About
Ornella Gallo Di Fortuna (born 1982) is an Italo-Uruguayan artist and designer currently working internationally.
Having made art throughout early childhood and achieved recognition in the field over the following two decades. During those years, Ornella maintained her connection to art through a number of collaborations and exhibitions.
The art and design studio works across all scales and pursues a material practice that blends art, design, architecture and fashion.
With material and color as a departure point, the works explore the tensions between figuration and abstraction along with investigating space, volume, and texture beyond the limitations of the human body through sculpture garments, reliefs, assemblage, paintings, and collages.
During the processes of creation, she explores different paint mediums, materials, and ways of manipulation of any element (pigments, mosaics, metals, fabrics, yarns, organic fibers) transforming those elements in sculptures or artwork’s and make them look like other materials and constructing new processes for the application of paints, creating a collaboration between her own desires and those of the materials and considering painting and drawing to be an essential part of her creative process.
Relentlessly curious about and inspired by the diversity and complexity of all matter and strive to understand how to produce new material systems through technological and material innovation without leaving behind the traditional techniques. Central to this process of investigation is the interest in craft in both physical and digital mediums. Craftsmanship occurs at the intersection between material knowledge and tool expertise.
Over the past 25 years, she has been designing and creating projects for the interior, public, and yacht industry.
The current exploration and art commissions both public and private are focus on the design and management of projects of large murals exploring the possibilities of Murano glass, fresco, and fabrics embroidered into walls or steel that resembles fabric textures, large etching glass, metal, and concrete embroidery.
Highlights
Date | Location | Exhibition |
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February - March 2022 | London, United Kingdom | "Solid Reflections" at The Hanover Gallery in Mayfair |
2019 – 2020 | London, United Kingdom | Creating a collection of bespoke artworks for a superyacht |
2018 | London, United Kingdom | Private commission of 12 artworks for a collector London, United Kingdom. |
September 2017 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Awarded for design project a public Sculpture at the Artigas Square “Las Olas De La Brava” |
May 2017 | Barcelona, Spain | Design and development of murals of “La Cremosa Barcelona” |
February 2016 | London, United Kingdom | Solo Exhibition – Shunga & Fashion, De Parma Gallery, 247 Fulham Road |
January – December 2016 | Florence, Italy | Fresco Art & Restorations & Private Lessons, Bottega Massimo Calossi Florence |
2016 | London, United Kingdom | Project of private commission for large murals of mosaics |
May – December 2015 | Barcelona, Spain | Solo Exhibition – Fashion & Art at Styledifortuna studio |
May – June 2014 | London, United Kingdom | Solo Exhibition “El Paseo” – Fashion & Art, De Parma Gallery, 247 Fulham Road |
February 2012 | Madrid, Spain | Presentation Exhibition on Private Showroom Fashion & Art Atelier Madrid |
July – December 2011 | Madrid, Spain | Presentation Exhibition on Private Showroom Fashion & Art Atelier Madrid |
August 2010 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Conrad Casino Resort, Pasarela Punta Del Este |
May 2009 | Madrid, Spain | Emocion Transitoria Project School Art N2 2, Madrid |
December 2009 | A Coruña, Spain | Singular Stop Festival Exhibition, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Union Fenosa, A Coruña, Spain |
September 2008 | Madrid, Spain | Exhibition of Fashion Designs, Showroom Ego de Cibeles, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid |
July 2008 | London, United Kingdom | Solo Exhibition – Fashion & Art, The Priory Lane, London |
May 2008 | Piriapolis, Uruguay | Fashion & Photography solo Exhibition, Castillo De Piria, Piriapolis |
March 2006 | Madrid, Spain | Exhibition of Fashion Artworks. Awarded “Young Fashion Designer” for Nobeza Gaucha collection at Young Designers of Madrid |
July – September 2005 | Madrid, Spain | Collective Exhibition of School Art N2 (Vestida de Emociones), Museo del Traje, Madrid |
May – June 2004 | Madrid, Spain | Collective Exhibition “Disueño” Artistic Designs and dresses inspired by Salvador Dali, Museo del Traje, Madrid |
August 2003 | Madrid, Spain | Collective Exhibition – Personalidad de una Japonesa, Aranjuez University |
February 2001 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Galeria del Puerto, Punta del Este |
September 2001 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Collective Exhibition, 49 Salon Nacional de Artes Visuales, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo |
July 2000 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Ateneo de Montevideo |
November 2000 | Mercedes, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Casa de la Cultura Mercedes |
December 2000 | Dolores, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Casa de La Cutura Dolores |
July 1999 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Palacio Santos, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Montevideo |
March – July 1999 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Pronto Credito Offices, Montevideo |
August 1999 | Dolores, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Secondary School, Dr Roberto Taruselli, Dolores |
November 1999 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Soriano Club, Montevideo |
October 1999 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Galleria del Puerto, Montevideo |
December 1998 | Dolores, Uruguay | Colective Exibition Dolores Young Artists, Casa de la Cultura, Dolores |
November 1998 | Dolores, Uruguay | Collective Annual Exhibition of the Atelier of Arts, College Santa Teresa De Jesus, Dolores |
November 1998 | Mercedes, Uruguay | Soriano Painters Collective Exhibition, Casa de la Cultura, Mercedes |
September 1998 | Dolores, Uruguay | Awarded Young Artist Revelation, Premios Lockhart Soriano |
March 1998 | Dolores, Uruguay | Solo Exhibition, Artisan Rotary Club, Italian Society XX, Dolores |
January 1997 – December 1998 | Dolores, Uruguay | Atelier of painting of the College Santa Teresa De Jesus, Dolores |
September 1998 | Dolores, Uruguay | Awarded Young Artist Revelation, Premios Lockhart Soriano |
January 1995 – December 1997 | Dolores, Uruguay | Private Art Lessons, Atelier of Julio Asarian (Predecessor of Joaquin Torres Garcia) |