Biba Duffy-Boscagli is an American painter based in Paris, France. Though formally trained in mixed media sculpture and photography, her primary medium is acrylic on found canvases. Satisfying colors, ambiguous imaginary characters, and surreal environments with sinister undertones characterize Duffy-Boscagli’s painting practice. Duffy-Boscagli grew up in California and graduated from Oberlin college in 2023 with a degree in Art History.
Inspired foremost by children’s artwork, my artistic practice deals with self reflection through a surreal lens. Painting allows me a framework in which I play with the intersection of imaginative characters and the confrontation of self. The harsh impact of those worlds colliding results in my use of color, texture, and experimentation with proportion, often revealing something dark and vulnerable carefully buried in surreal scenes.
Repeated motifs such as the fish, tooth, shooting star and house link each of my artworks visually and symbolically. Initially repeated doodles, each motif represents a moment of great change in my personal life. To paint them alongside images of my parents or friends or into a surreal environment represents a beacon that I invite the viewer to return to: a visual marker of protection and assurance among strong colors, or sinister visual cues.
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