Teresa Letizia Bontà
Mira | Italy
BIOGRAPHY
Teresa Letizia Bontà was born in Licata Agrigento in 1981. She approached the world of
self-taught photography at a very young age. The first subject that stimulated her was
certainly her environment and the artistic and landscape beauty of her country. Among her favorite themes there is no lack of people, the woman, the surrounding reality. Hers is a simple but careful to details photography. Her photos tell what she is and what she has been. He realized his first photographic exhibition in 2017 in Licata, gaining a lot of successm and being mentioned in many newspapers. In Venice in the same year he participated in the competition Premio Arte Laguna, then in Mestre at the Atelier association he realized his second photographic exhibition. In the summer of 2018 she realized a photo shoot in Sicily in Palma di Montechiaro, where she dared to go further, breaking through the wall of taboos: she immortalized the kiss between two women in front of the church. This shot caused quite a stir from the population and newspapers. The shots had the positive consent of the well-known stylist Stefano Gabbana who on Instagram appreciated its art. In September 2018 he applied again for the Lagoon Art Prize with more intimate themes and with sought after shots. In May 2019 he ranked second in the "Michelangelo Vizzini" award on women and Sicily, also obtaining the Special Jury Prize for the shot that immortalizes the two women kissing. Remaining strong with the theme Sicily, participates in the International Festival of the Mediterranean in Mazzara del Vallo, presents ten shots that tell his land and the work done in recent years. Other awards arrive in March 2020 from the D'E.M. Art Gallery of Venice, which awards her art with the critics' prize. Also in 2020 Teresa begins to show in her shots the continuous artistic evolution, while maintaining her roots, begins to experiment new horizons, bringing in her photos current and committed themes. She plays with colors, with contrasts with the lines of bodies telling emotions and everyday life. The international magazine Lens Magazine has awarded Teresa as one of the ten big names in black and white. Then the project "Time" was born, a series of very strong shots matured in covid quarantine. Many galleries have noticed these photos and have been selected and awarded by many critics. She participates and is selected for exhibitions in some Italian and foreign galleries. In April her shots come back to Lens Magazine thanks to the Time project with the Covid-19 theme that gets a special showcase. She is also chosen by Vogue magazine, this project continues to have great success and positive feedback. Virtual exhibitions follow one another and not in art galleries and magazines including: -
Creative Spaces (art home)
- PassepARTout Unconventional Gallery
Queenartstudio Gallery
- Artabout Magazine
- 12th Anniversary Group Exhibition 2 - Fraction Magazine
- Art Curator Artetra Art Associates (exhibition and E-book)
- Emirates Art Connection
In September he won the critics' prize with Time in the photo contest Il Corniolo.
In October the prestigious Itsliquid Art rewards her as artist of the month, dedicating an
interview to her. and a special space for the Time project. Always with Itsliquid, in collaboration with the
metropolitan market and YMX Arts, will participate in the exhibition Mixing Identities at the third appointment of CANVAS - LONDON ITERNATIONAL ART FAIR
by Arc. Luca Curci to be held in 2021.
In 2020 his book entitled "La mia Sicilia è Fimmina" (My Sicily is Fimmina) was published, which will tell the story of the shots that launched it and it will be the first one
part of a larger project that will take her back to the streets of her land to tell another verystrong part of Sicily. www.bontateresa.it