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Helena Barbagelata, Italy

Helena Barbagelata (1991). Model, multidisciplinary artist, and activist. Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science, Applied Cognitive Sciences & Mathematics, University of Salamanca/University of Athens. She was the recipient of several awards and grants from the Onassis Foundation, Università di Trieste, Universitat de Barcelona, among others. Member of the Society of Jewish Artists (SoJa) and the Organization for the Visual Arts Democratization (OBDK). Her artworks combine mixed media, sculpting, painting, video, sound art, and printmaking techniques. She held numerous solo and collective exhibitions in Europe, South America, Australia, and the United States. Her artwork takes a personal approach to social, political, cultural, and environmental issues, drawing her inspiration from different human and natural subjects, combining real-life experiences with poetical symbolism, and arranging them into new conceptually layered pieces. Helena is also an author and curator in several cultural publications.