Anna Caione
My work is inspired by my collection of travel mementos I have gathered on my journeys to Italy. I address the shifting landscape of experience and recollection.
I dabble with my contemporary culture and my past heritage, which in some ways may be understood as a threshold between realms – The notion of both the intangible realms of memory and the physical realms of place.
My practice is concerned with subjective understandings of matter and space; the energies inherent in materials; with vitality and memory. My art works may reference old historical surfaces, ancient structures, architecture, landscape and yet carry a sense of history through the application of found objects, materials and the trace of the artist’s touch.
I collect found objects, materials and fabrics to recall the emotions associated with a particular nostalgic experience I may have had in Italy or I associate with Italy. I am interested in the poetics of remembrance, history and nostalgia;
The ‘fabric’ is of something; a house, a memory, a culture is a weave, an experience. What is of interest to me is the collected found object or fabric and the process they have undergone to arrive at a gradual and imperceptible change achieved by the natural ware and usage of these.
Of particular interest to me are the layered and tactile surfaces I attempt to achieve during the creative process.
The artworks tactile surfaces are an attempt to create a play of opposing forces.
I am involved in the physical and emotional encounter I have with the objects I collect. Gestures such as cutting, layering, sewing, wrapping, tying and placement form part of the work. I aim to layer together various materials and mediums as if unearthed and to resurrect these into transcendental artworks.
Biography
Anna Caione is a Melbourne born artist of Italian descent. In 1994 she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT University, Melbourne, followed by a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Accademia Albertina, Turin, Italy (1995) and a Master of Arts by Research, Monash University, Melbourne (2002). Anna has taught 20th Century Design History and Art at several Melbourne tertiary institutions including Swinburne University and RMIT.
Anna has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Her work has been featured in museums and galleries including Via Vai, Museo Castello Ducale, Italy, Art Awards, Palazzo Cisterna, Turin, Italy, Arte Di Ritorno, EuroCultural Festival, Genova, Italy, IMAGO MUNDI PROJECT-Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy.
In Melbourne her work has been shown at the Melbourne Art Fair, 2004, Maroondah Gallery, Counihan Gallery, Chapman & Bailey, Manningham Art Gallery and SBS Art Award, Immigration Museum, Melbourne. Anna has also been represented by Gallery 101-(2004-2010) and Catherine Asquith Gallery- (2010-2013).
She has received a number of grants and awards including an Arts Victoria Travelling Grant. Anna was a finalist in exhibitions including the John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria and the Metro 5 Gallery Art Award, Melbourne, and the McGivern Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery. She was awarded the SBS Centenary of Federation Art Award in 2003. She has completed several overseas art residencies, most recently at Bordeneuve-Betchat, France in 2012.
Research interests include Arte Povera and process art movements, the art of the Italian Renaissance, contemporary painting and the history of Italian Design.
Anna Caione’s work is represented in various corporate and private collections including ANZ Bank, Melbourne, St. Vincents Hospital, Melbourne, SBS Federation Square and Maroondah Gallery, Melbourne.
I dabble with my contemporary culture and my past heritage, which in some ways may be understood as a threshold between realms – The notion of both the intangible realms of memory and the physical realms of place.
My practice is concerned with subjective understandings of matter and space; the energies inherent in materials; with vitality and memory. My art works may reference old historical surfaces, ancient structures, architecture, landscape and yet carry a sense of history through the application of found objects, materials and the trace of the artist’s touch.
I collect found objects, materials and fabrics to recall the emotions associated with a particular nostalgic experience I may have had in Italy or I associate with Italy. I am interested in the poetics of remembrance, history and nostalgia;
The ‘fabric’ is of something; a house, a memory, a culture is a weave, an experience. What is of interest to me is the collected found object or fabric and the process they have undergone to arrive at a gradual and imperceptible change achieved by the natural ware and usage of these.
Of particular interest to me are the layered and tactile surfaces I attempt to achieve during the creative process.
The artworks tactile surfaces are an attempt to create a play of opposing forces.
I am involved in the physical and emotional encounter I have with the objects I collect. Gestures such as cutting, layering, sewing, wrapping, tying and placement form part of the work. I aim to layer together various materials and mediums as if unearthed and to resurrect these into transcendental artworks.
Biography
Anna Caione is a Melbourne born artist of Italian descent. In 1994 she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT University, Melbourne, followed by a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Accademia Albertina, Turin, Italy (1995) and a Master of Arts by Research, Monash University, Melbourne (2002). Anna has taught 20th Century Design History and Art at several Melbourne tertiary institutions including Swinburne University and RMIT.
Anna has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Her work has been featured in museums and galleries including Via Vai, Museo Castello Ducale, Italy, Art Awards, Palazzo Cisterna, Turin, Italy, Arte Di Ritorno, EuroCultural Festival, Genova, Italy, IMAGO MUNDI PROJECT-Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy.
In Melbourne her work has been shown at the Melbourne Art Fair, 2004, Maroondah Gallery, Counihan Gallery, Chapman & Bailey, Manningham Art Gallery and SBS Art Award, Immigration Museum, Melbourne. Anna has also been represented by Gallery 101-(2004-2010) and Catherine Asquith Gallery- (2010-2013).
She has received a number of grants and awards including an Arts Victoria Travelling Grant. Anna was a finalist in exhibitions including the John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria and the Metro 5 Gallery Art Award, Melbourne, and the McGivern Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery. She was awarded the SBS Centenary of Federation Art Award in 2003. She has completed several overseas art residencies, most recently at Bordeneuve-Betchat, France in 2012.
Research interests include Arte Povera and process art movements, the art of the Italian Renaissance, contemporary painting and the history of Italian Design.
Anna Caione’s work is represented in various corporate and private collections including ANZ Bank, Melbourne, St. Vincents Hospital, Melbourne, SBS Federation Square and Maroondah Gallery, Melbourne.
Carmpari I, 2012
Mixed media, Italian pigment, found object oil on canvas
18 x 15 cm
Mixed media, Italian pigment, found object oil on canvas
18 x 15 cm
Untitled II, 2012
Mixed, Media, pigment, thread on French rag paper
15 x 15cm
Mixed, Media, pigment, thread on French rag paper
15 x 15cm
Renaissance, 2010
Digital photograph, paper, Italian pigment, mixed media
20 x 30cm
Digital photograph, paper, Italian pigment, mixed media
20 x 30cm
Clean Sound and New (Detail), 2012
Reclaimed fabrics, cardboard
Reclaimed fabrics, cardboard
Clean Sound and New (Installation), 2012
Reclaimed fabrics, cardboard
Reclaimed fabrics, cardboard
