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Cristina Mariani

Fiber artist

PAST EXHIBITIONS / WORK EXPERIENCE

2019Tapestry weaver, prototypes for Man Fashion Show – Jil Sander – Milan, Italy
Tapestry and Hand Weaving Teacher – Lottozero, Prato, Italy
FAST- Florence Art Science Technology – Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence, Italy
Irene Davies Award for Small Tapestries – Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, AUS
YTAT Young Textile Art Triennial – Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts Łódź – Łódź (Poland)
Art Residency at Faculty of Geology – FAST Project, Florence, Italy
Rassegna Biennale Fiber Art – group exhibition, Spoleto, Italy

2018Faccia Trama, Master Textile final exhibition – Le Murate Pac – Florence, Italy
Internship at Giuditta Brozzetti Hand Weaving – Perugia, Italy
Figurazioni Musicali – group exhibition, Officina d’Arte e Tessuti, Spoleto, Italy
Trame d’Autore 2.0 – group exhibition, Imbiancheria del Vajro, Chieri, Italy

2017Muratessili – Le Murate. Progetti Arte Contemporanea. Art Residency and final sol










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PAST EXHIBITIONS / WORK EXPERIENCE

2019Tapestry weaver, prototypes for Man Fashion Show – Jil Sander – Milan, Italy
Tapestry and Hand Weaving Teacher – Lottozero, Prato, Italy
FAST- Florence Art Science Technology – Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence, Italy
Irene Davies Award for Small Tapestries – Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, AUS
YTAT Young Textile Art Triennial – Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts Łódź – Łódź (Poland)
Art Residency at Faculty of Geology – FAST Project, Florence, Italy
Rassegna Biennale Fiber Art – group exhibition, Spoleto, Italy

2018Faccia Trama, Master Textile final exhibition – Le Murate Pac – Florence, Italy
Internship at Giuditta Brozzetti Hand Weaving – Perugia, Italy
Figurazioni Musicali – group exhibition, Officina d’Arte e Tessuti, Spoleto, Italy
Trame d’Autore 2.0 – group exhibition, Imbiancheria del Vajro, Chieri, Italy

2017Muratessili – Le Murate. Progetti Arte Contemporanea. Art Residency and final solo exhibition, Florence
Trame a Corte – group exhibition, Rocca di Sala Baganza, Italy
Fiber Art II Contaminazioni – group exhibition, Spoleto, Italy
Young Fiber Contest II – Maria Luisa Sponga Award, Imbiancheria del Vajro, Chieri, Italy
Memoria Tessile _sul filo dei diritti – group exhibition, Casa della Memoria e della Storia, Rome
Valcellina Award 10th edition – Palazzo d’Attimis, Maniago, Italy

2016Sculture Tessili – group exhibition, Museo Civico Archeologico di Anzio, Italy
Trame a Corte – group exhibition, Rocca di Sala Baganza, Italy
Young Fiber Contest – Maria Luisa Sponga Award, Imbiancheria del Vajro, Chieri, Italy
Italia – Polonia. Suggestioni delle presenze polacche in Italia – group exhibition, Galleria Spazio 5, Rome, Italy

2008 – 2016Web and Graphic Designer

2011Dissipatio HG – group exhibition, Chiostro di Voltorre, Italy
Dissiparty – group exhibition, Parco Morselli, Gavirate, Italy2007-2008
Assistant of Sissy Rizzatto (artist), Angela Florio (artist and house decorator), Katja Noppes (artist),
Italo Zuffi (artist), Milan, Italy

2005Gemine Muse – Young Artists in European Museums – group exhibition, Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Who Uses the Space? – group exhibition, Isola Art Center, Milan, Italy

PRIZES AND AWARDS

2019Grant for Studio Space – Coworking for Young Professionals – Regione Toscana, Prato, Italy

2018Scholarship for the results obtained at the Master in Textile, TIAC International – Florence, Italy

2017Art Residency, Toscanaincontemporanea 2017 – -Le Murate P.a.c. Florence, Italy

2016Honorable Mention for the work “Circuit”, Young Fiber Contest – Maria Luisa Sponga Award, Chieri, Italy
Second Prize for the work “Silk Road”, Trame a Corte, Rocca di Sala Baganza, Italy

EDUCATION

2018Master in Textile – Creation of Art Fabrics, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze e Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio, Florence, Italy

2015 – 2017Tapestry Vertical loom, Scuola delle Arti Ornamentali San Giacomo, Rome, Italy
Hand Weaving Horizontal loom 4 e 8 harnesses, Scuola delle Arti Ornamentali San Giacomo, Rome

2016Natural indigo dyeing and shibori techniques, Rosella Cilano, Associazione Tintura Naturale, Milan
Felt and silk, seminar, Sergio Milioni e Daniela Costanzo Giorgio, Accademia Koefia, Rome

2015Intangible Cultural Heritage, Workshop on the Unesco Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO – Regione Lombardia, Italy and Switzerland

2002 – 2007Product Design, Art and Design, 4 years BA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti , Milan, Italy