MICHELA DEL DEGANf l e s h p i n k

2007 Michela Del DeganAll Right reserved

f l e s h p i n k

Life changes continuously just like the skin, but it cannot change the soul, fascinated and frightened by the repeating of events. At this time we are enduring the superficiality of life’s interpretation and judgment, searching for a label to give our artistic body.But what is the real body we wear?

Michela Del Degan

Intestinefabric, yarn, beads

35x14x10 cm

Prostate fabric, yarn, beads

25x18x18 cm

Tongue fabric, yarn, beads

27x18x9 cm

Larynx fabric, yarn, beads

23x16x12 cm

Brain stem fabric, yarn, beads

27x15x10 cm

Pancreas fabric, yarn, beads

20x36x10 cm

Skin fabric, yarn, beads

27x42x32 cm

Brain fabric, yarn, beads

27x22x15 cm

Spinal cord fabric, yarn, beads

23x20x12 cm

It’s rather strange being 33 and recognizing one’s artistic identity in different “bodies”. The skeleton which holds all the parts together is undeniably my love for Art. This is clear from the course of my studies: 1994 I obtained my school leaving certificate in Applied Arts. 1998 Degree with full marks in Scenography at the “Academy of Art” in Venice.In May-June 2001 in Bologna, I presented an art exhibition of my works titled “the Body and its Double”. The pieces are inspired by the double-identity of the body which becomes all-one with its clothes. In 2003 I was selected as Italian Digital Artist during the V SALON INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE DIGITAL, held in Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau in Cuba. In 2004 I was nominated among the 5 world digital artists by Mac Art & Design Magazine (Sweden). In 2006 I held a Personal Exhibition with the title “Going Beyond in a Paper Garment” from July 21st until September 3rd at Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (Gorizia), In 2007 I was selected as Italian artist for an Environmental Art Workshop from April 16-27 2007 at Parco Montesole with the work “Contenitore d’umanità” (“Container of Humanity”). The project included an artistic twinning between the Fine Arts Academies of Bologna and Munich.In May I collaborated on the production of a film for production company Horizon, creating the graphic art for various architectural designs. In the same year I took part in a collective exhibition “Libri d’artista” from June 24-30 at the Graphic Arts Experimentation Laboratory at Graffio Gallery, Via S. Apollonia 23/25, Bologna. In the summer of 2007 I took part in an international collective exhibition organised by Art Process at the old fish market in Trapani from July 7 to August 5 with the works “Organi” (“Organs”).I continuously renew my artistic soul in order to maintain an open mind towards the new technological “bodies”.

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