Cristina Mariani
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Cristina Mariani is an Italian visual artist based in Oslo, she is currently in the final year of her Master's in Medium and Material Based Art at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo. With a background in web design and textile, after being involved in the fashion industry, she felt the urge to reflect on the enormous carbon footprint of textile production, and started looking for a way to make her practice more ecologically sustainable. She is interested in how human perception shapes our relationship with the more-than-human: from soil and rocks as immutable and inert entities to the exploitation and collaboration with sentinel species like seaweed, mussels and earthworms. Her current artistic research is focused on biomaterials, ephemeral combination of biopolymers used in the food industry mixed with local natural materials.
2025
Here We Stand, the Nightcrawlers
Installation Tapestry, soil bio yarn, wool, cotton, linen, scientific data, stoneware, wood, soil. 110 x 125 x 35 cm A woven scientific visual data that depicts the levels of various chemicals contai…
2025
Soil Drop
Gelatin-based bioplastic, soil, shale powder, wood. 140 x 70 cm The bioplastic's impermanence questions the duration of the artwork in the age of climate change while addressing the exploitation of n…
2025
Bioindicator #5
Agar agar-based bioplastic, ground mussel shells, scientific data, ink, wool, raffia, viscose, knitting. 100 x 70 x 12 cm In this series biomaterials entangle with humans in the form of visual scient…
2025
Bioindicator #3
Agar agar-based bioplastic, ground seaweed, viscose, knitting. 90 x 65 x 12 cm In this series biomaterials entangle with humans in the form of visual scientific data and textile structures, this is m…
2025
Bioindicator #4
Agar agar-based bioplastic, ground seaweed, spirulina, charcoal, scientific data, ink, wool, linen, viscose, knitting. 77 x 50 x 8 cm In this series biomaterials entangle with humans in the form of v…
2024
Bioindicator #1
Agar agar-based bioplastic, knitted linen and ground seaweed and mussel shells. 38 x 6 x 28 cm Biomaterials and marine creatures entangle with humans in the form of visual scientific data and texti…
2024
Sentinel Organism #1
Agar agar-based bioplastic, ground seaweed, ground mussel shells, scientific data, graphite on cotton. 25 x 35 x 3 cm The biomaterial intertwines with a cotton fabric on which surface scientific visu…
2023
Soil Chromatographies
Paper filter, silver nitrate, soil samples. 15 x 15.
2023
Soil Saga
Installation Hand woven fabric with Icelandic wool, painted with geothermal Icelandic soil, wood. The pattern reminded me of little soil paths gradually emerging from snow. Different soils made their…
2022
Border
Tapestry, wool dyed with local plants, mushrooms and lichens, soil bio yarn. 60 x 60 cm. This tapestry was inspired by the study of traditional norwegian woven carpets (ruteåklær) and by the discover…
2022
Sacred Forest
Inspired by Japanese kakemono, Sacred Forest are textile pieces that celebrate Forest as a sacred space through a contemplative act. 1) Natural dye, ecoprint, drawing Cotton, wool, Norwegian shale st…
2022
Sacred Space
Cotton Natural dye, ecoprint, pleating, sewing. 100 x 125 x 5 cm
2022
Søndre Gren
Circular weaving, wool dyed with local plants and mushrooms, cotton, birch bark 90 cm diameter Inspired by the soil chromatography of Søndre Gren Farm in Norway
2022
Woods' Treasure
Natural dye and ecoprint on cotton, lichen paper, embroidery, soil bioyarn. 60 cm diameter. The woods are the perfect place to exercise your wonder-hunting gaze, unnumbered treasures hide, like russu…
2021
Body of Work
Tapestry is intended in a sculptural form. The installation consists of 4 totem-objects woven during the pandemic lockdown. Each piece is conceived as a body fragment, a reflection on the disembodimen…