MARIA PIA BINAZZI
I produce works using recycled materials, found objects, wood, glass and through different techniques (drawing, painting, engraving and installation). Every piece of work reflects and analyzes my research about the esthetic value of natural forms in relationship to artificial products.
Images of biological organisms are classified and numbered according to the Taxonomy’s classification which is the science of defining groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics and their evolutionary history.
The collection of studies and drawings is focused on the theme of “morphosis”. The term originates from the Ancient Greek mórphōsis and means the way an organism changes form during its biological development due to the impact of external factors.
The tentacled figures may suggest, metaphorically, the dark psychical impulses endlessly disturbing our rationality, leaving us feeling embarrassed towards civilization. They can also be considered as "rebel" elements which pervade pre-constitutional forms of society.
Born in 1979 in Rome, Italy
Education
2009 – 2010 MFA – Paintings and Visual Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Florence
2006 – 2009 Comics International School of drawing and illustration, Rome
2001 - 2005 BA (Hons) – Fine Art Painting, Academy of fine Arts, Rome
Solo shows
2007 Gloss, Campo Dè Fiori, Rome
2007 Spazio Novecento, Palazzo delle arti antiche dell’Eur, Rome
2003 22nd biennial exhibition of “Humor in Art”, Tolentino (MC)
2003 4th International Season of Artist’s Book “ERRARE”, National Library, Rome
2001 Maurizio Marchese Award, Galleria La Cuba d’Oro, Rome
Group shows
2015 Summer Gallery Day - ESKFF (Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation R. Program)
Mana Contemporary - New Jersey (NJ)
2015 Open studios - ESKFF (Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency Program)
Mana Contemporary - New Jersey (NJ)
2014 Artists 4 Rhino, Natural History Museum "Giacomo Doria", Genoa, Italy
2014 Liberartevi, Art Fair Centre, Bologna, Italy
2014 Open Studios - HB55, Berlin
2013 Rivers of A.I.R, Pescheria Nuova, Corso del Popolo 140, Rovigo, Italy
2013 ArtWalk, Klara – Zetking – Park, Leipzig, Germany
2013 A blend of jelly, The Museum Lytke, Leipzig, Germany
2013 Flora/Fauna, The Museum Lytke, Leipzig, Germany
2013 Potzblitz, Pilotenkueche (Halle 14 - Spinnerei) Leipzig, Germany
2012 Il sacro e il profano, Galleria Cassiopea, Rome
2012 Le stanze di Venere, Galleria Cassiopea, Rome
2011 Emergenze Arte Roma 2011, Chiostro della Basilica SS Apostoli, Rome
2010 Peccato!, Galleria Tannaz, Florence
2010 Spazio alla visione, Galleria La Corte Arte Contemporanea, Florence
2010 Parusia, Galleria Verapietraserena, Florence
2010 Abusi, EX3 Centro per l’Arte contemporanea, Florence
Catalogues and published illustrations:
2010 Video digital agenda Italy for ABC Interattiva, presented in Venice on the 15th november
to the European Conference.
2010 Abusi, EX 3 Centro per l’Arte contemporanea, Florence
2010 Museo Marino Marini, Museo Marino Marini, Florence
2010 Bildung – Manufatti artefatti, Galleria Tannaz, Florence
2009 Atlas of the honeydew producing conifer aphids of Europe, di A.Binazzi e
S.Scheuer, Aracne edizioni
2003 La civetta e la luna – il significato delle statue stele della Lunigiana, di O.Olivieri, Mori
edizioni
Stage
2010 The Colour is bright the beauty is generous, Michael Lin, Museo Pecci, Prato, Florence
Residencies