What's the purpose or goal of your work?
I am an artist. I can just pop out of bed everyday in a good mood, ready to go to my studio, ready to tackle the universe. My purpose is in my DNA. My artistic goal is to keep the integrity of my work intact recording my impressions of society, culture and environment for the good of humanity.
Which art trends inspire your current work?
Trends and novelty for me are passing fads, instead I try to go out from my comfort zone ,I challenge myself and my work improves.
How has your style changed over time?
I always go a little further into the water that I feel I am capable of being in. I go a bit out of depth and when I feel that I am almost touching the bottom, I am just about in the place of improvement and something changes.
Is there a specific environment or material that's integral to your work?
Sometimes I like to revisit some old paintings creating new paintings on top and so I preserve the past living the present. I also reuse tools they were made for different purpose, such cooking or house tools.
What factors influence the price of your work?
Time, size, materials, my struggle.
What is the best advice you have received in your career?
Allow creativity stimulate ideas in the quiet time in stillness, the ideas rarely come when you are just waiting for them. They intrude themselves into the idle moments of relaxation. Without the boredom/relaxation/time wasted, creativity cannot exist.
How do you manage a work-life balance as an artist?
All life is important; plants, nature, all my surrounding. For this reason while I treasure my time painting in my studio, I take time off to listen to the sound of nature while I nurture my garden, I walk on the beach and I admire a sunset, practicing yoga and meditation, but also while I do everyday shores. When I go back to my studio I connect all together in my work.
How has your education helped you in your career?
My art education gave me the rules, technique and understanding of art history and I believe an artist should learn the rules like a pro, so he can break them like an artist. In my case my art education gave me also the tools to become a specialist in the field of art conservation.

BIO

Gabriella Di XX Miglia's history as a painter begins in Genoa, Italy, where she was first introduced to a box of colors as a child during an extended illness. At that time she had no idea that in 2023 her artwork would be selected for inclusion in the Lunar codex and sent to the moon!

Di XX Miglia studied painting at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti in Genoa, Italy and received her Masters Degree in Restoration and Conservation from the University of Genoa, Italy. For more than a decade she worked in public and private sectors in both Italy and the US as a conservator and restorer.

Di XX Miglia takes pride in being part of a family of artists. This includes her mother, a fine china painter; her grandmother, a violinist and author; her uncle, Alessandro Casagrande, a pianist and composer; and her great uncle Alessandro Lupo, a post impressionist painter and protege’ of Emile Bernard, whose work is part of the Paris Louvre collection.

Her works have been shown in both national and international exhibits in the US and Italy, including the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art in Wisconsin, the Palazzo Braschi (National Museum of Rome) and at the Palazzo Bufalini (National Museum of Spoleto) in Italy and has also been featured in a centerfold spread in the Los Angeles Time’s, Sunday Home Magazine.

Di XX Miglia’s paintings can be found in notable private, corporate and public collections including: H.M. Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, Dr. Frankling Murphy (Leader in art and publishing; chief of Times Mirror Publishing, chairman of The Nat. Gallery of Art, Washington); Richard Colburn (Colburn School of Music); Eric and Leza Lidow(trustee of LACMA); Stephen Garrett ( Director of Getty Museum); Nicholas Boratynski ( Founder of Tetra Tech); Paola Masino (Italian writer); Ambassador Alvise Memmo (Italian Minister of Protocol); Cedar-Sinai Med. Center. Los Angeles; UCLA Med. Plaza, Los Angeles; Palazzo Braschi, Museo di Roma, Rome, Italy; Prefettura di Siena, Italy and Church of San Siro, Nervi, Genova, Italy. Gabriella is an award winning artist and one of the artists from across the globe whose work was selected for inclusion in the Lunar Codex , a time capsule of digitized works of art and literature being sent to, and permanently placed, on the moon.

She is a member of The Portrait Society of America, California Art Club and PoetsArtists. Di XX Miglia was nominated for a Guggenheim Fellowship, New York in 1985. In 2022 she published a book, “La Rose de la Mariée” a memoir to inspire women to surpass difficulties and live life to the fullest.