STATEMENT

I grew up in a time when eating in public was shameful, stomach rolls made you unworthy, and shopping for clothes was traumatic. I grew up before being plus size was normal. My work reflects the images I wish I had seen—beautiful, luscious women doing ordinary things, just like everybody else. They reflect my own battle with body image and my journey to mental health.If you’ve ever been made to feel insignificant, I hope they inspire you to own your image of yourself and never give that power to someone else.

BIO

Elisa Valenti, whose brand is Elisa Valenti Studio, is a contemporary figurative artist living and working in Queens, New York.Her work evokes a very personal interpretation of beauty, strength, and vulnerability.Her full-figured women come to life on the canvas and each figure seems as if it could be any woman and indeed many of her viewers see themselves in her work.Elisa is a self-taught painter. She has been featured by Create! Magazine, Pikchur Magazine,Glamour Magazine Germany, The Jealous Curator Blog and more. She previously exhibited with Superfine Fair in New York,The Other Art Fair and Untitled Space Gallery and currently represented by On Center Gallery