Blacksy - Simona Carbone

About

Blacksy Blacksy is the artistic name of Simona Carbone, an Italian visual artist originally from Francavilla Fontana and now based in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia. Self-taught, she has spent roughly a decade developing her practice through sustained independent study, including an advanced course in oil painting. Her work centers on large-format gestural abstraction in black and white, with the arrow as a recurring symbol of direction, choice, and identity. Each year, this essential visual language is joined by a single color piece, made as a deliberate exception within an ongoing series called “The One.” Blacksy’s work has been shown internationally, including at Casa Milà in Barcelona, Galerie Thuillier in Paris, the Three Shadows Photography Center in Beijing, Artexpo New York, Art World Dubai, Teatro Manzoni in Milan, and Palazzo Martini in Oria. In June 2026, her work Chaos was video-projected at MoMA New York during the launch of the Atlante dell’Arte Contemporanea (Giunti Editore). She has been selected for the XVI Biennale di Firenze 2027, where she will present a canvas work, the sculptural installation Innerforce, and the live performance Mappe dell’Istante.

Statement

The arrow is the recurring sign throughout my work. It is not decorative, it functions as a symbol of direction, of the choices that shape identity, and of the moment before a decision becomes irreversible. I return to it across bodies of work as a way of asking the same question differently each time: what does it mean to commit to a direction. I am self-taught. Over the past decade I have built my technical and conceptual language through sustained independent study, including an advanced course in oil painting, choosing to develop a personal vocabulary outside institutional training. Color enters my work only once a year, in a single piece from an ongoing series called “The One”, a deliberate exception that throws the rest of the black-and-white practice into sharper relief. My work has been shown internationally, including at Casa Milà in Barcelona, Galerie Thuillier in Paris, the Three Shadows Photography Center in Beijing, Artexpo New York, Art World Dubai, Teatro Manzoni in Milan, and Palazzo Martini in Oria. In June 2026, my work Chaos was video-projected at MoMA New York during the launch of the Atlante dell’Arte Contemporanea (Giunti Editore). I have been selected for the XVI Biennale di Firenze 2027, where I will present a canvas work, the sculptural installation Innerforce, and the live performance Mappe dell’Istante, which extends my visual language into collective, unrepeatable gesture made with an audience in real time.

Commissions

I welcome commissioned work. Each commission follows the same process as my studio practice: a personal conversation to understand the space, the intent, and what the piece needs to hold, followed by a gestural black-and-white composition developed specifically for that context. Scale, format, and framing are discussed individually, and every commissioned piece is numbered and certified, consistent with the rest of my body of work. Please get in touch to discuss availability, timeline, and pricing.

Starting from $2,004