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Annalisa Bollini

Annalisa Bollini (Turin, 1984) narrates stories with images and embroidery. She studied art history, illustration, art therapy and art education. She has been a finalist in important international competitions and has participated in numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad. With Isabelle Lafonta she published Histoires de fêtes d’ici et d’ailleurs (2011) and is the author of «Qui a volé le savon» (2015).

She started embroidering the works in the collection «Stati d’Anima» for the book “I remember it as a happy day”, in 2017.

COLLECTION «STATI D’ANIMA» SOME WORKS:

Assenza, 2019:

Embroidery, acrylic and collage on unprimed canvas, 31,5 x 22 cm. Satin stitch, backstitch, long-and-short stitch, vellum paper, cardboard, test prints of soft-ground etchings. Private collection. Courtesy of the artist.

Non è la fine, 2021:

Embroidery, acrylic and collage on unprimed canvas, 32 x 24 cm. Backstitch, satin stitch, rice stitch, French knot, handmade washi paper, painted newspaper, test prints of engravings. Private collection. Courtesy of the artist.

Nostalgia, 2018:

Embroidery, acrylic and collage on unprimed canvas, 31,5 x 22 cm. Satin stitch, backstitch, long-and-short stitch, French knot, vellum paper, handmade washi paper, coloured cardboard, hand-painted paper. Private collection. Courtesy of the artist.

Solitudine, 2020:

Embroidery, acrylic and collage on unprimed canvas, 31,5 x 22 cm. Thread painting, straight stitch, backstitch, French knot, rice stitch, wallpaper, vellum paper, hand-painted cardboard. Private collection. Courtesy of the artist.