Clara Ianni in Residence


Clara Ianni (b. São Paulo, Brazil) is an artist and filmmaker.

Clara Ianni's practice deals between history, politics and space through installations, films, drawings and texts. It suggests critical approaches to dominant historical narratives, power structures and institutional frameworks (including those in the art field), seeking to inspire new ways of life. Her works often develop strategies based on research, institutional negotiations, detours and imagination. 

Ianni has a BA in Visual Arts from the Universidade de São Paulo. Her exhibitions include New Museum Triennial (2021), 34th São Paulo Bienal (2020), “Utopia/Dystopia – part I”, MAAT Lisbon, Portugal (2017), Talking to Action / Hablar y Actuar, Los Angeles, EUA (2017), Jakarta Bienal (2015), 31st São Paulo Bienal (2014), Yebisu Festival, Tokyo (2015), MDE15, Medellin, Bogotá (2015), 19th Panorama VideoBrasil, 33o Panorama de Arte Brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (2013), 12th Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul (2011). Her residences include Jan Van Eyck Academy (2023), Delfina Foundation, London (2018), AIR Laboratory, Warsaw (2017), HIWAR – Conversations in Amman, Jordan (2013), Museu da Pampulha, and Belo Horizonte (2011). She was one of the curators of the program “The future of memory – memory and forgetfullness in Latin America”, with Goethe Institute. 

Her work integrates the collections such as Malmö Konstmuseum (Sweden), MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio (Brazil); VideoBrasil (Brazil), FRAC (France), and MOMA (NY-USA).
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