Lighthouses in the open sea, acrylic on canvas by Elettra Ministeri

Color is my primary language

Lighthouses in the open sea

Acrylic on canvas · 100 × 50 cm · Zürich, 2020

Colour samples

Subjects shift, but color remains constant.

Five bodies of work · Zürich · self-taught

i.

Mediterranean

5 works · acrylic on canvas

The sea where I grew up: waves, fish, shells and a table set in the sun.

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Wave, a patterned blue wave above a shoal of colourful fish, acrylic on canvas, by Elettra Ministeri

ii.

Maternity

3 works · acrylic on canvas · 50 × 70 cm

Self-portraits. Personal reflections of my own journey through pregnancy.

Maternity II, acrylic on canvas, by Elettra Ministeri

iii.

Sicily

3 works · acrylic on canvas · frames painted by hand

A tribute to the island where I was born: free, chaotic, colourful, warm, curious and loud.

Carretto siciliano, a painted Sicilian cart and horse inside a hand-painted frame, by Elettra Ministeri

iv.

Human figure

3 works · acrylic on canvas

Faces fall away and what remains is gesture: embraces, bonds, states of mind.

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The Hug series, two acrylic paintings of an embrace, by Elettra Ministeri

v.

Archive

2 works · acrylic

Works that stand on their own, outside a series.

Help, a red hand and a blue hand reaching through green leaves, acrylic on textured paper, by Elettra Ministeri

Selected works

The wall

The Bonding, acrylic on canvas, 116 by 73 centimetres — The BondingAcrylic · 116 × 73 cm
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Pomegranates, acrylic on canvas, 40 by 60 centimetres — PomegranatesAcrylic · 40 × 60 cm
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Flow, acrylic on canvas, 80 by 80 centimetres — FlowAcrylic · 80 × 80 cm
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Help, acrylic on textured paper, 35 by 25 centimetres — HelpAcrylic · 35 × 25 cm
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Wave, acrylic on canvas, 60 by 60 centimetres — WaveAcrylic · 60 × 60 cm
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FishFit, acrylic on canvas, 40 by 30 centimetres — FishFitAcrylic · 40 × 30 cm
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Elettra Ministeri in her studio, with her paintings

The artist

“My work is an attempt to create a space in which everyday thoughts can fall away.”

Self-taught and not part of any school, academy or mentor. A woman, a sister, a wife, a mother. Color is her primary language: subjects shift, but color remains constant.

Based in Zürich, Switzerland.

Exhibitions

Swiss Art ExpoZürich Hauptbahnhof

Aug 2022

Artfacts artist profileartfacts.net

Scrivo una cartolina

A collection of postcardsFree to download, print and send

JournalNotes on travel, poetry and colour

Maternity (series)

Acrylic on Canvas, 50x70 cm
Self portraits. Personal reflections of my own journey through pregnancy.

Lighthouses in
the open sea

Acrylic on canvas, 100x50 cm

I painted this scene during 2020, while Covid 19 was forcing us to accept how fragile the system we used to live in really was.

the hug, by Elettra Ministeri — Amore e Pandemia (series)

Acrylic on canvas, 50x70 cm

In a historical moment, amidst the pandemic and the isolation it brought upon us all, the simple gesture of a hug became a revolutionary act.

Messengers of Love

Acrylic on canvas, 80x100 cm
I interpreted this image as a message arriving at a time of great deprivation in which new perspectives of coexistence between man and nature were emerging.

Elettra Ministeri is an artist, living in Zürich. She tries to give a meaning to all that is misunderstood, including herself. Artist Profile (artfacts)

Pomenegrates

Acrylic on canvas 40x60 cm

The Bonding

Acrylic on canvas 116 x 73 cm

Flow

Acrylic on canvas - 80x80 cm

Help

Acrylic on canvas textured paper- 35x25

Wave

Acrylic on canvas - 60x60 cm

FishFit

Acrylic on canvas - 40x30 cm