Beyond being an artist, Vera Bugatti is widely celebrated as a chalk artist (using the traditional Italian Madonnari technique), 3D street painter, street artist, anamorphic artist, and internationally acclaimed urban artist.
She has created work across Italy, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Ireland, Croatia, Austria, Malta, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Russia, Latvia, Portugal, Bulgaria, the USA, Mexico, the UAE, and India—and that list continues to grow every year.

Street painting, also known as pavement art, street art, and sidewalk art, is the craft of creating artistic designs on paved surfaces such as streets, sidewalks, and city squares using semi-permanent or impermanent materials like chalk. Traditional chalk art traces its roots back to the earliest Italian street artists (the Madonnari) from the sixteenth century. Today’s Madonnari still work with ephemeral materials, often reproducing celebrated sacred paintings. Nowadays, you can discover original designs and innovative ways of storytelling and conveying messages all around the world.

“As a street painter, my primary role is to be a visual artist. I draw my characters with chalk on sidewalks, streets, or pavements across urban public spaces. The ephemeral nature of this ancient Italian art form has taught me how to instantly evoke emotions in the viewer, knowing my work will vanish as soon as the wind blows or the rain falls. My chalk pieces emerge from the heart, dreams, and the mind through imaginative and diverse inspirations, weaving in nods to art history and contemporary cultural iconography.”

Vera is not only a master of transforming the ground beneath our everyday steps. Every so often, she creates magnificent murals that simply take your breath away.