Chiara Faggionato (she/her) is an Italian visual artist, photographer and filmmaker currently living in Berlin, where she attends the Master of Arts at the Art in Context Institute at the UdK - Universität der Künste.
Chiara grew up near and with a stream and a willow in a matriarchal family and this is first and foremost the basis of her artistic and personal research and her daily creative practice.
Her visual projects are based on transdisciplinary participatory research and reflect on anthropic changes in our society and their consequences. In particular on the separation between humans and nature - culture and nature, as a result of the western colonial capitalist society. Ancestral spiritualities and ancient mythologies that preceded the times of imperialism, colonialism and monotheistic religions appear in her research and works as alternatives to the anthropocentric humanist perception of the world.
Her main artistic medium is video at the intersection and in the nuances between film, documentary and video art, but her projects also include installations in public space and digital space. Her works have won several awards and she collaborates as an art director, filmmaker and photographer with institutions and festivals.
EDUCATION:
2021- ongoing | Master of Arts in Art in Context, Universität der Künste, Berlin
2017-2018 | Diploma in Photojournalism, ISFCI - Istituto Superiore di Fotografia, Rome
2013-2016 | Master of Arts in Visual Arts, Università IUAV di Venezia, Venice
2008-2013 | Bachelor in Visual Arts, Music and Performing Arts, Università Roma Tre, Rome
AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS:
2022
AJAW Q’IJ - First Prize Best Short Documentary Director, Nartugan Film Festival, Istanbul, TURKEY
AJAW Q’IJ - Official Selection Best Short Documentary, Nartugan Film Festival, Istanbul, TURKEY
DER “MAYA” ZUG - Official Selection Human Rights, Design Democracy, Online Competition, ONLINE
AJAW Q’IJ - First Prize Best Photography, Campinas Film Festival, Campinas, BRASIL
AJAW Q’IJ - Official Selection Best Foreign Documentary, Campinas Film Festival, Campinas, BRASIL
AJAW Q’IJ - Official Selection Best Short Film, Ooty Short Film Festival, Ooty, INDIA
DER “MAYA” ZUG - ‘THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG – Räume für Aktivierung’ - Art in the urban space on the Marzahner Promenade, Group show, Berlin, GERMANY
AJAW Q’IJ - Official Selection Best Documentary, ETNOVIDEOGRÁFICA - International Ethnovideography Festival, Ethnographic Museum of Castilla y León, Zamora, SPAIN
AJAW Q’IJ - Official Selection Category Human Stories, Tulum World Environment Film Festival, Tulum, MEXICO
AJAW Q’IJ - ‘Klima Tag’, Screening during Klimatag, TU Berlin & Universität der Künste (UdK), UNI.T Theater, Berlin, GERMANY
AJAW Q’IJ - Official Selection Best Experimental Documentary, Smolshorts Film Festival, Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
AJAW Q’IJ - ‘The Privilege of Dreaming’, Screening as part of the group show POSITIONED REALITIES, Haus der Statistik,Berlin, GERMANY
AJAW Q'IJ - Screening curated by Okta Collective as a part of Vorspiel transmediale Festival, Berlin, GERMANY
2021
AJAW Q'IJ - First Prize Raíz Best International Short Documentary, Biophilia Film Festival, Mexico City 2021, MEXICO
AJAW Q’IJ - Official Selection Raíz Best International Short Documentary, Biophilia International Film Festival, Mexico City, MEXICO
AJAW Q’IJ - Official Selection Best Short Documentary, Religion Today Film Festival, Trento, ITALY
AJAW Q’IJ - Second Prize in Religious Movie Competition, Viva Film Festival, Sarajevo, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
AJAW Q’IJ - Official Selection Category Religious Film, Viva Film Festival, Sarajevo, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
AJAW Q’IJ - ‘ANIMISM ON FILM’, Screening during Origins Festival, London, UNITED KINGDOM
Ardeidae - IUAV Selection, Venice Architecture Film Festival, Venice, ITALY
2020
DEVILS OF THE FIELDS - Special Prize for the Artist, Arte Non Stop Film Festival, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
DEVILS OF THE FIELDS - First Prize Best Production, Arte Non Stop Film Festival, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
DEVILS OF THE FIELDS - First Prize Best Medium Length Film, Arte Non Stop Film Festival, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
DEVILS OF THE FIELDS - Official Selection Arte Non Stop Film Festival, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
51st state: M.U.O.S. - Publication on the editorial Project Treccani Parole del XXI Secolo, ITALY
Ardeidae - ‘Feet in the Water, Eyes on the Land', Screening at Ocean Space, Venice, ITALY
2019
DEVILS OF THE FIELDS - Work in Progress, Screening at Working Title Film Festival 4, Vicenza, ITALY
DEVILS OF THE FIELDS – ‘Lavoro fragile. Pratiche resistenti, Screening at Mare Culturale Urbano, Milano, ITALY
DEVILS OF THE FIELDS - 'Working Title Film Festival @ Ferrovieri', Screening at Centro Sociale Bocciodromo, Vicenza, ITALY
2018
Ardeidae - Collateral Event Swiss Pavillon, Screening during 16th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, ITALY
51st state: M.U.O.S. - Publication on the website Underground. Journey through poisoned Italy, ITALY
2016
Ardeidae - People’s choice award, National Section, Lago Film Festival, Treviso, ITALY
Ardeidae – Official Selection National Section, Lago Film Festival, Treviso, ITALY
Ardeidae - Second Prize Visioni Ambientali, Visioni Italiane - Concorso Nazionale per Corto e Mediometraggi, Bologna, ITALY
Ardeidae – Official Selection Visioni Ambientali, Visioni Italiane - Concorso Nazionale per Corto e Mediometraggi, Bologna, ITALY
Ardeidae - Official Selection Lab Competition, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE
2015
Ardeidae - Jury’s Special Prize, Arcipelago Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi e Nuove Immagini, Rome, ITALY
Ardeidae – Official Selection Arcipelago Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi e Nuove Immagini, Rome, ITALY
Ardeidae - Official Selection, Arquiteturas Film Festival, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Ardeidae - Special Mention Competition Gli occhi sulla città, Laceno d’Oro Film Festival, Avellino, ITALY
Ardeidae – Official Selection Competition Gli occhi sulla città, Laceno d’Oro Film Festival, Avellino, ITALY
Ardeidae - First Prize ex-aequo Best Short Documentary, Perugia Social Film Festival, Perugia, ITALY
Ardeidae – Official Selection Perugia Social Film Festival, Perugia, ITALY
Ardeidae - Official Selection Ita Doc Competition, Bellaria Film Festival, Bellaria, ITALY
Ardeidae - First Prize International Competition, Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, Venice, ITALY
Ardeidae – Official Selection International Competition, Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, Venice, ITALY