Rome, Latium, Italy
Ilaria Gianni is an independent curator, art critic and lecturer whose interest lies in the study of semio-narrative structures present in the visual arts and whose curatorial work attempts to construct new stages on which to rethink the concept of exhibition making. After a Degree and a Masters in Art History from the Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, she obtained an MFA in Curating at Goldsmiths College. She is co-founder of IUNO, a research center for contemporary art and of Magic Lantern Film Festival, a research-based thematic investigation of the interstice between visual art and cinema. Over the past years she has curated a number of exhibitions, and independent research based projects in museums, project spaces, art institutions and galleries, including: Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; MACRO, Rome; MAXXI, Rome; National Gallery, Rome; Matadero, Madrid; MOA, Seoul; Loop, Seoul; Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art, Genoa; John Hansard Gallery, Southampton. From 2016 to 2020 she was guest curator at the American Academy in Rome. Between 2009 and 2016 she was co-director and curator of Nomas Foundation, where she was responsible for the artistic programming, which included onsite and offsite exhibitions, seminars, lectures, workshops, residencies and publications. She has collaborated with contemporary art fairs, including ARCOmadrid, for which she curated the section "Opening" (2018-2019), Artissima, for which she curated the section “Present Future” (2019-2021), while between 2015 and 2017 she co -founded and curated the independent art fair «GRANPALAZZO», which took place in noble palaces in the Roman countryside. She is Adjunct Professor at John Cabot University, the Master of Art at Luiss Business School, IED (Rome) and at Naba (Milan). She has contributed with texts to numerous art catalogs and magazines such as: Flash Art, artforum.com, Domus, Mousse, NERO, Cura, Arte e Critica. As part of the Quadriennale d’arte 2020, she curated the project AccadeMibact: Domani Qui Oggi. She is co-curator of the podcast program Radio GAMeC 30 for the year 2022. https://www.iunoiuno.it/ https://www.magiclanternfilmfestivalrome.org/