GENTILISSIMA

BY VICTORIA GENTILE

sculpture
painting
pottery

About

Hey there! Nice to have you here :) Just a few words about my path. I was born in Buenos Aires in 1991. In first grade, I unexpectedly made a drawing with perspective, and my mom quickly understood that I needed more. From that moment, she took me to every art workshop and little art school she could find. I value that infinitely — thank you, ma.
At 14, I joined Marcelo Maira's painting studio, where I spent six years working in geometric abstract art. The Manifesto Invencionista by Tomás Maldonado was my bible. I participated in exhibitions and competitions, and won my first honorable mention with a painting called Macedonio.
In 2009 I began studying Industrial Design at the University of Buenos Aires, and the three-dimensional world absorbed me completely. I graduated in 2014 and started working in the metallurgical industry with an immense joy of bringing objects into the world. In parallel, I studied four years of dramatic arts and wrote scripts and small poems in personal notebooks. Always searching for something, even when I didn't quite know what.
After the pandemic, I moved to Italy and shifted from design to business. It was a conscious choice, but I never imagined what the absence of creativity would do to my soul. One day, in the middle of adapting to a new life, I bought some clay, picked up a stone from the street, and without overthinking it, I tried to represent myself. What came out wasn't perfect. It was just what I had inside.
That's how My Own Ominies was born — a project where emotions and body meet, and where the dialogue between them takes shape. In 2024 I started working with ceramics, in 2025 I took my first wheel-throwing courses, and in 2026 I discovered the kurinuki technique. Today I try to integrate technique with non-technique — that free space where I can represent the interests of my wildly curious soul in matter.
I want to share a quote by Rick Rubin that changed something inside me, and I hope it might change something in someone else too: "Often the most innovative ideas come from those who master the rules or from those who never learned them at all."
Today I live in Milan, I organize exhibitions and events, and I share what I do and how I got here. I invite you to explore my work on this page I made for you.
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My own ominis collection

An exploration of fragility as structure

About this project

Over the past few years, I have been developing my personal project “My Own Ominis,” an artistic exploration that combines raw ceramics with organic materials such as flowers, branches, and stones, within a reflective process that moves between the rational and the spiritual.
My work creates a dialogue between organic and inorganic elements, exploring the passage of time and the inherent fragility of materials, where the ephemeral leaves its mark. Through my practice, I translate thoughts and emotions into physical forms, investigating the tension between fragility and strength, between the transient and the enduring, and the inner pursuit of balance.
The evolution of the series reflects a transformation of emotional states: from confusion and vulnerability (expressed through forms charged with tension), to expansion, positivity, and emotional release and acceptance.
My work is inspired by urban life, where thoughts and feelings mix in a state often marked by uncertainty and confusion. In this context, the desire to feel better continues, even when the environment pushes us off balance. In short, my work is inspired by the wild emotions of everyday life.