My artistic activity focuses on figurative subjects, particularly portraits and the human form; in the last couple of years I deepened my love for drawing, and I now mostly work using coloured pencils (a specific selection of colours) and charcoal, because I think it’s a combination of materials that can express perfectly the feeling behind my inspiration, made of memories, personal experiences, inner fears, turmoils and unspoken emotions.

The relentless passage of time, loneliness, solitude, the love/sacrifice behind motherhood, the fascinating moment of conception are some of my favourite subjects.

In my latest drawings the sitters are usually depicted as emerging from a whirlwind of emotive lines that scratch the surface as scars stained on the skin and on the soul and give breath and movement to the composition. In my latest series I also reflect on the power of gesture and body language to express emotions and feelings putting a lot of emphasis on the sitter's hands, preferring close-ups, unusual and striking composition that turn into timeless, universal images which everybody can relate to.

The strong use of contrast of lights and shadows is a direct influence of Caravaggio’s “chiaroscuro”.
For the subjects, deep inspiration comes from Egon Schiele and Kathe Kollwitz’s works.

Giulia Quaresima is an Italian artist living and working in Cambridgeshire.

Her art career includes an extensive education. She completes her MA in History of Contemporary Art with honours from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2012. Prior to receiving her MA, she earned her BA in Cultural Heritage Studies with honours from the University of Pisa, Italy, and her BA in Painting with honours from the Academy of Fine Arts, Carrara, Italy.

Giulia’s work has been exhibited in London - Mall Galleries (Women in Art Fair, Society of Women Artists, Society of Graphic Fine Art); The Gallery at Green and Stone, Chelsea - and also across the UK - Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Conwy, North Wales; Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Somerset; The Gallery, Holt - and internationally too - Palazzo Arese Borromeo, Cesano Maderno, Italy; Italian Culture Institute Gallery, Cracow, Poland; Petrartedizioni Art Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy.


She has been elected as Associate Member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art in 2024.

She has been shortlisted out of 836 entries as one of the 11 finalists of the London Graphic Centre Art Prize 2023 sponsored by Theo Paphitis.
She has received a special commendation from the Institute of East Anglian Artists as a result of her entry in the IEA Open Exhibition 2022 and she has been a member of the Cambridge Drawing Society since 2018.