Chiara Camoni at Arcade

Artist: Chiara Camoni

Exhibition title: Sisters

Venue: Arcade, London, UK

Date: March 24 – April 29, 2017

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Arcade, London

One sister
twister.
Two sisters
with weird whiskers.
Three Furies sisters
in the night resisters.
Four sisters
with an S that whispers.
Five sisters here refers,
were good listeners.
Six sisters,
were horse riders.
Seven sisters
pink fighters.
Eight Sisters
like spiders.
Nine Sisters are blowing
whistles and throwing.
Ten Sister Candelabra
Abracadabra.

Arcade is please to present the first UK solo exhibition of Chiara Camoni.

After graduating in Sculpture from Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Chiara Camoni (b.1974, Piecenza, IT)  worked at the Institute of Natural Sciences in Naples for many years. She is a founding member of the MAGra Contemporary Art Museum of Granara, IT and the Vladivostok group. She lives and works in Fabbiano, in Tuscany’s Versilia Hills, IT.

Recent solo shows include: Barricata, curated by Francesca Pasini, Libreria delle Donne, Milan (2016); The story always comes later, SpazioA, Pistoia, (2016); Il Grande Baccano, Chiara Camoni and 763 children, curated by Marcello Smarrelli, Pinacoteca Civica B. Malajoli, Fabriano (2016); Gli immediati dintorni, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria Gianni, Nomas Foundation, Rome (2016). Recent group exhibitions include: Anachronikos, curated by Ula Tornau and Asta Vaiciulyte, CAC – Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (2016); XXI Triennale international exhibition, W. Women in Design, curated by Silvana Annicchiarico, Triennale, Milan (2016); Dall’oggi al domani, curated by Antonella Sbrilli and Maria Grazia Tolomeo, MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome (2016); VX30 Chaotic Passion, curated by Anna Lovecchio and CHAN, Villa Croce – Museum of Contemporary Art, Genoa (2015-16).

Chiara Camoni, Sisters, 2017, installation view, Arcade, London

Chiara Camoni, Sisters, 2017, installation view, Arcade, London

Chiara Camoni, Sisters, 2017, installation view, Arcade, London

Chiara Camoni, Sisters, 2017, installation view, Arcade, London

Chiara Camoni, Sisters, 2017, installation view, Arcade, London

Chiara Camoni, Sisters, 2017, installation view, Arcade, London

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 1, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 180 x 134 x 110 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 1, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 180 x 134 x 110 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 1, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 180 x 134 x 110 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 1, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 180 x 134 x 110 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 1, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 180 x 134 x 110 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 2, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 168 x 60 x 80 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 2, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 168 x 60 x 80 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 2, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 168 x 60 x 80 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 2, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 168 x 60 x 80 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 3, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 155 x 35 x 35 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 3, 2017, iron, glazed clay, candles, fire, 155 x 35 x 35 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 4, 2017, clay, steel wire, candles, fire, 80 x 86 x 140 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 4, 2017, clay, steel wire, candles, fire, 80 x 86 x 140 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 4, 2017, clay, steel wire, candles, fire, 80 x 86 x 140 cm

Chiara Camoni, SISTER 4, 2017, clay, steel wire, candles, fire, 80 x 86 x 140 cm

Chiara Camoni, Sisters, 2017, installation view, Arcade, London