Giulia Crimaldi (Cormons, Italy, 1966) is a figurative painter whose work is distinguished by the expressive use of color as a central element of visual communication. Trained in Trieste under the guidance of Ivano and Gabriele Bonato, she currently lives and works between Trieste (IT) and Lugano (CH), with a career marked by solo exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
Her practice explores themes of identity and memory, ranging from historic shops and libraries to still lifes and pop-style portraits, alongside an ongoing research dedicated to the marine world.
The Pop Portraits series (Who’s Who) translates personal identities into vibrant, contemporary icons. Through bold color fields and essential forms, each subject becomes both individual and universal, a visual language suspended between intimacy and recognition.
The series #Fishkiss presents fish conceived as true portraits, depicted in profile against deep black backgrounds. Their silent presence becomes a form of identity open to infinity and freedom.
In Blue Blooded, historical female figures are reinterpreted through a contemporary lens. Set against deep monochrome backgrounds, these portraits dissolve the distance between past and present, transforming symbols of power into emotional presences.
L’Albaria (Opuntia) is a large-scale triptych dedicated to prickly pear cacti, rooted in Mediterranean landscapes. The work combines mixed media and gold leaf, where matter and light merge into a luminous surface, evoking resilience, memory, and a sense of origin.
Crimaldi’s research revolves around color as an expressive force, working with oil and acrylic to reveal the emotional depth of her subjects. She occasionally integrates gold leaf accents which, even under minimal light, create subtle reflections reminiscent of the rare luminosity of the seabed.
She has held solo exhibitions in Trieste, Paris, St. Moritz, Vienna, and Venice and Milan.
