Bio
Cara Livorio is native to Pittsburgh, PA. She obtained her BFA in drawing and painting from the Pennsylvania State University and pursued graduate studies in visual art and curatorship at NABA in Milan, Italy. A painter to the core, her craft centers on color, form, light, and the tactual physicality of the paint. Cara’s style is expressive and rich with vibrant color, and she uses a myriad of techniques to construct dynamic and palpable experiences.
Cara’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in Italy and resides in private collections throughout the United States and in Europe. Her painting, “Flourish” from her B(L)OOM! series resides in the permanent collection of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Her artwork can be seen in various locations throughout Pittsburgh and in Europe, including an installation of large-scale paintings in the lobby of the Jefferson Regional Hospital and an extensive mural/artwork commission in Ospedale dei Bambini Buzzi in Milan, Italy. Cara is the owner of Artissima art school in Fox Chapel.
Her current series, “Return to Eden,” delves into the interplay between humanity’s enduring imprint and nature’s ceaseless cycles.
Statement
“Art and love are connected in a way that you don’t have to think about it, you just feel it.”
My motivation for painting always derives from my general fascination with color, texture and light. It is the physicality and versatility of the paint that captures my attention, so many languages and possibilities all wrapped up in one medium. I am thrilled by executing a piece of work that successfully utilizes multiple languages and techniques in a way where they are concerted in one general and raw expression of form and color.
One will see that the subject matter of my work will change, but my inspiration and approach remains constant. Beyond my obsession with the techniques of my craft, my work is motivated by the ideas of time, permanence, and the nostalgia of capturing beauty which is fleeting. What is beauty? A memory, an instance, or beautiful flowers all have a life span until they morph into something else. Beauty is an impression. It is important that I portray the life energy of my chosen subject matter—a dynamic palpable experience that has motion, a heightened sensation of a changing existence that has a before, now and after. Maybe beauty or different states of beauty lie within this timeframe.
Representation
Zynka Gallery, Pittsburgh PA