Journal of Writing & Environment

Four acrylic paintings

Visual Art by Lorella Paleni

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Italian artist Lorella Paleni earned a BFA in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice in 2010. After moving to New York City in 2011, Lorella studied in various summer study programs, including School of Visual Arts and Columbia University. Following her session at SVA, she was an artist-in-residence at the Wassaic project. Lorella's work has won numerous awards and nominations, including the Cut & Paste Pick prize presented by Artists Wanted, New York.

Painting is for me a necessary act. It’s the space of obsession and it’s an indispensable process for the comprehension and transfiguration of the world. I try to rebuild, in a figural way, the violence of Life, which strikes us every day and lies in the essence of ourselves. The energy of Life gushes in all its violence through events, incessantly changing, showing brazenly the susceptible state of our being. The idea of an existence without the constraint of linear time, that is composed of every single instant of the past and present simultaneously is something that I constantly attempt to explore. Natural and artificial elements get confused and melted together in this without-time space. Humans and animals undertake a silent dialogue and move in a mental space where they can blend together, confounding their limits, rejecting and attracting each other.

Journal of Writing & Environment

Lorella Paleni, "Rift"

Lorella Paleni, "River"

Lorella Paleni, "Weightless"

Lorella Paleni, "Up Here, Losing It"