Viviana Bonura

Viviana Bonura (Palermo, 1999) is an italian lens-based artist. Her practice has a multi-media approach and combines visual and performative arts.

Her research focuses on the themes of identity and existence by using her body and presence from a performative standpoint. She explores the individual both as a singular entity and as part of a collectivity by taking into consideration the surrounding space and its emotional history. She investigates the delineation and dissolution of boundaries by diving into concepts such as liminal spaces, hereditary traumas, monstrosity, and the connection between dreams and reality. Her work is rooted in the ambiguity of the symbolic manifestation of something held in our deepest and most human form. 

She has a BA Degree in Graphic Design at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo and studied Media at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. She self-published the zines "Dodici" (2019), "Il dilemma del porcospino" (2020) and her first book "Born from salt" (2022) which got transformed into her first solo exhibition at 2LAB Gallery (Catania, Italy) and took part to many group exhibitions worldwide. She is currently working on her fourth project.