ECOLOGIA INTERIORE: GIULIA SPERNAZZA ON VIEW IN ROME
On October 18, the FABER Art Gallery inaugurates Ecologia Interiore, the new exhibition by Giulia Spernazza, curated by Cristian Porretta. The project marks a turning point in the artist’s research while remaining consistent with the coherence and recognizability of her practice. At the heart of the work lies the idea that the distinction between internal and external environments is a mental illusion, since what happens within us inevitably reflects outward, and the quality of life depends on the degree of sustainability of our thoughts.
From this vision unfolds a path in which matter, oscillating between two-dimensionality and three-dimensionality, becomes a metaphor for a cathartic journey where liquid and solid, light and dark, purity and impurity alternate in a fluid dialogue between inner and outer dimensions. The creative act thus becomes an inner reclamation leading to a renewed respect for others and for the surrounding environment.
The introspective tension that has always characterized Spernazza’s poetics here translates into a language that traverses the state of chaos of a mind saturated with pollutants, capable of corrupting the intimate sphere until it overflows and contaminates the external world. By introducing elements of reality into her works, the artist makes this correlation visible and entrusts matter and color with a process of purification: hydraulic components embedded within the surfaces become channels from which threads and textile fibers flow, their tonal shifts alluding to varying degrees of impurity.
The works, often arranged in installative triptychs, recount a vital cycle of transformations and contrasts—opacity and clarity, corruption and renewal—until the fibers progressively turn white, a tangible sign of inner regeneration taking place. The entire exhibition design, shaped by an installative approach that privileges engagement with space, reaffirms the artist’s minimalist vocabulary, where voids play a decisive role in enhancing the presence of material. The exhibition pathway alternates lyrical moments with dramatic tensions, offering viewers the possibility of losing themselves and being reborn.
Completing the project is the screening of Bleach, a video work by young video artist Maya Grassa, inspired by the concept of Ecologia Interiore and reinforcing the reflection on the need for a patient, at times tormented, construction of a balance between the inner and outer worlds.
The exhibition is on view until December 6, 2025, at FABER Art Gallery, via dei Banchi Vecchi 31, Rome.
Giulia Spernazza was born in Rome in 1979. She earned her Degree in Decoration from the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Rome. Over the years, her work has been recognized through numerous awards. In 2023 she received the Premio Spaziottantotto srl at The Others Art Fair and the Premio mostra Palazzo Oldofredi Tadini Botti in Torre Pallavicina (BG) as part of the seventh edition of the Arteam Cup. In 2019 she had already been awarded at the Arteam Cup Prize held at MuSa, the Museo di Salò in Italy. In 2014 she won the Adrenalina 3.0 Prize in Rome, while in 2013 she received recognition at the Michetti Prize at Museo Michetti in Francavilla al Mare.
Her solo exhibitions trace a coherent and evolving trajectory. In 2024 she presented exVUOTO, curated by Cristian Porretta, at MUPA Palazzo Multimediale in Ginosa (Ta), Italy. The year before, in 2023, she exhibited Qualcosa di familiare, curated by Maila Buglioni at Spazio sei in Pescara, and Frammenti, with Koro Ihara and curated by Cristian Porretta, at galleria d’arte FABER in Rome. In 2022 she showed Tra il visibile e l’interiore, curated by M. Bandini and E. Bottazzi at the Diocesan Museum of Caltagirone, and MUTEVOLE, curated by Barbara Pavan at F’Art Art Gallery in L’Aquila. In 2021 she presented Vulnerabile, curated by Cristian Porretta at galleria d’arte FABER in Rome. The year 2020 featured two exhibitions: Strati d’animo, curated by Anna Lisa Ghirardi at MuSa (Museo di Salò), and Memories to preserve, curated by Barbara Pavan and Susanna Cati at SCD Textile & Art in Perugia. Earlier, in 2018, she presented natura pura, again curated by Cristian Porretta, at galleria d’arte FABER in Rome.
Her work has also been included in several important group exhibitions and collaborative projects. In 2024 she participated in the seventh edition of Contextile, the Contemporary Textile Art Biennial in Portugal, as well as in Books As Art, i libri, le Artiste, curated by S. Campus and P. Cortese at MUACC in Cagliari, and in the II Biennale Internazionale di Fiber Art Contemporanea, curated by B. Pavan at the Museo del Tessile in Valtopina. The year 2023 saw her presence at The Others Art Fair in Torino, in Book as Art curated by Paolo Cortese at Gramma_Epsilon in Athens, and in Faberstorming, part of the 25WTA World Textile Art and curated by Barbara Pavan at the former University of Bergamo. In the same year she took part in Naturali ConversAzioni, curated by Matteo Galbiati at Palazzo Oldofredi Tadini Botti in Bergamo, in the Luigi Candiani Prize at Spazio Arte Contemporanea in Robecchetto con Induno (Milano), in the Contemporary Prize at Palazzo Ducale di Tagliacozzo, and in Essenziale, in collaboration with Paratissima at Fondazione Amleto Bertoni in Saluzzo. Also in 2023 she participated in Piano B at Galleria d’Arte Cartavetra in Firenze. In 2022 she exhibited in The Soft Revolution, part of the 25 World Textile Art, curated by Barbara Pavan at the Textile Art Museum in Busto Arsizio. In 2021 her practice took shape in site-specific installations such as Terrapromessa, curated by Barbara Pavan for the Festival IlluminAmatrice in Italy, and another installation for Todi Open Doors, curated by Barbara Pavan and Matteo Pacini.
