Maura Biava (born 1970, Italy) is an Italian visual artist
based in Amsterdam, who works across photography, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, and installation.
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.
Her photography, drawings, and ceramics are inspired by nature and mathematics. 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.
Since 2005, she has taught at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.
Selected exhibitions
Solo 2024: in-form-azione, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy 2024: Escher in the Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands 2022: Nature * Patterns, Gallery Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2021: Spinning the stars, museum BAZ, The Hague, The Netherlands 2019: Zero & Five, Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2016: Form Informed, book launch & exhibition of prints at Printed Matter 2014: Hypotrochoid of Albrecht Dürer & Apion of Giordano Riccati, Envoy Enterprises (hosted by Torch gallery), Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2013: Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy 2011: Scintillascopy, Maura Biava & Dike Blair, Cascina Cuccagna, Milan, Italy 2007: Doride/Ultramarine, Maura Biava & Elspeth Diederix, Photo Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2001: Levanto, Bahnwärterhaus, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany 1996: Medusa & Delfina, Galleri Nicolaï Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Group 2024: Luminous Reveries, Gallery Dotwalk, Travancore Palace, New Delhi, India 2024: Experimentumcrucis III, Ex Caserma Cassonello, Noto, Italy 2021: All'ombra del... Contemporary Art project Villa Iblea, Sicila, Italy 2020: The Natural, Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2017: Ecovention Europe, Museum Contemporary Art De Domijnen, Sittard, The Netherlands 2016: Dalla cellula all'universo-dall'atomo al bit, Triennale Expo Gate, Milano, Italy 2015: Data Clay, Museum of Design, San Francisco, California, USA 2014: Raving Disco Dolly on A Rock 'n Roll Trolley, Envoy gallery, New York, USA 2006: Gimme Shelter, Halle Fur Kunst, Luneburg, Germany
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