Martina Mura

In her research, Mura explores the themes of biodiversity and the mapping of the land. Through the view from above, she reflects on the meaning of the map not only as a visual image but also as a direct physical experience, using walking as a practice for perceiving the landscape. In her practice she also retraces a “slow making” tied to traditions of the past, such as embroidery, the use of natural pigments, gathering, the study of plants and the making of handmade paper. Her seed collection, begun in 2019, today counts more than 300 plant species linked to the places she has visited.

In this process of “geographical writing”, the enquiry that emerges is for the artist an opportunity to study places and identity.

Martina Mura (Cagliari, 1993) graduated in Painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia in 2021 and won the Coppa Luigi at the Premio Nocivelli 2023. The artist, who lives and works in Venice, has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in Italy, in Venice, Padua and Cagliari. Her first solo exhibition, “Inventare il mondo”, was curated in 2022 by Anna Oggiano and hosted by the gallery Spazio E_Emme in her home town. In 2024 she presented in Milan “Geoscritture, pratiche di coesistenza”, her second solo exhibition, curated by Claudia Ponzi at Art Gallery Finestreria. Thanks to the Premio Nocivelli, in the summer of 2024 she was artist in residence at Casa degli Artisti in Milan, with Julia Rajacic as curator.

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