Laura Nillni

Graphic Artist Born in 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has lived and worked in France since 1987. The history of her native country,Argentina, has left its mark on Laura Nillni, but she decided to focus on color and music, erasing from her inspiration the tragedies of history, and highlighting instead a theater of the soul that revels in tonal harmonies and the subtle shades of existence. However, the titles of the videos that she makes with her composer husband, Ricardo Nillni, allude to subjects still close to her heart: Portées disparues (Lost Staves), Le Mal qui foudroie en plein Bonheur (The Evil that Strikes in the Midst of Happiness). Translated from German, Nagelkopf, Laura’s German maiden name, means “head of a nail”. Nails run in her blood. She may have adopted her husband’s Italian-sounding name as a pseudonym, but she uses memories to compose a pictorial genealogy, with nails replacing musical notes. -- [Commentary from http://leliamordoch.com/fwp_portfolio/laura-nillni/]