Savina Tarsitano

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 a...

February 2010 Sole di Mezzanotte Katuaq Culture House of Nuuk, in cooperation with the Italian Culture Institute of Copenhagen, Greenland. The exhibition has been opened by the Italian Consul.October 2009 Laltra Calabria, Brussels, Belgium.May 2009 Sole di Mezzanotte Art Museum llulissat, in cooperation with the Italian Culture Institute of Copenhagen. The exhibition has been opened by the Italian Ambassador, Greenland.March 2009 Sole di Mezzanotte Galleria Gallerati in cooperation with the Danish Embassy of Rome, Italy.July 2008 Intermezzi Castle of Coswig in occasion of the concert Visioni di Armonia directed by Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio and organised by Et in Arcadia Ego.December January 2008 Sole di Mezzanotte Upernavik Museum in cooperation with the Italian Culture Institute, Greenland.September - October 2008 Regards dAristes, in occasion of the International Festival of Baroque Music, Ambronay, France.March June 2007 Soleil de Minuit, Danish Culture Institute, in cooperation with the Italian Culture Institute. The exhibition has been open by the Greenlandic Ambassador Brussels, Belgium.October 2007 Vivre avec les Inuits le Cercle des Voyageurs, Brussels, Belgium.September - October 2007 Soleil de Minuit, , in occasi...

Savina Tarsitano born in 1970, in Calabria, small village in the southern of Italy.
AWARD NOMINATIONS
- 2008 Member of the European Culture Parliament. (www.kulturparlament.com)
- 2012 Italian partner of the Human Rights Project “Inscrire” by Francoise Scheine (www.inscrire.org)
- 2012 Ambassador Third Paradise/Rebirth project of Michelangelo Pistoletto and Cittadellarte (
- 2015 Co-Founder Espronceda Center for Art & Culture, Barcelona, Spain (www.espronceda.net)
- 2016 European coordinator of the International project for children and peace kids-Guernica inspired to Picasso
- 2016 Member of the Jury Arte Laguna Prize, Venice
- 2017-2018 Responsible of the contemporary Art Prize Espronceda/Royal Arts Academy of Brussels.
- 2018 Selection of the artistic project “Emotional Architecture” for the European Year of Culture Heritage in cooperation with Espronceda – Center for Art & Culture.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Emotional Architecture, Otsuma Womens’ University, Tokyo Japan
2018 II session theatre and visual art in cooperation with the theatre director Abert Mestres, Barcelona
2017 Sessió de Nit –a dialogue between theatre an visual arts, in cooperation with the Catalan poet Albert Mestres, Espronceda Center for Art & Cu...