Manca, Bonaria
Background: grew up in a large family of shepherds in Sardinia.
Education: none.
Profession/occupation: shepherd.
Art form/medium: painting with chalk, paint, flour, glue etc.; knitting and textile.
Start artwork: after death of parents and divorce of husband.
Relevant info: her house decorated with colourful paintings and murals. Depicts her life story with a strong religious awareness.
(Solo-) exhibitions: from 2007 Verborgen werelden / Hidden worlds, Museum Dr Guislain, Ghent.
References: Famulicki, Marie; La Serenite Sans Carburant (film, based on the ideas of Claire Margat), 2005, broadcast by France 3, Corse.
Margat, Claire; Bonaria Manca. Lost Paradise, in: exhib.cat. Masters of the Margin, Zwolle, Museum De Stadshof 1999, pp. 76-81.
Kooijman, Marianne; Bonaria Manca; De tuin van het leven, in Verborgen werelden, Tielt 2007, p.149-151. / Kooijman, Marianne; Bonaria Manca; The Garden of Life, in: Hidden Worlds, Tielt 2007, p.XLIV.
1925 Sardinia, Italy -
