Valentina Ghiglione was born in Milan in 1945. She trained at the Istituto d’Arte with a specialization in advertising design and fashion, later refining her skills as a self-taught artist in oil painting and porcelain decoration.

For Valentina, color is life. This philosophy guides every one of her works: vibrant tones, decisive gestures, and an expressive force that transforms the canvas into a celebration of vital energy. She began painting at the age of fifteen, exhibiting her first works in venues along Milan’s Navigli, immersed in the artistic and underground atmosphere that made the district famous. At eighteen, she opened her first art studio, then spent a year in Brazil, where she encountered a completely different cultural context. However, the pull of Italy and her interest in the political and social life of the 1968 movement brought her back to Milan.

There, she married Gianni Soresi, a draftsman and painter, with whom she shared an intense creative journey. Together, they developed an innovative technique for porcelain decoration with reliefs and gold finishes, reinterpreting Scandinavian methods. This led to the creation of “I Soresi,” a brand that achieved great success in Italy.

Their daughter Francesca later joined the duo, transforming art into a family legacy. Together they created illustrated fairy tales, satirical cartoons, and decorative works, exhibiting in numerous shows across Italy. After Gianni’s passing, Valentina moved to a farmhouse with her daughter and grandchildren, where she continues to create. There, art extends even onto the walls, transforming living spaces into painted narrative surfaces.

An artist and grandmother, Valentina has passed on her passion to younger generations, demonstrating that creativity knows no age. In the works of Valentina Ghiglione Soresi, pure and vibrant colors dominate, applied through instinctive, expressionist gestures. Each hue becomes a direct translation of life itself: an emotional language that refuses compromise and celebrates existence through the power of color.