Silvia Gentili is a multidisciplinary artist, independent curator and workshop facilitator. Her practice explores stories that belong to the personal and political realm through the use of photography, film, performance, sound and text.
Her research focuses on the body, pain, illness, and self-representation with attention to movement and stillness. Recently, her research has moved into the field of medical humanities. She is developing a methodology to elaborate a language that can express the emotions and physical perceptions of the sick body.
She is director of MAGMA Hub and vice director of CIDP (Italian Centre for Personality Disorders).
EDUCATION
2015, MA Photography, London College of Communication
2006, Diploma Photography, Istituto Europeo di Design, Rome
2005, BA Anthropology, University of Rome La Sapienza
EXHIBITIONS
2022, Premio Combat Prize 22, Museo G.Fattori, Livorno, IT
2022, YOUR BODY BELONG TO YOU, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France
2021, YEARBOOK 2021 online exhibition, shutterhub.org.uk/exhibition-yearbook-2021, UK
2021, In Escalation, a&o Kunsthalle, Leipzig, DE
2021, Closeness, Blauverschiebung Performance Festival no 14, Galerie KUB, Leipzig, DE
2019, Violence and childhood, Unicef Basilicata, Matera, IT
2019, Political Bodies, Galleria Cavour, Padova, IT
2017, Between Selves, Camden Council Pop-Up Shop Project, London UK
2017, Traces, Kentish Town Health Centre, London, UK
2017, Naturgemälde, Sim Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
2017, You cannot know it from the picture, Sim Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
2016, 26 Caledonian Road/MAP Alumni Show, KC Continental Stores, London, UK
2015, The Present Hurts, London College of Communication, London, UK
2015, Amori Violenti, La Fiera della Parole, Centro Culturale Alinate San Gaetano, Padua, IT
2015, Interim Show, Upper Street Gallery, London, UK
2013, Everyday Performances, The Invisible Line Gallery, London, UK
2012, Les Entrailles Des Villes, Festival Theatroom, Paris, France
2011, Donkeyartprize finalist New Atlantic Gallery, New York, USA
2007, Roma+Fellini, “FotoGrafia”, Rome International Festival of Photography, IT
2005, SCREAM event by the International Labour Organization, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, IT
AWARDS
2022, PREMIO COMBAT PRIZE 22, finalist
2021, PREMIO COMBAT PRIZE 21, Recommended artist from the jury.
2021, Shutter Hub membership bursary
2016, Magnum Photo Graduates Award, Nominated
2016, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Shortlisted
2015, The MACK Award, Commendation
2014, Workshop with Broomberg & Chanarin, London College of Communication
2011, Donkeyartprize, finalist
RESIDENCIES
2022, SIM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021, PILOTENKUECHE Online Residency Program
2017, SIM Residency, Reykjavík
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