São Paulo, Brazil, 1987.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Clara Ianni graduated in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo and obtained a Master’s Degree in Visual and Media Anthropology from Freie Univeristät in Berlin, with a DAAD scholarship.
Ianni’s work is characterized by a critique on contemporary society through the investigation of the relations between art, politics, history and ideology. Her work makes use of different media such as installation, intervention, sculpture and video. Clara worked as an assistant of Regis Michel – Louvre Museum’s curator, and in the 7th Berlin Biennale, curated by Artur Zmijewski, along with Joanna and Warsza Voina. Ianni collaborates and is a member of Krytyka Polityczna group.
Recent group exhibitions in 2015: “Jakarta Bienal – Neither Forward, nor Back: Acting in the Present”, Jakarta, Indonesia;“Empresa Colonial”, Caixa Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil; “Demonstrating Minds”, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland.; “MDE15 – Historias Locales/Práticas Globales”, Medellin International Art Encounter, Medellin, Colombia; “19th Festival VideoBrasil”, São Paulo, Brazil; “Fire and Forget”, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany; “Speaking to History”, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp, Belgium; “See you in the Planet”, 7th Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Media, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan.
Education
2013 – 2014
– Scholarship for the Independent Program of Escola São Paulo (PIESP), directed by Adriano Pedrosa, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2011-2013
– MA Visual and Media Anthropology, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
2011
– Free Listener of Hito Stereyl inUDK (Universität der Kunst), Berlin, Germany
2008-2009
– International Exchange at Université Paris8 in Paris, France
2006-2010
– Bachelor in Visual Arts at the Escola de Comunicação e Artes (ECA), University of São Paulo (USP), SP, Brazil
Selected Group Shows
2015
– “Jakarta Bienal – Neither Forward, nor Back: Acting in the Present”, Jakarta, Indonesia.
– “Empresa Colonial”, Caixa Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “Demonstrating Minds”, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland.
– “Ter Lugar Para Ser”, CCSP, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “Quarta-Feira de Cinzas”, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “MDE15 – Historias Locales/Práticas Globales”, Medellin International Art Encounter, Medellin, Colombia.
– “19th Festival VideoBrasil”, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “Fire and Forget”, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany.
– “In Search for a Radical Incomplete: A Perfect Animal Within”, Prishtina, Kosovo.
– “Speaking to History”, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp, Belgium.
– “Frente à Euforia” / “Frente a la Euforia”, Oficina Cultural Oswald Andrade, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “See you in the Planet”, 7th Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Media, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan.
2014
-“31st São Paulo Bienal – How (…) things that doesn’t exist”, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Refrações na Paisagem”, Museu Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza, Brazil.
– “Opinione Latina”, Galeria Francesca Minini, Milan, Italy
– “A parte que não te pertence”, Galeria Maisterra Valbuena, Madrid, Spain
2013
– “Conversational Pieces”, n.b.k., Berlin, Germany
– “Brutalidade Jardim”, Galeria Marília Razuk, São Paulo, SP
– “HIWAR/Conversations in Amman”, exhibition at Darat Al Funun, The Khalid Shoman Foundation, in Amman, Jordan
– “P33 – Formas únicas da continuidade no espaço”, 33º Panorama de Arte Brasileira, MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– “10 Anos”, Galeria Silvia Cintra+Box10, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
– “O Segredo é a Alma do Negócio”, Funarte, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2012
– “III Mostra do Programa de Exposições CCSP”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– “Outras Coisas Visíveis Sobre Papel”, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– “É Preciso Confrontar Imagens Vagas Com Gestos Claros”, Oficina Cultural Oswald Andrade, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– “Architecture as Human Nature”, Supermarkt, Berlin, Germany
2011
– “The False Calculations Presidiium”, Moscow, Russia
– “Untitled” (12th Istanbul Bienal)”, Istanbul, Turkey
– “Entretanto”, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– “748.600”, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2010
– “Shadowed by the Future”, Cervantes Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– “EDP 2nd Prize for the Young Arts”, Tomie Otahke, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– “Sa lão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto (SARP)”, Museu de Arte de Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
– “12th National Exhibition of Itajaí”, Itajai, SC, Brazil
– “16th New Visuality”, Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, IAC, Maria Antonia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– “Trash Metal / Who’s Afraid? / Go”, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– “What is the place of Art?” , 61ºSalão de Abril”, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Residences
2013
– Darat Al Funun, The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan
2011
– Culturia, Berlin, Germany
2010 – 2011
– Bolsa Pampulha, supported by Museu da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
– Red Bull House of Art, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– Casa Tomada, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Grants and Prizes
2012-2013
– DAAD, MA in Arts Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdient, Germany
2011
– IFA, Institüt fur Auslandsbeziehungen, Berlin, Germany
2010
– Bolsa Pampulha, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horiztonte, MG
2008
– Pro-Int, International exchange – Brazil/France, ECA-USP, Brazil
– Scholarship for research “Adorno, Benjamin, Picasso and the critic of the Modern Project”, PIBIC/CNPQ- Fapesp, Brazil
Curatorial Experiences
2012
– Assistant curator of the 7th Berlin Biennale “Forget Fear”, curated by Artur Zmijewski
2008-2009
– Assistant curator of Regis Michel in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Other
2011- now
-Member and contributor of Krytyka Polityczna
