born in Lecco (IT) 1991; based in Stockholm (SE).


Education


2020-2021
Post-master degree Of Public Interest, OPI Lab — Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm (SE) dept. of Art, Architecture and Critical Studies; with Jonas Dahlberg and Jasmine Hinks.

2014-2016
Master degree in Fine Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts (SE); class of Swetlana Heger and Christoph Draeger.
2015
Spacial concepts in Contemporary Art, Umeå University (SE); with Katarina Burin.

2011-2014
Bachelor degree in Fine and Performative Arts, Venice Academy of Fine Arts (IT).

︎ studio visit with Sarie Nijboer 2021


Current and upcoming 

Dreamers — Glacial Bodies. Public art commission for Nya Slottsskogsrinken, the new ice arena in Gothenburg (SE) — 2023-24. 
Lukewarm. Temporary public art commission for Bredäng Centrum and Stockholm Konst (SE) — 2024.
The Curse of an Unstoppable Appetite. Greenlight triennial at Kunsthall Grenland, Skiens kunstforening, Spriten kunsthall  and Telemark Kunstsenter (NO) — 2024. 


Exhibitions

Solo

Getting lost in the middle of a sentence. Solo exhibition at Haninge Konsthall (SE). 2023.
Untitled
at Roos Stockholm (SE) with Absalon Kirkeby. 2022.
Rörelsemönster (Movement patterns) at Mint Konsthall, Stockholm (SE). Curated by Ingrid Svahn. 2022.
It was the fire that made me into what they call marble at Palazzo Monti and Bunkervik, Brescia (IT). 2021.
A place of fantastic flora, models and notes at FFKD Copenhagen (DK). 2019.
Contra el viento at Galleria C plus N Canepaneri, Milan (IT). 2017-2018.
Creating Heavens at Multiplo, Padova (IT). 2015.

Group (selection)

Släpljus at Carl Eldh Studio Museum in Stockholm (SE). Curated by Joanna Nordin. 2022.
Die Vibration der Dinge, 15th Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach (DE). 2022.
Mörby Gård Skulpturpark at Mörby Gård, Ornö/Stockholm Archipelago (SE). 2021
Beyond walls at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (DE), Curated by Sebastian Schneider, Elke aus dem Moore. 2020.
En dreng, der leger hest på en skildpadde at Surdez ApS, Copenhagen (DK). 2019.
A grin without a cat, Borås international sculpture biennial (SE). Curated by Power Ekroth at Borås Konstmuseum. 2018.
Boxplay at 8.Salon, Hamburg (DE). 2018.
Lumen at the Crypt Gallery, London (UK). 2018.
Ozymandias at Galleri CC, Malmö (SE) featuring works of Christian Bang Jenssen, Chiara Bugatti, Linnea Carlsson and Jan Marius Kiøsterud. 2017.
45°N09E at Galleria C+N, Milan (IT). 2017.
Lumen at Chiesa di San Francesco, Atina, (IT). 2017.
Stiftelsen Anna-Lisa Thomson till minne at Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala (S). 2016.
ADP Residency Exhibition at Belvedere EIB, Kirchberg Luxembourg (LU), featuring works of Astrid Myntekær, Johan Österholm and Cooking Sections (Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe). 2016.
Stipendiatutställning at the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts Galleri Väst, Ateljén and Galleri Öst, Stockholm (S). 2016.
Digging for Fire at Bildmuséet (Umeå, Museum for Contemporary Art)(SE) and Gävlegatan 10B Stockholm (SE) in collaboration with NAU gallery and curated by Ioana Leca. 2016.
Macroscopic Stillness at Galleriet Konstnärligt campus, Umeå (SE) featuring works of Ludvig Helin and Jakob Westberg. 2015.
The perfect lie at Scharinska Villan, Umeå (SE), curated by Katarina Burin. 2015.
The future is dark, which is the best thing the future can be, I think at Saga Teater, Umeå (SE), curated by Florian Zeyfang. 2015.
Coexistence, ArtVision (EU project), 2014-15.
at Fondazione Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare (IT);
at Piramida, Tirana (AL);
at National Art Gallery Miodrag Dado Duric ,Cetinje (MNR);
at Muzej Moderne I Suvremene Umjetnosti, Rijeka (HR);
at Magazzino del Sale Venezia (IT).
Evolution at Ateneo Veneto Venice (IT), 25.11.2014, Curated by Letizia Michielon. 2014.
Tracking Point / Luci Sorgenti 7 at Palazzo Santi Cascia (IT), curated by Chiara Ciol. 2014.
97ma collettiva giovani artisti, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa at Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice (IT), curated by Stefano Coletto. 2013.
FORwART at Magazzino del Sale n.3, Venice (IT).
OPEN 15 International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations at Venice Lido and San Servolo Island (IT), curated by Paolo de Grandis and Carlotta Scarpa.

Grants and residencies

2022-2023
Two years working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Konstnärsnämnden (SE).

2022-2023
Project grant in collaboration with Estudio Jochamowitz Rivera Lima, Peru. The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Konstnärsnämnden (SE).

2021
IASPIS Studio Residency in Stockholm (SE).

2021
Exhibition and travel grant, Brescia (IT). The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Konstnärsnämnden (SE). 

2021-2023
Studio grant from Stockholm City (SE).

2020-2021
Akademie Schloss Solitude. Fellowship and residency programme in Stuttgart (DE). Chosen by Catherine David. 

2020
Research grant, Helge Ax:son Johnson Stiftelse (SE).

2019
FFKD Fabrikken for Kunst og Design. Residency programme in Copenhagen (DK).

2018-2019
Studio grant from Malmö city and Culture Administration (SE).
2018
Palazzo Monti. Residency programme in Brescia (IT). 

2018
 One year working grant. The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Konstnärsnämnden (SE).

2018
Culture grant for artistic development. Malmö city and Culture Administration (SE).

2017-2018
Lumen Studios. Residency programme in Atina (IT) and London (UK).
2016-2017
Assistant grant with Katarina Burin at Harvard University, Boston (USA).  The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Konstnärsnämnden (SE).

2017
Stipend for emerging women artists. Anna-Lisa Thomson Stiftelse (SE).

2016
EIB Residency programme at Abbaye de Neumunster; mentor Darren Almond, Luxembourg (LU).


Performances, talks, teaching, collaborations


The collector, the archeologist, the customer. Stories told by materials. Workshop at Öland Folkhögskola (SE). Autumn 2023.

Brute Force, il Bigio (Foolish)
on Art Viewer Screen as part of the program A Piano Played by Ear curated by Paola Paleari. May 5th-30th 2023. 

Schauspiel Staatstheater Stuttgart, stage design for Ascaresa, Das Stuttgarter Ballett (DE) — Premiere May 27th 2023.

Exquisite Corpse,
Artistic collaboration and performance for the UN innovation day, Vega Copenhagen (DK). Part of Collective Act by Heart17. 2023. 

To translate the experience of a material
, workshop at Öland Folkhögskola (SE). Autumn 2022.

Svenska Margaretakyrkan i Oslo (NO), public commission within Of Public Interest studio (OPI). 2022/2025.

Visioner: i Norr X Gällivare (SE), collaborative project within Of Public Interest studio (OPI). 2021/2022.
Commissioned by New European Bauhaus, ArkDes, Rådet för hållbara städer, Formas and Vinnova.

Rehearsing Brutality, until it is totally destroyed. Activation of the installation at the 15th Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach (DE).  June 6th h. 16.00, June 22nd h. 16.00, September 27th h. 16.00.  In collaboration with Alessandro Giaquinto and performed by dancers from Das Stuttgarter Ballett.

Memory, material, particle (artist talk). Chiara Bugatti and Danae Valenza in conversation with Joanna Nordin at Carl Eldhs ateljémuseum. August 25th h.18-19.30.

BIALIMA I Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Lima, Peru, conversation partner in WORKSHOP INTERNACIONAL FUTUROS POSIBLES, workshop by Estudio Jochamowitz Rivera on the future of the Costa Verde. 2021.

Umeå Art Academy (SE), teaching (guest) for BFA2 students; Autumn and spring term 2020-2021. (press)

Sculptural Failure, on materials and vulnerability, workshop for second year Bachelor students at Umeå Art Academy (SE). Autumn 2020.

Brute Force, performance and artist talk as part of the symposium »Paradoxes of Progress – Global Permeabilities and Transformations of Avant-Garde Thinking and Practice« organised by Akademie Schloss Solitude and Tübingen University. Performance in cooperation with Das Stuttgarter Ballett. March 2020.  

Artist Talk for FFKD in Copenhagen, April 2019.


Links and publications

(SE)
Chiara Bugatti på Haninge Konsthall, Konstens tips av Thomas Olsson. Oct. 2023.
(https://konsten.net/chiara-bugatti-pa-haninge-konsthall/)

(DE)(SE)
Rehearsing Brutality, text by Sebastian Schneider. 2022.
(http://www.triennale.de/en/artists/b/bugatti-chiara)

(SE)
Släpljus på Carl Eldhs Ateljémuseum, text by Emma Warg on konsten.net
(https://konsten.net/slapljus-pa-carl-eldhs-ateljemuseum/). June 2022.

(SE)
Historieskrivning i fint fokus på Carl Eldhs ateljémuseum, text by Milou Allerholm on Dagens Nyheter
(https://www.dn.se/kultur/historieskrivning-i-fint-fokus-pa-carl-eldhs-ateljemuseum/). June 2022.
 
(ENG)(IT)
It was the fire that made me into what they call marble, exhibition text by Power Ekroth. Sept. 2021.

(ENG)
Il Bigio on SITE ZONES, video release, text by Sasha Bru and interview with Power Ekroth
(https://www.sitezones.net/art-projects/chiara-bugatti-il-bigio). April 2021.

(ENG)
To unearth a huaca, studio visit and podcast in collaboration with Estudio Jochamowitz Rivera as part of IASPIS open studios 2021
(https://openstudiosautumn2021.iaspis.se/).
 
(ENG)
Il Bigio in Ab Nox, Ad Lux, publication by Aber Press (paper).
Project in collaboration with Manuel Schwab. March 2021.
(ENG)
A process of rehearsing, the cube and random moments of destruction. Text by Sarie Nijboer https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/studio-visits/a-process-of-rehearsing-the-cube-and-random-moments-of-destruction/) Feb. 2021.
 
(ENG)
The Sensory Living: A substance of the World in Beyond Walls/Über Grenzen hinhaus, publication by Solitude Press (paper). Dec. 2020.

(IT)
Five questions for, interview by Marco Roberto Marelli for Forme Uniche Magazine
(http://formeuniche.org/five-questions-for-chiara-bugatti/). May 2019.
(ENG)
Boosting Young Talents, publication by EIB, European Investment Bank
(paper ISBN: 978-92- 861-3865-2). 2018.

(ENG)
A grin without a cat, catalogue Borås international sculpture biennial
(paper and online http://www.powerekroth.net/agrinwithoutacat/). 2018.
(IT)
Un vento leggero, review by Marco Roberto Marelli for Forme Uniche Magazine, exhibition review
(https://formeuniche.org/chiara-bugatti-canepaneri/). Jan. 2018.
 
(ENG)(IT)
Contra el Viento, curatorial text by Domenico de Chirico.
(https://www.canepaneri.com/easyUp/file/263_bugatti_ita_Inms.pdf) 2017-2018.

(IT)
ATP, Intervista con Chiara Bugatti by Elena Bordignon for ATP diary
(https://atpdiary.com/intervista-con-chiara-bugatti-contra-el-viento-cn-canepaneri-milano/). 2017.
(ENG)(IT)
Creating Heavens, Artist book, in collaboration with Spazio Multiplo, Padova (paper). Maj 2015

(IT)
Adagio, curatorial text by Daniele Capra.
(https://www.danielecapra.com/testi/bugatti-creating-heavens/). Maj 2015.
 

Collections and fairs

ArtVerona Art Project Fair (IT) 2017
EIB European Investment Bank (LU)
Uplands Konstförening (SE)
Uppsala Art Museum (SE)
Private collections


Thank you:
Kremer Pigmente (DE) 2016-2020
Magnetti Building (IT) 2018


Email: it.chiarabugatti@gmail.com
Studio: Ateljéförening Bibliotek-a, Artemisgatan 30A, 11542 Stockholm, Sweden.