For forty years, my work has pursued a single question: how to give timeless form to a fleeting feeling. From my studio in Umbria, Italy, I’ve mapped the inner landscapes of memory and light.
My earlier practice was a form of material alchemy, a dialogue with pigment, clay, and plexiglass, wrestling with them to reveal their hidden life.
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After a period of deliberate silence and studio experimentation (2021-2024), my language evolved.
Today, my focus is Entropy. The practice has shifted from control to collaboration; from wrestling with materials to yielding to their inherent will. I now explore the generative forces of collapse and transformation, revealing a more fragile, powerful beauty in impermanence.
My work is a choreography of decay. In the "Entropy" series, I don't just represent vulnerability or chaos; I embody them. In this context, entropy transcends its scientific definition of disorder to become a creative force.
Each canvas is a living artifact, a sensitive membrane where time is not a concept, but an active force. My role transcends that of an omnipotent creator; I become a choreographer who guides the dance between control and randomness. Every technical gesture, the concentration of an oxidizer, the temperature of the wax, the choice of a worn fabric, is a choreographic decision that governs this relationship between intention and the autonomy of matter.
The final works are not inert objects, but a visual testimony of an inexorable and magnificent process. They are tangible proof that vulnerability is not an end, but the generative principle of all authentic beauty.
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The quest remains the same. The answer is now found not in shaping a final form, but in embracing the authentic grace of constant change.
Biography
Italian contemporary artist Laura Alunni began her career in the 1980s in Perugia with a phase of restless experimentation that led to acclaimed large-scale watercolours and, by 1998, a pivotal solo exhibition of oils and acrylics at the historic Antognolla Castle.
A formative period of study in 2003 under German master Mordmüller at Venice’s International School of Graphic Arts deepened her engagement with Renaissance techniques, which she later fused with a contemporary abstract-expressionist sensibility. In 2010, art historian Leo Strozzieri drew parallels between her work and the Futurist masters, a recognition that consolidated her presence on the international stage.
Research and Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations
Alunni’s research extends the boundaries of her practice through diverse media and contexts. Projects include painting directly on a live model for photographer Eric Ceccarini’s The Painters Project (2018), and a commission from Chartesia Publishing to create a visual reinterpretation of Dante’s Divine Comedy (2021). More recently, she has explored the intersection of physical and digital art, producing works accompanied by blockchain-based certificates as enduring imprints of the artwork’s essence.
Current Practice
In her contemporary abstract art series Entropy, Alunni distills years of material experimentation into a poetic exploration of collapse, transformation, and the fragile beauty of impermanence.
Collections
Her works are held in numerous private and public collections in Italy and abroad, affirming her lasting contribution to the field of contemporary abstract painting.
​Selected Milestones
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2021- Commission & Publication: Divine Comedy - Illustrated Edition, by Chartesia Publishing, curated by Marco Gottardi.
​2021- Solo Exhibition: Living Is Not Difficult When You Can Be Reborn, Palazzo del Capitano, Bagno di Romagna, Italy.
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2020- Winner, International Call: Living Is Beginning, Cesare Pavese Foundation, Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy.
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2019- Solo Exhibition: Luminous Events, Spazio Onofri Art Gallery, Republic of San Marino.
​2019- Permanent Acquisition: Acquisition of an artwork by the Istituto Barbarigo, Padua, Italy.
2019- Publication: Featured in the Modern Art Catalog (Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna), published by Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori.
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2018- International Collaboration: The Painters Project, with international photographer Eric Ceccarini, Ibiza, Spain.
2018- Finalist & Publication: Oggetto Libro / Book Object, international festival in partnership with the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy.
2017- International Art Fair: Participation in the International Contemporary Art Fair, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France.
2017- Publication: Featured in the Modern Art Catalog (Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna), published by Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori.