Bodhi Shola is a female artist exploring consciously interconnected living

through photography and ritualistic practice, placing presence into the space

that unites intimacy, sacredness and Nature in an eco-feminist perspective

on contemporary social culture.

Her practice is devoted to nurturing harmonious relationships among

the human and non-human realms, building awareness towards a

sensitive development of society, nurturing an animistic vision.

Her work is informed mainly by her experience in relationship

with elemental and plant consciousness and meditation.

The process of lived experience is vital for the creation of the imagery,

which is nourished by profound and personal observations on the interrelation between the human body, the creative principles and the natural environment.

Through a spontaneous use of colour, the images take the function of revealing

a lived dream-like state, a space inhabited by feeling, magic and symbolical

coding, independent from dogmatic understanding. The oneiric layer

descends into matter by the means of photographic imagery that

addresses unspoken collective themes and documents landscapes

for preservation and regeneration, medicinal plant species as well as

creating ceremonial practices honouring the connection to the spirit of Life.

The artistic creations and processes adopt resources from local and ethical trade artisanal businesses, supporting women employment and equality and the use

of organic and compostable materials. Each element displayed in the imagery

is carefully chosen for its meaning, healing properties and its relation to the landscape it lives in.

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Bodhi Shola’s work has been exhibited in several group exhibitions including

Mudec Museum, Milano; Fotografiska Museum ; Armani Silos, Milan ;

Red Hook Labs Gallery, NY ; Beacon Gallery, Boston ; Leica Gallery, Milan.

Her work has been presented in publications including The Ny Times Magazine, Vogue Italia, The British Journal of Photography and Atmos Magazine.