Bio

 

Gian Gigi Spina é um artista visual, escritor e pesquisador brasileiro. Ele explora temas como identidade, memória, migração e as intersecções entre arte, política e sociedade. Seu trabalho combina diversas linguagens, incluindo fotografia, vídeo, performance e instalação, buscando criar diálogos críticos sobre questões contemporâneas.

Gian Gigi Spina is a Brazilian visual artist, writer, and researcher. He explores themes such as identity, memory, migration, and the intersections of art, politics, and society. His work combines various mediums, including photography, video, performance, and installation, aiming to create critical dialogues about contemporary issues.

for more: gianspina@gmail.com

                                                                                                                                                             

   Exposições / Exhibitions

2024

Orbit – Oregon Contemporary, Portland, USA

On Bandits 2 (Solo Show) – Medrar, Cairo, Egypt

2023

On Bandits 1 (Solo Show) – Maison Godard, Lausanne, Switzerland

Verses & Surfaces – TakeOver, Beirut, Líbano

2022

Museum of Modern Art of Paraná – Curitiba, Brazil

2021

If a Tree Falls in The Forest – Les Rencontres d’Arles – Arles, France

Right on Time – Sheffield Doc Festival – Sheffield, England

Sharjah Film Festival, Sharjah, United Emirates

Bienal del Sur – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hyperwound – Demo Working Group – Cologne, Germany

Artist in residence – Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

For the Time Being – NOW-INSTANT – Los Angeles, USA

Monitor 14 – SAVAC – Toronto, Cananda

Palestine from Above – Am-Qattan Foundation – Ramallah, Palestine

2020

O Fora – https://ofora.org/acoes/calabouco

GEGENWARTEN / PRESENCES – Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, Germany

Artist At Work – Sakakini Cultural Center – Ramallah, Palestine

Covideo19 – Online Exhibition

2019

South-South Between Land and Sea – Goodman Gallery – Johannesburg, South Africa

2018

MMAG Foundation – Art Residency, Amman, Jordan

Concreto Contínuo – Solo Exhibition, Casanova,

Spring Sessions – Art Residency, Amman, Jordan

Boustrophēdón (BAR Project) – Centre d’Art Contemporain Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, Spain

2017

CAPACETE residence – public program Documenta 14, Athens Greece

2016

“Bureau for Public Insecurities”, São Paulo, Brasil

“Tanto Tudo” Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

2015

“Aparelhamento” Funarte, São Paulo, Brasil

“6 graus de separação” Ateliê Fidalga, São Paulo, Brasil

“Renata Padovan em diálogo com Gian Spina” Casanova Arte, São Paulo, Brasil

“Experimenta” Gallery Lume, São Paulo, Brazil

2014

“Exiting Paradise” (solo exhibition), kriegkstr. 12, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

“The birth, the loss and the death of the Shadowman” (video) SSIIEE, Berlin, Germany

2013

“Untitled (Reiteration of Erfahrraum 1)” (Instalation) Cristal Palace – Place du Parlament, Bordeaux, France

“Intro” (performance) CAPC, CNEAI, ESBA TALM, SFAI, EMILY HARVEY FOUNDATION

“Lightman” (Video) Conseil Régional d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France”Lightman” (Video) Bestregarts Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany

“The Third Space” (photo/video) Cortex Gallery , Bordeaux, France (In collaboration with Luisa Fosco)

“Instability” (installation) European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany

for more information: gianspina@gmail.com