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Interview
What are the foundations of your research (Art Identity)?
The foundations of my research are to be found in the aspects of myself and humanity in general that disturb me the most. I try to dissect these themes, exorcising them, transforming them and giving them a new interpretation.
Only with hard work and genuine and continuous introspective elaboration am I able to continue and renew my artistic research and production.
Who are the artists who acted as a guideline for you in your research?
In reality I have never thought about a particular artist, then my research is based more on classical studies, so I am inspired more by writers and philosophers whose books I am an avid devourer of and podcast listener to. I often visit museums and galleries to stay updated on contemporaneity but I love theater and ballet, I participate in talks of all kinds, and perhaps this is how I interact more with my peers and the society in which I live, and from which I draw inspiration for my works and the current issues in which I live.
Define yourself as a human being using three adjectives.
Inflexible, ambitious, sensitive
In your vision, where is contemporary art going and where would you like it to go?
With the beginning of the Academy I realized that the world of art had almost nothing to do with sensitivity, sharing, conviviality and introspection. I became increasingly convinced of the ruthlessness and cruelty of the environment in which I aspired to fit in and of the inevitable selection that derives from it. I would like the contemporary world to give more possibilities to authenticity rather than to the laws of the market, because qualitatively speaking the most successful works are not always the best.
Two words about his works
Federica Zianni graduated from the three-year course of the School of Sculpture in 2015 with honors. In the same year she exhibited in the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan with Arnaldo Pomodoro in an exhibition curated by Marco Meneguzzo. He attended the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Dresden until 2017, where he continued his studies with Wilhelm Mundt and Castern Nicolai, and the two-year period of the School of Sculpture with Professor Vittorio Corsini at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 2018 with honors.
During 2018 she participated in awards of national importance such as the Combat Award, the Vittorio Viviani Award and the Comel Award during which she was awarded an honorable mention. In 2019 she was awarded the PRS Talent Prize and she won the Rospigliosi Prize for the under 30 category.
In June 2019 she takes part in the GIFA (International Foundry Fair) in Düsseldorf, as an Italian excellence, in August, she participates in the Swiss Art Expo in Zurich, and is a finalist in the Artrooms Award in London.
In 2020 you exhibited for the first time at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale. She is also a finalist at the Malamegi LAB15 Art Prize, at the Gabbioneta Sculpture Prize, at the Mellone Prize, at the Fregellae Sculpture Prize during which she was awarded the 2nd prize, finally she won the Arts in Rome Prize.
In 2021 she won the We Art Open 2021 exhibition prize organized by No Title Gallery. She is among the finalists of the Cramum Prize and the Exibart Prize, the selected work was published in a volume published by Exibart Edizioni.
You are also a finalist for the Mediterranean Contemporary Art Prize, the Fregellae Prize and the Artkeys Prize. She is among the artists in residence of VIR Viafarini-in-residence and participates in the artistic residency In-Edita 2, a project coordinated by the galleries Galerie Alberta Pane, Ikona Venezia and Marina Bastianello Gallery.
In 2022 she exhibits her works in Milan in a solo exhibition at the Manuel Zoia Gallery. She is a finalist in the Arte Prize curated by Cairo Editore, whose exhibition will take place at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. Finally, she received the position of teacher of Foundry Techniques at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.
In the same year she began the creation of her first monograph published by Vanillaedizioni. Furthermore, you are once again among the finalists of the Exibart Prize. Finally, she is the winner of the Arte Laguna Prize 16 for the Special Prizes section for which she will be in artistic residence at the Fonderia Artistica Versiliese.
