscapes. There is a wide range of fake elements, which can be configured in cranes that take the lift, in buildings made up of modules that go up and down, and so on. Each element represented in the artist's works has similarities with the phenomenon of life: ups and downs, dark periods and bright periods, good and bad feelings, our feelings, our inner self. And above all there are many elements that take up the concept of life after death, of rebirth. Please visit my Instagram gallery searching @paolasemilia_artista or click the link below https://www.instagram.com/paolasemilia_artista/ And also my website https://www.paolasemilia.it