bio
Born in Bergamo, Italy, in 1998,
Federico Acciardi lives and works in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Graduating from the Department of Multimedia and Contemporary Arts and Project Ideation at IUAV University in Venice, Italy, his educational background has equipped him with an analytical and creative vision within artistic projects.
His works represent and document the traces our society is creating, developed through sculpture, installations, and new media arts. Acciardi's practice combines multimedia art with the traditional practice of sculpture to highlight the world we live in and the impending, scary, dry, and ruined future.
His research showcases the coexistence of humans and nature, focusing primarily on the impact of human actions on the natural world. The intrinsic value of creating art lies in the primal need for creation, analyzing the boundaries that contemporary human development is imposing.
Through a deep and self-referential analysis of individuals, Acciardi emphasizes that nothing should stand between you and the forms you take once the crust of form is destroyed. You are yourself.
A link between wild animals and the industrial presence of society creates a forest of concrete where humans and animals play their roles, producing actions and marking time. Acciardi’s installations and sculptures guide viewers into moments of contemplation about the dissonance between our artificial instincts and the rest of the natural world. His work prompts a reconsideration of what we know and what we ignore about this coexistence, revealing the precious desert of our knowledge.
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Exhibitions
Perspectives Across Saudi Arabia, group show exhibition at Misk Art Institute - Prince Faisal bin Fahd Arts Hall Summer Exhibition, Riyadh (KSA).
Unfolding the Embassy, group exhibition curated by Sarah Al Mutlaq at Fenaa Al Awwal, Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh (KSA).
Noor Riyadh Exhibition ‘23, “Refracted Identities, Shared Futures” curated by Maya Al Athel and Neville Wakefield, Riyadh (KSA).
Young Saudi Artists YSA ‘23, exhibition curated by Rami Farook, at ATHR FOUNDATION, Riyadh (KSA).
Industrial Show, group exhibition at Dhahran Expo, Dammam (KSA).
Failure Powder, group exhibition curated by Muhannad Shono, at Shono’s Studio, JAX District Dirriyah, Warehouse C04, Riyadh (KSA).
Maceria. Esercizio per un fallimento, indipendent solo exhibition, with Andrea Airoldi, at Società del G.R.E.S. Bergamo (Italy).
Confiniartproject, group exhibition curated by Vera Pravda, in collaboration with Viafarini, Milan (Italy).
Project Isola[c]tion, group exhibition curated by Giuliana Marmo, Venice (Italy).
The Future is a Memory, group exhibition curated by Luca Trevisani, at IUAV University, Venice (Italy).
The Wisdom of Sweat, group exhibition curated by Luca Trevisani, at CUS Fondamenta Cereri Dorsoduro, Venice (Italy).
CRISIS=CHOICE, group exhibition curated by Diego Tonus and Daniele Zoico, at IUAV University, Venice (Italy).
About
Noor Riyadh 2023, interview
JAX District, video introduction
Art of Change 21, Saudi Arabia Noor Riyadh
Riyadh Art, Federico Acciardi Artist
Riyadh Art, Nocturnal Visions
Arab News, Global artists contemplate the future at Riyadh
Selections Magazine, On Purpose YSA
ArtAfrica, Noor Riyadh
East East, Reimagining the Future
Shono Studio, introduction to the artist Federico Acciardi
Lana Čmajčanin, on Unfolding the Embassy
Canvas, Unfolding the Embassy