Orgoglio ferito.

Nina Moric, Croazia

Born in Croatia (Zagreb) on July 22, 1976 as the youngest of 3. My parents are recognized mathematicians and scientists, but not emotionally attached to me. At the age of 5 “Mother Art” gave me the life I needed through a single painting kept by my parents; reproduction of Claude Monet's "Poppies". many years later I realized that I had changed the perspective of the painting by creating a parallel world where mother and son instead of abandoning the downhill path returned to the top of the hill. After finishing classical high school, I enrolled in the never finished law school. The desire to escape led me to leave my homeland and I moved to New York and started working in the fashion industry as a supermodel which gave me the opportunity to travel and experience every place I went. In 2001 I arrived in Milan for work but life held unexpected surprises in store for me. I stayed and still live in Italy. During my stay I was constantly looking for a plug; the emptiness that had always kept me going. So in 2018 I bought the canvases and the colors and I finally felt free, I felt alive. Art occupies every single sphere of my essence. A spiritual and carnal union that vibrates on my creations. In 2018 I held an exhibition of 30 paintings where the famous art critic Vitorio Sgarbi recognized my work by inserting 2 of my paintings in his book. Feeling no pleasure in the recognition I received, I burned all the paintings; I couldn't hear a noise in the silence, they didn't represent the weeping soul of "Mother Art" who gave me life; I could not revere what she taught me: Living art that destroys by loving you unconditionally in its entirety; union of consciousness: the mind, spirit and body fertile. I continued to create but I no longer wanted to exhibit my works, I had to go through madness in order to find myself. Embarrassing loneliness with "Mother Art". From there I started creating on wood panels using various techniques, fully immersing myself. In May 2022 i started creating 7 deadly sins ; pride, anger, greed, sloth, gluttony ,Lust and envy .Now I dedicate myself to creation all the time. Why did I end up here? Speaking for myself galleries in Italy become brothels and artists cannon fodder. Art is the pure soul that manages to unleash the apocalypse. Magically cursed art. It frees you to navigate the darkest and most unknown waters full of hostile monsters, because in the midst of the darkest darkness, even if only for a short time, a brighter light than we can imagine can occur. A light so powerful that for a brief moment all darkness is repelled. For a brief moment, all suffering is overcome and for that brief moment the joyful soul shines. When you find it undress slowly so you can dance in harmony.