Introducing Shybuia and Giulia Nardone

At Luma Arte Contemporanea, we believe that contemporary art thrives when it speaks with sincerity, vision, and emotional depth. Today we are proud to present two emerging artists whose practices, though distinct, share a rare ability to transform the everyday into something poetic, universal, and profoundly human: Shybuia and Giulia Nardone.

These two artists represent different sensibilities, different instincts — yet both offer viewers a world where beauty, intuition, and authenticity stand at the center.

Shybuia: The Innocence of Vision and the Courage of Truth

Shybuia’s work is rooted in a deeply personal understanding of the world — one shaped by her Romanian origins, her sense of responsibility, and her instinctive desire for justice, harmony, and meaning.
Her paintings seem to exist somewhere between memory and dream, guided by pure instinct rather than formal structure. Each work carries the delicate spiritual clarity of someone who has witnessed both the tenderness and the cruelty of life, and who chooses, despite everything, to believe in the possibility of goodness.

Her landscapes, animals, and figures are not representations of reality but reflections of an inner world where nature is sacred, beauty is essential, and humanity is called to account for its actions.
Collecting a work by Shybuia means embracing a narrative that is emotional, innocent, and quietly revolutionary.

Her art reminds us that hope is an act of resistance, and that sometimes the most powerful truth is spoken gently.

Giulia Nardone: Poetry Discovered Between the Lines

Where Shybuia paints instinct and emotion, Giulia Nardone works within the intimate space between text, gesture, and materiality.
Her technique — combining embroidery, text redaction, and pressed flowers applied onto pages from reclaimed books — transforms forgotten printed matter into new emotional landscapes.

By stitching over the text, she reveals only a few selected words that together form a thought, a whisper, or a fragment of poetry. The dried flowers add a tangible, fragile presence that deepens the sense of memory and rediscovery.

Giulia’s works feel like messages rescued from time, small revelations hidden within the noise of the world.
They speak of vulnerability, resilience, and the quiet beauty found in the act of paying attention.

Each piece is unique — a hand-crafted intersection of literature, gesture, and nature.