Paola Grizi

… of Ascoli Piceno; and she was invited twice in 2014 and 2015 by the Chinese Chanchun Municipality to represent Italy in the China Changchun International Ceramics Symposiums. She also won the Special Public Award at the 35th CICA International Competition de L’Alcora in Spain and then went on to serve on the jury of the same contest in 2016. Additionally she was chosen by the Pontifical Gregorian University in collaboration with the Kunst-Station of Köln in Germany for a Contemporary art project in the Church of Saint Peter, along with eleven other international artists. Paola first became interested in art while she was still a child, mentored by her grandfather, who was a famous Italian painter and sculptor. She studied Classics in high school and earned her degree in Italian Literature with first-class honors. After that, she embarked on a career in journalism, at the same time spending time on her art, working heavily with clay. Her art work celebrates the artistic creation. Eyes, faces, hands appear through the pages of her bronze book-sculptures, making them alive, and questioning the public about their stories. Inspiration fills the pages with illegible characters keeping the mystery and allowing the dream to go on.