Chiara Camoni b. 1974, IT. Lives and works in Fabbiano (Lucca) Italy, US > Artist Bio > Press
German Pavillion, Venice Biennale, IT
2007
Photo: Luca Bertolo
Call and gather.
Sisters. Moths and flame twisters.
Lioness bones, snakes and stones.
Exhibition view:
Pirelli HangarBicocca
Milan, IT
2024
Photo: Agostino Osio
Call and gather.
Sisters. Moths and flame twisters.
Lioness bones, snakes and stones.
Exhibition view:
Pirelli HangarBicocca
Milan, IT
2024
Photo:Agostino Osio
Call and gather.
Sisters. Moths and flame twisters.
Lioness bones, snakes and stones.
Exhibition view:
Pirelli HangarBicocca
Milan, IT
2024
Photo:Agostino Osio
Vase
2021
ceramic, glaze with flowers’ ash
35 x 22 x 18.5 cm
Vase
2021
ceramic, glaze with flowers’ ash
39.5 x 24 x 21 cm
Vase
2021
ceramic, glaze with flowers’ ash
29 x 27 x 26 cm
Sphinx
2022
cement mixer, porcelain enamelled with vegetal ashes, plant, soil, ceramic and triple-fired
porcelain, plant matter, BTS, alpacca, copper, vegetable print on silk
190 x 330 x 300 (variable)
Installation view:
Hic Sunt Dracones
Galleria D’Arte Moderne (GAM), Turin, IT
Photo: Roberto Marossi
La Brugiana
2018
vegetal print on silk, brass
180 x 90 cm
Le Case del Vergheto
2018
vegetal print on silk
180 x 90 cm
Chiara Camoni
Sister
2022
Polychromed terracotta, iron, dried flowers, candles, fire
Installation view:
Castel Gardena, Selva Gardena, IT
Commissioned by Biennale Gherdëina
2022
Chiara Camoni
Sister(detail)
2022
Polychromed terracotta, iron, dried flowers, candles, fire
Installation view:
Castel Gardena, Selva Gardena, IT
Commissioned by Biennale Gherdëina
2022
Piatti
2021
stoneware glazed with vegetal ash and sand
variable dimensions
Disco Tornio
2021
potters wheel, ceramic pots, disco lights, music
dimensions variable
Installation view:
Deux Soeurs
CAPC, Bordeaux, FR
2021
Disco Tornio
2021
potters wheel, ceramic pots, disco lights, music
dimensions variable
Installation view:
Deux Soeurs
CAPC, Bordeaux, FR
2021
Carrozzone
2021
mixed media (found & borrowed materials)
300 x 150 x 220 cm
Installation view:
Deux Soeurs
CAPC, Bordeaux, FR
2021
Grande Sorelia #8
2019
terracotta
240 x 59 cm
Grande Sorelia #8, (detail)
2019
terracotta
240 x 59 cm
Grande Sorella #15
2022
Porcelain and stoneware with flower petal ash and river sand glaze
197 x 50 cm
Grande Sorella #15 (detail)
2022
Porcelain and stoneware with flower petal ash and river sand glaze
197 x 50 cm
Installation view:
IPOGEA
Palazzo Bentivaglio, Bologna, IT
2021
Installation view:
IPOGEA
Palazzo Bentivaglio, Bologna, IT
2021
Installation view:
lo Dico / I Say
Galleria Nazionale, Roma, IT
2021
Installation view:
Fuori, Quadriennale di Roma, IT
2021
Foreground:
Kabira (Chiara Camoni and the Participants at the workshop in Museo Carlo Zauli)
2019
black terracotta, verdigris patinated wood, metal, verdigris patinated wood
260 x 290 x 110 cm
Workshop still:
Kabira
Museo Carlo Zauli
Faenza, IT
2019
Workshop still:
Kabira
Museo Carlo Zauli
Faenza, IT
2019
Installation view:
Artifices instables, Stories of ceramics
NMNM – Villa Sauber Monaco, FR
2020
Photo: Andrea Rossetti
SISTERS
2020
Polychromed terracotta, iron, dried flowers, candles, fire
140 x 70 x 140 cm
Installation view:
White Crypt, London, UK
2020
SISTERS(detail)
2020
Polychromed terracotta, iron, dried flowers, candles, fire
140 x 70 x 140 cm
SISTERS(detail)
2020
Polychromed terracotta, iron, dried flowers, candles, fire
140 x 70 x 140 cm
La Cemere di Montelupo #05
2017
white clay, ash polish, dry vegetation
45 x 20 x 20 cm
La Cemere di Montelupo #05
2017
white clay, ash polish, dry vegetation
45 x 20 x 20 cm
Living Room
2019
Wild plants and seeds, verdigris patinated wood, terracotta and glazed terracotta made with
sand and soil from Llandudno’s beach,
recycled fur
Installation view:
About this and that. The self and the other. like everything., MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales, UK
2020
Living Room(detail)
2019
Wild plants and seeds, verdigris patinated wood, terracotta and glazed terracotta made with
sand and soil from Llandudno’s beach,
recycled fur
Installation view:
About this and that. The self and the other. like everything., MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales, UK
2020
Chiara Camoni
Autoritratto (Self Portrait)
2018
pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm (each)
Chiara Camoni
Autoritratto (Self Portrait) 45
2018
pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm
Installation View:
Casa sull’albero
permanent installation
Aquapetra Collezione Agovino
Camponia, IT
2019
Installation View:
Casa sull’albero
permanent installation
Aquapetra Collezione Agovino
Camponia, IT
2019
Installation View:
Casa sull’albero
permanent installation
Aquapetra Collezione Agovino
Camponia, IT
2019
Installation view:
SISTERS
MIMA
Middlesbrough, UK
2019
Installation view:
SISTERS
MIMA
Middlesbrough, UK
2019
Installation view:
SISTERS
Arcade
London, UK
2017
Grande Sorelia_Kabira
2019
terracotta and dried flowers
250 x 50 cm
Chiara Camoni (with Federica Minelli)
Untitled, Autumn #02
2017
vegetal print on silk
170 x 90 cm
Chiara Camoni (with Federica Minelli)
Untitled, Autumn #02
2017
vegetal print on silk
170 x 90 cm
SISTER 2
2017
iron, glazed clay, candles, fire
Arcade, London, 2017
SISTER 2 (detail)
2017
iron, glazed clay, candles, fire
Sculture fischietto
2016
clay and glazed clay
dimensions variable
Installation view:
La storia viene sempre dopo
SpazioA
Pistoia, IT
Sculture fischietto #21
2016
clay and glazed clay
8 x 30 x 18 cm
Performance still:
Fischiatori
SpazioA
Pistola, IT
2016
Installation view:
// Grande Baccano
Pinacoleca Civica B. Malajoli
Fabriano, IT
2016
Workshop still:
// Grande Baccano
Fabriono, 2016
Situation with four figures (detail)
2014
clay, iron, rope, shells, watercolour on paper
dimension variable
Installation view:
Folleree & Folleroo
Arcade, London
2015
with Caroline Achaintre and John Finneran
Situation with four figures (detail)
2014
clay, iron, rope, shells, watercolour on paper
dimension variable
Situation with four figures (detail)
2014
clay, iron, rope, shells, watercolour on paper
dimension variable
Installation view:
Anachronikos
CAC
Vilinius, LT
2016
Installation detail:
Anachronikos
CAC
Vilinius, LT
2016
Chiara Camoni, Paola Aringes, Silvia Peratto
// Tranco e il Trapezio
2013
wood, bones, teeth, wool
200 x 200 x 200 cm
Vasi
2013-5
polychrome clay
dimensions variable
Ninessa #8
2015
black clay, Tillandsia Usneoides
26 x 10 x 10 cm
Ninessa
2015
clay
25 x 5 x 5 cm