Federica Bruni is a multidisciplinary artist combining sculpture, installation, performance, video, and photography. She creates work that questions human psychology, relationships, and the other. More recently, Federica became particularly interested in exploring that sense of ‘temporary disappearance’ which is experienced when a new identity is provisionally adopted. She is investigating performers in everyday life like, for instance, spies or individuals who temporarily disappeared.
Federica has exhibited at artist-run centers, museums, and galleries including: IGCA (Anchorage), Museion (Bolzano), Fondazione Merz (Turin), Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice), and Performance Art Institute (San Francisco). She has been artist-in-residence at Wassaic Project (NY), Fundacion Botin (ES), Via Farini (IT), Fondazione Spinola Banna (IT). Federica received her MFA in Visual Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice with an honors degree in Sculpture. She is currently a Doctoral researcher at the University of Dundee (DJCAD).She lives and works in Dundee (Scotland).
RESIDENCIES
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2018 | → Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, USA → Fundacìon Botìn, Santander, ES |
| 2017 | →VIR-Viafarini in residence, Milan, IT |
| 2016 | → GAP-Glurns Art Point, Glorenza, IT |
| 2012 | → Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT → Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, Turin, IT |
| 2011 | → Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA |
| 2007 | → Real Presence #7, Belgrade, RS |
2023 | → Raw, Green Room Gallery, Botanic Garden, Dundee, UK |
| 2021 | → Portraits, Generator Projects, Dundee, UK |
| 2019 | → I Don’t Know, International Gallery of Contemporary Art Anchorage, AK, USA |
| 2016 | → Lunga Notte della Cultura, Glurns Art Point, Glorenza, IT |
| 2009 | → Storie in Quattro Scatti, Leggere Strutture Factory, Bologna, IT |
GRANTS & AWARDS
EDUCATION
| 2023 | → Hope Scott Trust Grant, UK → Development Award, University of Dundee, UK |
| 2018 | → Workshop with Cristina Iglesias, Centro Botin, Santander, ES |
| 2015 | → Francesco Fabbri Prize, IT (finalist) |
| 2013 | → Video.it-Arte Animata Prize, IT (finalist) |
| 2012 | → Artist in Residence (1 year), Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia, IT |
| 2010 | → Premio De Industria, Fermignano, IT (honorable mention) → Premio Vincenzo Cuoco, Rotary club Civitacampomarano, IT (1st prize) → 7th Valcellina Award/ Border Line, Maniago, IT (finalist) |
| 2020-2023 | → Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, UK, Practice-based PhD |
| 2009-2012 | → Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna, IT, Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture |
| 2010-2011 | → University of California Santa Cruz, CA, USA, Studio Art Exchange Program |
| 2002- 2006 | → Accademia di Belle Arti Venezia, IT, Honors Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture |
| 2004-2005 | → Universidad Complutense, Madrid, ES, Erasmus Project |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | → In The Weeds:Camouflage and Its Discontents, Houseguest Gallery, Louisville,KY,USA → Tales of the Unexpected,Lamb Gallery,Dundee,UK → Annuale 2022,Embassy Gallery @ Leith Walk Police Box,Edinburgh,UK |
| 2020 | → Future Ready,Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage,AK,USA → Best of Quarantine,Float Magazine,Queens,NY,USA |
| 2019 | → Valcellina's Collection,Museo Etnografico del Friuli,Udine,IT → New Lenses,Random Access Gallery,Syracuse University, Syracuse,NY,USA → Finished Unfinished Spaces,Galleria Bertoni,Cervignano del Friuli,IT |
| 2018 | → Seasons Change,Wassaic Project,Wassaic,NY,USA → Work/Shop,Fundacion Botin,Santander,ES → 1+1=3, Museion,Bolzano,IT → Milano Photo Week - Dei Nuovi Confini della Fotografia, Fabbrica del Vapore,Milan,IT → Tramanda,Imbiancheria del Vajro,Chieri,IT |
| 2017 | → Pic Nic, The Independent,Maxxi,Rome,IT → Open Studio,Viafarini,Milan,IT |
| 2016 | → Kunsthalle Palermo o Gran Fiera d’Ammenicoli Pseudo-crisoelefantini, → Caffè Internazionale,Palermo,IT → i7 Independent Spaces,Caffè Internazionale,Artverona,Verona,IT |
| 2014 | → Incroci 2/ Fili e Nodi, Parco2, Pordenone, IT |
| 2013 | → Iter, Duevideo, Undo.net → Videoit, Fondazione Merz, Turin, IT → Atelier 2012, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, IT → VideoArt Yearbook, Museo del Novecento, Milan, IT |
| 2012 | → Stonefly-Walking with Art, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, IT → On Videos for Hours and Hours, Arte Boccanera Contemporanea, Trento, IT → VideoArt Yearbook, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, IT → I Luoghi delle Emozioni, Centro Culturale Altinate, Padua, IT |
| 2011 | → Festival KunstwerkStadt, Possneck, DE → America Lato A e B, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, IT → Selection from Vicenza Film Festival, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre, IT |
| 2010 | → Eredità del Contemporaneo, Fabbrica, Gambettola, IT |
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
| 2019 | → The Wassaic Project, Interview with Joe Brommel, April 19 |
| 2018 | → El Diario Montañes, Martinez Mada. 'Un Cuarto Propio En Santander', September 29 → Franzmagazine, Rabatscher Florian. '1+1 = 3 - Alles Andere als Kunstausstellung', March 28 |
| 2015 | → La Stampa, 'Cibo e arti visive con Play with Food a Vanchiglia’, Turin, October → Palestra Espressiva Zine, Verona, Issue # 2 |
| 2012 | → Artribune, Video Interview, ‘Venezia, Atelier BLM 2012. Videoblitz negli studi – Capitolo II’, Palazzo Carminati, June |
| 2023 | → Lecture, Critical & Contextual Studies (level 2), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, UK → Group Critique, Contemporary Art Practice (level 3), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, UK |
Email: federicamb@yahoo.it
Instagram: lasfedericas
Design: Dario Pistillo
Federica Bruni is a multidisciplinary artist combining sculpture, installation, performance, video, and photography. She creates work that questions human psychology, relationships, and the other. More recently, Federica became particularly interested in exploring that sense of ‘temporary disappearance’ which is experienced when a new identity is provisionally adopted. She is investigating performers in everyday life like, for instance, spies or individuals who temporarily disappeared.
Federica has exhibited at artist-run centers, museums, and galleries including: IGCA (Anchorage), Museion (Bolzano), Fondazione Merz (Turin), Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice), and Performance Art Institute (San Francisco). She has been artist-in-residence at Wassaic Project (NY), Fundacion Botin (ES), Via Farini (IT), Fondazione Spinola Banna (IT). Federica received her MFA in Visual Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice with an honors degree in Sculpture. She is currently a Doctoral researcher at the University of Dundee (DJCAD).She lives and works in Dundee (Scotland).
RESIDENCIES
| 2018 | → Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, USA → Fundacìon Botìn, Santander, ES |
| 2017 | →VIR-Viafarini in residence, Milan, IT |
| 2016 | → GAP-Glurns Art Point, Glorenza, IT |
| 2012 | → Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT → Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, Turin, IT |
| 2011 | → Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA |
| 2007 | → Real Presence #7, Belgrade, RS |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 | → Raw, Green Room Gallery, Botanic Garden, Dundee, UK |
| 2021 | → Portraits, Generator Projects, Dundee, UK |
| 2019 | → I Don’t Know, International Gallery of Contemporary Art Anchorage, AK, USA |
| 2016 | → Lunga Notte della Cultura, Glurns Art Point, Glorenza, IT |
| 2009 | → Storie in Quattro Scatti, Leggere Strutture Factory, Bologna, IT |
GRANTS & AWARDS
| 2023 | → Hope Scott Trust Grant, UK → Development Award, University of Dundee, UK |
| 2018 | → Workshop with Cristina Iglesias, Centro Botin, Santander, ES |
| 2015 | → Francesco Fabbri Prize, IT (finalist) |
| 2013 | → Video.it-Arte Animata Prize, IT (finalist) |
| 2012 | → Artist in Residence (1 year), Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia, IT |
| 2010 | → Premio De Industria, Fermignano, IT (honorable mention) → Premio Vincenzo Cuoco, Rotary club Civitacampomarano, IT (1st prize) → 7th Valcellina Award/ Border Line, Maniago, IT (finalist) |
EDUCATION
| 2020-2023 | → Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, UK, Practice-based PhD |
| 2009-2012 | → Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna, IT, Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture |
| 2010-2011 | → University of California Santa Cruz, CA, USA, Studio Art Exchange Program |
| 2002- 2006 | → Accademia di Belle Arti Venezia, IT, Honors Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture |
| 2004-2005 | → Universidad Complutense, Madrid, ES, Erasmus Project |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | → In The Weeds:Camouflage and Its Discontents, Houseguest Gallery, Louisville,KY,USA → Tales of the Unexpected,Lamb Gallery,Dundee,UK → Annuale 2022,Embassy Gallery @ Leith Walk Police Box,Edinburgh,UK |
| 2020 | → Future Ready,Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage,AK,USA → Best of Quarantine,Float Magazine,Queens,NY,USA |
| 2019 | → Valcellina's Collection,Museo Etnografico del Friuli,Udine,IT → New Lenses,Random Access Gallery,Syracuse University, Syracuse,NY,USA → Finished Unfinished Spaces,Galleria Bertoni,Cervignano del Friuli,IT |
| 2018 | → Seasons Change,Wassaic Project,Wassaic,NY,USA → Work/Shop,Fundacion Botin,Santander,ES → 1+1=3, Museion,Bolzano,IT → Milano Photo Week - Dei Nuovi Confini della Fotografia, Fabbrica del Vapore,Milan,IT → Tramanda,Imbiancheria del Vajro,Chieri,IT |
| 2017 | → Pic Nic, The Independent,Maxxi,Rome,IT → Open Studio,Viafarini,Milan,IT |
| 2016 | → Kunsthalle Palermo o Gran Fiera d’Ammenicoli Pseudo-crisoelefantini, → Caffè Internazionale,Palermo,IT → i7 Independent Spaces,Caffè Internazionale,Artverona,Verona,IT |
| 2014 | → Incroci 2/ Fili e Nodi, Parco2, Pordenone, IT |
| 2013 | → Iter, Duevideo, Undo.net → Videoit, Fondazione Merz, Turin, IT → Atelier 2012, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, IT → VideoArt Yearbook, Museo del Novecento, Milan, IT |
| 2012 | → Stonefly-Walking with Art, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, IT → On Videos for Hours and Hours, Arte Boccanera Contemporanea, Trento, IT → VideoArt Yearbook, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, IT → I Luoghi delle Emozioni, Centro Culturale Altinate, Padua, IT |
| 2011 | → Festival KunstwerkStadt, Possneck, DE → America Lato A e B, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, IT → Selection from Vicenza Film Festival, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre, IT |
| 2010 | → Eredità del Contemporaneo, Fabbrica, Gambettola, IT |
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
| 2019 | → The Wassaic Project, Interview with Joe Brommel, April 19 |
| 2018 | → El Diario Montañes, Martinez Mada. 'Un Cuarto Propio En Santander', September 29 → Franzmagazine, Rabatscher Florian. '1+1 = 3 - Alles Andere als Kunstausstellung', March 28 |
| 2015 | → La Stampa, 'Cibo e arti visive con Play with Food a Vanchiglia’, Turin, October → Palestra Espressiva Zine, Verona, Issue # 2 |
| 2012 | → Artribune, Video Interview, ‘Venezia, Atelier BLM 2012. Videoblitz negli studi – Capitolo II’, Palazzo Carminati, June |
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
| 2023 | → Lecture, Critical & Contextual Studies (level 2), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, UK → Group Critique, Contemporary Art Practice (level 3), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, UK |
Email: federicamb@yahoo.it
Instagram: lasfedericas
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