Maria Chiara Cecconi was born in Greve in Chianti, lives and works in her home – studio in Chianti.
EDUCATION
1979
Diploma in Art at the “Liceo Artistico (Art School) Firenze I” in Florence
1984
Diploma in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence
EXHIBITIONS
2023
NeroRosso
Studio l’Atelier 11, Siena
DoppioSenso2- Italo Calvino Bibliografia ragionata d’artista
Biblioteca Briganti – Santa Maria della Scala Museum Complex, Siena
Primavera fuori dal recinto
Casa Rusciano, Mondeggi, Bagno a Ripoli, Florence
2022
A mio padre
installazione project
Municipal Garden, San Polo in Chianti, Florence
Sacrosante
curated by Angela Nocentini, Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze
Festival Barocco e Neobarocco, Palazzo Cosentini, Ragusa
Mondeggi 8 e il Mito di Demetra
Casa Cerreto, Mondeggi, Bagno a Ripoli, Florence
Sono Tazza di Te!
curated by Anty Pansera e Patrizia Sacchi, project by DcomeDesign
YouNique Fine Craft Art & Design, Villa Ciani – Palazzo Congressi, Lugano, Svizzera
Palazzo d’Avossa, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno
Otto x 8
Borghese Palace Art Hotel, Florence
Fuori dal Recinto
Case Rusciano-Orti Sociali, Mondeggi, Florence
2021
Immagini e Parole
Galleria Libri Liberi, Florence
Sono Tazza di Te!
curated by Anty Pansera e Patrizia Sacchi, project by DcomeDesign
Casa Museo Boschi Di Stefano – Laboratorio di Ceramica Marieda Di Stefano, Milan
see exposition
#Mostralaterra – Bellezza e fragilità della Terra
Audience Award
L’ Armadillo Atelier 51r, Florence
2020
#Mostralaterra – 50° anniversario Giornata della Terra . Earth Day 2020
Contest-Exhibition online, L’ Armadillo Atelier 51r, Florence
2019
DoppioSenso2- Italo Calvino Bibliografia ragionata d’artista.
Galleria Libri Liberi, Florence
Sale Fabiani, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
see exposition
Ferite
Project curated by Maria Chiara Cecconi
sound performance by Andrea Baggio and Sandra Garuglieri
critical text by Laura Monaldi
Fondazione Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Italy, Le Murate, Florence
see exposition
“150 anni di Istituto d’Arte di Porta Romana”
ISA di Porta Romana, Florence
DoppioSenso
Petite Galerie, Librairie Italienne Tour De Babel. Paris
2018
DoppioSenso
Galleria Libri Liberi, Florence
Premio Bancarella, Palazzo Dosi Magnavacca, Pontremoli
see exposition
Linea di terra/substrato
Santa Maria Novella Station, Florence
NoPlace 4
Ex Ceramiche Vaccari, Santo Stefano di Magra, La Spezia
see exposition
Carta Carta
Montelupo Fiorentino, Florence
2017
Metamorfosi di una Diva
Palazzo Bastogi, Florence
see exposition
2016
Rosso di Donna – 1522 Scarpe Rosse
curated by Alessandra Borsetti Venier,
Sala Campolmi, Lazzerini Library, Prato
see exposition
Delirium cordis
curated by Laura Monaldi
sound performance by Werner in collaboration with Andrea Baggio
Sartoria Teatrale Fiorentina by Massimo Poli, Florence
see exposition
I Colori del Libro
Logge di Palazzo Pretorio, Volterra
see exposition
2013
Invito a Palazzo
Banca Federico Del Vecchio, Florence
Sculture-Contenitore
Exhibiting space Mimi Furaha, Florence
see exposition
2012
Ceramica fiorita
Exhibition of Contemporary Italian Ceramics
Caserma Santa Chiara, Siena
Museum of Ceramics,
Montelupo Fiorentino (Fi)
ConfrontART
Historical Archive of the City of Florence, Florence
2007
L’Arte della Memoria
curated by Gene Baldini
San Miniato al Monte, Florence
L’altro sguardo: donne che fanno arte
curated by Luigi Bernardi, Francesca Birindelli, Piero Ricci
Bottini dell’Olio Exhibition Centre, Livorno
see exposition
2001
Invito a….
Via Romana-Studio-Gallery, Florence
2000
Patty Pravo…come un angelo da collezione,
curated by Emanuela Bardazzi
Villa Caruso Bellosguardo, Lastra a Signa, Florence
Studi Aperti in Oltrarno
Via Romana-Studio-Gallery, Florence
1999
I trent’anni di Santa Caterina da Siena
Silver Medal at the Contest-Exhibition
Rocca di Tentennano Contemporary Art Museum, Castiglion d’Orcia (Si)
International Sculpture Exhibition
Radicondoli-Belforte (Si)
In..Cubo-Museo Virtuale
Santo Spirito Square, Florence
Arte a Palazzo Giannozzi
Giannozzi Palace, Certaldo (Si)
1998
Lo Specchio-Viaggio
Centro Studi d’Arte Sant’Egidio, Florence
Lo Spazio e le Atmosfere delle Emozioni
Banca Popolare, Bergamo
1997
Apparenze e illusioni
Fortezza da Basso, Florence
1996
Personale
Via Romana-Studio-Gallery, Florence
Per Gioco e per Amore
Sala Torre, Greve in Chianti (Fi)
1991
Artiste del Chianti
Sala Torre, Greve in Chianti (Fi)
1990
Premio Italia per le Arti Visive
Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo (Fi)
1989
Primavera a Montedomini
ASP Montedomini, Florence
Uscite d’Emergenza
Palagio di Parte Guelfa, Florence
Immagini fuori circuito
Chiostro delle Benedettine Library, San Casciano (Fi)
1988
Oltre il giardino
Ex Cantine Seva, Greve in Chianti (Fi)
Vincenzo Bianchi e gli allievi della Cattedra di Scultura
Palazzetto Baviera, Senigallia(AN)
Laboratorio Giovani Artisti
Palagio di Parte Guelfa, Florence
From 1996 to 2002 opening of an artstudio/gallery in the centre of Florence.
Where personal and collective exhibitions of italian and foreign artists have been organised:
1997 “L’assemblea degli Uccelli – Dipinti e Sculture” by Siamak Shahidi,
1998 “Hommage a…” by Heike Geier and Natsumi Nakadate,
2000 “Equilibri e Disastri di un Ego-sistema” illustrations by Laura Berni.
Works are included in the private collection in Florence, Bologna, Mantova,
Milan, Pisa, Rome, Lugano, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, England, New York, Florida.
PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC CURRICULUM
2015
In the new Opera del Duomo Museum in Florence they are present:
model of the front of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedra by Arnolfo di Cambio,
model of the Choir of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral of Florence by Baccio Bandinelli.
2006
“Arnolfo-alle origini del rinascimento fiorentino”
Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore Museum, Florence,
execution of some sculptures by Arnolfo di Cambio of the front of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, for the scale reproduction of the Architect Gidzulich
“L’uomo del rinascimento-Leon Battista Alberti”,
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence,
execution of eight copies of panels “L’Arte della Guerra” made by Francesco di Giorgio da Urbino.
2002
Commissioned by the Archeological Etruscan Musem of Murlo (Siena),
execution of architectural –decorative elements of the etruscan age, for the scale reproduction of the Magazzini Di Poggio Civitate (Siena)
in cooperation with Bossi Studio in Florence
2001
“Mille Anni di Scienza in Italia”
Ministry of University and Scientific Research, Rome,
execution for the Science History Museum of Florence, of a copy of a mummified Fish “Ostracion Alter”
and copy of a tablet for wood-engraving “Ostracion Alter” both belonging to “Teatro di Natura”, Aldrovandi Museum in Bologna.
1997
Execution of bas-reliefs in terracotta commissioned by the Curia of Fiesole,
representing “ La Passione e Crocefissione di Cristo”
for the tabernacle of the Church of San Paolo a Ema in San Polo in Chianti (Florence)
“Sotto il Cielo della Cupola”
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence,
execution in plaster of some sculptures and panels by Baccio Bandinelli of the Choir of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Florence,
for the scale reproduction of the Architect Gidzulich
1995
“Gli Ingegneri del Rinascimento da Brunelleschi a Leonardo da Vinci”
Execution, commissioned by the Science History Museum of Florence,
of eigth copies of some panels “L’Arte della Guerra” made by Francesco di Giorgio of the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino;
copy of the head of “Moro che soffia” of the Correr Museum of Venezia;
model of lower limb based on a Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing.
The exibition has taken place in Florence, New York, London and Tokyo.
1994
Execution of the bas-relief with figures “Omaggio a QuintoMartini”
for the façade of a Building situated in Seano – Poggio a Caiano ( Florence) – in the Park Museum Quinto Martini,
commissioned by the Architect Spinelli
1992
Execution of some heads in fiberglass for the exhibition about Piero della Francesca
“Con gli occhi di Piero: abiti e gioielli nelle opere di Piero della Francesca”, Basilica inferiore di San Francesco, in Arezzo
from some models of the sculptress Amalia Ciardi Duprè
1986/1988
Cooperation with the studio of the sculptor David Kessler for the execution of some works realized with metallic material,
among whome the model of the work “ l’Albero” exposed in Villa Montalvo in Campi (Florence) and the sculpture “Proiezioni” exposed in Amsterdam
1984/1993
Execution of sculptures for Theatre-Opera, stage and stands settings realised in cooperation with scenery laboratories:
Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Teatro Romano di Fiesole, Rubechini Company, Opera Laboratori Fiorentini, Laboratorio Scenotek, Arianese Company Milan
Since 1996 to today realization of portraits on private commissions.
Since 1991 cooperation with ceramic and pottery artisans, silversmiths and foundry for the realization of models of Sacred Art and Artistic Handcrafts
based on personal drawing or on designers and architects patterns
.