A mio padre (To My Father)

A thin and almost imperceptible thread connects earth and sky, physical substance and the intelligible realm: here is humankind. 

It is the moment when the body takes shape — when deep emotional, intellectual and visceral passion finds physical expression at the centre of a sheltered and protective hollow: the maternal womb and the paternal seed of conception united together — the unconditional gift of opposites to the new life that is coming into being. 

— Elisabetta Milan

Lara Steffe was born in Cavalese (Trento). After her early training in Trento, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in 1997. She currently lives in Moena (Trento) and teaches painting disciplines at the “G. Soraperra” Art Institute in Pozza di Fassa. 

Since 1991 she has exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions, and since 2004 she has participated in several wood and stone sculpture symposia. In 2005 she spent a period in Ecuador, where she taught drawing and sculpture at the Intercultural Bilingual Higher Technological Institute of Isinliví and created several sculptures for the Italian Embassy in Quito.