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 lives and works in Dundee (Scotland).
RESIDENCIES
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | → Meadow Mill Project Space-WASPS, Dundee, UK |
| 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 |
| 2024 | → Still Breathing, Meadow Mill Project Space, Dundee, UK |
| 2024 | → Surfacing, Storage Space Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, USA |
| 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
| 2024 | → Italy Made Me Award, Italian Embassy London, UK |
| 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) |
| 2025 | → Central Scotland School of Jewellery, Dunblane, UK |
| 2020-2024 | → 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 |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | → Word of Mouth, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, UK |
| 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 |
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 lives and works in Dundee (Scotland).
RESIDENCIES
| 2024 | → Meadow Mill Project Space-WASPS, Dundee, UK |
| 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
| 2024 | → Still Breathing, Meadow Mill Project Space, Dundee, UK |
| 2024 | → Surfacing, Storage Space Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, USA |
| 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
| 2024 | → Italy Made Me Award, Italian Embassy London, UK |
| 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
| 2025 | → Central Scotland School of Jewellery, Dunblane, UK |
| 2020-2024 | → 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
| 2024 | → Word of Mouth, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, UK |
| 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 |
Email: federicamb@yahoo.it
Instagram: lasfedericas
Design: Dario Pistillo
2023 © Federica Bruni