Irene Salvatori

Irene Salvatori is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Rome. From an early age Salvatori has been in contact with the artistic environment though she began her personal artistic research while completing her university education. Her formation took place in the roman and parisian cultural milieux, while attending Ecole Nationale Superiure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and exhibiting in numerous group shows between 1999 and 2002. She also attended the Accademia Libera di Nudo San Giacomo in Rome. She earned her BA in the Humanities with an emphasis in archeology and later got an BA in Philosophy from the same university.
Due to her passion for archeology Salvatori traveled in different areas of the world, from Europe to Africa, to the far east in order to get a first hand experience of our collective historical memory. After working as an archeologist and as a professor of philosophy, and being a founding member of Storicum, an association devoted to disseminating art and archeology, Salvatori is now a full time practicing artist. The work of Salvatori is often populated with citations from archeology and philosophy, which act as continuum in the artist's professional experience. Through art Salvatori renders her very multifacet...