Maranello, Emilia Romagna, Italy
“I use real lights and shadows, but what I expect from them is, being beyond human existence, to be ...
About the artist
Joined In 2019
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About the artist
Joined In 2019
(27 Followers)
“I use real lights and shadows, but what I expect from them is, being beyond human existence, to be conductors from depth to surface. The latter, often finding its necessary place in the human face, must live imperfect as the approximation of perfect vulnerability.”
- Cetti Tumminia -
What the artist declares is symbolically and skilfully manifested in her extracts, in her diaries, showing her honesty. Accepting our shadows may bring pain, but at the same time evolution, change and self-acceptance. We can see ourselves in the contrasts of lights and shadows, as well as in their balance, we can see past our fears, our fragility may emerge, but also all the potential within ourselves. The light within us shines bright only after having known our depths, residing in the dark place of absolute silence and paradoxical awareness of the unperturbed internal reality. There is no conflict, there is a balance that in Tumminia’s works is resolved with total communication between what is inside ourselves and what is manifested on the outside, what one must be socially and what one really is: as it appears in the artist’s works, the key is the link between lights and shadows. “Introspection” derives exactly from an accurate self-analysis, ...
1996 Diploma of Master of Art
1998 Diploma in Graphic Design and Photography
SOLO
2020 Trame Emotive, 8.75 Artecontemporanea Gallery, Reggio Emilia
2019 DI-SEGNO IN-SEGNO, Cultural space Madonna del Corso, Maranello, Modena
2016 Grafite e Contaminazioni, MABIC, Maranello, Modena
GROUP
2020 Fase 3, virtual exhibition because of Covid-19, curated by La Nuova Maniera
2019 7small, Laranarossa Gallery, Modena
2019 Vernice Art Prize Caos Italia - finalists exhibition, Bunker di Villa Caldogno, Caldogno, Vicenza
2019 Artecno International Art Contest - finalists exhibition - 3rd prize, Palace La Loggia, Motta di Livenza, Treviso
2019 Plurale Naturale, Gommapane Lab, Cavriago, Reggio Emilia
2019 HUMAN RIGHTS? #CLIMA International exhibition - finalists exhibitions, Campana dei Caduti Foundation, Rovereto, Trento
2019 WomenHouse, OnArt Gallery, Firenze
2019 Far Above The Moon, SpazioCima Gallery, Roma
2019 Arteinsieme, Cittadella della musica E.Morricone, Civitavecchia, Roma
2018 Arcane visioni, Alauda for Arts and Culture, Adelfia, Bari
2018 FACES - I volti dell’Uomo, Villa Brentano, Busto Garolfo, Milano
2018 Con la luce negli occhi, ex Fornace Gola, Milano
2018 Fisiognomica, OnArt Gallery, Firenze
2018 Marco Nocchia Prize - 3rd Festival of figurative art and hyperrealism—specia...
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