Biography
Chiara Arturo was born in Ischia (NA, Italy) in 1984. During her study at Magistral Degree Course in Architecture she used photography as a means of expression, demonstrating and cultivating a lively interest in landscape. Furthermore, Chiara attended visual art workshops and participated in several collective exhibitions, among which Archive Tellers at Museo MAXXI (Rome). She graduated with honors with a final thesis in Landscape Urbanism on environmental contamination in Campania. In 2012 she was selected for LABper un Laboratorio Irregolare, a masterclass in personal research headed by Antonio Biasiucci in Naples. Between 2014 and 2015 she exhibited with LAB at Castel dell’Ovo (NA), at Festival Internazionale di Fotografia of Rome and at SI Fest of Savignano sul Rubicone (FC), with the collective exhibit - installation “Epifanie”. In 2015 the first solo exhibition with the work 18 miles at Eloart Gallery (Ischia, NA). Currently, she works at her personal project, on assignment and as assistant for Antonio Biasiucci; she lives in Italy, between Naples and Vicenza. Her personal research is focused on the landscape and space perception, the archiving of memories, the way the perception and archiving influence the imaginary construction; starting from an introspective investigation with a cartographic method, she focuses on the geographies of thought, traces, journeys, visions and wounds.
