Laura Mega

Lives and works between Rome and New York, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and the University of Image in Milan (school on the five senses created by photographer Fabrizio Ferri).

Her practice alternates between drawing, text, embroidery and printing, along with the use of unconventional techniques such as the use of pink epilating wax, with which she intervenes on textile materials belonging mostly to ancient trousseaux. The privileged support of her works, the trousseau, a set of dresses, linens and other accessories that a bride brings as a dowry to her new home, becomes a starting element for the investigation of the condition of women and their role as wives and mothers. Through a simple and contemporary language, she transforms the symbols of a portrayed and predefined femininity into works capable of conveying and investigating emotional, social and political issues, where irony leaves the viewer with the responsibility for a different key of interpretation and interpretation.
Laura Mega's work has been exhibited in international spaces and events including: Resobox Gallery (NYC), M55 Art Gallery (NYC), Endless Biennial (NYC), Ivy Brown Gallery (NYC), Sejong Museum of Art (Seoul), myDetour 5x5, Dakar (Senegal), MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (Rome), MADXI (Latina), Every Woman Biennial (London), Clio Art Fair (NYC), KOU Gallery (Rome), WTA - World Textile Art, Textile Biennial, Textile Museum (Busto Arsizio), Larnaca Biennale 2023 (Cyprus).
His works are part of the collection of Moleskine Foundation (Milan), Glo'Art (Lanaken, Belgium) and private collections. In addition, she has formed collaborations with Moleskine S.p.A., PULSE Art Fair - Art Basel Miami, SOME SERIOUS BUSINESS (Los Angeles), Culture Monks (India), SENSE LAB (Milan), The Blue Bus Project (NYC), Task Force for Music and Arts - TaFMA (Nagaland, India), Spazio Giallo Interiors (Rome) .
Creator and curator of the international art project "DREAMers" and co-founder of the project "LAZZARO_art doesn't sleep". She has produced, with the publishing house Pulcinoelefante (Milan), two limited edition artist booklets, one of which features Alda Merini.
In 2021 he wrote and illustrated two artist's books, "Amazoniano. The New HERO," the result of his performative research on Amazon warehousemen, and "ThePinkSide of WTF" in a double version including one for coloring, for sale on Amazon.