Valentina Sciarra
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Valentina Sciarra is a visual artist who was born in Rome, Italy in 1983. She lives and works between her hometown Rome and Sofia, Bulgaria, where she is represented by Structura Gallery.[1][2][3][4]
Education[edit]
She got a Master Degree in Law with honors in 2013 at the Academy of Fine arts in Rome where she followed many specialized courses in photography and came up with a thesis on “Wastelands in the Urban Space”. She wrote her thesis during a study program at Villa Arson Art Academy in Nice, France.
In 2018, she also completed a Master degree in sculpture at Sofia’s National Academy of Arts.
Concept[edit]
Valentina Sciarra’s artworks range from sculptures or installations to photography, videos and sound. In her work, she uses a multi-media language to explore aspects related to collective perception and shared analogies, structuring an invitation to confront reality. All the projects she has created arise from a deep conceptual and aesthetic research to go beyond a "mere dispersive discourse".[citation needed]
She has carried out multiple specific researches since 2016, on subjects such as stone sculpture.
She uses her degree in Law to add in her artistic creations the art of interpreting our society.
Valentina Sciarra’s goal is to keep what is essential to fulfill our need for perpetual search of ourselves during a contemporary era in which all experiences are aestethified. For this, the main material she uses is stone, not as a dead object but rather as an alive part of nature, with the intention to suggest a reconnection with nature, not only in art but in our daily lives. In addition to stone sculpture, she is also researching the theme of "time".
2022[edit]
- The Divorce video installation, Goethe-Institute Sofia (BG) - curator Stefka Tsaneva
- site-specific installation for Ritual Gatherings Festival, curator Martina Yordanova
2021[edit]
- Salt free tears Structura Gallery, Sofia (BG) - curator Maria Vassileva
- Culture of care, site-specific installation, Raiko Alexiev Gallery Sofia (BG)
2020[edit]
- енергeтиkа / energy site-specific video installation, facade of the Ministry of Energy Sofia (BG) - SAW 2020
- Man, Woman and In-between, Galeriya Vaska Emanuilova- Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia (BG)
2019[edit]
- Ego-Istoire Italian Culture Institute, Sofia for XV Edition della Giornata del Contemporaneo
- Spelonca site-specific video projection, at Structura Gallery's Vetrine curated by Zoia Petrova, for SAW - Sofia Art Week
- Site-specific permanent work Acqua Non Potabile, commissioned by the Bulgarian Fund for Women for European Capital of Culture Plovdiv 2019 curated by The Fridge
2018[edit]
- The Stone King - first video screening at National Natural Museum of Natural History, Sofia (BG)
- The path of the oscillating stones, Land Art Work at Rock Formation Lukovit (BG)
- AFSD - Æther Sofia (BG)
- Kамък Texture - Una Vetrina, Operativa Arte Contemporanea Roma (IT)
2017[edit]
- Valentina Sciarra - Serie 0, AROSITA Gallery Sofia (BG) curated by Zoia Petrova
2016[edit]
- Vita land art installation, Cassano delle Murge (IT)
- Homeless artist site-specific installation, Arosita Gallery Sofia, (BG)
2015[edit]
- Moto perpetuo, installation Ambasciata di Francia, Baku (AZ)
- Vine wall, site-specific installation, Fireland wine factory, Baku (AZ)
Group exhibitions[edit]
2022[edit]
- Opening exhibition Toplocentralata - Contemporary Art Center, Sofia (BG) curator Vladiya Mihaylova
- Ritual Gatherings Festival - Kamchia Beach (BG) curator Martina Yordanova
2021[edit]
- "War, bin, werde sein" Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (DE)
- Harvest, Arosita Gallery Sofia, curator Vera Mlechevska
- Akademie Schloss Solitude Annual Festival 2021
- Жътва Arosita Gallery, Vera Mlechevska - curator
- Roots, Sofia Arsenal – Museum of Contemporary Art - National Gallery Sofia
- Allusion Habitat / The Pric/ze is Right at Vraćar Municipal Gallery Belgrade, curator Voin de Voin, Organised by DOMA Art Fondation Sofia
- Poetics of Space, Bankya Art Center, Bankya (BG) curator Genadi Ganev
- Border situation: The drawing in contemporary art, Uni Art Gallery, New Bulgarian University, Sofia (BG)
2020[edit]
- Liminoid Encounters, Akademie Solitude Stuttgart (DE) curator Berit Fisher
2019[edit]
- FINALE Exhibition Gaudenz B. Ruf Award - Structura Gallery Sofia curated by Maria Vassileva
- Natural Data, City Art Gallery - Blagoevgrad (BG) curator Martina Stefanova (DOMA Art Foundation)
- SAW - Sofia Art Week - site-specific video projection Spelonca, at Structura Gallery's Vetrine curated by Zoia Petrova
- Sense of a City - Site-specific permanent work commissioned by the Bulgarian Fund for Women for European Capital of Culture Plovdiv 2019 curated by The Fridge
2018[edit]
- Self-guide Becoming the Other - 250 pg / .published by Æther Sofia
- Water Tower Art Fest Sofia (BG)
- Pazardžik Festival 2018 (BG)
- The 4th International Exhibition on New Media Art, CICA Museum Sud Korea
- Project “Visions and Reflections” , Resonance Gallery Plodviv (BG)
- PAPERCHASE Santo Stefano Gallery, Sofia (BG)
2017[edit]
- Transform, ALFA Gallery, Miami (USA)
- From project to object - Bulgarian Culture Institute, Berlin (DE)
- Kvartal Festival Sofia 2017 (BG) curated by Nadia Timova
- Collective exhibition for Bernard Magrez Prize, Bordeaux (FR)
- From project to object - SCHNHAUSER ALLEE 26 Berlin (DE)
2016 [edit]
- 3 Cervenata Tocka Gallery - Sofia (BG)
- Hard on the Heels of - No.2 Studios, National Academy of Art Sofia (BG)
- Apulia Land Art Festival, Bari (IT)
- Vladimir Dimitrov Maestora Museum, Kustendil (BG)
- Oltre i libri collective exhibition at Biblioteca Angelica Roma (IT)
- Vitosha at Cervenata Tocka Gallery - Sofia (BG)
External links[edit]
- Valentina Sciarra
- EXHIBITION "(UN)KNOWN - FROM PROJECT TO OBJECT" II PART
- Meet Our Eastern European Network Fellows
- AQUA NON-POTABILE by Valentina Sciarra
- Towards Possible Futures
- Light composition of stones Sculpture
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