Maura Biava

Maura Biava
Born	Maura Biava 1970 Italy
Nationality	Italian-Dutch
Known for	Photography, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, installation
Website	maurabiava.com

Maura Biava (born 1970, Italy)[1] is an Italian visual artist based in Amsterdam, who works across photography, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, and installation.[2][3][4]

Background

Maura Biava was born in Reggio Emilia, in 1970. Biava earned her degree from the Brera Academy, in 1992. She studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, from 1997 to 1999.[5][6]

Her photography, drawings, and ceramics are inspired by nature and mathematics.[1] Biava's works are represented in collections, including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Museum De Domijnen in Sittard, the Fort bij Vijfhuizen in Vijfhuizen, the AkzoNobel Art Foundation in Arnhem, and De Nederlandsche Bank in Amsterdam.[4][7]

Since 2005, she has taught at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.[5]

Selected exhibitions

Solo

• 2024: in-form-azione, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy[8]
• 2024: Escher in the Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands[1]
• 2022: Nature * Patterns, Gallery Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands[9]
• 2021: Spinning the stars, museum BAZ, The Hague, The Netherlands[10]
• 2019: Zero & Five, Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands[11]
• 2016: Form Informed, book launch & exhibition of prints at Printed Matter[12][13]
• 2014: Hypotrochoid of Albrecht Dürer & Apion of Giordano Riccati, Envoy Enterprises (hosted by Torch gallery), Amsterdam, The Netherlands[14]
• 2013: Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy[15]
• 2011: Scintillascopy, Maura Biava & Dike Blair, Cascina Cuccagna, Milan, Italy[16]
• 2007: Doride/Ultramarine, Maura Biava & Elspeth Diederix, Photo Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands[17][18]
• 2001: Levanto, Bahnwärterhaus, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany[19]
• 1996: Medusa & Delfina, Galleri Nicolaï Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark[20][21]

Group

• 2024: Luminous Reveries, Gallery Dotwalk, Travancore Palace, New Delhi, India[22]
• 2024: Experimentumcrucis III, Ex Caserma Cassonello, Noto, Italy[23]
• 2021: All'ombra del... Contemporary Art project Villa Iblea, Sicila, Italy[24]
• 2020: The Natural, Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands[25]
• 2017: Ecovention Europe, Museum Contemporary Art De Domijnen, Sittard, The Netherlands[26]
• 2016: Dalla cellula all’universo-dall’atomo al bit, Triennale Expo Gate, Milano, Italy[27]
• 2015: Data Clay, Museum of Design, San Francisco, California, USA[28]
• 2014: Raving Disco Dolly on A Rock 'n Roll Trolley, Envoy gallery, New York, USA[29]
• 2006: Gimme Shelter, Halle Fur Kunst, Luneburg, Germany[30]

References

1. "Maura Biava". Museum Escher in The Palace. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
2. "Maura Biava, in-forma-azione". MIC Faenza. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
3. "Maura Biava - Archief - de Appel Amsterdam". www.deappel.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
4. "Maura Biava". Interviews from Yale University Radio WYBCX. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
5. "Maura Biava". KABK (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-11-03.
6. "Maura Biava | Instituto Buena Bista". institutobuenabista.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
7. Photographie, L'Œil de la (2022-08-23). "Galerie Caroline O'Breen : Maura Biava : Nature * Patterns". The Eye of Photography Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
8. Veca, Antonio (2024-11-07). ""in-form-azione", al Mic di Faenza la mostra-installazione dell'artista Maura Biava". Ravenna24ore.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-12-03.
9. "Maura Biava | Artist on Gallery Viewer | Gallery Viewer". galleryviewer.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
10. "Sep 25 – Nov 14, 2021: Spinning the Stars". Rijksakademie. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
11. "Zero and Five by Maura Biava at Galerie Caroline O`Breen - Artland". www.artland.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
12. "Maura Biava". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
13. "MEEUSONTWERPT / FORM INFORMED". meeusontwerpt.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
14. "Hypotrochoid of Albrecht Dür... | Maura Biava | Gallery ..." galleryviewer.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
15. "Maura Biava | Artribune" (in Italian). 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
16. "Scintillascopy". Abitare. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
17. "2000-2007 - Ultramarine". Elspeth Diederix. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
18. "Ultramarine Doride Elspeth Diederix Maura Biava, Douglas Heingartner | 9789089100177... | bol". www.bol.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
19. "Ausstellungen 2001 Galerie der Stadt Esslingen - Villa Merkel". www.kunst-und-kultur.de. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
20. Nissen, Line R. "Maura Biava". Frieze. No. 29. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
21. Danielle (2018-07-13). "Maura Biava - We Like Art". welikeart.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
22. "Luminous Reveries | Gallery Dotwalk". gallerydotwalk.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
23. "Events and News of Art Gallery Turin". Simondi (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-03.
24. "All'ombra del gelso in fiore prima che i fiori macchino". Exibart.service (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-03.
25. "The Natural | Maura Biava, Tanja Engelberts, Anne Geene,..." galleryviewer.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
26. "'Artist talk' bij Ecovention Europe: Maura Biava & Kinga Kielczynska". Sittard-Geleen.nieuws.nl (in Dutch). 2017-11-25. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
27. "Refe alla XXI Triennale Esposizione Internazionale di Milano – Refe – Strategie di Sviluppo Sostenibile" (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-03.
28. "Data Clay: Digital Strategies for Parsing the Earth". MCD. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
29. "Raving Disco Dolly On A Rock N' Roll Trolley at Envoy Enterprises". NY Arts Magazine. 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
30. "GIMME SHELTER – or i'm gonna fade away – Halle für Kunst". halle-fuer-kunst.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-03.