About me
“My gaze seeks to capture, beyond the visible, the silent presence that inhabits things—that vibration coursing through them, transcending the immediate and ensuring the image remains alive in the memory of the beholder.”
— Silvana Chiozza
My artistic inquiry stems from the need to explore what cannot be perceived by sight alone. I am interested in matter not merely as a plastic element, but as a bearer of memory, energy, and presence. Abstraction allows me to move away from representation and closer to a more essential reality, where the visible and the invisible engage in dialogue.
My artistic exploration stems from a process of transformation. I build the painting through successive layers of material and color, in a slow and intuitive process where every intervention alters the whole. I do not consider the work finished when it is formally resolved, but rather when I feel it breathing—when it acquires a presence of its own and is able to hold the viewer’s gaze on its own.
Sculpture extends this same exploration into space, examining the relationship between matter and void, and considering both as complementary elements that shape a single presence.
In some of my recent paintings, I seek to create a bridge between figurative and abstract languages, moving back and forth between the two, approaching them from various angles and exploring ways to combine them.
Painting and sculpture are part of the same line of inquiry. My interest lies not in the shift of medium, but rather in the possibility that matter—through color, light, space, and time—might transcend its physical state and establish a silent dialogue with the viewer.
Biography
Born in Buenos Aires, she lives and works in Rome.
She starts very young, only 5 years old, to lern with argentinian master Battle Planas. She continue during her studies of medicin with masters Aurelio Macchi and Francisco Travieso. In 1988 she wins a Psichiatry scolarship in Rome University Hospital “La Sapienza”.
In 1990 she decides to dedicate herself completely to artistic work. She studies computer graphic design in “Instituto Europeo di Design” and works for De Agostini Magazine Editions. In 1994 she decides to go back to manual artworks, working in textile-design and after trompe l’oeil, She has commissions in Rome, Buenos Aires, Florence, Bologna, Piacenza, and also in Doha for the Emir of Qatar residence. Between 2002 and 2008 she is artistic director of “Capalbioart showcase”, in Capalbio, between 2005 and 2010 she is the graphic designer of “EIDOS, Cinema, psychoanalysis and visual arts”, magazine.
In 1998 she does her firts solo exhibition in Rome. This has been followed by exhibitions in Italy, France, Spain, England, Germany, Bulgaria, Argentina, South Corea and Japan.
The italian critics: Carlo Fabrizio Carli, Paolo Cicchini, Massimo Scaringella, Gianni Garrera; the argentinian: Enrique Gené, Rafael Squirru, Jose Emilio Burucua, Rosa Maria Ravera, the japense: Ichinose Kenta and spanish: Josep Cadena, have written about her work.
Museums and private collections have Silvana Chiozza’s artpieces, among which: Tokyo Italian Embassy; Tokyo Argentinian Embassy; Cìvic Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Anticoli Corrado; Benito Quinquela Martìn Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, and EBRIS Foundation Museum, Salerno
Most relevant solo exhibitions
2026 Azimut Capital Management Bank, Rome / 2023 Ebris Foundation, Salerno / 2023 TakanawaAO Gallery, Tokyo /2023 Casa Argentina, Rome / 2022 Orsini-Naro Palace, Mompeo / 2021 EGA Gallery, Sofia / 2020 Zanca Palace, Messina / 2020 Gagliardi Museum, Noto / 2020 Villa Wirth, Città della Pieve / 2019 Italian Embassy and TakanawaAO Gallery, Tokyo / 2019 Fidia Gallery, Roma / 2018 Banco Ciudad, Buenos Aires / 2017 Borromini Palace, Rome / 2017 Italian Cultural Istitute, Colony, Germany/ 2017 The Hotel Brick Buenos Aires / 2016 CAOS, Archeologic Museum, Terni / 2015 Lombardi Gallery, Rome / 2014 Italian Cultural Istitute, Buenos Aires / 2012 Cìvic Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Anticoli Corrado, Italy / 2011 Benito Quinquela Martín Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires / 2008 Pici Gallery, Seoul, South Corea / 2007 Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires / 2007 Eleuteri Gallery, Rome / 2005 Il Frantoio Gallery, Capalbio / 2002-3 Capalbioart Showcase, Capalbio / 2001 Salvat Gallery, Barcelona / 2000 Italian Cultural Istitute, Marseille, France / 1998 La Pigna Gallery, Rome
Other events
2026 “La spiritualità dello sguardo” Pinacoteca Albertina, Torino / 2025 “La spiritualità dello sguardo” Samone Palace, Cuneo / 2025 “Oscillazioni “- Contemporary Art Showcase, Pontremoli / 2025 Irina Kos Gallery, Pietrasanta / 2024 Continua Gallery, Rome / 2024 Spazio Veneziano, Rome / 2021 Vermeer Gallery, Buenos Aires / 2020 ART FAIR TOKYO Satellites / 2018 IMAGO MUNDI / 2017 Wondertime Catania / 2014-15-18 Internazional Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Sulmona Prize / 2014 Royal Academy of Spain, Rome / 2014 Genova Contemporary Genoa, Stella Palace, Genoa / 2013 Spazio Gangemi and MAXXI Museum, Rome / 2013 “Donne argentina raccontano”, Luigi Pegorini Museum, Rome / 2008 -2010 VIII-IX Capalbioart Showcase / 2007 1st Biennial of the End of the World, Usuaia
Mobile phone:
(+39) 339.6769093
Mobile phone (Argentina):
(+54) 11 9 6351 4196
Via Isacco Artom 85
Roma 00151
silvanachiozza@gmail.com