My work develops at the intersection between art-making and critical writing and pursues interdisciplinary outputs bringing together artistic action and political reflection.
Site-specific projects, collages, prints and publications are complementary strategies to
question established conceptions of membership, belonging and freedom,
offer alternative visions of the European and Mediterranean landscapes,
and discuss the very conditions of artworks' production, circulation and presentation.
Member of Sandwich collective, London, since 2015
Exhibitions Manager at Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, since 2017
Education
2015 — 2017
MFA in Fine Art, Kingston School of Art, London
2014 — 2015
Mlitt in Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Glasgow (Christie's Education Trust Award)
2009 — 2014
BLL+MLL in Business Law, Università di Bari, Italy (Mention in the Album of the best graduates)
Selected Exhibitions and Prizes
Sept 2019 From Our Distant Proximity | Ambasciata Italiana / GulerSanat Gallery, Ankara
Nov 2018 2018 (Manifesto) | Italian Cultural Institute, Londra
Jun 2018 Volume I | Astra Residency, Spoleto
Feb 2018 Studioless | Incheon Art Platform, Seoul
Sept 2017 Water is Wet | The Stanley Picker Gallery, London
Aug 2016 Marginalia | Labor Gallery, Budapest
Aug 2015 Tiranti Award for Sculpture | NEO Art Prize, Manchester
Jul 2015 Finalist, Sculpture Section | COMBAT Prize Livorno
Apr 2013 Finalist, Under 25 Section | Laguna Art Prize Venezia
Workshops, Projects and Conferences
Feb 2020 'Traguardare' workshop with BIANCO-VALENTE | Italian Cultural Institute / Harabel Gallery, Tirana
Jun 2019 'Collectives as catalists' workshop | Raven Row Gallery, London
Jun 2018 London Conference in Critical Thought | Westminster University, London
Nov 2017 Urban Encounters: ‘Cartographies: places through visual and photographic representations’ | APT Gallery, London
Jun 2017 The Contemporary Contemporary Conference | ARoS Museum, Aarhus
May 2017 Contemporary Research Intensive Workshop IUAV, Aarhus University e Liverpool John Moores University | Research Pavillion Venice
Publications
Nov 2018 "Biennials, Triennials and Documenta" in Stenberg Press: The Contemporary Condition Series | Contemporary Research Workshop, Berlino
Nov 2017 “Keeping the rock rolling” in JAWS Journal Vol. 3, Intellect Books, Londra
June 2017 "The extemporary contemporary" in The Contemporary Contemporary Conference, Aarhus University, https://contemporaneity.au.dk/conference
Jan 2016 "London (behind the walls) in PeaProposals Spotlight series # 1, https://peaproposals.co.uk/Nicola-Guastamacchia