Luna Paiva grew up surrounded by art. “My father was an artist, so I’ve been playing and working with clay since I was a child sitting beside him painting and drawing,” she tells Business of Home . “Materials are part of my childhood. So it’s been a long process that started very early.” Born to Argentinian and French parents, Paiva spent her youth between Paris and Buenos Aires. She studied art history and archaeology at the Sorbonne before working in film and TV set design, and then pivoting to full-time sculpture design, photography and drawing. Eventually she was invited to design a window installation for Hermès in Spain and Argentina, and has since had works featured in the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art and galleries across the globe.
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