Artworks by Giusy Lauriola

I paint to explore the space where inner life meets the outer world — that delicate, suspended threshold where emotion becomes image and light becomes meaning. My work moves between abstraction and figuration, transforming memory, fragility and human connection into luminous atmospheres.

Through layered combinations of acrylic, enamel, and resin, I create surfaces where gestures, transparencies and reflections become part of the narrative. Resin, in particular, acts as a silent partner: it captures light, deepens colour and holds the most subtle vibrations of the painting process.

The feminine universe, human relationships, and the emotional landscape of nature are recurring presences in my work. They appear not as literal subjects, but as inner geographies — intimate, fluid, quietly powerful. Each piece seeks to capture a moment of balance, a feeling suspended between appearance and disappearance.

In recent years, my research expanded into luminous sculptures, where light becomes a living material and extends the dialogue between matter, space, and perception.

For me, painting is a conversation: between what is seen and what is felt, between memory and transformation, between the visible world and the invisible one within us.

Awards and Recognition

Finalist of the Singulart International Women’s Day Award 2025.
Recipient of the Arbiter Fata Verde Prize (2021).
Honourable Mentions from the Circle Foundation for the Arts (2020, 2022).
Finalist for the Lupa Award (2020) and the Celeste Prize (2007).
Winner of the Pier Maria Rossi Museum Award (2015).
Included in the De Agostini Atlas of Contemporary Art (2020).

Her work is part of major public and private collections, including:
Copelouzos Family Art Museum (Athens), SanPaolo Invest Art Collection (Rome), Antonio Sapone Municipal Gallery (Gaeta), Monumental Complex of Santo Spirito in Sassia (Rome), The First Roma Arte Hotel and Abitart Hotel (Rome).

She has exhibited in institutions such as MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art Rome, Palazzo Merulana, La Vaccheria – Polo Culturale of Roma Capitale, the Aranciera di San Sisto, Museo Correale di Terranova (Sorrento), the International Photo Festival in Łódź, and the Italian Cultural Institutes of Tokyo and Damascus. She has also participated in major art fairs including Arte in Nuvola, Genoa, Padua and Parma.