Hi I'm Biba Duffy-Boscagli, an American painter based in Paris, France.
I grew up in Santa Barbara, California, and graduated from Oberlin College in 2023 with a degree in art history.
My Methodology
My professional experience in museums, art galleries and artists' studios, as well as my academic background in art history, have created a strong theoretical foundation from which I develop my painting style.
What Is My Art About?
My paintings are surreal letters to the people that are important to me. I paint portraits that evoke a sense of protection and familiarity.
I began painting by cobbling together collage compositions of images from my camera roll that inspired me. Over two years I created a visual vocabulary of motifs that reappeared alongside real images of my friends and family. They were protectors, relating each painting to the next and representing moments of massive change in my personal life. The cherry, fish, house, ambiguous horse, and star provided visual solace and were reminders of imagination in what would otherwise be a purely figurative painting.
I continue to explore that intersection between the real and the imaginary by transforming my early use of motifs as symbols into a narrative arc. My paintings show intersections that tell the stories of complex relationships–between friends, between family, between girl and guardian angels, and between the real and the imaginary.
