Anna Caione - Disporre

19 November – 18 December 2016, Opening Saturday 19 November, 2 - 4pm

DISPORRE- Dispose

This body of work is inspired by a collection of travel mementos gathered on journeys to Italy. It addresses the shifting landscape of experience, nostalgia, recollection and the poetics of remembrance.

The work fuses aspects of contemporary Italian culture and past heritage, which in this case may be understood as a threshold between the realm of intangible memory and the physical realm of place. Although they reference historical surfaces, ancient structures, architecture and landscape it is through the revitalising of found objects, the use of painting materials and most importantly, the traces of the artist’s touch that they carry a sense of history.

Biography- Anna Caione

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 exhibited in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Her work has been featured in museums and galleries including Museo Castello Ducale, Abruzzo, Italy, 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, Maroondah Gallery, Counihan Gallery, 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.
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.

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