Born in Cagliari in 1961, Maria Dolores Mancosu lives in Villamassargia, Sardinia, Italy. She graduated in Modern Literature from the University of Cagliari and teaches Italian Literature and History in high schools. She has worked in the organization of cultural events. Since childhood, she has cultivated a passion for poetry, the figurative arts, and photography, which she calls "Poetry of Light." Through her photographs, taken exclusively with natural light and freehand, she represents the men and women, human and natural environments of Sardinia, her homeland, a space of shared identity. By weaving the fine lace of the image, she opens herself to the representation of interior spaces and the places of existence, just as memory and reality itself evoke them. Her photographic works evoke the faces of women and men, beautiful in their dignity, intelligence, and kindness, humility and grace; gentle and attentive to the daily dimension of their existence, to food, the blessed child of the sun, of sweat, of patience. She develops the typical Sardinian idea of ​​home: "Sa domu est piticca, su coru est mannu" (the house is small, the heart is big). And Home is Nature, never foreign to man, a family of plants and animals to be preserved and cared for. And it is precisely the concept of "common Home" that inspires her shots: the space of a room, of a table illuminated by the sun, is the Place where vital and irreplaceable balances between beings are preserved and recomposed. In the small space of a room, the light welcomes and expands the naive and popular, yet no less intense, image of love for Creation and the Creator. The fruits of the earth and the animals become the center of the image, seen with eyes full of love and respect. That respect and love that our planet urgently demands today. Feedback Google Traduttore She has exhibited at: 1) Solo exhibition "Sa Domu est Pitticca, su coru mannu" as part of the "Meglio una donna" art exhibition, curated by Vittorio E. Pisu, Cagliari, July 2021 2) Solo exhibition "Di terra e di Luce" at the ARRUBIU ART GALLERY CAFFE' in Oristano, October 2021, curated by Vittorio E. Pisu 3) Group exhibition at the "DANTEBUS MARGUTTA" Gallery, Via Margutta, Rome, July 2022 4) Solo exhibition "Sardinia: a living heart" at the Regional Wine Museum in Berchidda (SS), curated by Vittorio E. Pisu - August 2023 5) Ranked first overall in the Sardinia Selections for the XV ROME ART BIENNALE (November 5, 2023) 6) Selected and exhibited at the ROME ART BIENNALE MILAN INTERNATIONAL ART MEETING, with recognition of merit. (November 24-28, 2023) 7) Participates in the exhibition "SARDINIA IN ART" at the OCTOPUS GALLERY in Brussels (February 2024) 7) Her works are published in the CAM, MODERN ART CATALOGUE, ED. GIORGIO MONDADORI n. 60 2024 8) Participates in the Group Exhibition "From Modern to Contemporary Through Sardinia" curated by Davide Bisato at the "Nova Karel" Gallery in Cagliari, (June 2024) 9) A page is dedicated to her in the monthly magazine "ARTE" by GIORGIO MONDADORI 10) Selected with Special Mention for the ART SYMPOSIUM at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Rome, VATICAN CITY on the occasion of the Jubilee of Artists (ART FACTORY) 10) Selected for the Catalog "ATLAS OF CONTEMPORARY ART" GIUNTI Publishing House, forthcoming. 11) Publishes in the CAM Modern Art Catalogue, GIORGIO MONDADORI Publishing House, no. 61