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Biography

The artist Dusciana Bravura was born in Venice in 1969. She graduated from Ravenna’s Mosaic Art Institute and later attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.

Following a family tradition, she began to work with her father Marco Bravura, taking part in nine important works commissioned by local administrations.

Famous for her works from “A Thousand and One Nights”, she combines wedges of murrhine glass and other elements into an elegant harmony of colors and shapes.

The observer’s eye is inexorably drawn to the subtle gradations of shade in designs that are at times geometric and defined and at other times curvilinear and abstract.

Bravura’s great success has been in merging the artistic gesture of the age-old mosaic technique in a contemporary context, giving life to a highly imaginative universe, populated by mirrors and animals.

The common thread running through her art is a mosaic that has been re-interpreted in a contemporary key, the recurring theme of nature re-told and described like a fairy-tale.

Her works recall the arabesques of antique Islamic decorations, which contributes to the captivating and evocative nature of her works.

Since 1998, she has exhibited in many solo and group shows in Italy and abroad.

Public works

Mosaic panel – Piazza Dora Markus – Marina di Ravenna 1997
Mosaic panel – Historical Diving Museum – Marina di Ravenna 1998

Solo exhibitions

1998 Palazzo della Provincia, Ravenna
1999 Ex Chiesa in Albis, Russi (Ra)
2001 “Specchio delle mie brame”, Palazzo delle Prigioni, Venezia
2005 “L’allodola e gli specchi”, Galleria Catartica, Torino

Group exhibitions

1990 Trentennale Istituto d’Arte, Chiostri Francescani, Ravenna
1994 Palazzo della Provincia, Ravenna
1996 Concorso Internazionale “Picassiette” ‘96, Chartres (2° premio)
1997 Biennale d’Arte Romagnola, Palazzo del Ridotto, Cesena (2° premio under ‘30)
1998 “White and Bright”, Salone del Mobile, Milano
2001 “S..Trani Sensi”, Castello Svevo, Trani
2002 Biennale Postumia Giovani, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Gazoldo di Mantova
2003 “Suggerimenti di Tonino Guerra”, Magazzini di Sale, Cervia (Ravenna)
2003 Sofa Expo, Berengo Fine Art, New York
2004 “Sailing to Byzantium”, S. Maria delle Croci, Ravenna
2004 Sofa Expo, Berengo Fine Art, New York
2005 “Ceramicamosaico”, Galleria Oriani, Ravenna
2006 Miart, Galleria Berengo, Milano
2006 “Premio Michetti 2006″, Fondazione Michetti, Pescara
2006 “Mosaique en fete” Tour de Saint Nicolas, Paray le Monial, France
2006 “Facing 1200°”, Museum Moderner Kunst Karnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
2006 Glass Art Festival, Hsinchu, Japan
2006 “Mirabilia fiunt”, Galleria San Ludovico, Parma
2007 “13X17″ Padiglione Italia, Murano, Venezia
2007 “A la Lumiere de Ravenne”, Paray Le Monial, France
2008 “International exhibition of Modern Mosaic”, Artplay, Moscow
2008 “Fresh Glass”, Poznan, Poland

Catalogues

“A la Lumiere de Ravenne”, catalogo, a cura di Daniele Astrologo Abadal, 2007
“Giovanni Adulti”, catalogo, a cura di Gianni Romano, 2006
“Facing 1200″, catalogo, a cura di Alessandra Redaelli, 2006