SABINA DAMIANI
Born 1985 in Kopar, Slovenia.
2008 – BA Visual Arts and Education, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Italy.
2010 – Erasmus BA Book Arts & Surface design, London College of Communication, London, UK.
2011 – MA Photography, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, Italy.
My research areas of interest are personal and collective memory, migration and identity as well as the politicization of public space and the role we have in shaping the environment we live in. Currently balancing between artistic and curatorial practices.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2022
“Personal”, Remont nezavisna umetnička asocijacija, Beograd, Serbia
2019
“Dislocations / Dizlokacije”, Study center of the Zagreb Faculty of Architecture, Motovun, Croatia
2015
“Dove da qui/Gdje odavde”, Galerija 512, Kulturno Informativni Centar, Zagreb, Croatia
2014
“Migrations Archive”, Anex Gallery, Pula, Croatia
2013
“Altrove”, Galerija SC, Zagreb, Croatia
“Migrations Archive”, Umag Civic Museum, Umag, Croatia
2012
“Altrove”, Brighton Photo Fringe at Brighton Photography Biennale, The Phoenix, Brighton, UK
“De-constructing”, Dom Omladine Gallery, Beograd, Serbia
2011
“De-constructing”, Gallery MMc Luka, Pula, Croatia
“Sovrapponendo” Italian Pavilion in the World, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice/Zagreb
2010
“Inner spaces”, The Foundry, London, UK
2009
“Beskrajni putevi..”, “Infinite ways..”, Galerija O.K., Rijeka, Croatia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Extract):
2017
“Mass Tourism”, Decumanus Gallery, Krk, Croatia
2016
1st International Photography Symposium, Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia
“Stories from the Edge”, MLZ Art Dep Gallery, Trieste, Italy
“Stories from the Edge”, Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria
“Stories from the Edge”, Kortil Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia
“Black work”, Forum Tomizza – GRIN Gallery, Umag, Croatia
“Black work”, C.I. Capodistria, Koper, Slovenia
2015
“Walking on the barrier”, Forum Tomizza – GRIN Gallery, Umag, Croatia
2014
“Transportable 01”, Gallery Vladimir Bužančić, Zagreb, Croatia
Artefatto “Crossing Over”, Various venues/ Commercial Museum, Trieste, Italy
2013
97a Collettiva, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, Italy
6th Photodistorzija, Photography biennial, Poreč, Croatia
“Lavoro/Work/Vore”, SPAC – Villa di Toppo Florio, Udine, Italy
“2043 Qui” at Palazzo conTEMPORANEO, Udine, Italy
“Interijeri”, Etnografski Muzej Zagreb (“Domaći Krajolici” Bert Teunissen), Zagreb, Croatia
2012
Bristol Festival of Photography, “Lomoshow”, The Grain Barge, Bristol, UK
“Dimenzije”, Fonticus Gallery, Grožnjan, Croatia
ArtUM 2, Umag Civic Museum, Umag, Croatia
2011
ArtUM 1, Umag Civic Museum, Umag, Croatia
“Sotiri Photography Prize” finalists exhibition, Korce, Albania
Annual show, HDLU Istra, MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia
“Osobno – Personal”, Gallery Mrak, Buje, Croatia
“State of the Arts” Italian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2010
“Immagini in Tasca”, Palazzo Frizzoni, Bergamo, Italy
Annual show HDLU Istra, MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia
2009
“Dell’immaginario urbano”, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, Italy
«Volti della città», Teatro Franco Parenti, Milano, Italy
«T3ART», Studio Iroko Gallery, Milan, Italy
«Explor – art 2009», AreaOdeon, Monza, Italy
Residences:
2021 – Verzasca Stays, Val Verzasca, CH – Artist in residence program organized by Verzasca Photo Festival
2021 – Biševo Island artist residency – curatorial residence Biljet 2021
2018 – Summer School as School, Stacion Centre for Contemporary Art, Prishtina, Kosovo
2017 – “LikeU”, curatorial residency in the mountains of Tatariv, Ukraine
2016 – “1st International Photography Symposium“, Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia
2009 – “Explor-art”, exploration on the territory (with Peter Goi) hosted by the association AreaOdeon, Monza, Italy
Workshops and courses (selection):
2015 – “Risotto”, risograph print workshop at SPRINT Milano (Indipendent publishers and artists’ books salon) with EUROSTANDARD (Pierrick Brégeon and Clément Rouzaud)
“Stories from the Edge” – project for exploring interactions between the layer of hyper-identity and identity along the Adriatic coast, curated by Daily Rithms Collective, Graz, contributing artist
2014 – “Tourism, Architectural development, Visual and Cultural Perceptions of Land use along the Adriatic coastlines”, with David Kendall (Goldsmiths, London, UK), Rovinj, Croatia
2013 – “Art out of the Center”, online course with Nicola Trezzi (Flash Art NY), hosted by CartC Budapest
2010 – Origami bookbinding, KALEID, London, UK
2008 – Bookbinding and Book Arts, Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, London, UK
CONTACT:
Email:
sabinadamiani85@gmail.com