Claudia La Bianca is a Sicilian-American artist and filmmaker. She is best known for her Miami street art and as a finalist on the filmmaking competition show On the Lot.[1][2] She produced and directed several episodes of the Hannah Help Me! series for PBS and the independent feature The Journey of the Dragonfly.[3][4]

Early life

Claudia was born in Sicily. She took to drawing female superheroes in her childhood as a result of being bullied by schoolboys. She comes from a family of artists where artistic expression was encouraged. She was known as the girl who painted walls in her home town of Bagheria, Sicily.[5] After losing her older brother who was a filmmaker, she decided to pursue filmmaking herself to still feel close to him.

Career

Following the completion of her studies at New York Film Academy, Claudia was selected as a top-50 semi-finalist out of more than 12,000 submissions for the filmmaking reality series On the Lot. Claudia helped make the team short film, Out Of Time 2, and made her own short, Blind Date, before finishing in the show's Final 18.[6] She has gone on to direct several national commercials and music videos. In 2014, she completed her second feature film, The Journey of a Dragonfly, which was shot in Sicily and stars Katarina Morhacova.[4]

Claudia is well known for her vibrant large-scale murals in the Wynwood district of Miami. Numerous city walls and single- and double-story buildings serve as canvases to some of her most recognizable works.[7][8] Her artworks have been featured on CNN, CBS News, and Telemundo and she has sold installations in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Italy.[5][9] She specializes in murals, sculpture, paintings, sketches, characters, and fashion illustrations. Claudia's works message themes of unity, female empowerment, and individuality. Her 2018 mural, "Unite in Love" drew widespread attention for featuring the embrace of first ladies Michelle Obama and Melania Trump. Following the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Claudia painted a mural titled "Our Heroes" on the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. It features four female nurses stylized as comic superheroes. As popularity of the piece grew, several hospitals commissioned similar installations.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Strouse, Chuck (2007-06-06). "Miami on the Lot". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  2. ↑ "On the Lot: The Shorts". Variety. 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Miami artist Claudia La Bianca". www.sflstyle.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  4. 1 2 Betancourt, Nick (April 1, 2013). "[Spotlight] Crafty Cinema: Claudia La Bianca's Take on Film, Art, and Miami". Tropical Escape. Spring 2013: 20 – via Yumpu.com.
  5. 1 2 Gomes, Isabella Vi (2017-11-20). "Artist Claudia La Bianca Goes Beyond Murals to Empower Women". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  6. ↑ "50 On the Lot Semi-Finalists Announced". ComingSoon.net. 2007-05-14. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  7. ↑ Treaster, Joseph B.; Cromwell, Rose Marie (2019-10-23). "In Miami, the Murals Are the Message". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  8. ↑ "Claudia La Bianca – Streetartmankind". Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  9. ↑ "Claudia La Bianca | Contemporary Art". Contemporary Art Urbe Acrilica. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  10. ↑ Friscia, Suzannah (2020-04-15). "Claudia La Bianca's Murals Celebrate Healthcare Workers as Everyday Superheroes". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  11. ↑ "ARTIST CLAUDIA LA BIANCA PAINTS 104-FOOT MURALS AS A TRIBUTE TO JACKSON FRONT LINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS : SF STAT!: South Florida Hospital News". southfloridahospitalnews.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  12. ↑ "Miami Artist Claudia La Bianca Celebrates Healthcare Workers in Hospital Murals". Miami New Times. 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2020-05-20.


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