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JACQUELINE SURDELL
| by Maria Rosaria Roseo | Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois (USA), where she currently lives and works, Jacqueline Surdell is a young woman of many talents—first a professional athlete and later an artist, with a background from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts in Fiber and Material Studies in 2017. Family heritage plays a significant role in Jacqueline Surdell’s work. Her love for art and conceptual practice was passed down to her by her grandmother, a landscape painter. Her passion and interest in materials, their history and origin, and various processing techniques, on the other hand, were inherited…
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INTERWEAVINGS OF ART AND SCIENCE: THE ARTISTIC JOURNEY OF A CONTEMPORARY WEAVER
| by Maria Rosaria Roseo | Rachel (Meyers) Hefferan, an artist from suburban Midwest, USA, graduated from the University of Michigan and earned her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She currently lives and works in rural western Michigan. A weaver, farmer, environmentalist, and fermentation enthusiast, Hefferan uses the loom as a metaphorical tool, balancing between science and magic, to create tapestries—woven abstractions that represent and celebrate the beauty and complexity of microbial life and its process of decomposition and renewal of matter. Mosses, lichens, fungi, and molds, with their metabolic activities of transformation and deconstruction, are the primary sources of inspiration for the artist. Through…
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UN SEME PROFONDO (A DEEP SEED)
Starting Tuesday, March 4, 2025, Studio Masiero in Milan, IT, presents Un seme profondo (A Deep Seed), a solo exhibition by Grazia Inserillo, curated by Gianna Panicola. With this exhibition, the gallery reaffirms its commitment to Sicilian art by welcoming an artist deeply rooted in her homeland’s traditions. Born in Isola delle Femmine (PA), Inserillo draws inspiration from fishing and embroidery, two pillars of local culture. For the first time, Studio Masiero hosts a fiber art exhibition, a medium through which the artist explores the natural world. Thread and fabric become tools of investigation, evoking plant forms that range from past geological eras to marine mosses. Trained as a sculptor,…
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InDIVENIRE (InPROGRESS) OPENS THE CASSANDRE EVENTS CYCLE
SCD Studio celebrates International Women’s Rights Day with the opening of the CASSANDRE project, an exhibition series that explores, through contemporary art, the multifaceted aspects of the female condition. The first event, the exhibition InDivenire (InProgress) opens on 8th March 2025 in the gallery of Via Bramante 22N in Perugia (5:00 PM) and will be open until 5th April 2025. Curated by Barbara Pavan, it includes the works of Isobel Blank, Susanna Cati, Monica Giovinazzi, and Andi Kacziba, artists who, through different media and languages, investigate the concept of transformation. InDivenire is indeed inspired by the Sanskrit concept of samskara, a term that encompasses the meanings of “transformation,” “modification,” and…
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ADELINE CONTRERAS: SENSORIAL TRACES BETWEEN MEMORY AND MATERIAL
| by Barbara Pavan | Adeline Contreras, an artist living and working in France, explores collective memory in her work—”a shared story”, she explains, “linked to our sensory and visual experiences, embedded in a more personal experience. A memory tied to a sensation rather than an event, a recollection that awakens our sensory memory. These resurfacings are the trace of our experiences, sensations connected to the context in which we evolve.” Contreras pursues an artistic inquiry nourished by memory, reclaimed materials, and textile techniques. Her works, tactile and material-based, embody the visible concreteness of a perpetual metamorphosis, hybridizing into polymorphic forms of varying dimensions and materials, hinting at the infinite…
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JULIA COUZENS: FROM PAINTING TO SCULPTURE, THE EVOLUTION OF A VISIONARY ARTIST
| by Maria Rosaria Roseo | Art is an ever-evolving journey, a boundless quest through forms, materials and meanings. This is the case of a visionary artist whose career began in the world of painting and then unexpectedly and fascinatingly landed in sculpture, using textiles as her main medium. Julia Couzens, born and raised in Auburn, California, received her MFA in 1990 from UC Davis. She currently lives and works between Merritt Island on the Sacramento River and Los Angeles. http://www.juliacouzens.com/ ART AS A FLUID AND INDEFINABLE PROCESS This artist’s practice is distinguished by a plastic, “contaminated” and fluid approach that defies convention. “I don’t need to call something ‘painting’…
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FARIBA BOROUFAR
| by Barbara Pavan | Fariba Boroufar, an artist whose works bridge the gap between tradition and modernity, uses the ancient art of weaving to explore and reinterpret the rich cultural and architectural history of Iran. Her artistic journey reflects a deep engagement with both the tangible and intangible aspects of her heritage, imbuing her textile works with a profound sense of cultural memory while addressing contemporary issues such as architectural degradation and the loss of identity. For Boroufar, being an artist means more than just the creation of objects; it is about offering new perspectives on reality. “Innovation means a new look into reality,” she explains. “The artist acts…
