Sara Dario was born in Venice and studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. She deepened her interest in photography and printing techniques – especially unconventional methods such as photogravure and screen printing – at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. In a ceramics course, she discovered that stoneware and especially porcelain are suitable materials to give her photos additional depth.

"Porcelain has united my passion for photography and sculpture through screen printing. The stripes that form my works become readable stories to leaf through, where everyone can immerse themselves and find themselves again."

She developed her own screen printing photo-etching technique, in which the traditional paper or textile carriers are replaced by bright, very white porcelain. Like a director editing his film, Sara Dario edits her photo sculptures. A scene is identified, fixed on porcelain, and mounted in long loops to finally create a coherent story. The theme of her works is the city and its cinematic and literary representation, for example by Wim Wenders or Italo Calvino.

The sculptures with their articulated overlaps of ceramic strips resemble old, unwound film reels chaotically stacked. The strips lead circularly from bottom to top, telling a story of personal experiences and memories, mixed with the impressions of people, landscapes, and cities. The result is an organic form without unnecessary decoration, in which chaos becomes the core of the work and the reality that defines it.

For her very personal artistic expression, Sara Dario has already received numerous awards. We are very pleased to present Sara Dario exclusively at bon ton.