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M(A)Y FIBER 2nd edition
M(A)Y FIBER Ed.2°
PATHWAYS OF ART AND TEXTILES BETWEEN TRADITION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Guest Artist
TEXTILE MUSEUM, GEMELLE ROOM, BUSTO ARSIZIO - 10 MAY / 8 JUNE 2025
SECOND EDITION OF M(A)Y FIBER IN BUSTO ARSIZIO
WATCH THE VIDEO https://youtu.be/AYVdtYFbie8
Triptych dedicated to the Virgin
Year 2019-2020 - Photo Guido Fassio and AA.VV.
MINIARTEXTIL
ART AS PRAYER
Guest Artist
Ex CHURCH OF SAN PIETRO IN ATRIO, COMO - 7 DECEMBER 2024 / 9 FEBRUARY 2025
TECHNIQUE: LOOM WEAVING, FREE WEAVING, CROCHET, MACRAME, MANIPULATION OF COPPER WIRES AND STEEL WIRES.
The thirty-third edition of MINIARTEXTIL, entitled “ART AS PRAYER".
The exhibition, curated by the cultural association ARTE&ARTE, with the patronage and support of the Municipality of Como, set up in the Ex Church of San Pietro in Atrio, in the Spazio Natta and in the Basilica of San Fedele in Como
I WANT TO DRESS IN THE SEA
Year 2022 - Photo by Guido Fassio and AA.VV.
ADD-art
Ten years of interference & DESIGN
Guest Artist
PALAZZO DUE MONDI, SPOLETO - 28 JUNE / 14 JULY 2024
TECHNIQUE: LOOM WEAVING, FREE INTERLACING AND MANIPULATION OF ENAMELED COPPER WIRES, STEEL.
EXHIBITION SET UP WITH THE WORKS AND INSTALLATIONS OF MOST OF THE ARTISTS WHO HAVE COLLABORATED WITH THE GALLERY OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS
STEEL WAVES
Year 2016 - Photo by Guido Fassio and AA.VV.
M(A)Y FIBER
ART AND TEXTILE PATHWAYS BETWEEN TRADITION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Guest Artist
DE PIANTE EDITORE, BUSTO ARSIZIO - 5 MAY / 2 JUNE 2024
TECHNIQUE: LOOM WEAVING, FREE INTERLACING AND MANIPULATION OF ENAMELED COPPER WIRES, STEEL AND CANVAS.
AT DE PIANTE EDITORE, AS PART OF THE M(A)Y FIBER EXHIBITION IN BUSTO ARSIZIO, IS HOSTED:
CONTEMPORARY TRADITION, AN EXHIBITION BY VALERIA SCUTERI WHO THROUGH THOUSANDS OF THREADS, WOVEN WITH A LOOM OF HER OWN CREATION, GIVES LIFE TO WORKS THAT INTERACT WITH NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, TRANSFORMING THE SPACES IN WHICH THEY ARE PLACED INTO ENVIRONMENTS OF CONTEMPLATION.
Female Art
Let's meet at the museum
Guest Artist
ARTE&ARTE, COMO - 8 MARCH 2024
TECHNIQUE: LOOM WEAVING, FREE INTERLACING AND MANIPULATION OF ENAMELED COPPER WIRES, STEEL AND CANVAS.
Open studio exhibition at the Arte&Arte headquarters with works by Valeria Scuteri, Marialuisa Barbera, Elena Borghi, Kela Cremaschi, Luisa De Matteis, Victoria Diaz Saravia, Aoi Kono and Elena Redaelli.
RIACE BRONZES 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY - "The sea Takes the sea from"
Year 2021 - Photo by Guido Fassio
LET'S MEET AT VILLA SIMONETTA - COLLECTIVE OF COLLECTIVES
curated by MARISA CORTESE
Guest Artist
VILLA SIMONETTA, INTRA (VB) – 1 DECEMBER 2023 / 22 DECEMBER 2023
TECHNIQUE: LOOM WEAVING, FREE INTERLACING AND MANIPULATION MATERIALS: ENAMELED COPPER WIRES, STEEL, TRIMMINGS, SILK AND PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES TAKEN BY THE ARTIST AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY
INVITATION "Love one another as I have loved you"
Year 2021, Photo Guido Fassio
DEFILO
Guest Artist
LINIFICIO E CANAPIFICIO NAZIONALE, INTRA (VB) – 5 MAY 2023 / DECEMBER 2023
Pioneer of Fiber Art, Valeria Scuter gathers ancient traditions, from the manipulation of iron wires to crochet, reworking them in the light of contemporary times with a personal thought that embraces existential reflections. Precisely with the invitation. Love one another as I have loved you, where the message transcends the religious sphere of the title (from the Gospel of John, "God is love") to inspire a reflection on love in its universal form.
TECHNIQUE: LOOM WEAVING, FREE INTERLACING AND MANIPULATION MATERIALS: ENAMELED COPPER AND STEEL WIRES
INVITATION "Love one another as I have loved you"
Year 2021, Photo Guido Fassio
Fiber Storming
Guest Artist
AULA OF THE FORMER UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO ALTA, BERGAMO (BG) – 27 JANUARY 2023 / 12 FEBRUARY 2023
TECHNIQUE: LOOM WEAVING, FREE WEAVING AND MANIPULATION MATERIALS: ENAMELED COPPER AND STEEL WIRES
GROUP EXHIBITION OF PIONEERING AND INNOVATIVE ARTISTS IN FIBER ART. THE CITY OF BERGAMO, GIVEN ITS WEAVING VOCATION, IS THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THE GENRE REPRESENTED BY THE WORKS.
RIACE BRONZES 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY - "I was there"
Year 2019, 30x30X20 cm - Photo by Guido Fassio
XS Project
Guest Artist
BERGAMO ARTE FIERA - BERGAMO (BG) – 13-15 JANUARY 2023
Curated by ArteMorbida
TECHNIQUE: LOOM WEAVING, FREE INTERLACING AND MANIPULATION MATERIALS: ENAMELED COPPER AND STEEL WIRES
TRIBUTE TO LOVE, LUMEN
Year 2019, 73x35 cm - Photo by Guido Fassio
DIMA ART & DESIGN
Guest Artist
GALLERY, VIMERCATE (MB) – 21 NOVEMBER 2019 / 11 JANUARY 2020
ART AND DESIGN EXHIBITION WITH 15 INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS WHO HAVE CONCEIVED, INTERPRETED AND CREATED WITH NEW LIGHT A PROJECT OF RARE EVOCATIVE POWER: THE CANDLE HOLDER. THE EXHIBITION WAS DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHO, BEYOND ALL NOSTALGIA, STILL ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE ENCHANTED BY A LIT CANDLE.
DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS, FROM SILICONE TO CERAMIC, INCLUDING IRON, WOOD, AND RECYCLED OBJECTS; THUS, ARTISTS WERE EMPLOYED WHO, EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN STYLE, CREATED THE VARIOUS CANDLE HOLDERS.
GOTHIC OF CHIERI, THE PAST IS MY PRESENT
Year 2004 - Photo by Filippo Gallino and Photo by Eleonora Belfiore
CIVIC COLLECTION OF FIBER ART AUTHOR'S WEAVES OF THE CITY OF CHIERI
Guest Artist
IL FILATOIO ROSSO, CARAGLIO (CN) - 08 AUGUST 2019 / 06 JUNE 2020
THE CIVIC COLLECTION OF FIBER ART “TRAME D’AUTORE” CAME TO LIFE IN 1998 AS PART OF THE BIENNIALS OF THE SAME NAME, ORGANIZED BY THE DUTCH ARTIST MARTHA NIEUWENHUIJS AND AN INSTITUTIONAL PROJECT AIMED AT ENHANCING THE TEXTILE TRADITION OF CHIERI. THE CARE AND ATTENTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CHIERI IS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION OF EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS TO GIVE SPACE TO ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS BORN FROM THE INNOVATIVE LANGUAGE OF FIBER ART.
AT THE FILATOIO ROSSO IN CARAGLIO, SOME WORKS FROM THE FIBER ART COLLECTION “TRAME D’AUTORE” WERE EXHIBITED WITHIN THE VISITOR ROUTE OF THE PIEMONTESE SILK MUSEUM.
AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO ENHANCE THE CIVIC COLLECTION OF FIBER ART “TRAME D’AUTORE” - TERRITORY ITINERARIES SECTION, THE CITY OF CHIERI PRESENTS SOME WORKS FROM ITS COLLECTION, A COLLECTION OF PARTICULAR INTEREST AND ORIGINALITY AS AN EXPRESSION OF A CONTEMPORARY ART LANGUAGE.
EARTH AND WIND
Year 2009-2010, 180 x 55 x 40 cm
AUTHOR'S PLOTS: MASTERS AND YOUNG TALENTS BETWEEN EXPERIMENTATION AND HISTORY – TRAMANDA
Guest Artist
ACCADEMIA ALBERTINA DI BELLE ARTI DI TORINO - SALA AZZURRA, TURIN - 17 APRIL 2019 / 19 MAY 2019
HISTORIC WORKS FROM THE CIVIC FIBER ART COLLECTION OF THE CITY OF CHIERI. EXHIBITION INCLUDED IN THE “TRAMANDA 2019” SERIES. THE EXHIBITION PRESENTS WORKS THAT HAVE BECOME PART OF THE COLLECTION THROUGH THE “YOUNG FIBER CONTEST” AND “OPEN CALL”, PLUS SOME HISTORIC WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXHIBITION AT PALAZZO OPESSO. THE EXHIBITION BRINGS TOGETHER MASTERS AND YOUNG ARTISTS PRESENT IN THE CIVIC COLLECTION “TRAME D’AUTORE”, AND IN ITS CHORALITY EXPRESSES THE SPIRIT OF RESEARCH AND DIALOGUE THAT CHARACTERIZES, IN ITS FOUNDING ESSENCE, FIBER ART, AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT CENTERED ON THE EXPERIMENTAL USE OF THE TEXTILE MEDIUM, A UNIVERSAL TRANSMITTER OF CULTURES AND CULTURE.
THE EXHIBITION ITINERARY PRESENTS WORKS OF MULTIFORM TECHNIQUES, MATERIALS AND CONTENTS, PLACED IN INTERRELATION BY SIMILARITIES AND OPPOSITES, ACCUMULATED TOGETHER ACCORDING TO A CONCEPT THAT ATTRIBUTES VALUE TO UNITY IN DIVERSITY.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: SILVANA NOTA
PROMOTED AND ORGANIZED BY THE CITY OF CHIERI WITH THE PATRONAGE OF MIBAC PIEDMONT REGION - METROPOLITAN CITY OF TURIN - ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS OF TURIN - FILATOIO ROSSO OF CARAGLIO.
JEANS – 1970s
Metal wires - Technique: loom weaving, free interlacing, manipulation
TEXTILE IDEA. TEXTILE WEAVES
Guest Artist
EMBROIDERY AND TEXTILE MUSEUM, VALTOPINA - 31 AUGUST 2018 / 08 DECEMBER 2018
THE EXHIBITION PLAYS A ROLE IN THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF PRESTIGE FOR EMBROIDERY, LACE, AND WEAVING. AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT THAT PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON HANDMADE WORK. VALTOPINA, WITH ITS EXHIBITIONS, BRINGS TO THE STAGE ARTIFACTS AS ANCIENT AS THEY ARE MODERN, FIBER ART, BUT ALSO COMPETITIONS AND WORK SESSIONS, EARNING THE TITLE OF CAPITAL OF TEXTILE CRAFTSMANSHIP.
THE EXHIBITION IS NOT ONLY A TRIBUTE TO YARN, BUT IT IS A TRUE CULTURAL CONTAINER WHERE ANCIENT TRADITIONS MIX WITH NEW TECHNIQUES; PAST AND PRESENT COME TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THE WORK OF MANUAL SKILL, HANDMADE CREATIONS, THE EXCELLENCE OF WOMEN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
BETWEEN MYTHOLOGY AND LOGOS
Year 2007-2008, 160 x 90 x 60 cm - Photo by Filippo Gallino
AUTHOR'S PLOTS
Guest Artist (Performance and Installation at the Press Conference)
ACCADEMIA ALBERTINA DI BELLE ARTI DI TORINO – SALONE D’ONORE AND SALA AZZURRA, TURIN - 09 MAY 2018
HISTORIC WORKS FROM THE CIVIC FIBER ART COLLECTION OF THE CITY OF CHIERI. EXHIBITION INCLUDED IN THE “TRAMANDA 2019” FESTIVAL.
“20 YEARS AFTER THE BIENNALE OF “TRAME D’AUTORE” AND THE HOMONYMOUS CIVIC COLLECTION, THE CITY OF CHIERI, TOGETHER WITH THE ACCADEMIA ALBERTINA DI BELLE ARTI DI TORINO, PROMOTES THE WORLD OF FIBER ART, ART CREATED WITH TEXTILE FIBERS, WITH AN EXHIBITION AT THE ACADEMY AND VARIOUS EVENTS IN THE CITY OF CHIERI INCLUDED IN THE SALONE OFF PROGRAM. THE FIRST EXHIBITION, ENTITLED “TRAME D’AUTORE”, CONSISTING OF 12 WORKS FROM THE CIVIC FIBER ART COLLECTION OF THE CITY OF CHIERI, WAS INAUGURATED IN THE SALA AZZURRA OF THE ACADEMY IN THE PRESENCE OF SOME FIBER ARTISTS INCLUDING VALERIA SCUTERI, AUTHOR OF ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR EXHIBITED WORKS, THE DRESS “BETWEEN MYTHOLOGY AND LOGOS” - EXCERPT FROM REDAZIONE ANSA, TURIN 09 MAY 2018 –
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: SILVANA NOTA
PROMOTED AND ORGANIZED BY THE CITY OF CHIERI WITH THE PATRONAGE OF MIBAC REGIONE PIEMONTE - METROPOLITAN CITY OF TURIN - ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI DI TORINO - FILATOIO ROSSO DI CARAGLIO.
EXHIBITION INCLUDED IN THE SALONE OFF DEL LIBRO CIRCUIT.
SERVICE BROADCAST ON TG3 PIEMONTE (15/05/2018 AT 10:44)
SERVICE BROADCAST ON TG3 CALABRIA (15/05/2018 AT 10:50)
AUTHOR'S PLOTS
Guest Artist
IL FILATOIO ROSSO, CARAGLIO (CN) - Year 2017
WORKS ON DISPLAY AS PART OF THE EXHIBITION “TRAME D’AUTORE” OF THE CIVIC FIBER ART COLLECTION OF THE CITY OF CHIERI.
From the Civic Collection of Fiber Art “Trame D’Autore”, City of Chieri (TO).
WOMEN IN ITALIAN DESIGN
Guest Artist
LA TRIENNALE, MILAN - 2 APRIL 2016 / 19 FEBRUARY 2017
ON THE OCCASION OF ITS NINTH EDITION, THE TRIENNALE DESIGN MUSEUM ADDRESSES ITALIAN DESIGN BY CELEBRATING, AMONG FEMALE GENIUSES, VALERIA SCUTERI, AS A NEW CREATIVE FIGURE OF A LESS ASSERTIVE, LESS AUTHORITARIAN AND THEREFORE MORE SPONTANEOUS DESIGN.
THE TRIENNALE DESIGN MUSEUM HAS DECIDED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE WOMEN OF ITALIAN DESIGN, SEEKING TO TRACE A NEW HISTORY OF ITALIAN DESIGN FROM A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE, RECONSTRUCTING FIGURES, THEORIES, AND DESIGN ATTITUDES THAT WERE SOWN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND HAVE ESTABLISHED, TRANSFORMED, AND EVOLVED IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
THE NINTH EDITION OF THE TRIENNALE DESIGN MUSEUM, CURATED BY SILVANA ANNICCHIARICO AND WITH AN EXHIBITION DESIGN BY MARGHERITA PALLI, ADDRESSES ITALIAN DESIGN IN LIGHT OF ONE OF THE MOST DELICATE, PROBLEMATIC, BUT ALSO MOST STIMULATING AND SUGGESTIVE ISSUES: THE QUESTION OF GENDER.
STEEL WAVES
Year 2016 - Photo by Guido Fassio
AND PENELOPE ... NO LONGER UNDID THE WEB
Guest Artist
SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA, PERUGIA - 4 MARCH 2016 / 13 MARCH 2016
VALERIA SCUTERI WAS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE THEME OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY. THE EXHIBITION FEATURES 5 FEMALE ARTISTS PRESENTED BY AS MANY FEMALE CRITICS.
PENELOPE, IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND THEN IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY, IS THE SYMBOL OF FEMALE QUALITIES (FIDELITY, RESERVE, PERSEVERANCE, INDUSTRIOUSNESS) THROUGH WHICH, AND ABOVE ALL WITH THE ARTIFICE OF WEAVING, SHE WAS ABLE TO RESIST DANGERS.
VALERIA SCUTERI IS AN ARTIST CONNECTED TO THE WORLD OF "WEAVING" AND "SEWING", SPECIFIC TERRITORIES OF FIBER ART, WHICH HERE TAKE ON SYMBOLIC AND CONCEPTUAL VALUE.
CURATED BY GIORGIO BONOMI COORDINATOR, V. FUNICELLI, C. BOTTINI, I. PANFILI, M. MORELLI, A. MIGLIORATI.
THE SWALLOWS
Year 2008-2015 - Photo by Guido Fassio
LIKE IN LOVE, THE FIBER ART OF VALERIA SCUTERI
Solo Exhibition
ADD-ART GALLERY, SPOLETO - 14 FEBRUARY / 15 MARCH 2015
FOR THE EXHIBITION AND AS A TRIBUTE TO THE THEME OF VALENTINE'S DAY, VALERIA PRESENTS, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN UMBRIA, WORKS-INSTALLATIONS THAT TRANSFORM THE SPACE AND TELL US, BY JUXTAPOSING LIGHT AND DARKNESS, EMPTINESS AND SUBSTANCE, HER POETICS OF LOVE: LOVERS, SWALLOWS, FIRST DATE.
SCUTERI CREATES INSTALLATIONS TO ENTER INTO, AMONG WEAVINGS AND
INVENTIONS, LYRICISM AND REFINED EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES. IN HER HANDS, THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF WARP AND WEFT EXPRESSES THE TENSION OF OPPOSITES AND TAKES ON A DIMENSION THAT GOES BEYOND SIMPLE FABRIC.
VALERIA SCUTERI ACTS ON PEOPLE'S SENSITIVITY AND IS CAPABLE OF PROMOTING A RENEWAL IN THEM, ACTING SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE LEVEL OF ETHICS AS WELL AS AESTHETICS. WORKS WHERE THE WEAVING IS ALIVE AND FULL OF MEANING, WHERE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO CREATE A NEW VISUAL AND TACTILE IMPACT.
CURATED BY CLAUDIA BOTTINI.
FREE WILL, HUMAN CONDITION
Year 2012/2013 - Photo by Guido Fassio
ART CLOTHES, THE DRESS IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Guest Artist
CHIOSTRO SANT’AGOSTINO, MONTEFALCO (PG) - 1 JUNE 2013 / 13 JULY 2013
THE EXHIBITION IS LINKED TO THE DISPLAY OF STAGE COSTUMES “THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE, STORIES OF COSTUME AND CINEMA” AND AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE VARIOUS CURRENTS OF CONTEMPORARY ART THAT MAKE “CLOTHING” AND “FIBER” THE STARTING POINT OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION: FIBER ART AND ART WEAR (OR WEARABLE ART).
“VESTITI D’ARTE” OFFERS A CONTEMPORARY REINTERPRETATION OF THE GARMENT ACCORDING TO THE FIBER-ART AND ART-WEAR MOVEMENTS, DISPLAYING TRUE SCULPTURE-GARMENTS THAT ARE THE EXPRESSION OF THE ARTIST VALERIA SCUTERI, OFFERING A MULTIFACETED AND POLYHEDRIC VISION OF THESE MOVEMENTS, WHICH ENCOMPASS A GREAT VARIETY OF EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGES AND TYPES OF WORKS.
“VESTITI D’ARTE” WAS CREATED WITH THE AIM OF DEMONSTRATING HOW THE TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF FIBER ART AND WEAR ART CAN BE EXTRAPOLATED FROM THE IMPERATIVES OF THEIR CRAFTSMANSHIP AND FUNCTION WITH ORIGINAL AND UNUSUAL TECHNICAL AND CONTENT PATHWAYS FOR THIS ART FORM.
CURATED BY CLAUDIA BOTTINI.
ON THE EDGE OF THE BLADE: ART, FIRE, THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE
Guest Artist
PALAZZO DEI VICARI, SCARPERIA (FI) - 23 MAY 2013 / 14 JULY 2013
A SITE-SPECIFIC EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART DESIGNED AROUND THE THEME OF THE ANCIENT TRADITION OF THE SCARPERIA KNIFE.
OVER 30 ARTISTS INVOLVED, ENGAGED IN WORKS CREATED WITH A SPIRIT OF RESEARCH ON THE THEME OF THE KNIFE REINTERPRETED IN ITS SYMBOLIC-PHILOSOPHICAL KEY: THE EDGE OF THE BLADE AS A POSSIBILITY OF FREE CHOICE AND AS AN INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF TELLING MILLENNIA OF HUMAN HISTORY, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME OFFERING A CONCEPTUAL REFLECTION ON FREE WILL AND THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE FROM MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW UNEXPECTED VALUES AND INTERPRETATIONS: ARTISANAL EXCELLENCE, HUMAN INGENUITY, FREE IMAGINATION, OPENNESS OF THOUGHT BEYOND COMMONPLACES AND STEREOTYPES.
CURATED BY ACCADEMIA PICTOR AND SILVANA NOTA.
RITUALS OF LOVE AND DRESSING
Solo Exhibition
FABBRICA, GAMBETTOLA (FC) - 25 NOVEMBER 2011 / 8 JANUARY 2012
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF: MUNICIPALITY OF GAMBETTOLA, TEXTILE MUSEUM OF PRATO AND ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS OF BOLOGNA.
IN THE GEOMETRIC SPACE OF FABBRICA, A PLACE OF MEMORY OF THE FORMER S.I.C.L.I. CEMENT FACTORY, VALERIA SCUTERI RETRACES SOME MOMENTS OF HER VISUAL RESEARCH.
THE EXHIBITION OFFERS A SELECTION OF THE WORK OF THIS ARTIST WHO CHOOSES
METAL, REDUCED TO FILAMENT, TO ACCOMMODATE THE FORM, AND THUS ARRIVE AT THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLE OF WEAVING, THE INTERLACING OF WARP AND WEFT.
THE RESEARCH MOVES IN BORDER TERRITORIES WHERE TEXTILES MEET AND DIALOGUE WITH OTHER LANGUAGES, PROCESSES AND MATERIALS OF ART. THE PRACTICE RANGES FROM LOOM WEAVING TECHNIQUES TO FREE INTERLACING. HERE THE COMPOSITIONAL GRAMMARS EVADE ORTHOGONALITY, OFFERING OTHER VISUAL SYNTHESIS TO THE EYE OF TEXTILE TRADITION.
CURATED BY VANNA ROMUALDI, CRITICAL TEXT BY PAOLA GORETTI.
QUIPUS
Guest Artist
PALAZZO SAN BERDARDINO, ROSSANO (CS) - 13 NOVEMBER 2010 / 20 NOVEMBER 2010
FIBER ART, A LANGUAGE OF CONTEMPORARY ART THAT EXPLORES THE VARIOUS EXPRESSIVE POSSIBILITIES OFFERED BY THE USE OF NATURAL AND/OR ARTIFICIAL FIBERS. THE TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION IS QUIPUS, A TERM THAT IN THE DIALECT OF THE QUECHUA LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN CUZCO MEANS "KNOT." BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF THE KNOT, ELEVEN PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS FROM DIFFERENT ITALIAN LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER. AN EXHIBITION THAT AIMS TO OFFER THE PUBLIC POETIC, TACTILE, AND VISUAL SENSATIONS.
AT THE CENTER OF THE OPERATIONAL DYNAMICS IS EXPERIMENTATION, INNOVATION, AND INTERACTION WITH OTHER CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS. THE ARTISTS ON DISPLAY USE THE LOOM, OR OFF LOOM (THAT IS, FREE TEXTILE TECHNIQUES), TO CREATE WORKS BOTH WITH THE HELP OF FIBERS OF DIFFERENT NATURES AND WITH VARIOUS MATERIALS, FROM PAINTERLY TO UNUSUAL ONES, PUT INTO DIALOGUE AND CONTRAST.
THE WORK OF THESE ARTISTS, IN FACT, IS NEVER AIMED AT PROVOKING THINGS, BUT AT LETTING THEM FLOW IN THE INFINITE SLENDERNESS OF THEIR EXISTENCE, IN THE FREEDOM OF THEIR DESTINY.
CURATED BY SETTIMO FERRARI AND FRANCESCA LONDINO.
ENTRELACEMENT DE FILS ET DE REVES
Solo Exhibition
ECOMUSEE TEXTILE - PARC DE WESSERLING - ALSACE (FRANCE) - 31 JANUARY 2009 / 5 APRIL 2009.
IDEAL ENCOUNTER WITH TWO CULTURES (INTERWEAVING OF THREADS AND DREAMS, IDEAL ENCOUNTER OF TWO CULTURES). THE PLACE AS A HISTORIC WORLD CAPABLE OF AROUSING EMOTIONS BECOMES THE CHOSEN THEME FOR THE WORKS INCLUDED IN THIS EXHIBITION BY VALERIA SCUTERI. THE MEDITERRANEANNESS AND PASSION OF THE SOUL HAVE MET THE MAGICAL SPIRIT OF THE NORTH, CHARACTERIZED BY THE STRONG BOND BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE.
TRANQUILITY SOOTHES AND CALMS THE "TUMULTUOUS" SENSITIVITY OF THE ARTIST. THE COMMON THREAD OF ORIGINS AND THE TWO STORIES CONTINUES TO DIALOGUE IN THE SERIES OF SCULPTURES AND INSTALLATIONS CONCERNING THE "MEDITERRANEAN" AREA OF THE EXHIBITION.
HERE THEN ARE "PANNI STESI", "ABITOULIVO", "ABITOGINESTRA" AND THE VARIOUS ACCESSORY OBJECTS, IMBUED WITH SENSUALITY AND METAPHOR OF SEDUCTIVE FEMININITY.
CURATED BY ERIC JACOB – CRITICAL TEXT BY ANNA LEA SANTARCANGELI.
BETWEEN MYTHOLOGY AND LOGOS
Year 2007-2008, 160 x 90 x 60 cm - Photo by Filippo Gallino
BODY ARCHITECTURES
Guest Artist
CIVIC LIBRARY, CHIERI - 7 JUNE 2008 / 29 JUNE 2008
THE WEARABLE SCULPTURE AND THE DRESS-OBJECT. THE EXHIBITION PROMOTED BY THE CITY OF CHIERI WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF APA (ASSOCIAZIONE PIEMONTE ARTE) AS PART OF TORINO WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL AND OFF CONGRESS CALENDAR WITH THE PATRONAGE OF THE PIEDMONT REGION, PROVINCE OF TURIN, MINISTRY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TURIN.
A PLACE OF MULTIPLE INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIMENTATIONS, BODY ARCHITECTURE, WHICH IS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE INTEREST IN THE BODY IN CONTEMPORARY ART OF RECENT DECADES, OFFERS DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPLORATION BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT, REFERRING TO INTERPRETATIONS AND ROOTS THAT RANGE FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY TO THE BAUHAUS, FROM THE LAUSANNE BIENNIALS (WHICH IN THE SIXTIES MARKED THE BIRTH OF FIBER ART) UP TO THE MOST RECENT TRENDS.
CURATED BY SILVANA NOTA.
WOMAN'S SONG, LOOM'S SONG
Year 2004 - Photo by Filippo Gallino
SONG OF WOMAN SONG OF LOOM
Tribute from the City of Chieri
IMBIANCHERIA DEL VAJRO, CHIERI - 08 MARCH 2008
PROMOTED BY THE CITY OF CHIERI, NICOLÒ AND PAOLA FRANTONE CIVIC LIBRARY, IMBIANCHERIA DEL VAJRO, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES OF CHIERI, FRIENDS OF THE BANDIERA EMBROIDERY ASSOCIATION, CHIERI TEXTILE ART CENTER.
DIGNITY, THE REDEMPTION OF BEAUTY FROM THE DEGRADATION OF DEATH AND PAIN, TIME AND ITS ILLUSION, BUT ALSO THE AWARENESS OF ITS MEMORY THAT OFFERS POSSIBILITIES FOR NEW LANDINGS, REPRESENT THE CENTRALITY OF THE POETICS OF VALERIA SCUTERI, IN WHOSE WORK THE PRESENCE/ABSENCE OF THE SEA SNEAKS IN, WITH THE CONSTANT OF A COSMIC BACKGROUND SOUND.
AN EPIC SEA, WHICH FLOWS INTENSELY AND MEDITERRANEAN THROUGH THE FOLDS OF THIS CYCLE, BINDING EVERY THOUGHT, FREEING BOUNDARIES, GIVING CONTINUITY AS AN IMPERCEPTIBLE AND ESSENTIAL GLUE TO HER ARTISTIC JOURNEY.
Sicilian Folk Art and Sicily as a Bridge for Europe
SICILIAN FOLK ART
Guest Artist
ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM ST. PETERSBURG - 17 OCTOBER 2008 / 2 NOVEMBER 2008
TRADITION AS A SOURCE OF THE CONTEMPORARY, CO-PROTAGONIST OF THE EVENT, ONCE AGAIN ART EXPRESSED IN THE FEMININE. THE WORKS ON DISPLAY MANIFEST THE RESULTS OF THE “CONTAMINATION” THAT HAS PERMEATED THE “MAKING” OF TODAY’S FEMALE ARTISTS, AND DELIVER TO US A CREATIVE PRODUCT THAT FREELY DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM SICILIAN FOLK ART TO TRANSFORM ITS SIGNS AND COLORS INTO IMAGES, SUGGESTIONS, AND FORMS OF THE CONTEMPORARY.
PROJECT FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF ST. PETERSBURG. CARRIED OUT THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SICILIAN REGION, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HERITAGE, THE REGIONAL GALLERY OF PALAZZO BELLOMO, PROJECT PROMOTER, THE TRETYAKOV GALLERY OF MOSCOW, AND THE MAZZOTTA FOUNDATION.
CURATED BY ORNELLA FAZZINA AND RENATO MIRACCO.
SICILY BRIDGE FOR EUROPE
Guest Artist
EX MONASTERY OF THE RETREAT, SYRACUSE-SICILY - 05 OCTOBER 2007 / 11 NOVEMBER 2007
“FROM AESTHETIC OBJECT TO ARTISTIC SUBJECT. THE REVEALED IDENTITY OF WOMEN IN ART.” REGIONAL GALLERY OF PALAZZO BELLOMO.
CURATED BY ORNELLA FAZZINA AND RENATO MIRACCO.
BOOK DRESS
Year 2006 - Photo by Antonella Papalia
UNUSUAL PATHS OF ART AND WRITING
Guest Artist (Installation and Performance of “Wearable Book”)
CIVIC LIBRARY ARDUINO, MONCALIERI (TO) - 30 NOVEMBER 2006
UNUSUAL PATHS OF ART AND WRITING. PROMOTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE OF THE CITY OF MONCALIERI AND THE CIVIC LIBRARY “A. ARDUINO” AS PART OF “TURIN WORLD BOOK CAPITAL WITH ROME”.
CURATED BY SILVANA NOTA.
HERMETIC OBSESSION
Year 2006 - Photo by Filippo Gallino
BOOK AS ARTWORK
Guest Artist (Performance of “Fiber Art, Wearable Book”)
CIVIC LIBRARY ARDUINO, MONCALIERI (TO) - 06 OCTOBER 2006 / 07 OCTOBER 2006
“THE ARTIST'S BOOK BETWEEN TEXTS AND PRETEXTS” PROMOTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE OF THE CITY OF MONCALIERI AS PART OF “TURIN WORLD BOOK CAPITAL WITH ROME”, ARDUINO LIBRARY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE CASTELLO DI RIVOLI MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF THE MERZ FOUNDATION.
FILOPHILO 2005 MINIARTEXTILCOMO
Guest Artist
CHURCH OF SAN FRANCESCO, COMO – YEAR 2005
XV INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART. TRAVELING TO: GOCEANO DIFFUSION CENTER, MUNICIPALITY OF NUOLE (SASSARI) AND IN 2006 AT THE SALON DE L’HOTEL DE VILLE MONTROUGE (PARIS).
CURATED BY LUCIANO CARAMEL.
DRESS GATHERS FLOWERS AND FRUITS
Year 2013 - 2014
BODY SCULPTURES
Solo Exhibition
PALAZZO GONZAGA, VOLTA MANTOVANA (MN) - YEAR 2005.
CURATED BY DIANA ZERILLI.
FASHION STORIES
Guest Artist (Performance with body sculpture works within “Fashion Tales”)
GARDENS OF PALAZZO GONZAGA, VOLTA MANTOVANA (MN) - YEAR 2005
PROMOTED BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF VOLTA MANTOVANA
THREADS BETWEEN THE TIDES
Year 2004 - Photo by Filippo Gallino
THREADS BETWEEN THE TIDES
Solo Exhibition
GALLERIA MAGENTA 52, VIMERCATE (MILAN) – YEAR 2005
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EVENT “THE FINGERS OF PENELOPE” PROMOTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF VIMERCATE.
SHELL DRESS, THE SEA IN THE NET
Year 2003 - Photo by Filippo Gallino
VALERIA SCUTERI - WOMAN'S SONG, LOOM'S SONG
Solo Exhibition
PALAZZO OPESSO, CITY OF CHIERI (TO) – YEAR 2004
EXHIBITION SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF CHIERI.
CURATED BY SILVANA NOTA.
FROM HORROR VACUI TO AWARENESS (ACCESSORIES)
Year 2002-2003
AUTHOR'S PLOTS
Guest Artist
IMBIANCHERIA DEL VAJRO, CHIERI (TO) - YEAR 2004
IV INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF FIBER ART. TOURING AT: TEXTILMUSEUM ST. GALLEN (SWITZERLAND).
CURATED BY SILVANA NOTA.
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