Biography

Livia Chiffi (Gallarate, 1997) lives and works between Turin and Lecce.
After a path in illustration, she devoted herself to research on fabric and textile production waste.
In 2022 she graduated in Fashion Publishing at the State University of Milan.

Exhibitions

Solo

2019, “Ad occhi chiusi”, Convitto Palmieri, Lecce.

Group  

2023, “Livia+Mattia”, Colla Super, Milano.

Residencies

2023, Museo Sigismondo Castromediano, Lecce.

Statement

At the beginning there is always the restlessness that I instinctively associate with a particular fabric.
From there, the definition of the form starts, sometimes preceded by a sketch, other times simply drawn from a thought, from a mental image.
It is an act similar to digging, for me: I look for the bottom of the lived, of existences, of material and concrete things.
I focus, then, on the embellishment of form; a process of addition (pearls, shells, lace, wool, details) that reflects the staging, the spectacle of bodies and essences.
I favor instinctual flow, attempting limited interference with decisions aimed at the exclusion or inclusion of a fabric, an element, a form.
I focus on the naturalness of such research, that is, on the perennial contrast between presence and absence that deadstock fabric generates even before it is worked.




︎︎︎ Portoflio ITA
︎︎︎Portoflio ENG