Daria Tommasi
I’m a visual artist with a multidisciplinary background: merging the boundaries between discipline, I have been pursuing a path that spans design, art and education.
As artist, I work across a range of different media such as graphic design, drawing, ceramic, with a focus on self-publishing practices, artist’s book and Risograph printing.
As educator, my practice is rooted in a social dimension: I have run several art workshops focused on developing an awareness of political and personal issues through self and group expression. I have been working with different sorts of audiences: from kids to adults, including elderly and disadvantaged people as well, reflecting on topics like collectivity, nature, inclusive cities and women empowerment.
EDUCATION
2008-2010 – Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia, Venice (ITALY).
2006 –Erasmus International Interchange, Universidad de Lérida (SPAIN).
2003-2007 – University of Trieste (ITALY), Arts and Literatures Bachelor Degree.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Flowers from the Hyperuranion - Book release, Compulsive Archive, Milano (IT)
2021 - Giardino d’inverno, Spazio Lulli, curated by Studio Clutter (Andrea Cammarosano + Leonardo Persico), Milano (IT)
2019 - Studi festival, Galleria SUDO, Milano (IT)
2019 - Seasons, Tinta Festival, Dobravaga Art Gallery, Ljubljana (SLO)
2017 - Pollaio, curated by Elisa Vladilo, Casa Internazionale delle Donne - International House of Women, Trieste (IT)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Sounds about Riso 4.0, Usagi, New York (USA)
2021 - DELIVERY BOX N.1, curated by Simona Squadrito & Lisa Andreani, Spazio Volta, Bergamo (IT)
2021 - Night of Fanzines #6, Gigantic, Milano (IT)
2021 - Escaparte, Libros Mutantes Art Book Fair, Madrid (ES)
2020 - Replica. Archivio Italiano del Libro d’Artista, Villa Vertua Masolo, Nova Milanese (IT)
2019 - Night of Fanzines #5, Gigantic, Milano (IT)
2019 - AIR4, Ravnikar Gallery, Ljubljana (Slo)
2019 -Night of Fanzines, Comodo 64, Torino (IT)
2019 -appointMENT #3_Music Poster Exhibition, Dobravaga Art Gallery, Ljubljana (Slo)
2018 - Night of Fanzines #4, Gigantic, Milano (IT)
2018 - Il cielo in una stanza, curated by Elisa Vladilo, Sala Ada Cattonar, Trieste (IT)
2018 - Kino Otok Film Festival, Izola (Slo)
2017 - Night of Fanzines #3, Gigantic, Milano (IT)
2017 - Varcare la frontiera, Trieste Film Festival, Trieste (IT)
2016 - Night of Fanzines #2, Gigantic, Milano (IT)
2015 - Focvs on Italy – Italian Book Art Exhibition curated by Bolo Paper – Volumes, Independent Publishing Fair, Zürich (CH)
2015 - Night of Fanzines #1, Gigantic, Milano (IT)
2015 - Piña riot, Puntocroce, Venezia (IT), 2015
FESTIVALS
2023 - Multiple Formats, Art Book Symposium + Fair @ Boston University, Boston MA (USA)
2022 - Boston Art Book Fair, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA (USA)
2021 - Fruit market, Parco della Montagnola, Bologna (IT)
2020 - Zinefest Berlin, Space Meduza, Berlin (DE)
2019 - PawChewGo, BASE, Milano (IT)
2018 - ELCaF - East London Comic Art Fair, Round Chapel, London (UK)
2017 - Caffeine Hour Book Fair, Tovarna Rog, Ljubljana (SLO)
2016 - Fahrenheit 39 Book Fair, Artificerie Almagià, Ravenna (IT)
2016 - Fruits Exhibition Book Fair, Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna (IT)
2014 - Fahrenheit 39 Book Fair, Artificerie Almagià, Ravenna (IT)
2013 - Fahrenheit 39 Book Fair, Artificerie Almagià, Ravenna (IT)
2012 - Fahrenheit 39 Book Fair, Artificerie Almagià, Ravenna (IT)
RESIDENCIES / GRANTS / PRIZES
2023 , October-December - Artist in residence at La Source Garouste - La Guéroulde, Normandie (FR)
2023 - Directangle Editions residency, Directangle Press, Bethlehem, NH (USA)
2021 - Shortlisted @ FIP - Fruit Indie Publishing Award, organized by Fruit Exhibition and Favini Paper, Bologna (IT)
2018 - Zine-Vitrine#4 Award, Dobravaga Art Gallery, Ljubljana (Slo)
2017 - All you can Art - Residency, a project by Edoardo Lazzari, Venezia (IT)
2015 - Ludiko Art Residency, CARS, Omegna (IT)
PUBLICATIONS
2023 - Cityride, published by Directangle Editions, Bethlehem NH (USA).
2022 - Out for a walk, published by Directangle Editions, Bethlehem NH (USA).
2022 - Flowers from the Hyperuranion, published by Oreri - Iniziativa Editoriale, Cagliari (IT).
2021 - LaRU - Tolmezzo 2030, published by Kallipolis APS with the support of Fondazione Pietro Pittini (Trieste, IT).
2021 - Videocall, published by Oreri - Iniziativa Editoriale, Cagliari (IT), isbn 9791280674029.
2020 - I sogni di Anna - author Silvia Ricci Lempen, illustrations Daria Tommasi. Published by Casa Editrice Vita Activa (Trieste, IT), isbn 9788899951184. Winner of Swiss Literature Awards 2020.
2019 - Losche storie - Mary Shelley, published by Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, Modena (IT), isbn 9788857014753.
2019 - Finders Keepers Losers Weepers, published by Stolen Books (Portugal), 2019.
LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, ACTIVITIES
2024 – Invited artist at Kuća Istarskih Kaštela, Momjan (CRO)
2024 – Invited lecturer as part of the Creative Writing course, professor Simona Squadrito, MADE Program at Fine Art Academy “Rosario Gagliardi”, Siracusa (IT).
2021 – Lecture Cultural Hackaton 2021, Kallipolis APS (Trieste, IT), December 2.
2021 – Flowerpots invited artist, Association La caravane MJC (Servon-sur-Vilaine, FR), November 4.
2021 – LaRU- Laboratorio di Rigenerazione Urbana, invited artist, Kallipolis APS (Trieste, IT), September 13-17.
2021 – Colore, fiore, frutto, animale invited artist, Associazione Luna e l’altra (Trieste, IT), March 5.
2021 – What if... invited artist, Dobravaga Art Gallery (Ljubljana, SLO), February 6.
2020 – Lecture Cultural Hackaton 2020, Kallipolis APS (Trieste, IT), November 26.
2020 – Città ideale, invited artist, Kallipolis APS (Trieste, IT), November 4.
2020 – Lecture Dappertutto: spazio pubblico, scuola e diritto al gioco, “E se diventi farfalla” – Centro Zaffiria (Igea Marina, IT) + Cooperativa Sociale La Collina (Trieste, IT), July 17.
2019 - 2020 – Workshops supervisor – Cooperativa Sociale La Collina (Trieste, IT).
2018 – Officina Tipografica invited artist, Trieste Film Festival (Trieste, IT), January 23-24.
2017 - 2022 – Workshop supervisor and exhibition curator – Casa Internazionale delle Donne- International House of Women (Trieste, IT).