Chiara Enzo

Chiara Enzo is dedicated to exploring the complexity of both organic and inorganic matter. Her works create a poetic atmosphere, filled with delicate visions that reflect a world in constant transformation, prompting viewers to engage with the enigmatic nature of existence.

Chiara Enzo was born in 1989 in Venice, where she still lives and works today. After earning her diploma in Painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia under the supervision of Carlo Di Raco, she broadened her experience by studying at De Montfort University in Leicester in 2013, thanks to an Erasmus+ scholarship. Among her numerous accolades are the award from the Collettiva Giovani Artisti of the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation (2017) and the Premio Lydia! for emerging contemporary art (2018). In 2021, she was a finalist for the Premio Ducato in Piacenza, and in 2022, she participated in the 59th Venice Biennale.

Chiara Enzo's art is distinguished by her sensitivity in capturing the fragile and vulnerable essence of the world around her. Through her painting, she depicts bodies and everyday objects with a delicacy that transforms them into something deeper and more mysterious. Skin, in her paintings, becomes a thin boundary between the human being and the external world, an intimate space of exploration that reveals itself slowly. Her artistic journey unfolds in a studio in Mestre, and her work has continued to gain attention through significant awards, residencies, and workshops, such as the one held at the Italian Pavilion of the Biennale, under the direction of Marta Papini. Her participation in numerous group exhibitions led to her inclusion in the 2022 Biennale, curated by Cecilia Alemani.

Her artistic approach focuses on the relationship between identity and the surrounding environment, with the body at the center of her inquiry. The use of traditional techniques such as tempera, gouache, pastels, and colored pencils on delicate supports like cardboard mounted on canvas allows her to create intimate works, crafted with care and patience. Her compositions display fragments of bodies or details that invite the observer to reflect on the perception of materiality. Her works, distant from dominant aesthetics or commercial production, refuse to seduce through photographic realism; instead, they propose a visual narrative composed of small stories, where physical elements merge with space in subtle and unexpected ways.