Caterina Crepax

Caterina Crepax is a paper artist, known for her scenographic paper dress sculptures. Daughter of Guido, one of the best renowned Italian comic artists ever, she has a light-hearted and ironic approach to her craft, but her ethereal paper dresses and sculptures are unique and astonishing. Growing up in a creative family environment, she found in her father a master and a playmate, who passed down to her manual skills and passion for making, and she gradually found her own creative path almost by chance – encouraged by friends and colleagues who recognised her talent even before she did. Since then, Caterina makes her great imagination available to bring to life the dreams of others, creating three-dimensional, magic and ephemeral visions for events, exhibitions, and set designs.

Caterina usually starts her work by hand-drawing sketches and choosing the right paper. The artist uses various types of paper: smooth and embossed oriental handmade paper, tissue paper, cut-outs from old books or magazines, maps, wallpaper, leftover typography, food paper, office paper, cardboard and paper pulp.

Magnae Chartae Exhibition