Symona Colina
A painting… A drawing…
starts with a point.
One out of infinite possibilities…
Then follows a line,
on the surface of height and width,
following the comprehensive wind.
Finding and diving into the depths,
crushing, caressing, capturing… a space.
Almost touching the horizon…
As a whisper of the wind on the cutting edge.
Once upon a time…
“One day many… many years ago…
Almost yesterday…
Symona Colina came across a beautiful box with colored pencils…
It was a bit like looking at a rainbow, finding a rainbow.
She picked up the box filled with these colored pencils.
Sat down in the evening light and started to draw…
Not aware, at the time, that it was the beginning of a never-ending story…
WINDSCAPES
One starts with a point, then follows the line… following the comprehensive wind…
A Big Bang - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
A Different Horizon - Coloured Pencil on Paper 56x76 cm - Symona Colina
A Turn Up - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Aeronauts - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Birds - Coloured Pencil on Paper 56x76 cm - Symona Colina
Blue Shades - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Blue Wings - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Blues Brothers - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Blues - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Countersides - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Dreamer - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Ensemble - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Entwined - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Essence - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Fiamma - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Fishyball - Coloured Pencil on Paper A4 - Symona Colina
Fusion - Coloured Pencil on Paper 56x76 cm - Symona Colina
The Goldtail Comet - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Kroa...ak - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Lemonjuice - Coloured Pencil on Paper A4 - Symona Colina
L'inizio - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Moonlight - Coloured Pencil on Paper 56x76 cm - Symona Colina
Nightlicht - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
One Note - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Possibilities - Coloured Pencil on Paper A4 - Symona Colina
Red and Blue - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Red Circle - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Reflections on a black hole - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Rock - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Seaweed - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Silver - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Square - Coloured Pencil on Paper A4 - Symona Colina
Strangers in the night - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
The B Hat - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
The Ballad of the Seahorse - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
The Big Fish - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
The Black Cat - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
The Inkpot - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
The Keyhole - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
The Loophole - Coloured Pencil on Paper 56x76 cm - Symona Colin
The Shadow Key - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
The Time Machine - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
One Dimension - Coloured Pencil on PaperA3 - Symona Colina
Triball - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Graffiti 1 - Coloured Pencil on Paper A4 - Symona Colina
Graffiti 2 - Coloured Pencil on Paper A4 - Symona Colina
Graffiti 3 - Coloured Pencil on Paper A4 - Symona Colina
Graffiti 4 - Coloured Pencil on Paper A4 - Symona Colina
Twilight - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Two Birds - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
White Space - Coloured Pencil on Paper A3 - Symona Colina
Bliksem - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Circuspaard - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
De Speelkamer - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Different and One - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Draakje - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Dwazendans - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Geometrie - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Handen - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Jaardag - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Joep - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Kannen en Kruiken - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Life is but a dream - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Nieko - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Onthullen - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Pan Pan - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Post Hoorn - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Potlood - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Verloren - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Vrij - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Windows - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Zeepaard - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina
Zonlicht - Coloured Pencil on Paper 31x41 cm - Symona Colina

A Different Horizon
A different line.
A different point of view.
One starts with a point
and follows the line.
Perspective is a dance of colors and lines.
A melody of outspread wings.
It is a meeting and a clash between
length, height, and width.
It is where I see the world inside me.
It is where I see the world outside me.
The impact is where we meet.
Where we share our horizons.
Coloured Pencil on Paper 56×76 cm

Moonlight
A Fisherman’s best friend.
Coloured Pencil on Paper 56×76 cm 2026

Nightlight
Small and bright enlightening the course set to the horizon
Until the light breaks into shadows
And dawn breaks on fluttering wings
Coloured Pencil on Paper A3

The Loophole
(love over gold)
The Loophole
From every angle
On every turn
The perfect vicious cirkel
The missing link
To endless possibilities
Coloured Pencil on Paper 56×76 cm 20024
Symona Colina
Born in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands, in 1954.
Participated in several exhibitions in several countries.
the Netherlands, the United States, Italy, Spain, Belgium, England, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France ...
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Her work is like the wind, perceiving perspective.
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A perspective which touches and surrounds her, and in its essence forms the source of her work and sparkles in endless interfaces.
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Composing with the shades of rainbow-light…
Brushes in a hand, weaving lines and tunes into the shades…
Words strung like beads on a string fall featherlight on a thin surface…
A song to see…
Rainbow-light grows into whispered words of a high-pitched rhapsody…
A song to see.
Oil on Canvas - Pencil on Paper
Dust in the wind
Art has many interfaces with existence.
It is all-round in its countless disciplines - and nevertheless unlimited.
The interfaces employed by Symona Colina in the visual arts chiefly tie in with: 'spatial perception, spatial thinking and contemplation.'
Through which infinity apparently comes within reach.
“Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.”
Orhan Pamuk
The Ballad of the Seahorse
Symona Colina working on the Ballad of the Seahorse
Symona Colina - Exhibitions - Visual Art
- Paris FR, 2026, Caroussel du Louvre - Circle Arts Foundation
- Roma IT, 2025, Accademia internazionale di significazione poesia e arte contemporanea: Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Roma
- Roma IT, 2025, OpenArt XXII edizione: Biblioteca Angelica Roma
- Roma IT, 2024, Arte Per Oggi : Ex Cartiera Latina
- Miami USA, 2023, Red Dot Artfair, Virtual show
- Firenze IT, 2022,Palazzo Vecchio, Primo Premio Firenze - Europa
- Roma IT, 2022,Galleria il collezionista
- Roma IT, 2022, Cancelleria Vaticano
- Amsterdam NL, 2016, World Fashion Center
- Rotterdam Nl, 2015, AHOY Nationale Kunstdagen 2015
- Roma IT, 2015, ArtePerOggi Teatro dei DioScuri
- Bruxelles BE, 2014, AmartGallery
- London GB, 2014, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery
- Roma IT, 2013, Palazzo Pontificio Maffei Marescotti
- Torino IT, 2013, Biennale Museo MIIT
- Roma IT, 2013, Domus Talenti
- Amsterdam NL, 2013, ADAF - World Fashion Center
- Torino IT, 2013, MITT Museo Torino
- Bonn De, 2013, Kunstlerforum Bonn
- Roma IT, 2012, Teatro dei DioScuri
- Padova IT, 2012, 23° Fiera Arte Padova
- Sofia BG, 2012, Rayko Alexiev Community Center
- Grosseto IT, 2012, Centro AGAF
- NewYork US, 2012, New Art Center
- Roma IT, 2012, Teatro dei Dioscuri
- Praga Ce, 2012, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Praga
- Milano IT, 2011, Galleria Spazio Museale
- Paris FR, 2011, Caroussel du Louvre
- Milano IT, 2011, Galleria "il Borgo"
- S.Severa IT, 2011, Castello di S.Severa
- Chianciano Terme IT, 2011, Biennale di Museo d'Arte ChiancianoTerme
- Barcelona SP, 2011, SWAB (Camdenartgallerie)
- Torino IT, 2011, Miniformato, Accademia SantaRita
- Béziers FR, 2011, Salone Internazionale di Béziers.
- Torino IT, 2011, Villa Guialino (Internazionale Italia Arte)
- Santa Marinella IT, 2011, Villa Alagna
- Bologna IT, 2011, Expo Officina Minganti
- Torino IT, 2011, Museo della Citta di Collegno
- Santa Severa IT, 2011, Castello di S.Severa, premio Astarte
- New York US, 2011, International Competition Chelsea
- New York US, 2010, Agora Gallery
- Firenze IT, 2009, IV Biennale 2009
- Roma IT, 2009, Centro Internazionale OAD
- Santa Severa IT, 2009, Castello di Santa Severa
- Torino IT, 2009, Antichi Chiostri
- Torino IT, 2009, Accademia Internazionale SantaRita
- Santa Marinella IT, 2009, Casina Rosa
- Venezia IT, 2009, Galleria Françoise Calgagno
- Roma IT, 2008, Caffe Letterario
- Ferrara IT, 2008IV, Biennale Ferrara
- Genova IT, 2008, Museo ‘Flavio Roma’
- Montemaggiore IT, 2002, Associazione Culturale
- Maastricht NL, 2001, Instituut Europêen
- Santa Marinella IT, 2000, Porto Odeschalchi
- Apeldoorn NL, 2000, Royal Talens
- Chiavari IT, 1999, Chiesa: s.Francesco
- Winschoten NL, 1999, Hospedale:s.Lucas
- Sestri Levante IT, 1998, da ‘Nadia’
- Oosterbeek NL, 1995, de ‘Valkenburcht’
- Clonmel IR, 1991, 'Galleria di ‘Owen’
Symona Colina - Publications - Visual Art
- Masterful Minds v.9, 2025, World Wide Art Books
- Artista Index curated by ICM Gestora Cultural
- Windows in the Wall: The Transformative Vision of Symona Colina 2025, Art Review by Myrina Tunberg Georgiou Director of the Circle Foundation for the Arts
- Art Analysis: 2024, Contemporaryartstation
- Review "November Rain" : 2024, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine by Marta Puig
- Infinite Interfaces: 2024, The Art of Symona Colina, Art Review by the Circle Foundation for the Arts
- Spotlight temporary art magazine, 2021 Circle art foundation
- Circle quarterly art review, 2021 Circle art foundation
- Jaarboek Kunstenaars, 2016 Stichting Kunstweek Nederland
- Cohen's Choise - Stichting Kunstweek, 2015 Nederland
- Kunstoase, 2013 Nederland (Najaar)
- Jaarboek Kunstenaars 2013
- Effetto Arte Anno : 3, no 1, Gen-Feb.2013, EA Editore
- Art Museum Selection, 2012
- Art in Vogue London, 2012
- BOE - Premio della Critica, 2011
- Effetto Arte Dicembre, 2011
- Avanguardie Artistiche Centro Diffusione Arte, 2011
- World Wide Art Books, 2011
- International Contemporary Masters IV, 2011
- World Wide Art Books Dictionary of Artists, 2010
- Art is Spectrum 2010, Agora Gallery
- NY Artsmagazine, 2010
- ArtFairs International January 19th
- Cover "Royal Talens" BV., 1993
Symona Colina - Awards - Visual Art
- Signature Artist, CFA Artist of the year competition - 2025
- Collectors Art Prize - Legends of our Time, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine - 2025
- El Greco - Premio de las Bella's Artes, International Cultural Management - 2025
- The premier artist prize, Contemporary Art station - 2025
- Future of Art Global Masterpiece Award, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine - 2024
- Global Art Virtuoso Elite Artistic Career Achievement Award - 2024
- Certificate Creative Excellence, Circle Foundation for the Arts - 2023
- Primo Premio Firenze, Fiorino d'Oro - 2022
- Artist Value Certification, Artmajeur - 2021
- Certificat of Artistic Excellence, Circle Foundation for the Arts - 2021
- Honorable mention, Biennale of Chianciano - 2011
- Honorable award, Art Addiction Medial Museum MAB3 - 2016
- Premio Astarte 1°Classification Painting - 2010
- Merito all Artista, International Exhibition Italia Arte - 2011
- Premio Internazionale Tokyo, Centro Diffusione Arte - 2011
- Premio della Critica BOE, L'editor Effetto Arte - 2010
- Il premio internazionale Lorenzo il magnifico - Premio del Presidente
- Biennale Internazionale dell'arte contemporanea - 2009



