Ilaria Lais

Ilaria Lais: was born in Italy in 1967, descending from a family of Florentine Renaissance painters. She studied illustration and turned to fine arts after moving to London in 1999. Her works have been included in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the National Portrait Gallery BP Award and other UK prizes, and exhibited regularly in the U.S.A. and Europe. In the past decade she has reprised her printmaking practice, specialising in mezzotint. Her artist book Hortus is in the collection of the Getty Research Institute.