Gina Caramba | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

Gina lived a multicultural childhood from which would arise her various influences. She grew up in the Ivory Coast where she developed a relish for folk arts. Of Italian origin on her father’s side, she also developed a fascination with the colourful and baroque atmosphere of churches. A shy child, she found refuge in images, drawing and literature. Like Frida Kahlo (Mexican artist) whom she admires, from an early age Gina found in art a way to live her daily life.Gina’s workshop is a curiosity shop, a place where she stores and displays collections of objects, tending towards the unusual and heteroclite. She accumulates all the books, journals and papers that come her way. It is from this atmosphere of knowledge and creation that the artist draws her inspiration.