ROSSANA TAORMINA
Imprinting

Rossana Taormina’s artistic research is strongly influenced by the experience of her early life.

After the earthquake in 1968, for a long time people lived in temporary accommodation because their homes had largely been destroyed.

Growing up as she did during this time of urban redesign, she witnessed the scenery change dramatically, which impacted on her sensitivity and identity. The artist experienced the sentiment of loss and developed a kind of obsession with memory, she is fascinated by archives of imagery, by the border between personal memory and collective memory. One of the founding elements of her artist’s production, is linked to the theme of  the objet trouvé and its mnestic charge.

Taormina reflects on traces of human existence left in space: she works with threads and fabric, but also uses various other materials and techniques.

BIO

Rossana Taormina (Partanna, 1972) was born in a small town of Belìce Valley, devastated by the earthquake of 1968. She pursued a diploma and graduated in Fine Arts. Since 2011 she has devoted herself to her artistic career. She has taken part in several exhibitions and art fairs throughout Italy and abroad: Bologna Arte Fiera, SWAB Barcelona Contemporary Art Fair.

Her work appears in national and international publications, among others: Beaux Arts Magazine 2019; C. Vannier, De fil en Aguille. La Broderie dans l’art contemporain, Éditions Pyramid, Paris 2018; Stonecutter Journal, NY, giugno 2016; Alias, Il Manifesto 2015.