Maria Luigia Gioffrè, 1990,is a multidisciplinary artist integrating theatre, performance, visual art, curatorial practices and poetry. Her work draws on anthropologies and mythologies which she reframes in non-ideological by expanding and eroding historic references through performative sets
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Founder and artistic co-direction at
In-ruins
Arts Editor and fashion editorials
Nova Express Crossdisciplinary Lives Magazine and Agency
2024
THEATRE DEVISING AND PRODUCTION
After Party, for stage preview
Primavera dei Teatri Festival, Castrovillari, IT
PERFORMANCE
After Party, site specific
Microonde Fest, Villa Rey, Associazione Bastione, Turin, IT
CURATING
Simposio 39 Nord 16 Est
Fondazione Elpis, Milan, IT
TALK
Desireside, modelli transdisciplinari di residenze artistiche
BASE Milano, IT
ESSAY PUBLICATION
“Le squartatrici di cielo: nei ricordi di un passato che non esiste ed è per sempre”
in Altremuse vol. 01
2023
AWARD
La Biennale di Venezia, Biennale Teatro 2023
Finalist theatre director under 35
ARTIST RESIDENCY
BASE Milano
Milan, IT
TALK
Supercondominio 5
curated by Giulia Colletti, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, IT
ARTIST RESIDENCY and OPEN STUDIO
Flashback Habitat, Living Rooms
Turin, IT
TALK
In-ruins: la residenza d’artista come ponte tra archeologia e contemporaneo
Università Ca’ Foscari, Centro Studi Archeologia Venezia, Venice, IT
TALK
Arte e Spazio Pubblico
Divago Festival in collaboration with Pinksummergallery, Genova, IT
PUBLICATION
Endless Residency Osservatorio sulla Mobilità Artistica, curated by Giulio Verago and Caterina Angelucci, edited by Postmediabooks
PUBLICATION
Archivalia, edited by In-ruins
presented at Paint It Black (Turin,IT, April) and Casa degli Artisti (Milan,IT, June)
TALK
Visual art practice and performance research
Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Turin, IT
2022
TALK ONLINE
Mobility Webinar: UK-EU Flows in the visual arts
On the Move co-funded by European Union
with: Veronka Kovder (moderator) and Alessio Antoniolli (Gaswork London & Triangle Network); Theodore Ereira-Guyer (visual artist); Paolo Mele (Kora/Ramdom Association/STARE); Maria Luigia Gioffre (artist and director In-ruins)
THEATRE DEVISING AND DIRECTION
Parcae, site specific
Casa del Cinema di Roma, Calabria Film Commission in partnership with
Festival del Cinema di Roma, IT
Primavera dei Teatri, Castello Aragonese, Castrovillari, IT
Parcae, for stage preview
Armonie d’Arte Festival, Teatro Comunale di Soverato, IT
TALK ONLINE
Mobilità artistica e cura in aree archeologiche e di interesse storico
curated by Endless Residency and In-ruins
with: Collezione Maramotti, Museo Nazionale Etrusco Villa Giulia Roma,
Castello San Basilio, Victoria Square Project (roundtable), online, funded
by Italian Council research grant X ed.
PRODUCTION ARTIST RESIDENCY
Primavera dei Teatri
Castello Aragonese, Castrovillari, IT
RESEARCH ARTIST RESIDENCY
Santarcangelo dei Teatri, Santarcangelo Festival
Teatro Il lavatoio, Santarcangelo, IT
EXHIBITION
Wish you were here
Casa del Commiato, Bergamo, IT
PUBLICATION
Singolare/Molteplice
Antologia a cura di Enzo Campi, Enea Roversi, ed. puntoacapoeditrice
PUBLICATION
Il Corpo Solitario Vol.III, L’autoscatto nella fotografia contemporanea
curated by Giorgio Bonomi, ed. Rubbettino
2021
RESEARCH ARTIST RESIDENCY
Domus Artist Residency
Galatina, IT
TALK
Schnittmenge
WalkinStudio, invited by Julia Krahn, Milan, IT
TALK
visiting artist for Fahrenheit at “Il Mulino di Amleto” theatre company, Turin, IT
TALK ONLINE
In-ruins: esperienze di residenza artistica in contesti storico-archeologici
curated by ViaFarini and Endless Residency in collaboration with Università
degli Studi di Bergamo and ICOM Italia
ONLINE EXHIBITION/ Video screening
Maratona di Visione
curated by Superstudiolo, Bergamo, IT
PUBLICATION
Specie di Spazi. Atlante per l’esplorazione del contemporaneo
curated by students from master in Management delle Risorse Artistiche e Culturali Università IULM Milano, IT
2020
ONLINE EXHIBITION
Significant Other
curated by Dobroslawa Nowak
(covid-19 canceled) EXHIBITION
Hildegard de Bingen:mystic body
curated by Roisin O’ Sullivan
Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts, London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITION
Memoria di un Giardino
MARCA Museo delle Arti, Catanzaro, IT
catalog:
Memoria di un Giardino, MARCA Museo delle Arti; ed. SilvanaEditoriale
2019
AWARD Longlist
Aesthetica Art Prize
PUBLICATION
Future Now
100 Contemporary Artists from Aesthetica Art Prize
EXHIBITION
From a Distant Proximity
Guler Sanat Galerisi in collaboration with Italian Embassy of Turkey
Ankara, TR
TALK
Art and Psyche: Conference IV The Illuminated Imagination
in collaboration with Central Saint Martins PhD candidate Sara Buoso
Pacifica Graduate Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
PUBLICATION
222. Artisti Emergenti su cui investire
ed. Exibart curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi
OPEN STUDIO
CassataDrone
in collaboration with Goethe Institut
Palermo, IT
ARTIST RESIDENCY
The Workroom
Fattoria Vittadini, Milano Musei Civici, Fabbrica del Vapore, Studio Azzurro
Milan, IT
(bi-personal) EXHIBITION and PERFORMANCE
Do Not Disturb
curated by Emanuele Carlenzi, Hotel San Guido, Milan, IT
TALK
Artist in-conversation, arte e immaginazione nel processo artistico
ViaFarini, Milan, IT
OPEN STUDIO
ViaFarini, VIR Artist-in-residence
Milan, IT
EXHIBITION
12 Windows Alchimie Archetipiche
Fondazione Sassi, Matera, IT
2018
AWARD Winner
Art for Environment Residency Prize, Della Morte e Del Morire
Associazione Culturale Scompiglio, curated by Angel Moya Garcia in collaboration with Central Saint Martins, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, curated by Lucy Orta
Winner
ARTIST RESIDENCY
Della Morte e del Morire
Tenuta dello Scompiglio, Vorno, IT
AWARD Shortlist
Art for Environment Residency Prize, The Land We Live In
Hauser&Wirth, Somerset, in collaboration with Central Saint Martins, Centre for Sustainable Fashion curated by Lucy Orta
WORKSHOP TRAINER
Studio Complex, How to survive as artist in the metropolis
Tate Modern, London, UK
TALK
Unesco International Day Of Light Symposium
Chelsea College of Arts, University of Arts, London, UK
ARTIST RESIDENCY
In search of the darkness
Lumen Studios, Forestry Commission, Grizedale Sculpture, UK
EXHIBITION
Corpo a Corpo
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, invited by Unicatt Art History Department Milan, IT
COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE
Being Together is Not Enough
YVPA Collective, Five Years Gallery, London, UK
EXHIBITION
The Death of the Image and the Birth of Photography
Window Galleries, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
EXHIBITION
Missing Element
ArtLacuna, London, UK
2017
AWARD Winner
Celeste Prize
First Prize for Installation, Sculpture and Performance section,
curated by Fatos Ustek
Winner
ARTIST RESIDENCY
ZU-UK - Contemporary Performance and Theatre Company
London, UK
COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE
Venice International Performance Art Week
European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Venice, IT
EXHIBITION
Art Night London & Whitechapel Gallery
associate programme Lumen Studios
curated by Fatos Ustek, London, UK
PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOP Trainer and PERFORMANCE STUDY
This is an art school
Tate Modern, Tate Exchange, London, UK
EXHIBITION
Show one Degree Show
Central Saint Martins, London, UK
PERFORMER
Block Universe Festival
Young Hi Hong 5:100 Pentagon
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2016
EXHIBITION
La Fine dell’Universo
Crypt Gallery St Pancras, Lumen Studios, London, UK
PERFORMANCE
Zurich meets London, From Dada to Mental Health
curated by Zurich University of Arts and Cabaret Voltaire
London, UK
EXHIBITION
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Hornsey Town Hall Art Centre, London, UK
PERFORMER
La Biennale di Venezia | Biennale Danza
performer in Levee des Conflicts, by Boris Charmatz and Olivia Grandville
EXHIBITION and auction
Art Auction 10th Year UAL - Sotheby’s
Lethaby Gallery, London, UK
EXHIBITION
Utsanga Asemic Writing Exhibition
Parco Nazionale Archeologico Scolacium, IT
ARTIST RESIDENCY
Lumen Studios
London, UK
PUBLICATION
Ramificazioni
curated by Simona Caramia ed. Rubbettino
2013
EXHIBITION
Hanasi Design Find Your Corner
curated by Ottavio Celestino
Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, IT
EDUCATION
2015 - 2017
MA Contemporary Photography: Practices and Philosophies
University of Arts London, Central Saint Martins, UK
2010 - 2013
Photography Diploma
Istituto Superiore di Fotografia, Rome, IT
2008-2012
BA Political Science and Communication, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, IT
extra academic trainings:
Scuola Cònia, directed by Claudia Castellucci, Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Cesena, IT (2022-2024);
Masterclass Alta Formazione with Compagnia della Fortezza, Armando Punzo (2023)
Scuola d’azione, diretta da Barbara Bonriposi, Teatro Stabile Torino, (2017-2019)
String of the Body, Instytut Growskiego (2017);
Biennale di Venezia, Biennale College Dance (2016);
Masterclasses Educational Program, Magnum Photos, Paris, FR (2013);