Tatiana
Viola

My name is Tatiana Sofia Viola (TSV) and I’m an Argentinian-Italian-American emerging mixed media artist. My work is rooted in memory, movement, and the in-between spaces of the identities we carry, inherit, and absorb over time.

Raised in the U.S. by immigrant parents, I grew up deeply connected to Argentina and Italy—spending each year immersed in el campo, where horses run free and the silence of open land speaks its own language. That time was essential. The land, the language, and the spirit of my heritage live at the core of who I am and continue to shape my creative voice. But I am also American.

So I create from a place of duality—of contradiction. My practice is raw, intuitive, and layered. I work across acrylic, oil, photography, fabric, markers, digital design, and collage. I follow feeling over form, letting instinct and emotion guide my materials, shape, and process.

I rarely start with a clear plan. I start with a thought, then question it, reject it, rethink it. I always let each iteration show itself on the canvas in some capacity. My paintings live with me—sometimes for months or years—before they show me who they want to become.

My work reflects the strength in women, the weight of inherited memory, and the quiet resilience found in liminal spaces. Each piece is a release and a reflection—a textured diary of what it means to belong to more than one world, but not feel fully at home in any. The only place that’s ever truly felt like home is my studio.

Art is how I process the world. It’s the only way I know how to speak.