Art Berta Vallo uses illustration to lampoon our contemporary world
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Berta Vallo uses illustration to lampoon our contemporary world

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Anna Frattini

Berta Vallo is an illustrator and graphic designer who translates everyday life — both intimate and urban — into images with an aesthetic that blends irony, melancholy, and color. All elements that immediately intrigued and fascinated us. Let’s see why.

Her visual universe revolves around two often intertwined poles: metropolitan life and the female experience, both observed through the lens of a culture deeply shaped by consumerism and contemporaneity.

In her work, women and objects merge in illustrations that reveal the contradictions of our present: the search for authenticity in a world built on image, beauty coexisting with exhaustion, and lightness concealing a critical eye. Each illustration seems to emerge from a suspended moment — a mental photograph capturing gestures and details that appear banal yet are capable of expressing entire emotional states.

Berta’s style is therefore essential and distinctive: clean lines, soft palettes, and carefully balanced compositions. But behind the apparent simplicity lies a strong visual and social awareness — the very aspect that struck us most about her work. Her figures, often isolated in geometric and saturated spaces, become symbols of the tension between individuality and conformity, freedom and performance.

With her illustrations, Berta Vallo doesn’t simply depict life in contemporary cities — she highlights it with a sharp, ironic light. Between pixels, neon signs, and routine, her work reflects how consumer culture shapes not only what we desire, but also who we are.

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Written by Anna Frattini

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