Born in Trento (Italy), after graduating in applied art she began working in various sectors which led her to converge towards what she most wanted to do: painting. Since 2014 you have been part of the Compagnia d'Arte l'Aeroplanino ad Elastico and since 2023 of the cultural association Kunst Grenzen-Arte di frontier aps. She paints where she lives, on a farm in the woods. Sometimes the Woods puts her in a state of listening: her mind captures an image that will then end up on the canvas or her skin. If that intuition comes to those who observe the work, it creates an act of profound union.
Her paintings can be both figurative and abstract and in her paintings, I mainly use palette knives and acrylics on canvas or wooden supports.
She encountered the world of tattooing as an adult. After a few years of apprenticeship, you opened a studio in Rovereto, Berkana Tattoo, which over time turned into a collaboration with other tattoo studios, and now you tattoo mainly as a regular guest at the Universo Tattoo in Rovereto (TN). She performs tattoos that take up symbols of ancient cultures, everything that is linked to the environment that surrounds her such as the forest, animals, and mountains; she interprets the rock carvings in a personal way, with a “dotwork” style. What she likes most is pursuing simplicity, in sign and meaning. She tattoos both with the traditional electric machine and with the ancient Handpoke technique.
Shooting star
Nena Cont - Stella cadente (40x30 cm)
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Two steps back n.4
Nena Cont - Due passi indietro n.4 (70x50 cm)
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Two steps back n.1
Nena Cont - Due passi indietro n.1 (70x70 cm)
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Sunrise in the North East
Nena Cont - L'alba a Nord Est (60x60 cm)
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Light
Nena Cont - Luce (103x103 cm)
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The only way
Nena Cont - L'unica via (60x60 cm)
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