Venus in Candy Land (2020) Digital Arts by Vava Venezia

VAVA VENEZIA - ARTIST

Venezia was born in Puerto Rico and graduated from University Saint Leo of Florida with an Associate in Liberal Arts. Psychology and political science were among her subjects of study. Additionally, she graduated from Graham Webb Academy as a master colorist and hair stylist. At Thomas Edison State University, she is pursuing a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity. 

She engages in Neo Dada Art and New Surrealism, both of which reflect her sense of humor and innocence about life and death. With her photographs, she reveals intimate moments of a woman reflecting in a mirror before her - mysterious, playful, but at the same time lonely, nostalgic, and lost in a labyrinth of dreams. Like Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, and Sophie Calle, this is me-too Pop Art. Throughout her "Selfish-Selfies", she documented herself as she went through depression, eating disorders, and suicide attempts, and morphed into today's attempted self, Vava. Selfish Selfies aims to inspire women of all races and cultures to embrace beauty in every form and to accept that through trauma and pain, we can become whoever we wish to be. 

VAVA VENEZIA

Short List of exhibits 1987 - 2019

1987 “I'm a Gothic girl” Rank Zerox Copy Art at the PI art Center 7th Avenue NY USA

(Part of group show)

1992 “Ikebana Origami” Collage works on paper for children

at the Yokohama Art Center Japan

(Part of group show)

1996. “Portraits” Photography

Solo show In the Westin Hotel show room

Old San Juan Puerto Rico USA

2014 “Paris-Berlin one way“ Photography

At the Art Loft Wedding Berlin Germany

(part of group show)

2015 “Burlesque and Cabaret Performers“ Photography

Solo exhibit in Provocation Contemporary Art Gallery

Taubenstrasse Gendarmenmarkt Berlin Germany

2017 “My name is Venezia“ Photography

Solo show at Ex Chiesa Santa Chiara

Murano Venice Italy

2018 “Venetian Mask Art“ Works in Papp Mache and paint

2019 “Graffiti of Love and Peace“. (open air Mural painting)

At the ROM 118 South West south River Drive Miami USA

2019 “Viva Vava a Me Too Pop Art exhibit (photo montage)

Solo exhibit the Villa Borromeo In Arcore

Outside Milano. Italy

2020 lens magazine Photography finalist “Selfies-Selfish“ They-Them

2021 Art Magazine “Selfies -Selfish”

2021 Florence Biennial photography Finalist “Eternal Feminine / Eternal Change”

• Nationality: PUERTO RICO
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Puerto Rican Artists