Biography
Laura Matteoli was born in Livorno (Italy).
She moved to Pisa, where she now lives, in 1974 to study Pharmacy. She is now a librarian at Pisa University.
A person with a strong sense of curiosity, Laura has always been attracted by the visual arts and especially by painting.
In 1987 she painted her first oil paintings and took part in various local art contests winning
several prizes and obtaining widespread critical success.
In 1992 she began to paint in watercolour, a technique she has never given up, producing many
small-sized paintings on paper. The hallmark of all her works is a very vivid use of colours.
She then began to participate in several personal and group exhibitions in important Italian cities such as Florence, Milan, Rome and Trieste.
In her paintings, apart from watercolours, she uses other techniques such as acrylic, pastel and collage and materials such as pumice, mortar and chalk.
Her works are abstract in nature but rich in poetic and spiritual figurative values
