Darkam Arcadia

Silent guardians of the invisible, inviting us
to peer beyond the veil.
Through secret pathways, in the in-between land,
dreams embroider the flesh,
and night tales are crafted from branches and feathers.
Stories inscribed on the body, dreams stitched into matter.

Darkam Arcadia (Eugenia Monti) is an artist from San Marino, now living in Berlin. Her practice moves between paper, canvas, and skin—ranging from painting, illustration, and graphic novels to tattooing and Body Suspension with the Santa Sangre Body Rituals project.

She has exhibited her work internationally, in Berlin at Cell64 Gallery, and R. Raum für Drastische Maßnahmen, in Italy at Blu Gallery, in London, Paris, Rome, and Rotterdam but also in Mexico, where her solo exhibition Santa Sangre (Museo Casa del Cabellero Aguila in Cholula) was held.

Her most recent publication is the graphic novel Dietro agli occhi (Behind the Eyes), published in Italy by Progetto Stigma / Eris Edizioni.
She illustrated La Stirpe e il Sangue by Lorenza Ghinelli for Bompiani Edizioni, and Costellazioni Familiari by Ana Llurba published in Italy by Eris Edizioni.
Her previous books include the illustrated story I Sarti del Sonno (Blu Gallery) and the graphic novel Piena di Niente (with Alessia De Giovanni, for Becco Giallo Edizioni).

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