Barbara Nicoletto - CARPET 1 /2 COD.86-20

- Directly from the studio of the Artist Barbara Nicoletto.
TITLE: CARPET 1 & 2 — Diptych
Contemporary artwork - UNIQUE & ORIGINAL DIPTYCH - DIM. 70X80 X 4 CM. EACH. Directly from Barbara Nicoletto's Studio, painted on Italian cotton canvas, original and unique specimen, mounted on a wooden frame, ready to hang. Unframed. Signed on the back.
Execution technique: mixed media (paper, pigments, iron oxide, pumice and adhesives) on brushed Italian cotton canvas. Sent with BRT-DPD or similar.

This diptych is born from the inspiration of traditional Moroccan wool carpets, part of the painting line 'ESSENTIAL' characterized by dense, tactile surfaces and essential geometric motifs often rendered in natural tones of white and brown.
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In “Carpet 1 & 2” these references are reinterpreted in a contemporary key through an exploration of material and surface. The canvases evoke the weave of fabrics and the stratification of time, where marks, oxidations and chromatic variations recall natural surfaces or archaeological landscapes.
The two works dialogue with each other as fragments of a single composition: the central line that separates them becomes at the same time an element of division and continuity, suggesting the idea of a shared visual memory.
The pictorial surface is created with mixed technique, combining paper, pumice and iron oxide pigment, materials that create an intense and natural texture, reinforcing the material and contemporary character of the work.
Title: Carpet 1 & 2
Technique: mixed media (paper, pumice, iron oxide pigment).

Support: gallery cotton canvas
Thickness: 4 cm
Dimensions: 70 × 80 cm each canvas
Work: diptych, unique works

A work of contemporary material abstraction, where artisanal memory, texture and matter meet in a minimal and intense composition.
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NB. The imperfections and the excess of paper photographed on the sides of the works are deliberately left naturally imprecise, just as the hand-made carpets are. A sign of craftsmanship and love for the working materials. They can be removed and the edges repainted if the buyer requests.
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'BARBARA NICOLETTO’ - Italian Artist.
January 1968 - Padua
Active between Reggio Emilia and Padua.

Ever passionate about art and drawing, she continues her studies at the Pietro Selvatico Art Institute in Padua with a specialization in painting, experimenting with various representational techniques such as watercolor, tempera, acrylic, ink, oil and printmaking, thanks to masters who deeply know the oldest techniques and reinterpret them with new formulas and current approaches that make her an ever-innovative and experimental artist.
The search for new stimuli and developmental balance leads her to collaborate in the world of sports, actively combining different disciplines for physical and psychological well-being, which, mixed with the visual arts first, collaborate and support her until guiding her hand in teaching artistic disciplines and new professional goals.
Her art can only evolve and change with the shifting of her mood and curious personality! She will rarely present herself as a single recognizable artistic face in a linear production line, but will flow and astonish with her eclectic versatility.

1989/2011 - She continues her work in the furniture sector as a designer for several important Veneto and Emilia-Romagna companies.
2017 to present - Independent artist; Atelierist, painting student and related subjects at Reart Reggio Emilia.
She continues experimentation also thanks to her great passion for other cultures abroad, deepening her knowledge of analog and digital photography with consequent inspiration for her works.
Curiosity for different ways of artistic expression brings her closer to the world of ceramics, she loves Raku the most.
Technique will be learned and deepened in the great studio of master Nico Toniolo in Marostica.
She participates in various art competitions with works that receive recognition from juries, such as the first prize at Raku Padova Arts in 2001. Further study of the illusionistic technique of marble and stone such as travertine and Carrara marble.
*Currently her most used technique is evolving oil, thanks to the mixing of textured grounds with ultramarine blue, metallic oxides, pumice and whatever the moment or occasion brings her to at that time.
Deep animal looks, distant peoples, moons and fantastic landscapes!
*She works and evolves an innovative original and abstract Sealing style. Unique of its kind.
She participates in numerous exhibitions with varying subjects and themes, making her works appear as if by different hands, all thanks to her imaginative and eclectic transformative ability.
*Her fertile mind leads her to approach art with a new, deeper and more subjective view, stripping it of paradigms with which it is labeled, returning it to its true nature: speaking the language of feelings and the deepest human instincts, beyond words. After three years of study she earned the title of Art Therapist recognized by UNI PRO.

Significant exhibitions for painting works:
2009/2011 - MoMArt Art exhibition showcase, Artists in the Square, Padua
2014 - Talking About Art, collective at Camogli at Art Gallery
2014 - Solo exhibition at Monte di Portofino Community
2014 - Madonna dei Gotti, collective curated by the Municipality of Camogli - Liguria
2015 - Le mers e le Mond Lontains, solo show at the Municipality of Campegine
2016 - Il Museo in Vetrina bipersonal at CA’ DEI CARRARESI Museum in Treviso
2017 - LE FATE IGNORANTI, tri-personal with Iara Marzulli and Tina Sgrò at Galleria REART in Reggio Emilia
2017 - REART Gallery Christmas group show
2018 - Reggia di Rivalta, Collective at Palazzo Ducale, Rivalta
2018 - Collective at Villa Castello La Tenuta di Caccia in Regnano
2018 - Padua Arte Fiera exhibitor for Galleria REART
2019 - TRE LUNE tri-personal with Alessandra Binini and Barbara Giavelli at Galleria REART
2019 - 500 Leonardo Forever – Leonardo’s 500th anniversary at Tecnopolo – Reggio Emilia
2019 - Art Parma Fair 2019 – Arte Fiera Parma exhibited at REART gallery
2020 - RADIUM ARTIS – Marina di Pietrasanta - Tripersonale San Martino in Rio-Reggio Emilia
2021 - NO TIME / NO SPACE Tripersonale at RADIUM ARTIS
2022 - MA EC – Milan - 1st prize for work ‘Alone’ in AMBIENTARTI III art competition organized by ARTSPACE
2022 - Personal ARTTHERAPY study path, three-year program at Centro Sarvas. Reggio Emilia
2022 - FORMATIVE WORKSHOP for marble illusion painting technique – Rome
2024 - Exhibition, Tripersonale in Modena at Artekyp with new line ‘Sealing’.

Humanistic experiences

2011/2017 - Personal Trainer – training methods used post-workout recognized: SLOWFIT (Pilates, medical-relax, stretching) Functional, Crossactive and Postural, as well as muscular strengthening workouts. Virgin Active. Reggio Emilia.

2024 - Intern at: ‘AIMA’ Reggio Emilia; Matilde di Canossa Elementary School Reggio Emilia.
2025 - Professional ART Therapist UNI.PRO. Three-year program at Centro Sarvas. Reggio Emilia

2017/2025 - Painting and related arts teacher in group and individual settings with participants of all ages. Reart.Reggio Emilia

2025 - Creative Painting teacher at Centro Sarvas. Reggio Emilia

Main artistic events

2009/2011 - MoMArt the art showcase, Artists in the Square, Padua
2014 - Talking About Art collective in Camogli at Art Gallery
2014 - Solo exhibition at Monte di Portofino Community
2014 - Madonna dei Gotti collective curated by the Municipality of Camogli - Liguria
2015 - Le mers e le Mond Lontains solo show at the Municipality of Campegine
2016 - Il Museo in Vetrina bipersonal at CA’ DEI CARRARESI Museum in Treviso
2017 - LE FATE IGNORANTI tri-personal with Iara Marzulli and Tina Sgrò at Galleria REART in Reggio Emilia
2017 - REART Gallery Christmas group show
2018 - Reggia di Rivalta, Collective at Palazzo Ducale. Rivalta
2018 - Collective at Villa Castello La Tenuta di Caccia in Regnano
2018 - Padua Arte Fiera exhibitor for Galleria REART
2019 - TRE LUNE tri-personal with Alessandra Binini and Barbara Giavelli at Galleria REART
2019 - 500 Leonardo Forever – Leonardo’s 500th anniversary at Tecnopolo – Reggio Emilia
2019 - Art Parma Fair 2019 – Arte Fiera Parma exhibited at REART gallery
2020 - RADIUM ARTIS – Marina di Pietrasanta - Tripersonale San Martino in Rio-Reggio Emilia
2021 - NO TIME /NO SPACE Tripersonale at RADIUM ARTIS
2022 - MA EC – Milan - 1st prize for work ‘Alone’ in AMBIENTARTI III art competition organized by ARTSPACE
2022 - WORKSHOP for marble illusion painting technique – Rome
2024 - EXIT- Artekyp Modena - Sealing line.

Personal interests and hobbies
- Reading of various kinds, often with psychologically inflected, adventurous and cultural undertones.
- Photography.
- Cinema and museum visits.
- Travel abroad with naturalistic and ethnographic destinations.
- Disciplines and cultures mainly of general Eastern orientation.
- Passion for cooking that includes wine and food tourism.
- Loves animals, a cat is usually a roommate.
- Wandering the streets aimlessly.
- Ride a bicycle when possible.
- Running or walking outdoors.
- Individual sport.
- Gardening and caring for plants of every possible species to cultivate.

Her logo and signature: The Dragon