Silvia De Bastiani

Mont blanc Alpine watercolour by Silvia De Bastiani

2023

Silvia De Bastiani was born in Feltre (north Italy) in 1981. Currently, she lives and works in the Dolomites area. In 2004, she received her bachelor degree in Painting from the Academia di Belle Arti in Venice. Following, in 2007 she obtained her Master degree in Visual and performing arts graduated from the same institution. Since her graduation she has been part of the teaching staff of both the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, as well as of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Verona. Throughout her career Silvia decided to merge her profound passion and knowledge of the Alps with her artistic talent, thus making the Alps one of the main subjects of her watercolour artworks. Silvia De Bastiani paints most of the time en plein air (even during winter time, cold weather, hight altitude and extreme situations); her artistic originality lies in her ability to depict the captivating alpine region by using brush strokes that, seen up-close, are abstract. Her artworks have been protagonist of many solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. In 2020 she wins Be Natural Be Wild award, and the Fondazione della Cassa di Risparmio di Biella, sponsored of the concour, has acquired her watercolour Pale di San Martino, cm 115 x 161. The agreement of the award includes that the winner will be protagonist of a solo exhibition scheduled for the next Selvatica festival edition, in 2022, at Gromo Losa palace.