Hope Painting

Savina Tarsitano, Italian visual artist, was born in Calabria. Her research hinges on the concept of “approdo” landing-place. She has spent creative periods in “theme-sites” like islands, abbeys, castles. Her works, executed using varied techniques, are incarnate - ingrown visions arising from perceived relation with the place, the environment, conceived itself as a visual space. Her main research is on the cultural heritage and contemporary art. She obtained scholarships and artistic residencies in Europe, Asia, USA, and Brazil. She was selected by the Bogliasco Foundation, the European project Et in Arcadia Ego, the Greenland Upernavik Museum, the Casa Caldera, Brazil, and the European and Chinese art center in China. She obtained the Odyssey Program set up by ACCR Paris and financed by the French Ministry for culture and communication for artistic residencies on her project on the relation between cultural heritage, monuments and contemporary art: at the: "Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art of Suomenlinna (NIFCA)" in cooperation with the "Governing Body of Suomenlinna, Finland"; "Cultural Association Hopital Caroline" on the island of Frioul, France; the "Caribbean Art Center Fonds Saint-Jacques on the island of Martinique and the "Centre Culturel de Rencontre Ambronay". Thanks to her artistic research on the culture heritage and contemporary art carried out of 10 years and with the cooperation of the Center for art and culture Espronceda, she obtained the label in occasion of the European Year of Culture Heritage. Her works have been widely exhibited in Europe, Asia, and the USA. They are part of private and public collections as museums, foundations, city hall. Savina collaborated for the cover pages of the books: “Social Rights in Europe” published by the Oxford University and the book on the European Constitution curated by G. Amato, H. Bribosia; and De Witte published by Bruylant edition, Brussels.. Her main exhibitions including the participation at the 54 Biennial of Venice, Pavilion Italy/Calabria, Biennial of Havana, Cuba, the National Museum of Tokyo. Savina Tarsitano is collaborating for 10 years with the Romanian poet Dinu Flamand with the project “the lights of the stones” a dialogue between poetry and photography and thank to the cooperation of the Rumanian Institute they presented their project in several countries. Dinu Flamand published several poetry anthologies in several languages illustrated by her photography works.