Matilde Milano is an artist based in Turin, Italy. She graduated at the "Renato Cottini" art high school and thereafter she studied for her painting bachelor at the Accademia Albertina of Turin, where she's about to discuss her final-year dissertation.

She also attended the "Faculdade de Belas Artes" of Lisbon (Portugal) for one year (2021/2022), as part of the Erasmus+ project. She took part in a few collective exhibitions in Italy, like "I colori delle emozioni" (at La Certosa, Collegno, Turin), "Works 1" (Cooperativa di Consumo e Mutua Assistenza Borgo Po e Decoratori, Turin), "L'arte e l'iconografia infantile" (Biblioteca "Passerin d'Entrèves", Turin) and "HERE" (Cavallerizza Reale, Turin), and in Portugal, where she showed her work in two occasions: during "Galerias Abertas das Belas-Artes" (Faculdade de Belas Artes, Lisbon) and "POP UP Belas Artes" (Nada Gallery, Lisbon).

Inspired by the poem “La pioggia nel pineto” by Gabriele D’Annunzio, a true anthem dedicated to the magic of nature, this is how Milano imagines the forest written by the Italian poet. The trees, seen in backlight, are recognisable only by their shapes, even though it’s hard to define every single one of them. In the background, a strong light invades and enlightens the wood, giving it a suspended atmosphere. The lines are blurred and their direction is vertical to imitate the rain that runs through the whole poem. On the left there is a symbolic silhouette of broom flowers, one the the several plant species mentioned in the composition.

Piove sui pensieri, 2022

Drypoint etching on paper

320mm x 250mm

Untitled, 2022

Drypoint etching on paper

250 x 320mm