ATELIERARTINBRONZO – SILVIA MEIER

Originally from the Dominican Republic, she has lived in Switzerland since 1992.

Intrigued by art since childhood, she has experimented with various expressive techniques during her life, driven by the irrepressible need to ‘create’. When life took her to Europe, Silvia began to frequent various artists with whom she shared her experiences.

Animated by an intense experimentalism, she specialised in working with plaster, wax and plasticine, but her artistic maturation accelerated and she reached an important milestone when she began to learn the ancient art of bronze casting. Silvia loves the interesting colour effects of patinas and textures that the properties of bronze allow her to recreate.

Her favourite subjects are mostly inspired by Nature, from which she draws the shapes of her ‘creatures’, which, being frogs, butterflies and tropical fish, are born real but are characterised by great simplicity and essentiality of form.

Her ‘creatures’ express, in the solidity of the material, grace, lightness, elegance and serenity. All of them, without exception, live depicting a moment of real life that, in its normality, reflects the grandeur of creation and, with it, the mystery of life.

Particularly noteworthy is Silvia’s recent participation in the YouNique events held in 2018 , 2019 , 2022 , 2023 and 2024, in the incredible setting of Villa Ciani in Lugano and dedicated to excellent craftsmanship. Silvia presented some of her greatest works to great public and critical acclaim.