Laura Muolo - Focus (della fortuna)

Focus of fortune,
oil on plywood board 30x20 cm.
Focus refers to a particular attention that can be towards a fixed thought, a desire above all others, an objective. I wanted to represent it with an element foreign to the black and white portrait, I wanted it in a bright color that stands out from everything else. In this case a ladybug, symbol of luck, and therefore in this case, the focus is luck

Laura Muolo, born in 1975 in Milan and adopted by Rimini. She has been approaching art as a self-taught artist since 2013. Her starting medium is graphite with which she immediately seeks the realism of faces, while later she approaches other mediums such as pastel and painting.
He participates in many group exhibitions in Italy and internationally. His works are part of several private collections around the world.
Collaborates with the writer Nadezhda Giorgieva Slavova for the creation of the cover of her book of poems entitled "Notturno" released at the end of July 2015.
Chosen together with 9 other contemporary artists, by the Marchionni Prize management to create a work specifically for the exhibition “Piacere Non sono Io” at the Ruzittu Civic Museum in Arzachena – Olbia, to exhibit together with great masters such as De Chirico, Magritte, Severini and Sironi from 21 April to 23 July 2023.
In 2023 his work "Temporal suggestions" was chosen for the cover of the book: Vanessa Albus/ Volker Haase (Ed.): Autobiographisches Philosophieren in Schule und Hochschule. LIT 2023

PRIZES:
2018 - First Prize Painting - International Art and Holidays Competition - Art and Holidays Gallery of Punta Marina di Ravenna
2021 - finalist at the Marchionni Prize Painting section
2021 - Finalist Pordelio Prize of Artistica Espressioni - painting section
2021 - Winner of the second prize Prisma Art Prize - eighth edition
2021 – finalist Michelangelo Buonarroti Award, 6th edition – painting section
2022 – finalist Marchionni Award graphics section
2022- finalist Mestre Painting Award
2023- third prize painting competition “Where is love” at the Lojelo art Gallery in Volterra
2023 - "Traveling Exhibitions" Award, Graphic Section, Marchionni Award
2023 - finalist for the Marchionni award, painting section
2023- cash prize winner at Malamegi Lab Art Prize
2023 - Finalist in the painting section of the Amedeo Modigliani Foundation Award
2023 - Winner of the first prize of the competition of La grande Bellezza art gallery (Volterra) "Where is the future"
2024- finalist Marchionni Award painting section