Francesca Pionatiis an artist who gathers meanings and images from the past to re-signify them through processual and collective practices. She is interested in examining the tensions between “on & off stage” through moving images, experimental theater, performance, and editorial work. Since 2020, she has been part of the artist duo VEGA with Tommaso Arnaldi. In 2021, Pionati co-founded the curatorial and research platform Iniziative di II, to explore the relationship between performativity and public space. From this experience, the periodic publication II Magazine was born. The editorial project explores the existing codes and methodologies within publishing and its dialectical relationship with archiving, as well as the correlations with less visible or permanent forms of expression and dissemination. In 2022, Francesca joined the Dutch Art Institute, a nomadic program positioned between artistic practice and theoretical research, aimed at expanding pedagogical methodologies and temporary communities. Pionati’s research has been exhibited at MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, MA*GA Museum, Triennale Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Rome, Manifattura Tabacchi, Fondazione smART, Sant’Andrea de Scaphis, and MEGA. She has participated in residency programs such as La Quarta Parete by Romeo Castellucci at the Triennale Milano, Prender-si Cura at MATTATOIO, VISIO by Lo Schermo dell’Arte, and FONDAMENTA at Teatro India. In 2022, she won the Francesco Fabbri Prize for Contemporary Arts and the National Visual Arts Prize of the City of Gallarate.
Newsletter
Iscriviti alla newsletter mensile di CASTRO per ricevere aggiornamenti sui Programmi!
