ARTIST STATEMENT

Daniela Spoto is an italian Illustrator based in Berlin.

Basically She like to tell stories. Sometimes her stories, sometimes other people's stories. The inspiration comes from a mix of different elements: films, music, nightmares, somebody  walking in the street, books,comics, memories. She is fascinated by the children point of view: children see the world in ways adults have forgotten.Interested in history of art, especially the works of Hieronymus Bosch, the geometric perspectives of Giotto or the Medieval wall tapestries.

BIOGRAPHY

After taking her degree in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, she moved to Berlin where she  works and lives  since five years.
In this time she  took part to several exhibitions in Italy and in Berlin, and collaborated with independent international publications .