Giovanna Berni, known professionally as Giovannella Berni, is an architect specializing in bioarchitecture. Born in Florence in 1971, she studied architecture at the University of Florence, where the landscape, garden, and urban planning departments boasted renowned masters. Bioarchitecture, in particular, was studied at INBAR. She studied art for 12 years using the Ginette Martenot Method at the Atelier de Florence, from the ages of 8 to 20. She works as a bioarchitect, artist, and feng shui consultant, actively incorporating art, greenery, and feng shui into her work, especially in redevelopment projects or the creation of installations.
In her bioarchitecture studio, she organizes artistic workshops, almost always focused on working with nature, location, landscape, and recycled materials. She has been working as an artist since 2003. Her artistic output to date includes a series of tempera and pencil works (Echi di Colore), exhibited in solo exhibitions in Florence and Portoferraio, and partly in London; a series of oil palette knives (Dialoghi Intorno al Fuoco), exhibited in solo exhibitions in Florence and Portoferraio; a series of photographic art with stones (Il Suono del Silenzio), presented at the Luxembourg Art Prize 2021; and various series of informal photographic art using recycled materials, especially plastic, and the use of color, many of which have been published and subsequently collected in five NFT photographic art collections on Opensea.io. She also produces installations, sculpture drawings, classical landscapes, and anatomies.
She has won several regional awards with his oil palette knives. A Certificate of Merit for Artistic Career at the Luxembourg Art Prize 2021 and 2022. She has published 18 works in Art Now magazines, 3 in Art Tour International, and 9 photographs in the collection Shots to Tell (issue 5). She is featured in the catalog of the first European biennial tour and in the Artfusion and Eternity exhibitions and catalogs at the London gallery The Holy Art. She was a member of Atim Artist for a Green Planet (Hearth Day 2022). She was selected among the 60 Top Art Masters 2023 by Art Tour International. Artist for Peace with UNICEF in 2022 to help children in Ukraine. She defines herself as an independent artist, part of the indie art scene, due to her critical, conceptual, and niche work. She continues to pursue classical research.
Awards and Recognitions
- First Prize (ex aequo) – Suggestions of Portoferraio, 2005
- Sixth Prize – VIII Premio Pontassieve, 2005
- Certificate of Merit – Luxembourg Art Prize, 2021
- Certificate of Merit – Luxembourg Art Prize, 2022
- Selection among the 60 Art Top Masters – ArtTour International, 2023
- La Palma d’Oro Trophy – Monte Carlo, 2024
Artist's Statement
“I believe that art can contribute to cultural change, helping to rethink what has destroyed the proper mentality of relating to nature and to develop the correct one. Abuse lies in thinking of an uncontrolled growth that has lost sight of the natural laws of man and his home. These must be revised or researched to try again for a true future, which is as immeasurable as the inner life of man. Much must be welcomed back into oneself, such as lightness. of being, joy, sincerity, enthusiasm, wonder, and purity. It will then be easier to return home to the true fertility of nature.” Artist’s Statement for Earth Day 2022.
“I studied classical painting, drawing, and modeling, and since I became an architect, art has accompanied my conversations with experiments. I’m fascinated by exploring the classic expression of art through contemporary techniques and concepts. I like the power of color, the non-geometric abstract, the color that flows fluidly in aqueous or oily solutions, or the full-bodied substance of paint that moves with the spatula. Color, which is, for me, a direct expression of art, and also the material. Hence the fun of searching among recycled materials, fascinated by plastic and paper, especially. The wonder of the material or materials comes from my architectural studies. I rarely use geometric shapes, but I’m fascinated by everything organic, round and soft worlds, this is a main trait d’union of the informal photographic series. I also believe it’s important for the artist to have the courage to insist on even niche themes that they find interesting in communication. For this reason, I’ve dedicated myself greatly to the lightness of being and carefreeness, to the world of miracles, Subjects that are now wasted in modern society. Or the allure of plastic, a dubious material today that has instead allowed so much. And also figures composed with a pop atmosphere and an organic setting. Almost retro subjects, no longer in fashion, that instead have much to say to contemporary life.
Art is a primary support for human life; it sustains the imagination, the power to see beyond what isn’t there, or the ability to think critically. For this reason, it is an instrument of movement in life, also has power to change, yes, art can change the world. Or better, and also, the world can be colored.”
2025 Declaration.
