
Flavia Testa
An outsider artist is talented, self-taught and rarely sells or shows art while alive, but who garners interest and mystery from the outside world that they live in.
Flavia Testa’s story isn’t about easy answers. It’s about living
with the questions. Found in a box as a newborn in Tehran during
the 1970s, she was adopted by an Italian architect, part of the
influential Testa family. She travelled around the world with her
UN parents, never in one place too long, always observing and
listening. This beginning, filled with unknowns, shaped her into
an artist who embraces complexity and raw emotion.
Her art, like her life, is a mirror reflecting honesty and a
fearless approach to communication. It’s a blend of raw
vulnerability and powerful expression, sometimes light, sometimes
deeply moving, but always provocative. Flavia’s work invites you
to explore the spaces where certainty fades, and the beauty of the
unanswered resides. Art is a force and a fortress that protects
and reveals our lives.


Main mediums are ink, paint, pencil. Sometimes also photography
accompanied by elements of linguistics, symbols, signs, words,
images in her larger than life creations that are made for gallery
shows and events.
Flavia enjoys selling her art online through social media and
digital formats. Her work can be in spaces and places far and wide
at a reasonable price. She has spear-headed her own online art
calls that are creative and unique, to sell and collaborate with
her fans and collectors. Flavia believes that art should be
accessible and available to as many people as possible,
everywhere.
Iranian born, Italian Canadian artist Flavia Testa works both in
Canada and Italy.