Silvia Giambrone
Silvia Giambrone was born in Sicily 1981. Lives and works between Rome and London.
She works with Richard Saltoun Gallery in London, Stefania Miscetti Studio in Rome, Prometeo Gallery in Milan
Education
2002-2006 Academy of Fine Arts, Rome
Awards / Workshops / Residencies / Conferences
2022
Tokyo Film Award, Best Short Film, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Film Award, Best Inspirational Film, Tokyo, Japan
Best Experimental Short Award – Lady filmmakers festival, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Award of Recognition: Women Filmmakers – Accolade global film festival
Award of Recognition: Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising – Accolade global film festival
Best Poster – San Francisco art house Film Festival
Best makeup – San Francisco art house Film Festival
Best editing – San Francisco art house Film Festival
Best Performance art Award, FAFF – The Fine Art Film Festival, Venice Institue of contemporary art, Venice, Los Angeles
2019
Vaf Prize, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Vaf Foundation
2019
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency, Shanghai, China
2017
Special Prize Ars Nova 100, Winner, Arte Laguna Prize, Beijing
Arte, reaction and resistence. Conference chaired by Carla Subrizi with Laura Iamurri, Michela Becchis, Silvia Giambrone, Maria Antonietta Trasforini, Macro Museum, Rome.
2016
Donne (non più) anonime, confronto sul femminicidio, conference, Albumarte, Rome
Premio Level 0, Winner, ArtVerona
Premio Smartup Optima, Winner, Naples
2015
Residency, ISCP, New York
2014
Francesco Fabbri Prize, Mention BIM winner, Pieve di Soligo
Collector for Celeste Prize, Winner, ArtVerona
Premio Level 0, Winner, ArtVerona
“The sense of a detonation”, theatre laboratory by Silvia Giambrone and Davide Enia, Teatro Valle Occupato, Rome
2013
Main Prize, Winner, Kaunas Biennale
Residency in Tenuta Vallefredda, Tenuta Antonello Colonna, curated by SACS, visiting professor: Nari Ward. Labico, Rome
Nel segno di Carla Lonzi, Festival dei saperi e delle pratiche delle donne, Bari
2012
Autoritratto: un libro e un metodo, Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna, Roma
2011
Residency, Palazzo Riso Museum, Palermo
Residency V International art “Alanica 2011”, Vladikavkaz, Republic Noth Ossetia-Alania
Carla Lonzi: a portrait, Arcibellezza, Milano, curated by Francesca Guerisoli
2010
Residency, Upload Art Project, Trento
Residency, Torre Coccaro, Bari
2009
Advanced course in visual arts, Visiting Professor Walid Raad – Antonio Ratti Foundation, Como
Epson Prize, winner, Bevilacqua la Masa Foundation, Venice
2008
Young Artist Award, selected, Agnelli Foundation, Turin
Solo exhibitions
2023
Sexually explicit content, prroject Room, PAC Padiglione arte contemporanea, curated by Diego Sileo, Milan
2022
Some things, Nicola del Roscio Foundatio, Rome
Fighting words, Prometeo Gallery, Milano
2021
Hall of shadows, in collaboration with Dior autumn-winter 2021-2022 women’s ready-to-wear collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri
2020
Baby dull 2020, Spazio Taverna, Rome
Nobody’s room. Anzi, paarla, Museo del Novecento, Milan
2019
Sovvertimenti, Museo ‘900, Firenze, a cura di Paola Ugolini
Feminism in Italian conetmporary art, Richard Saltoun Gallery, curated by Paola Ugolini, London
La Correzione, Marcolini Gallery, Forlì (FC)
La Correzione, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Trento
2018
Il danno, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome
Atto unico per mosche, Rossini Foundation, curated by Francesca Guerisoli, Briosco (MB)
Silvia Giambrone|Marco Gobbi, Alti Piani, curated by Roberto Farneti, Van Der and Di/Da, Bozen
Una Vetrina, The Indipendent, Rome, curated by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini
2016
Gina Pane – Silvia Giambrone, the expanded action; Crearte Studio, curated by Carlo Sala, Oderzo (TV)
Say it with flowers, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Roma
Archeologia domestica Vol. I, Italienisches Kulturinstitut Köln, Deutschland
2015
Archeology of the domestic Vol. I, Create Studio, Oderzo (TV)
Silvia Giambrone: A terrible love of war, 10th Kaunas Biennale, National Museum of M. K. Čiurlionis, Kaunas, Lithuania
2014
Sound Corner, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Ciò che non siamo ciò che non vogliamo, Alto Garda Museum, Trento, curated by Federico Mazzonelli and Denis Isaia
Due o tre cose che so di lei, Teatro delle Esposizioni #5, Villa Medici, Academie de France, Rome, curated by Claudio Libero Pisano and Giovanna Zapperi
2013
Silvia Giambrone, MAR Museum, Ravenna, curated by Silvia Cirelli
2012
The empire’s free slaves, Galleria Doppelgaenger, Bari
Parallel Borders, Rome, curated by Mark Mangion
2011
Poetics of relation – Silvia Giambrone Liliana Moro – Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto
Out of myself, Spazio Ferramenta, Turin, curated by Susanna Sara Mandice, Raffaella Bassi, Gene Urciuoli
2010
Ottobrata, Galleria Bonomo, Torre Coccaro, Bari, curated by Lino Sinibaldi and Antonella Spano
Invito all’opera, Galleria Il ponte contemporanea, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva
More to come, Upload art project, curated by Federico Mazzonelli, Silvia Conta, Julia Trolp, Trento
2008
Speaking your language I learnt how to hate you, NextDoor Gallery, Rome, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti
Selected group exhibitions
2023
You owe me one, Prometeo Gallery, Milano
Cinequest Film & VR Festival, San Jose, California
Le ferite di Roma, Galleria Mattia De Luca, a cura di Ludovico Pratesi e Marco Bassan, Roma
2022
World of International Film, Glasgow, Scotland
Viaggio in Italia XXI, Casa di Goethe, curated by Ludovico Pratesi and Gregor Hersch, Rome
Turning pain into power, Kunst Meran Arte Merano, curated by Judith Waldmann, Meran
Lady filmmakers festival, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
The mill of performing art, Film Festival, Larissa, Greece
The tilted body – International Festival of performance art, Biennale Arcipelago Mediterraneo, Palermo
Accolade global film festival, Los Angeles
San Francisco art house Film Festival, San Francisco
INTERTWINGLED – The role of the Rugs in Art, Craft and Design, La Galleria Nazionale, Rome
2021
Reclaiming and Making: Art, Desire, Violence, Museum Of Sex, curated by Emily Shoyer, New York, NY
Orizzonti del Corpo, Palazzo da Mosto, curatedy by Marina Dacci, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Mascarilla 19 – Codes of domestic violence, LOOP Festival, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spagna
Mascarilla 19 – Codes of domestic violence, Perugia Social Film Festival, Perugia
Mascarilla 19 – Codes of domestic violence, Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Mascarilla 19 – Codes of domestic violence, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli (To)
I say I, La Galleria Nazionale, curated by Paola Ugolini, Cecilia Canziani, Lara Conte, Roma
2020
Mascarilla19, MAXXI Museum, Roma
Lo Schermo dell’arte, Palazzo Strozzi Museum, Florence
Mascarilla 19, Palazzo Grassi Museum, Venice, Italy
2019
The body in pieces, Art-Lab Berlin, curated by Charlotte Bank and Salah Saouli, Berlin
The party exhibition, Studio Chérie, Berlin
Libere tutte, Casa Testori, Novate Milanese, curated by Daniele Capra and Giuseppe Frangi
Wall-eyes. Looking at Italy and Africa, Rome, Fondazione Musica per Roma – Auditorium Parco della Musica, curated by Ilaria Bernardi
Italia, racconti invisibili, Italian Embassy, Sarajevo, Bosnia Erzegovina, curated by Micol di Veroli
Wall-eyes. Looking at Italy and Africa, Cape Town, 6 Spin Stree, a cura di Ilaria Bernardi
Italia. I racconti (in)visibli, Gyumri, Armenia, Styles Regional Gallery, curated by Micol Di Veroli
Italia. I racconti (in)visibli, Santiago del Cile, Museo Cultural Las condes, Cile, curated by Micol di Veroli
VII VAF Foundation Prize, Mart Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
Donne. Corpo e immagine tra simbolo e rivoluzione, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Rome
2018
Young Italians 1968 – 2018, Italian Institute of Culture, curated by Ilaria Bernardi, New York City
SHE DEVIL Remix, Pecci Museum, curated by Cristiana Perrella, Prato
Men at work/ Women work better, Bibo’s Place Gallery , Rome
Il corpo è un indumento fragile, Museo del 900, curated by Paola Ugolini, Florence.
MAGMA. Il corpo e la parola nell’arte delle donne tra Italia e Lituania dal 1965 ad oggi, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica di Roma, a cura di Benedetta Carpi De Resmini, Rome
Mottenwelt, Galleria Marcolini, Forlì
Notturno Domestico, Spazio Y, a cura di Fabrizio Pizzuto, Rome
Ada Advisor, Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome
2017
Time is out of Joint, National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Roma
Body to body, National Gallery of Modern Art, curated by Paola Ugolini, Rome
She Devil on tour – Vilnius, National Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, curated by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini.
Terra mediterranea: in action, NiMAC, Nicosia, Cyprus
2016
Left to Right, Copperfield gallery, London
Che ci faccio qui?, MLAC, La Sapienza, Rome, curated by Fabrizio Pizzuto
Beneath Our Feet And On The Surface Of Things, New Rochelle BID and Residency Unlimited, curated by Livia Alexander
W. Women in Italian design, IX Triennale Design Museum, Milan
She Devil 8 – She Devil in the mirror, Stefania Miscetti Studio, selected by Paola Ugolini, Rome
Precarious Balance, Art Film Night, CoCA Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand
2015
Chaotic Passion, Museo Villa Croce, Genova
‘Suite Rivolta’, Carla Lonzi’s feminism and the art of revolt, Museu de Electricidade, Doclisboa’s Passage programme, curated by Anna Daneri and Giovanna Zapperi
The Body as Language: Women and Performance, Richard Saltoun Gallery, Londra, curated by Paola Ugolini
Private view 2, Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schweningen ‘Lovis-Kabinet’, Stadtbezirk Schwenningen, Germania
2014
Diversi muri, an homage to NOF4, Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, Rome
Sound Corner, Auditorium di Roma, curated by Anna Cestelli Guidi
Parallel Borders 1, Monuments and Shrines to Capitalism, Forum Stadtpark, curated by Mark Mangion, Graz
Apulia Land Art Festival, a cura di Francesca Guerisoli, Bosco di Cardigliano, Specchia (LE)
Seminaria III, Festival d’arte ambientale, a cura di Isabella Indolfi, Fabrizio Pizzuto, Marianna Fazi, Maranola
Vice Veritatis, Walk with the artist, Bergamo, curated by Art&Tours
Here, There and Far, Upload Art Project, Trento,curated by Federico Mazzonelli
Togli il fermo, Palazzo Riso Museum, Palermo, curated by SACS
2013
Let it go, American Academy in Rome, curated by Nari Ward and SACS
NOW! Giovani artiste italiane, Ex Refettorio del Complesso San Paolo, Ferrara, curated by Lola G. Bonora and Silvia Cirelli
KAUNAS BIENNAL UNITEXT ’13, National Museum of M. K. Čiurlionis, Lithuania
ReMap4, Parallel Borders / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism curated by Mark Mangion with Natalia Avlona, Athens
C’è una piccola radice che, se la masticate, vi spuntano le ali immediatamente, MAC – Lissone Museum of contemporary art, curated by Cecilia Guida
MEDITERRANEA 16, Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean (BJCEM), Ancona
SUBJECTIVE MAPS/ DISAPPEARENCES, Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism curated by Mark Mangion for Malta Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Iceland
Autoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell’arte italiana contemporanea, MAMbo, curatorial coordination by Uliana Zanetti, Bologna
La Mala Educacion, Biagiotti Gallery, Florence, curated by Pietro Gaglianò
2012
Intell-ego, Bilotti Museum, Rome, curated by Roberto Iotti D’Onorio
Vetrinale, Rome, curated by Cecilia Casorati, Micol di Veroli and Yuri Elena
Re-Generation, MACRO Testaccio, Rome, curated by M. Alicata and I. Gianni
Flyers, la Fortaleza de La Cabaña, Oncena Bienal de la Habana
2011
Video in progress 3, Fields of the Performative, Koroska galerija likovnih umetnosti Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
Ente Comunale di Consumo, curated by Claudio Libero Pisano, Complesso del Vittoriano Museum, Rome
Hear me Out, CIAC Musem Castello Colonna, Genazzano, curated by Cecilia Casorati e Claudio Libero Pisano
Cosa si prova ad avere un suono in testa? Prima traccia: Spostamenti e ridefinizioni, Ex-Romberg, Roma, curated by Elena Abbiatici e Valentina G. Levy
WO_MEN points of view, 91mQ art project space, Berlin, curated by Francesca Referza
Ogni donna sono io, Pinacoteca Provinciale, Potenza, curated by Sara Errico e Antonella Viggiani
Ente Comunale di Consumo, curated by Claudio Libero Pisano, National Gallery of Cosenza, Palazzo Arnone
Protest!, Careof, Milano, curated by 1:1 project
Condotto C per Reload, Reload, Rome, curated by Fabrizio Pizzuto
Achtung!Achtung!, Ex Gil, Rome, curated by Micol di Veroli
2010
Video in progress 3, Fields of the Performative, Cultural & Educational Centre – Vortex, Skopje, Macedonia
Premio Razzano per giovani artisti 2010, Museo del Sannio, Benevento
Ente Comunale di Consumo, curated by Claudio Libero Pisano, C.I.A.C, castello Colonna, Genazzano, Rome
Qui vive, Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Russia
EMERGEANDSEE Media arts festival, Berlin
Videoprogetto, Grand Union, curated by Cheryl Jones e Helen Brown, Birmingham
Il Cimitero della memoria, Accademia dello Scompiglio, curated by Angel Moya Garcia and Cecilia Bertoni
Platform Translation I/F, Museo Laboratorio d’Arte Contemporanea, Università La Sapienza di Roma, curated by Barbara D’Ambrosio and Silvano Manganaro
2009
Video in Progress 3, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana
Video in Progress 3, Laznia Contemporary Art Centre, Gdansk
Cross Talk Video Art festival, Budapest
Festival Miden, Kalamata
Qui è altrove, Castelbasso Culture Project, curated by Francesco Poli and Francesca Referza
A camel is a horse designed by a committee (attempts at rewriting the wor(l)d), curated by Stefano Coletto, Anna Daneri, Cesare Pietroiusti, Bevilacqua la Masa Foundation, Venice
Pandora’s boxes, BAC!10.0, Cientro de cultura contemporanea de Barcelona
2008
Eurasia. Geographic cross-overs in art, MART, Rovereto curated by A. Bonito Oliva, L.Benedetti, I. Boubnova, C. Casorati, Hu Fang, C. Rekade, J. Trolp
Streams of consciousness, Palazzo Grassi, Chioggia curated by C. Casorati
Art Film Festival, Bratilslava, curated by Nomadspace
Nitrafest, Nitra, Slovack Republic, curated by Nomadspace
4 zivly , Banska Stiavnica , Slovack Republic curated by Nomadspace
2007
Uncorrect spaces, Pastificio Cerere, Rome, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti