In frantumi

Sofia Fresia (Genoa, 1992) is a painter and a rescue swimming athlete. She studied at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, where she lives and works. Growing up in the mountains of the Savona hinterland, she began to have a strong interest in the visual arts following a visit to the exhibition "Gli impressionisti e la neve" (2005), but not having had the opportunity to attend art high school, she continued as a self-taught artist until painting proved crucial in facing a long hospitalization. Painting rekindled in her a spark of interest in life, enabling her to overcome a difficult period. After graduating in Nursing (2014), she decided to enroll at the Albertina Academy of Turin, where she earned a Level I and II diploma in Painting. In 2019 she did an Erasmus+ mobility period in France, and since 2017 she has participated as a finalist in several national and international prizes, also taking part in various artistic residencies in Italy and abroad. In 2022 she got in touch with some galleries and was among the finalists of the XVI Arte Laguna Prize and the XIII Combat Prize.

POETICS
Her painting draws mainly from the iconographic universe of swimming and consists of surrealist works that deal with the contemporary world and the new difficulties involved in being part of it, with a special regard for the environment and the situation of the new generations trying to make their way in an ever-changing world. Through the use of bright colors, the works seek to suggest an interpretation of today that is less gray and more purposeful, an invitation to see a glimmer of light even in these uncertain times. The elements in her canvases often have an autobiographical appeal, linked to her experience as a competitive swimmer and traveling hiker