Kia. Chiara Ruffato
(22nd June 1986, Gallarate-VA-)
Address:
C.so di Porta Ticinese, Milano -Italy.Occupation:
Student – Academy of Fines Arts of Brera. Visual arts department. Painting (Milan);
Work - 2008 to present - set designer, set decorations, painting and sculpting for Panel System(Brescia) -2009 to present set scenography for Archiverde (Varese);
- Illustrator, working with the La Marna publishing company (Lecco);
- Illustrator for the book PoetandoMi by the playwright/poet/musician Lorenzo Sebastianelli, published by Tigullio-Bacherontius (Roma);
Five-year high school diploma in arts (Michelangelo experimentation, figurative) at “Liceo Artistico Paolo Candiani†(Paolo Candiani High School specialising in the Arts) in Busto Arsizio (VA).Whilst Kia was at high school, she attended two extracurricular painting courses with Professor Graziano Cattini, and a computerised graphics course with Professor Antonietta Marrocchella (illustrator of La gabbianella e il gatto). An important factor during Kia’s school years was meeting and learning from Enzo Castagno (Pollock award), who was a teacher of life and plastic disciplines throughout Kia’s education and phase of personal development.
Kia enrolled at Milan Polytechnic after high school and brilliantly passed her exams for the Industrial Product Design Course at Milan’s Faculty of Architecture and Design in Bovisa on her first attempt. But Kia wanted more room for her creativity so she suspended her studies after two years of university so that she could really dedicate herself to her passion. Work. She enrolled in the Faculty of Painting and passed the painting exams at the Academy of Fines Arts of Brera, Milan, as she is convinced that painting is not dead, as many however maintain.Kia is currently enrolled for the second year of painting, and in the meantime she is trying a variety of work and educational experiences. These have led to her working with creative professionals and companies that promote creative activities, and this has given Kia the chance to work in many different environments.Kia collaborative works include:
- Illustrating the book, PoetandoMi, by Lorenzo Sebastianelli. Graphics for the front and back covers;
- Working with Panel System, a firm from Brescia that produces installations and set designs (contract with Gardaland for the SeaLife and Mammuth attractions produced by head set designer Alessandro Dettoni and assistants);
- Working with Angela Civera to illustrate children’s books;
- Working with different artists, painters and musicians to produce events;
- Experimental design and graphics workshop using everyday materials and recyclable objects for children in conjunction with the Casorate S.ne library;
- The Intercultura project with support from the town of Casorate S.ne;
- Devising the dek_ project for solo and collective exhibitions by Kia and other artists.Kia. Chiara Ruffato’s exhibitions, shows and events include:
- Group production of the installation by Anita Borghi in conjunction with the Gallarate Gallery of Modern Art;
- Decorating the Carabinieri barracks in Busto Arsizio (VA) with a team coordinated by Graziano Cattini;
- Inverart 2007, Young Artists’ Hall. Sponsored by the Province of Milan, the Lombardy Region, and the Exibart Collection and Archives Cooperative;
- OpenBox 2007, Independent and Experimental Art Hall, Venegono (VA);
- Varallopop 2007, an event with a collective exhibition and street art;
- Graphic Design, Fossil, Thin box;
- Artefatto 2008 Esthetical Blitz. Together with Elena Cragnolini. Selected Elliptical Eclecticism. (Trieste);
- Collective exhibition, an installation of an artist’s book as a tribute to Herman Hesse in the V.Emanuele Gallery, Milan-2008, sponsored by the Lombardy Region, the Province of Milan and the Council Department for Culture;
- Inverart 2008, Young Artists’ Hall. Sponsored by the Province of Milan, the Lombardy Region, and the Exibart Collection and Archives Cooperative and related catalogue;
- "Light Parade Brera Accademy Hotel", a competition to design and decorate wall-mounted lights for Buzzi Design;
- "Editrice Ancora" – Rizzoli, a competition to design a cover for a book about the different types of religious art;
- Devising and exhibiting at the “Vi.No" - Surreal Visions and Poetic Notes exhibition – 2009, with the artists Mario De Ciechi, Decio, Federica Galioni and Gilberto Vivaldi;
- Sest'Arte 2009 with a piece produced together with Elena Cragnolini. Emotional Eclecticism. The Sesto Raggio Group, Sesto Calende, (Varese).
-"Frequenze Urbane" 2009 @TRIENNALE BOVISA with an installation "Equilibri dinamici. fonte"
-"40 opere per l'Africa",2009 @ ACCADEMIA CONTEMPORANEA Gallery
-INVERART 2009 with"La trasparenza è in.utile?"and "fossili.Uomini S.O.S.pesi"
-"Tribal Touch",2009 @TRIENNALE BISTROT BOVISA with "Equilibri precari" and "Equilibri dinamici-nuotando nell'aria-"Contact:
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Link: www.myspace.com/kiarart
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