1968年出生于阿尔巴尼亚地拉那，1991年就读阿尔巴尼亚地拉那国立美术学院纯艺专业，1996年就读意大利布雷拉美术学院纯艺专业，1997年就读法国巴黎第八大学哲学专业。她的绘画作品通常以单一色调为主，大面积留白构图，其画面中的人物宛如幽灵，仅以寥寥数笔勾勒轮廓，点缀明亮色块，有时辅以织物或金箔。她描绘的是仿佛在对观者呐喊痛苦或绝望的幽魂，也可能是在施展暴力或沉溺情欲的灵魂。
沃尔普西的绘画风格独树一帜，仅在气氛营造上可与米里亚姆 · 卡恩（Miriam Cahn）或弗朗西斯 · 培根（Francis Bacon）相提并论。她的创作近乎完全出于即兴，似乎一气呵成。尽管部分主题或构图在其作品中反复出现，她却始终避免成系列地创作。
Born in Tirana, Albania in 1968, she studied fine arts at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, Albania in 1991, fine arts at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Italy in 1996, and philosophy at the University of Paris VIII in France in 1997. Usually monochromatic with large areas left empty, Ornela Vorpsi’s paintings feature ethereal figures that are only sketched with a few brushstrokes, patches of bright color and sometimes pieces of fabric or gold leaf. She seems to portray ghosts or spirits who scream their pain or their despair to the viewer, or who alternatively engage in violent or sexual acts.
Vorpsi’s paintings are unique, only similar to painters such as Miriam Cahn and Francis Bacon in the mood they project to the viewer. They seem to be almost entirely spontaneous and produced in one go. If some themes and constructions are recurrent within her production, she refrains from working in series.
