LILITH DIVINE
VIRTUAL SOLO EXHIBITION
6.11.2023 - 17.11.2023
“I shout my message to the world. That world that as a child made me suffer a lot, but that underneath still has something wonderful to tell... Keeping alive the dream of living only with my art.”
- Lilith Divine
BIOGRAPHY:
I was born in 1976 in a small village in northern Italy between the woods and the mountains in contact with the purest nature and wildlife but Faith had warlike plans for me... I was 8 when I lost my mother. I grew up with the love of my dog Diana who was always by my side and taught me what unconditional Love is. When she died, I learned for the first time how hard it is to survive depression, I just wanted to disappear from the world. I was abandoned, abused and so many other bad things, while I just wanted to live in my woods. I have always been, even now, an extremely shy person and drawing and painting was my way of "talking", my "safe house" from wickedness and bad things.
Every time I was done, I’d find a pencil and paper and draw. when I didn’t have the money for even one color, I crushed a flower, a leaf and a brick, I mixed water and made my watercolors, and drew. Growing up and having to face all this, every time I "touched the bottom of the well" fighting against anorexia, I was asked a drawing or a portrait and created something that could make another person happy, It gave me a piece of vitality' so I understood that the gift that was given to me couldn’t die with me, but had to be cultivated. Painting & drawing, saved literally my life. Many times.
I start drawing and painting very young first as a self-taught artist, until I graduated with full marks in 2001 at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, Italy. Meanwhile my love for art and the predisposition for freehand drawing opened the doors to the world of tattooing.
After the difficulties with the old Italian tattoo studios, dull and unwilling to teach and interested in me only because I was a young woman, I moved to Switzerland and as an apprentice ,began to travel and tattoo. In 2007, come back to Italy and opened the "Madness Circus Tattoo Shop & Creative Art Lab".
Gaining fame as a international tattoo artist, in 2013 I won the "best Black & Gray" award at the Tattoo convention in Rome, Italy. The invitations to the most prestigious tattoo conventions in the world did not take long to arrive in the following years: my dark art came to life on the flesh of people from Las Vegas, N.Y., Berlin, Frankfurt, London etc.
I exhibited my first works as soon as I reached the age of majority at the library of my village, Grignasco, then at the International Tattoo Expo in Rome and at an exhibition curated by Pinketts in Milan ,2014 . My drawings were used for the cover of two books and published in the “Black & White vol III, IV, V, by Out Of Step Books. In 2021 our work was published in the ” Dark Artist’s Book“ by Marvelous Art Gallery and in two online exhibition by Penumbra Art Gallery and a solo exhibition in March by Marvelous Art Gallery. Starting from here, I exhibited my paintings in Milan, London, Minneapolis and other places around the world until our great solo show together with my husband's sculptures in Asti, Italy, at the Biennale d'Arte. ARTIST STATEMENT:
Oil painting and charcoal drawing is always my first love and I live the art of tattooing as an extension of my artistic vision. Painting save litterally my life and the world of the suffering Nature is preponderant in my work. Skulls and animal parts mounted on human bodies prevail, creating non-existent mythological figures that launch messages of denunciation. Bones and horns are a complex and perfect architecture, in which I love to take refuge, as in primordial animal instincts. My ideal of perfect beauty in a world ruined by social media and appearances. I want to represent today's superficiality and materialism that have made us forget our most ancestral origins (for this reason the painted skulls are all of rare or extint monkeys and other animals found in museums). We never forget the spirits and souls of our ancestors and that nature created us and we are destroying it now, otherwise in the future we will be just skulls in a museum.
Between tattoos and the hardest job in the world, being a mom , I try to improve everyday day in a never ending story made of much practice, seminars, experiments (now I’m producing my oil colors by making them with old earths and pigments from 50 years ago), so much humility, dedication,pride and
dirty hands stinking of turpentine and safflower oil.
I shout my message to the world. That world that as a child made me suffer a lot, but that underneath still has something wonderful to tell... keeping alive the dream of living only with my art.
Discover the Captivating Artistry of
Lilith Divine
Surreal painting of a mermaid with a whale skull as a head, sitting on rocks near the ocean, with a small boy with a whale skull as a head beside her, surrounded by sea creatures and fishing equipment.
A clown with a human body and a skull face standing inside a circus tent, surrounded by green tropical leaves.
A surreal painting of a woman lying on a bed of autumn leaves with tattoos, beneath a floating, luminous jellyfish in a dark, mysterious forest.
A surreal painting of a woman with long dark hair lying in water, with her hair spread out. Her eyes are wide open, and she has multiple crows and worms on her body. A large marine creature, possibly a whale or giant fish, with exposed ribs and a mechanical arm, is emerging from the water behind her against a dark, stormy sky.
A person with long black hair sitting by water with hands on face, surrounded by fern leaves, white flowers, and animals including a bear cub, a wolf cub, and a large animal skull.
A surreal painting of a humanoid figure with a large animal skull for a head, resembling a beast, and a nude female body with dark hands clutching her chest. The background is dark and mysterious with black and brown tones and abstract lines.
A surreal painting of a nude woman with antlers on her head, standing on a beach with a fire burning on rocks in front of her. She holds a staff and reaches toward a flying white owl with yellow markings in a cloudy sky, with mountains and ocean in the background.
A surreal painting of a person with a skull for a face, surrounded by skulls and bones, with dark green and black background.
A surreal painting depicting a woman with her eyes closed, surrounded by roses, a crow, a skull, and a hand with blood and scratches on her arm, all in dark, moody tones.
A detailed painting of a hairless cat with large ears and golden eyes, set in a jungle scene with lush greenery, a rocky landscape, and a river.
A fantasy painting features a partly nude woman with vines and leaves on her back, shown from the rear. She is surrounded by animals including a lamb, a rabbit, and a goat. There are trees, lightning, and mushrooms in the background, creating a mystical forest scene.
A dark, ominous painting of a skeletal creature with curved horns and goat-like features, featuring a skull and ribcage, against a blood-red and black background.
Painting of a woman with long black hair, bound with ropes, crucified on a wooden cross, with a goat skull attached to her waist and antlers connecting her arms, against a dark background with flying moths and smoke.
A surreal painting of a mostly nude woman with black skirt, her face hidden by a skull of a large animal, standing against dark background. She has tattoos, jewelry, and is holding a chain. There are two fish with long, flowing whiskers below her.
A surreal painting depicting whales and fish swimming under a cloudy sky, with industrial structures and school buses at the bottom, and a large moon overhead.
A surreal artwork depicting a figure with a human body kneeling in water, with a bird's head, and a large owl skull hovering nearby, set against a dark, abstract oceanic background.
A fantasy artwork of a nude woman with black hair fighting a unicorn with a fish tail, surrounded by jellyfish.
A painting on a hexagonal canvas depicting a woman with horn-like hair, red scars, and blue fur-like clothing, with her eyes closed and holding her face in a contemplative pose.
Painting of a white animal, likely a dog, with a skeletal structure of a fly or similar insect on its head, with wings extended, against a dark, abstract background.
A detailed black and white painting of a horse's head with a prominent horn, resembling a unicorn, with a bee flying near its ear.
A surreal painting depicts a nude woman with a pig skull for a head, seated on the ground amidst trash, including food containers, bottles, and cans. The background shows a dark sky with a full moon and some plants nearby.