Communicating emotion through the harmony of shape and color. This is the mantra of Laura Rota, a Milan-based artist drawn to the idea of making people feel, rather than explaining what to look at.

Her compositional sensibility comes from years of study in Gestalt perception, developed over the course of her career as a graphic designer and as a teacher of color theory and graphic design history.

In her series of abstract, geometric paintings Circles of Joy, the circle — a pure, essential form — becomes the center of compositions painted entirely freehand, without masking, in flat and uniform color fields, always marked by the luminosity and contrast of a gold element. The painted gesture, though extremely precise, always remains visible: it is what keeps the artist's human presence intact, even within a rigorously geometric structure.

Her research sits within a lineage that runs from Bauhaus to Vasarely, from Albers to Rothko, and grows out of visual memories tied to nature and a constant attention to themes of harmony and coexistence across different cultures.

Rota's work is now held in over 30 private collections across more than 10 countries. She is a member of StudioTo Gallery, London, and has shown in solo exhibitions in Milan and in international group exhibitions such as Amorpha (Oregon City, USA) and Paratissima Kosmos (Turin). She collaborates with Boralevi Firenze on a fine handwoven carpet, produced in a limited edition and inspired by her compositional research.