Chiara Camoni

Chiara Camoni (1974, IT) Lives and works in Fabbiano, in Tuscany’s Versilia Hills, IT.

After graduating from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Chiara Camoni worked at the Institute of Natural Sciences in Naples for many years. She is a founding member of the MAGra Contemporary Art Museum of Granara, IT and the Vladivostok group. Recent commissions include: Nomas Foundation, Rome, IT (2018); Museo della Ceramica di Montelupo, Montelupo Fiorentino, Firenze, IT (2018). Her work has been included in exhibitions at: Museo del Novecento, Florence, IT; DOM Art Space, Palermo, IT; Nomas Foundation, Rome, IT; CAC – Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT; Museo Marino Marini, Firenze, IT; Fondazione Merz, Torino, IT . She is the first recipient of the inaugural Jackson Tang Award for ceramics (2018) in association with the Contemporary Art Society; the prize winning works were acquired by Middlesborough Institution of Modern Art, the first UK Museum to acquire works by Camoni. Her first UK solo exhibition ‘SISTERS’ opened at MIMA, Middlesbrough in January 2019 and her solo exhibition at MOSTYN, LLandudno (Wales) runs until March 2020.

Sometimes the expression of thought through visual form becomes a necessity, coinciding with basic needs—albeit very complex. For artist Chiara Camoni, encountering the mystery of creation is a practice as necessary as eating and drinking, or going for a walk on a sunny day. Her works are linked to the idea of flow and fusion with a simple and basic daily dimension in which the current of daily life freezes to a halt and emerges in meaningful and autonomous forms. Chiara’s works can be created just about anywhere, more often than not in her kitchen; at times, with the assistance of friends and relatives who happen to pass by, all members of what can be called her extended studio.

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