Faded Garden

2018

FADED GARDEN

This work stems from a suggestion coming from the Italian garden and the elements that compose it; the posthumous scenario consists of fragments of statues abandoned between moss and ivy, where an imaginary and almost adrift artifact emerges and reinforces the idea of catastrophe, of which, however, we cannot understand the causes. At the same time, there is a strong poetic component, emphasized by the idea of the night as a perennial guardian of secrets.
The fragments of the sculptures have been treated as real photographic supports, through the technique of rayography; by exposing plant parts resting on the emulsified surface of the statue to a light source, I factually and metaphorically impressed on them the shadows cast by the trees, as if they were hit by moonlight, thus evoking a night space.

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My research develops through the stratification of elements drawn from history and literature, social and cultural symbols evoking a sense of unreality, suspended between mystery and marginality.

Through photography and the installation, I return to the image the suggestions and the experiences lived, telling of primarily nocturnal worlds that generate a sort of temporal suspension and, at the same time, conceal new forms of truth.

SILVIA MARIOTTI

Lives and works in Milan (IT)

Education – workshop – residency

2018 – BoCs Art Cosenza, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
2017 – Huberbau house, São Paulo (BR)
2017 – Cars – Cusio Art Residency Space, Omegna (IT)
2016 – FAAP Residency, São Paulo (BR)
2013 – Investigazioni private, workshop with Francesco Jodice, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Treviso (IT)
2012 – Advanced Course of photographic technique, Spazio Forma, Milan (IT)
2009 – Degree in Visual Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Urbino (IT)
2007 – Erasmus – Facultad de Bellas Artes Alonso Cano, Granada (ES)
2005 – BA Degree in painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Urbino (IT)

Awards

2019 – Premio Level 0 Prize – Art Verona, winner
2019 – Rotary CLub, Be the difference…with art!, Bassano del Grappa (IT), selected
2016 – Talent prize, MACRO museum, Roma (IT), selected
2014 – Premio Fabbri per le arti contemporanee III edition – photography section ,Treviso (IT), selected
2014 – Premio Combat Prize VI edition – photography section, Livorno (IT), selected
2013 – Premio Celeste X – photography section, Napoli (IT) first prize

Selected solo show

2020 – Not at first glance, curated by Aurora Fonda, MGLC – International Centre of graphic arts, Ljubljana
2019 – Sei nature e due cieli, curated by Matilde Galletti, Free Energy, Rome
2018 – Ogni particolare, curated by Matilde Galletti, Palazzo Falconi, Fermo (IT)
2018 – Melancholia, curated by Giorgia Gastaldon, Civic Museum, San Vito al Tagliamento (IT)
2018 – Tre Notturni, curated by Umberto Palestini, Spazio K – Palazzo Ducale di Urbino
2016 – Final Open Studio, FAAP Residency, São Paulo (BR)
2016 – Fronte invisibile, curated by Aurora Fonda, Villa Manin, Udine (IT)
2016 – A radio play, with Moe Yoshida, text by Gabriele Tosi, Mars – artist run space, Milan (IT)
2015 – Dawn on a dark sublime, A plus A Gallery, Venice (IT)
2015 – Nessun dove, with Ryts Monet, curated by Pietro Gaglianò, Artcore Gallery, Bari (IT)
2015 – Il fiato sul vetro, with Francesco Locatelli, Studi festival #1, Milan (IT)
2014 – Io sono quella che tu fuggi, curated by Stefano Verri, Civic Museum Villa Colloredo Mels, Recanati (IT)
2014 – Reazioni perfettamente naturali, curated by Carlo Sala, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (IT)
2014 – Attempts, curated by Alberto Zanchetta, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lissone (IT)

Selected group show

2020 – Metafotografia 2. Le mutazioni dell’immagine, curated by Mauro Zanchi and Sara Benaglia, BACO, Bergamo
2020 – Whatever it takes, curated by Curatorial Studies Venice, A plus A Gallery, Venice
2020 – Total Recall, curated by Rossella Farinotti, Galleria Bianconi, Milan
2019 – Argo. La fotografia italiana emergente, curated by Carlo Sala, Cattedrale Ex Macello, Padua
2019 – To make something of myself, curated by Rossella Farinotti, spazio DAS, Milan
2019 – Disegno politico italiano, A plus A gallery, Venice
2018 – Unidos da Barra Funda, Olhão artist-run space, São Paulo Paolo (BR)
2018 – Anteprima a Palazzo, curated by Matilde Galletti, Palazzo Bernetti Evangelista, Fermo (IT)
2018 – Poste – Percurso, curated by Reis Valdrez, Galeria Extéril – Port (P)
2017 – From Object To Exposure, curated by Carlo Sala, TRA – Ca’ dei Ricchi, Treviso (IT)
2016 – Palinsesti 2016 – Fracturae, curated by Giorgia Gastaldon, Altan Palace – Pordenone (IT)
2016 – This is today, curated by Aurora Fonda, Civic Gallery – Piran (SLO)
2016 – Talent Prize, Macro museum, Roma (IT)
2016 – Collezione Vedova Mazzei, Studi festival #2, home studio VedovaMazzei, Milan (IT)
2016 – Linea del tempo annodata, Studi festival #2, Milan (IT)
2015 – Non esistono oggetti brutti, curated by Alberto Zanchetta, Galleria Bianconi, Milan (IT)
2015 – L’esprit de l’escalier, curated by Alice Ginaldi Dimora artica, Milan (IT)
2015 – Non siamo mai andati sulla luna, Mars – artist run space, Milan (IT)
2014 – Seance room, curated by Andrea Lacarpia, Galleria Cart, Monza (IT)
2014 – Extradelicato 2, Studio Via Pantelleria 5, Milano (IT)
2014 – Riflessioni sulla crisi, curated by Carlo Sala, Hangar – La Fornace, Asolo (IT)
2013 – Simplegadi, curated by Alberto Zanchetta, Artcore Gallery, Bari
2013 – Le figlie di Eva, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Fama Gallery, Verona

Special projects

Artist’s book De uma estrela à outra, Milan, Bôite Editions, 2020

Publications

AAVV, Metafotografia 2. Le mutazioni dell’immagine, Jesi, Skinnerbox, 2020, pp.95 -102
Davide Dal Sasso, Nel segno dell’essenziale. L’arte dopo il concettualismo, Torino, Rosemberg & Sellier, 2020, p.250
AAVV, Photo Open Up. Festival internazionale di fotografia, Padova, 2019, p. 83 (Exhibition catalogue)
Spazio K. Cambi di rotta, Urbino, Arti Grafiche della Torre edizioni, 2018 (Exhibition catalogue)
Palinsesti, San Vito al Tagliamento, 2018, pp. 9-15, 20-23, (Exhibition catalogue)
222 artisti emergenti su cui investire, Roma, Exibart Edizioni, 2018, p.134
From Object To Exposure, Treviso ricerca arte, Treviso, 2017 pp.18 -29, (Exhibition catalogue)
Dawn on a dark sublime, Venezia, 2015, Catalogo della mostra
AAVV, Generazione critica. La fotografia in Italia dal Duemila, Ravenna, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2014

Interviews, reviews

January 2021: https://fadmagazine.com/2021/01/04/exploring-the-shadow-to-discover-truth-an-interview-with-silvia-mariotti/
December 2020: http://atpdiary.com/visioni-conversazione-mariotti/
November 2020: https://www.exibart.com/mostre/silvia-mariotti-all-international-centre-of-graphic-arts-di-lubiana/
July 2020: https://fadmagazine.com/2020/07/10/10-questions-from-isolation-with-silvia-mariotti/
February 2020: http://atpdiary.com/new-photography-silvia-mariotti/
July 2019: http://atpdiary.com/ineverexplain-silvia-mariotti/
September 2018: http://formeuniche.org/five-questions-for-silvia-mariotti/
December 2017: https://www.artribune.com/professioni-e-professionisti/who-is-who/2017/12/intervista-silvia-mariotti/
December 2016: http://aplusa.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Pagine-da-Inside-Art_108-ESTRATTO.pdf
November 2015: http://atpdiary.com/interview-silvia-mariotti-aplusa/