Artwork Details
- Artist
- B. Balliro
- Title
- SLIPPED [PRACTICA]
- Medium
- Oil paints, Oil pastels, Acrylic Gesso on canvas
- Dimensions
- 152 × 91 cm
'PRACTICA' literally translates to 'PRACTICE' in Italian. If every experience is approached as practice, we strip away the performative pressure and lean into what it really means to try; to be real and human - without the fear of failure and critique. This piece from the PRACTICA body of work is called 'SLIPPED'; a self declaration of openly making mistakes and being egoless about it. Slipping up, but getting back up. There's a balance in the chaotic composition with the use of line & colour which will make it the perfect statement within a space.
About the Artist
B. Ballirò is a Melbourne-based artist whose instinct-led practice draws inspiration from life, travel, food, relationships, and the places she calls home. Known for her expressive use of colour and intuitive mark-making, she creates emotionally charged works that explore themes of identity, femininity, memory, and human connection. B. Ballirò is a Melbourne-based artist whose work draws inspiration from lived experience, travel, ritual, and the landscapes she inhabits. Exploring themes of identity, femininity, memory, and human connection, she creates expressive works that sit between abstraction and representation. Working across oil, acrylic, pastel, and mixed media, she has spent more than a decade developing a distinctive visual language characterised by intuitive mark-making, layered surfaces, and emotionally resonant colour. Guided by intuition rather than convention, Ballirò's work is driven by a belief that creative authority does not require pedigree or permission. Her paintings emerge through a process of experimentation, emotional observation, and embodied response, resulting in works that are simultaneously raw, playful, and deeply personal. Her practice has been shaped through immersive residencies and mentorship both locally and internationally, including periods in Italy and southern England. In 2024, she presented her debut solo exhibition, Lei Mangia, which sold out in full. In 2026, she followed with Practica at Brunswick Street Gallery, a body of work examining the relationship between emotional expression, ritual, and contemporary expectations of restraint. Underlying much of Ballirò's work is an exploration of identity, femininity, and inheritance. Once told that daughters do not matter because they do not carry the family name, she now signs her work prominently with her surname, reclaiming both her Italian heritage and a proud, defiant femininity. Whether abstract or figurative, her paintings seek to capture the contradictions of human experience: chaos and calm, vulnerability and strength, humour and heartbreak. Through layered surfaces, intuitive gestures, and emotionally charged colour palettes, Ballirò invites viewers to connect not only with the work itself, but with the feelings that sit beneath it.
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