[artist profile]
Luana W. Perilli (Rome, 1981) has displayed her work in many Italian and international venues. Her research investigates relationship between individual and collectivities, nature and culture, moving it from the field of memory and narratives to science, sociobiology and social implications. She was awarded with several residency grants: ZK/U Berlin, DE; Momentum Berlin DE, grant by Premio Terna; Pan Studios Program (supervised by Daniel Buren), Pan Museum, Napoli, in 2010; Art Omi International Artists Residency, New York, in 2008; grant by Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art and Cite Internationale des Arts, grant by Incontri Internazionali D’Arte, Paris, FR, in 2008 and 2004. She is professor at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and was professor at Cornell University in Rome.
Luana Perilli has exhibited in many European institutional spaces, including at Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature Paris, MSU Zagreb, MACRO -Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Rome, Janela- Kochi Muziris Biennale, Medium Galerie Bratislava, PAV – Parco Arte Vivente Torino, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Museum Biedermann Donaueschingen, Palazzo della Permanente Milan, PAN Museum Napoli, MAMM Multimedia Art Museum of Moscow, Biennale di Monza, 15a Quadriennale d’arte di Roma, Austrian Cultural Forum Rome.
[selected works]
Otto, 2016-2018, three channel videoinstallation in loop, installation view at AuditoriumArte – Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome 
Polyrhachis Dives kin selection – maiden aunt weaving chair, 2012, wood and glass case, artificial nest of ants, chair, coffee table, bonsai plant, lamp, various materials, environmental dimensions, courtesy Macro – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Rome 
The Song of Olympia, detail from performative lecture 2016 Momentum Kunstquartier Bethanien Berlin 
A vijë a vijë, site specific installation, 12 Propp narrative function made with stones in the path to Valle del Sarmento Noepoli (PZ), IT, 2019, installation detail ph. Ozge Sahin 
Hanging Lava, 2014, glazed pottery, kokedama monstera, macramé, environmental dimensions, ph. Giorgio Benni
Polari, 2018, two led pannels, 30 x 120 cm each 
Otto, 2016-2018, three channel videoinstallation in loop, installation view at AuditoriumArte – Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome 
Autorittrato bilingue, 2018, ceramic, crystal tub, on wooden plinth, 160 x 35 x 55cm 
Autorittrato bilingue, 2018, ceramic, crystal tub, on wooden plinth, 160 x 35 x 55cm, detail 
Leo-streben, 2015/2016, two channel videoinstallation, ed.3 + 1ap, two video loop respectively 13’39” (left) and 21’58” (right) 
Horn Nest#1, 2014, Carrara marble, glazed ceramics, deerskin stage, agate, cm 90 x 60 x 18, ph. Giorgio Benni 
Konvolut #1; Konvolut #2; Konvolut #3, 2014, Carrara marble, glazed ceramics, wooden plinth, ph. Giorgio Benni 
Konvolut #1, 2014, marmo di Carrara, glazed ceramics, wooden plinth,cm 35 x 35 x 127, ph. Giorgio Benni 
Unglazed Shelf, 2014, agate, ceramics, cm 20 x 180 x 20, ph. Giorgio Benni 
Sgraffito Bamboo, 2015, unglazed ceramics, bamboo, moss, marble, natural wood stands 
108, 2012, installation with artificial ants nest, cm 160X120X60 
Polyrhachis Dives kin selection – maiden aunt weaving chair, 2012, 18 printing on rice paper of books on entomology from the beginning of the twentieth century, various dimensions, installation view at Macro Testaccio Rome, detail 
Polyrhachis Dives kin selection – maiden aunt weaving chair, 2012, wood and glass case, artificial nest of ants, chair, coffee table, bonsai plant, lamp, various materials, environmental dimensions, courtesy Macro – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Rome, detail 
Superorganism – Chinese cabinet, 2011, installation of actual dimensions, various materials, ants 
Silviculture (Serviformica) Silviculture (Raptiformica), 2013, artificial nests of slave and slavemaker ants, installation view at Medium Galerie, Bratislava, SK 
Souvenir d’hôpital, 2007-2011, installation of 42 photographs 12×15 cm each 
Souvenir d’hôpital, 2007-2011, installation of 42 photographs 12×15 cm each, detail 
Orfanelle in età ormai da marito, 2009, sculpture composed of wooden base and various materials 
Vedova da troppo tempo, 2009, cut chair, wooden base 
Violation(shower), photo from The man of the season, (in loving memory of loving memories), 2007-2009 cm 33×50, ed 3 
Meditation(toilette), photo from the man of the season, (in loving memory of loving memories), 2007-2009 cm 70×105, ed 3 
why?, installation view at Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, 2005
