I am an artist from Lampedusa (Italy). I create artworks for sensitive souls that still believes in the beauty of authencity: I give positive emotions, colours, love and balance
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Rossella Sferlazzo is a visual artist born in Anzio (Rome), but whose heart and art beat to the unique rhythm of the small Sicilian island of Lampedusa, where she lives and works. Since childhood, she has cultivated a deep attraction to color, photography, and artistic expression.
Educational Journey
Her professional path has taken her through some of Europe’s cultural capitals:
- In Rome, she studied Foreign Languages and Literatures at La Sapienza University.
- In Milan, she earned a Master’s degree in Web Design from Domus Academy.
- In London, she refined her skills by attending courses in creative drawing and design.
Art as Therapy and Resilience
In 2016, following an experience with illness, Rossella transformed art into her therapy, giving life to the painting series “Women of Light”. This collection embodies her central philosophy: the awareness and will to overcome life’s adversities through life’s beauty.
Her paintings celebrate female figures who, through deep alchemical work on the soul, embody resilience, transforming:
Pain into joy, illness into healing, and death into life.
Rossella Sferlazzo identifies with the Wabi-Sabi aesthetic, a Japanese concept that extols imperfect, transient, and unfinished beauty, embracing the flow of life.
Commitment and Recognitions
Deeply connected to her adopted island, Rossella has used art as a tool for dialogue and social commitment, conceiving projects such as Colors Revolution in Lampedusa and the exhibition “Lampedusa Porta della Vita” (Lampedusa Gate of Life).
Recently, her career has seen further expansion and important milestones:
- 2023: She inaugurated her small atelier in Lampedusa, establishing a permanent exhibition. In the same year, she participated in the collective exhibition “Visioni d’Autore” (Visions of the Author) held in Lampedusa, and in an art residency and collective exhibition at the Arteria Art Gallery in Barcelona.
- 2024: One of her paintings was temporarily exhibited at the Museum of Lampedusa, a significant recognition of her connection to the island.
- 2025: She held a solo exhibition at Casa Artom in Venice, curated by Alessandra Von Burgh and Lauren Formica.
Her works have been displayed in prestigious international galleries in London (Menier Gallery, The Factory), Lisbon, Barcelona, and in various Italian cities.
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