[artist profile]
Federica Di Pietrantonio was born in 1996 in Rome, where she currently lives and works. She graduated in painting from RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts in 2019, completing her thesis at KASK (Ghent, Belgium). From 2018 to 2024 she joined the artist-run space Spazio In Situ. In 2020, she was awarded the Emergent prize by Fondazione Cultura e Arte, XIII edition of the Talent Prize promoted by Inside Art, also being a finalist in the 2021, 2022 and 2024 editions. In 2021, she was selected by NAM – Not a Museum for the Superblast residency at Manifattura Tabacchi (Florence). In 2022, she participated in VRAL #49 as part of the Milan Machinima Festival and presented her work at MEET – Digital Culture Center in Milan during the international conference The New Atlas of Digital Art. In 2023, she received an invitation for a residency at SODA – School of Digital Arts (Manchester) in collaboration with Quadriennale Roma, one of her films was selected for the Oberhausen Short Film Festival (Oberhausen), she participated in the VISIO residency within the context of Lo Schermo dell’Arte and in the Biennale di Gubbio Imagina, curated by Spazio Taverna. In the same year, she was mentioned for the Conai prize and the VDA Award. From 2018 to 2023 she co-founded and co-curated ISIT (magazine and curatorial platform). In 2024, she was nominated among the best digital artists on Artribune, co-founded Studio Kāma where she actually works, and won Videocittà Awards videoarte category. In 2025 her solo show at Casa Menotti curated by Saverio Verini in occasion of Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto), selected as finalist at Re:humanism Timeline Shift and she’s invited to exhibit at 18a Quadriennale di Roma.
[selected works]
every night i try to find the light but sometimes it’s too cold short film trilogy installation ,installation view at FMAV – Fondazione Modena Arti Visive, Palazzina dei Giardini, 2023, ph. Rolando Paolo Guerzoni
Lost in myst, Lazio Contemporaneo, 2021, ph. Eleonora Cerri Pecorella
but i wanna keep my head above water, detail, 2022 digital/machinima video, 1920 x 1080, 00:10:30, 00:17:04, colors, sound, raspberry, 5” and 7” lcd monitors, passive speakers, polypropylene pipes 200 x 100 x 70 cm ph. Eleonora Cerri Pecorella 
rain on me, 2022 digital/machinima video, 1920 x 1080, 00:16:00, colors, sound, polypropylene pipes, variable dimensions installation view at “LOREM IPSUM / a collective exhibition without a theme” group show curated by Irene Sofia Comi Spazio In Situ (Rome, IT) ph. Chiara Cor
MARS gaming, stickers, computer cases, led light, variable dimensions, 2019 installation view at Spazio In Situ, what kind of perversion are you showing off 
installation view at Chilometro 0, curated by Porter Ducrist, The Gallery Apart, Rome, Italy, 2019 photos by Marco De Rosa 
installation view at All’interno del barattolo, curated by Porter Ducrist, Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy, 2019 
2019 – Reality Check, Las Palmas Project, Lisbon (as AFFDP / with Andrea Frosolini) 
installation view at Vacation Spot in Gent, Gouvernement (Ghent, Belgium) , 2019 
so i’m deconstructing it and hiding it in my closet until i inevitably miss it again, 2023
oil and enamel on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, ph. Eleonora Cerri Pecorella
not so far away, two-channel video installion, machinima video, color, sound setting-determined dimensions, 2021, ph- Leonardo Morfini 
not so far away, two-channel video installion, machinima video, color, sound setting-determined dimensions, 2021, ph- Leonardo Morfini 
sorethroat, still from digital/machinima video, 2022