BIOGRAPHY
Artistic research
Simona Galeotti, visual artist has been investigating EXISTENCE in her art projects since 1996.
She studies human beings in their daily journeys, their connection with possible parallel dimensions and the invisible energy that drives our lives according to the eternal universal laws.
She believes that desires and passions shape history - traces of space/time - and that all this energy acts as vital sap for the universe. Inspired by André Breton's thoughts in his book The Magical Art, quantum physics, and Einstein’s concept of light, her aesthetic research, in constant experimentation, focuses on human actions, consciousness, and the limits of anthropocentric thought
In her recent works, Mystics Project, Stories of Ghosts and Ghosts, Avatar Project, In Lumine and CogitoErgoSum project, the moment crystallizes in the transition from matter to antimatter, capturing memories through various artistic mediums from minerals to digital, making her projects eclectic over the years. The common denominator is memory, the Genius Loci of the Heart.
Life
Since a young age, she had the opportunity to be in the presence of prominent spiritual figures such as Gustavo Adolfo Rol and a Master from G.I. Gurdjieff’s group in Turin, Italy.
This path of exploration continued at Sai Baba's Ashram in Puttaparthi, India. Her artistic journey has been enriched by visiting fascinating architectures such as Stonehenge , the Taj Mahal, and Abu Simbel. The portrait of Saint Sara, painted following its discovery in the church of Saintes Maries de la Mer in Camargue, France, will become a performance that engages the public as well as in most of her figurative works.
Graduating with honors from the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin in Decoration, her first instructors, Nicola Maria Martino and Nino Aimone, introduced her to a broader, non-exclusive representational painting style. With Masters Ottavio Mazzonis and Raffaele Ponte Corvo, she deepened her knowledge of portraiture.
Additionally, the instructors at the Albertina Academy, Luigi Nervo and Francesco Preverino, along with her friendship with Ezio Gribaudo, were fundamental to her development, as were Giorgio Avigdor and photojournalist Giò Palazzo for her photographic training.
The two-year course of the Piedmont Region, Color and Urban Furnishings (1991/92), strengthened her painting skills by learning to make trompe l'oeil and wall decorations with the Prof. Giuseppe Ruggeri.