Exhibition by Claudia Virginia Vitari | PANOPTICON

Vernissage: 22. November 2024 | 6 pm

Soundscapes: Odra Ode

Duration of the exhibition from November 22, 2024 to January 17, 2025
Mo – Fr · 8 am – 7 pm

Exhibition catalog available

Claudia Virginia Vitari was born in Turin, Italy. She studied at Burg Giebichenstein, Hochschule für Kunst und Design (University for Art and Design), in Halle an der Saale, Germany, where she graduated in 2004 with Prof. Ulrich Reimkasten in painting and graphics. Later on she attended various workshops on glass techniques in Bild-Werk Frauenau and Berlin Glass (Germany), Fundació Centre del Vidre (Spain), S12 Galleri Og Verksted (Norway) and Pilchuck Glass School (USA)—with a scholarship from the Alexander Tutsek Foundation.

Vitari’s projects are based on a study of “total institutions” (E. Goffman): a graphic documentation evoking a confrontation between single stories and the institution, as part and mirror of society itself. PERCORSOGALERA (2008-2009) was realized inside Turin’s penitentiary Lorusso e Cutugno. Le Città Invisibili (2012–2013) in Barcelona in collaboration with the Cultural Association Radio Nikosia, the first Spanish radio station organized by people who have been diagnosed with mental diseases. The project was carried out with the sponsorship of Derix Glas Studios (Germany). Both projects received a grant from the Piedmont Region (Italy).

Vitari is now working in Berlin, investigating through her artistic documentation the current issue of migration in Europe (Interstitial Identities). The artist is represented by Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea (Turin). She lives and works between Berlin (Germany) and Turin (Italy).