SONIA CILLARI

www.soniacillari.net

Prinsengracht 116 - 2
1015 EA Amsterdam
the Netherlands
+31 (0)6 24566044
sonia.cillari@gmail.com
Skype: sonia.cillari




Italian media artist and architect, lives and works in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). Her work involves the creation of sensorial and perceptual mechanisms in immersive and augmented environments. Her artistic investigation examines how patterns of consciousness, perception and identity emerge in such settings. Over the last years she has been specifically interested in a field of research concerning the ‘Body as Interface’.
She was artist in residence at V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media (Rotterdam, the Netherlands 2004), Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2004-2005), STEIM: Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music (Amsterdam 2006), Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo/Time Based Arts (Amsterdam 2006) and [ars]numerica (Montbeliard, France 2009).
Her interactive installations, that are at the intersection of architecture and performance art, have been exhibited and presented internationally. She received the 'Honorable Mentions' at VIDA 9.0: Art & Artificial Life International Competition (Madrid, Spain 2006) and Prix Ars Electronica, Interactive Art (Linz, Austria 2007), and the ‘Excellence Prize’ at Japan Media Arts Festival (National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan 2008).
In 2007-2008, she has been teaching advisor at Frank Mohr Institute, 'IME Interactive Media Environment Department' (Groningen, the Netherlands), and since 2009 she is associated with [of] Laboratory for Immersive Art/Optofonica (Amsterdam, the Netherlands).
She has been a member of the jury for Prix Ars Electronica, Interactive Art 2008 and Prix Ars Electronica, Hybrid Art 2009 (Linz, Austria).


EDUCATION
1999-2001 Master in Digital Arts, Pompeu Fabra University. IUA Audiovisual Institute, Barcelona (SP)
1997-1998 Specialization in Theories of Architecture, La Sapienza University, Rome (IT) and École París-Villemin, Paris (FR)
1990-1997 Bachelor of Architecture cum Laude, Federico II University. School of Architecture, Naples (IT)


ARTIST IN RESIDENCES
2009 [ars]numerica: European centre for the Digital Arts, Montbeliard (FR)
2008 O Espaço do Tempo, Convento da Saudação, Montemor-o-Novo (PT), with NIP: New Interfaces for Performance
2006 MetrònomLab. Rafael Tous Contemporary Art Foundation, Barcelona (SP), invited by Kònic thtr, Barcelona (SP)
2006 Netherlands Media Art Institute. Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
2006 STEIM: Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music, Amsterdam (NL)
2005 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten /Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam (NL), with publication
2004 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam (NL), New Media Technologies guest-Artist in Residence
2004 V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam (NL), exStream Artist in Residence
2003 MetrònomLab. Rafael Tous Contemporary Art Foundation, Barcelona (SP), invited by Kònic thtr, Barcelona (SP)


AWARDS
2008 Excellence Prize, Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo (JP)
2007 Honorable Mention, Prix Ars Electronica. Interactive Art, Linz (AT)
2007 Third Prize, ARCO/BEEP New Media Art Awards, Madrid (SP)
2006 Honorable Mention, VIDA 9.0. Art & Artificial Life International Competition, Madrid (SP)
2004 Winner, WEB3DART, e-competition, organized by Karel Dudesek
2001 Honorable Mention, Biennale of Miami, e-competition 'Possible Futures', Miami, Florida (USA), with Su-Studio, Barcelona (SP)
1999 Finalist, ACADIA Library for the Information Age, e-competition, with architect Luigi Centola


SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2008 Círculo Bellas Artes, Tenerife (Canary Islands, SP). Si estás cerca de mi (If you are close to me)
2006 Fundación Telefónica, Barcelona (SP). Se Mi Sei Vicino (If you are close to me)
2006 Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/TBA, Amsterdam (NL). 5 Days Off
2006 COAL Architectural Institute of León, León (SP). Emotional Skins
2005 Nadine (XmedK), invited by Code31, Brussels (BE). Wooing Disruption, with sound artist Elpueblodechina
2005 Live Cinema. reSort off tour, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Bosch, Den Haag, Nijmegen (NL). Wooing Disruption, with sound artist Elpueblodechina, [tour with Gert Jan Prins and Rob Flint]
2005 Galerij Erasmus, Rotterdam (NL). GATC/life. Virtual Reality art project
2005 I-Space. Erasmus MC, Rotterdam (NL). Opening of the I-Space, with sound artist Edwin van der Heide
2003 Metrònom. Rafael Tous Contemporary Art Foundation, Barcelona (SP). e_motive, with Kònic thtr, Barcelona (SP)
2001 CCCB Contemporary Cultural Center, Barcelona (SP). eme3Density. 2° Architectural Market, with Su-Studio, Barcelona (SP)


GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2009 Al-bunduqiyya Collection, Corte dell'Orso, Venice (IT), commissioned by Al-bunduqiyya, Venice (IT)
2008 Perception of Space, Ahoy, Rotterdam (NL)
2008 MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (TW). Taipei Digital Art Festival
2008 Estúdio da Bomba Suicida, Lisbon (PT). NIP: New Interfaces for Performance Artists in Residence, with Laetitia Morais and Andre Goncalves
2008 UM, Experimental & Mixed Media, Lisbon (PT)
2008 Art Rock Festival, Pavillon des Arts Numériques, Musée de Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Brieuc (FR)
2008 National Art Center, Tokyo (JP). Japan Media Arts Festival
2007 La scène dans tout ses états. [ars]numerica, Montbéliard (FR)
2007 Florence Biennale. Mondi paralleli. Ars Electronica - Hybrid Moments, Fortezza da Basso, Florence (IT)
2007 STRP Festival, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven (NL)
2007 CYNETart_07encounter, Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau, Dresden (GE)
2007 eArts Festival. Ars Electronica. Digital Art and Magic Moments, Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai (CH)
2007 Sonic Scope, Estúdio da Bomba Suicida, Lisbon (PT). NIP: New Interfaces for Performance, with sound artist Tom Bugs
2007 Restart, Lisbon (PT). NIP: New Interfaces for Performance workshop, lead artists: Christina Kubisch and Lotta Melin
2007 Ars Electronica Festival. Cyberarts Exhibition, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (AT)
2007 Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon (KR). Daejeon FAST: Mosaic City
2007 Netherlands Media Art Institute. Montevideo TBA, Amsterdam (NL), (in)visible sound. Montevideo collection
2007 Haut les Pays-Bas! 50 ans Institut Néerlandais, Le Cargö, Caen (FR)
2006 Tesla, Berlin (GE). WORM Live Cinema 01, with sound artist Elpueblodechina
2006 XI Split Film Festival, Split (HR)
2006 Netherlands Media Art Institute. Montevideo/TBA, Amsterdam (NL). Vakmanschap = Meesterschap
2006 Sonic Acts XI - The Anthology of Computer Art, Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL). WORM Live Cinema 01, with sound artist Elpueblodechina
2006 CBK, Rotterdam (NL). WORM Live Cinema 01, with sound artist Elpueblodechina
2005 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (NL). Open Ateliers
2005 V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam (NL). Splendid Immersion (2° Int. Arch. Biennale Rotterdam)
2004 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (NL). (NOT) Open Ateliers
2004 Web3D Symposium, Monterey, California (USA)
2004 Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent (BE), Communectivity Workshop, lead artists: Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Amy Franceschini
2003 Educatorium De Uithof, Utrecht (NL). Level Up: Gamescape
2003 De Witte Ruimte, Den Haag (NL). De inhoud van Illusie
2003 1° International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Mirta Demare International Visual Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
2003 DEAF03 Dutch Electronic Art Festival. Data Knitting workshop, V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam (NL), lead artists: Amy Franceschini and Guy van Belle
2002 MediaLab. Conde Duque Cultural Center, Madrid (SP). Hybrid Space. Virtual Architecture
2002 ArchiLab. 4th International Architectural Conference, Orléans (FR), with Cloud 9, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Art Futura. Collective Art, CCCB Contemporary Cultural Center, Barcelona (SP), with Su-Studio, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Video Dance VIII International Festival, Santa Monica Art Center, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Biennale of Miami. e-competition 'Possible Futures', Miami, Florida (USA), with Su-Studio, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Galerie éof, Paris (FR). prs082001 [org] + éof, with Su-Studio, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Betaville, Paris (FR). immersion + interaction, with Su-Studio, Barcelona (SP)
2001 VideA Festival 2001, Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona (SP), with Su-Studio, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Sónar Festival. Advanced Music and Multimedia Art, Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA), Barcelona (SP), with Su-Studio, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Hangar, Barcelona (SP). Made in Hangar. Art Report Experience
2000 IMAGE. Festival of Architecture in Video, Florence (IT), with architect Luigi Centola
1999 New Italian Blood traveling exhibition, Copenhagen (DK), Venice, Florence (IT), with architect Luigi Centola
1999 Biennale of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean Countries, Mattatoio di Testaccio, Rome (IT), with architect Luigi Centola


COLLECTIONS / DISTRIBUTIONS
Since 2009 Al-bunduqiyya Collection, Venice (IT)
Since 2007 Ars Electronica Center, Linz (AT)
Since 2007 Netherlands Media Art Institute. Montevideo/TBA, Amsterdam (NL)


TEACHING / PROJECTS TUTOR
2009 Academy Minerva, School for Fine Art & Design, Groningen (NL). Advisor
2008 Frank Mohr Institute, IME Interactive Media Environment Department, Groningen (NL). Semester tutor
2007 Frank Mohr Institute, IME Interactive Media Environment Department, Groningen (NL). Semester tutor
2006 Frank Mohr Institute, IME Interactive Media Environment Department, Groningen (NL). Advisor and external Juror
2003 Piet Zwart Institute. Willem de Kooning Academy, MA Media Design, Rotterdam (NL). Advisor
2002 Pompeu Fabra University. IUA Audiovisual Institute, MA in Digital Arts, Barcelona (SP). Assistant teacher


LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
2008 MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (TW). Artist talk
2008 UM, Experimental & Mixed Media, Lisbon (PT). Extended bodies within Mixed Reality Spaces and Places, a conversation with Professor Paul Sermon
2008 Milano in Digitale III, Palazzo Affari ai Giureconsulti, Milan (IT). Koi-nét: Beyond new media art
2008 net.culture.space, Vienna (AT). The sociopolitical relevance of digital art
2008 Award-winners Symposia. Japan Media Arts Festival, National Art Center, Tokyo (JP)
2007 Wisdom Forum. Wisdom of Crowds, Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai (CH)
2007 Art, Technology, and Life, Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai (CH)
2007 Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon (KR). Daejeon FAST: Mosaic City
2007 New Interfaces for Performance (NIP), Watershed, Bristol (UK). The Body as the Interface
2006 V2_Test_Lab: Immersive Mixed Reality Environments, I-Space, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam (NL)
2006 COAL Architectural Institute of León, León (SP). Emotional Skins
2005 Splendid Immersion seminar, V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam (NL)
2004 FoAM Lab, Brussels (BE). Performance Space Expression
2004 La Sapienza University. School of Architecture, Rome (IT). Real-time in digital space
2004 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (NL). Digital Art
2004 European University of Madrid, Madrid (SP). Theory of real-time environments
2004 Polytechnic University of Madrid. School of Architecture, Madrid (SP). Virtual Space
2003 Piet Zwart Institute. Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (NL). Theory of real-time environments
2003 Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Ivrea (IT). Design has to push the existing boundaries
2002 Pompeu Fabra University. IUA Audiovisual Institute, Barcelona (SP). Digital architecture, with mitj.a collective, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Art Futura. Collective Art, CCCB Contemporary Cultural Center, Barcelona (SP), with mitj.a collective, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Pompeu Fabra University. IUA Audiovisual Institute, Barcelona (SP). Digital and Interactivated Spaces
2000 Venice Architecture Biennale, Giardini di Castello, Venice (IT). To experiment the New, curated by Livio Sacchi, with architect Luigi Centola


ACADEMIC / RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS
2009 Prix Ars Electronica: Hybrid Art 2009, Linz (AT). Jury member
2008 Prix Ars Electronica: Interactive Art 2008, Linz (AT). Jury member
2001 Pompeu Fabra University. IUA Audiovisual Institute, Barcelona (SP). mitj.a collective
2001 Video Dance VIII Festival, Barcelona (SP). Motion Capture and Synthetic Environment Laboratory
2001 Europrix. Europe’s Best in Multimedia, Salzburg (AT). Student’s Award Juror


PROJECTS / COMMISSIONS
2009 Al Koumia. The complete Italian Female, created for Al-bunduqiyya Collection, curated by Cecilia Tirelli, Venice (IT)
2007 NIP: New Interfaces for Performance, European workshop and tour, Watershed, Bristol (UK), STEIM, Amsterdam (NL), Restart, Lisbon (PT), commissioned by Polar Produce, Bristol (UK)
2006 Nou_ID. Electronic Interactive Opera (digital environments), commissioned by Kònic thtr, Barcelona (SP), for NEO Festival (New Open Scenes), Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona (SP)
2005 Wooing Disruption, commissioned by WORM, Rotterdam, for Live Cinema. reSort off tour (NL), with sound artist Elpueblodechina, with DVD publication
2005 GATC/life, commissioned by V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media + Erasmus MC, Rotterdam (NL), for the Opening of the I-Space, Rotterdam (NL), with sound artist Edwin van der Heide
2004 PlaylistNetwork (VRML interface), commissioned by exStream artist in residence, V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam (NL)
2003 e_motive (digital environments concept), commissioned by Kònic thtr, Barcelona (SP)
2002 Pavillon de la Biodiversitè (video installation), commissioned by Cloud 9, Barcelona (SP), for ArchiLab, Orléans (FR)
2002 Verticalgarden. Transportable Architecture, commissioned by Cloud 9, Barcelona (SP)


GRANTS
2009 Contribution to working budget, Visual Arts, Fonds BKVB: the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 Basic stipend, Visual Art, Fonds BKVB: the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (NL)
2000 Fellowship for Postgraduate Studies in foreign countries, ‘Federico II’ University, Naples (IT)


RECOGNITIONS
2007 Selection, SIGGRAPH 2007 Art Gallery: Global Eyes, San Diego, California (USA)
2004 Selection, 1° Conference on Fractal Foundation. Architecture and Environmental Design, Madrid (SP)
2003 Finalist, Fulbright Research Prize, Italian Fulbright Commission, Rome (IT)
1999 Selection, Concert Hall Sarajevo International Architecture competition, Rome (IT)/Sarajevo (HR), with architect Luigi Centola
1998 Selection, New Center EUR Rome International Architecture competition, Rome (IT), with architect Luigi Centola


ART DIRECTION
2005 Perambulacão. Urban Performance Art Event (2IABR), Rotterdam (NL)/São Paulo (BR), with curator Mirta Demare
2001 Media House Project seminars, Metápolis Research Program, Barcelona (SP) and MIT Media Lab, Boston (USA)
2001 Eix.D exhibition. Art Futura Collective Art, CCCB Contemporary Cultural Center, Barcelona (SP)
2001 Acting in Real-time (five days workshop), Pompeu Fabra University. IUA Audiovisual Institute, Barcelona (SP), with mitj.a collective, Barcelona (SP)
1999 Los Angeles Bigfoot exhibition, Italian Fulbright Commission and American Academy in Rome, Rome (IT), with architect Luigi Centola


PUBLICATIONS
2009 I can't say the word relationship, in «Findings on elasticity: international arts and sciences publication», Pars Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
2009 NIB.com Special Guest. Design & Art, in «newitalianblood» August, Rome (IT)
2007 Die Welt als virtuelles Environment, ed. by Johannes Birringer, Thomas Dumke, Klaus Nicolai, TMA Hellerau, Dresden (GE)
2007 The Body as Interface: Emotional Skin. Performance-Space expression, in «IA&B» November, Mumbai (IN)
2007 DVD 3. Installations 1995-2006 (compilation), Netherlands Media Art Institute. Montevideo/TBA, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 Sonia Cillari. Emotional Skin, interview by Moniek Toebosch, Rijksakademie Doc 04 (with DVD), Amsterdam (NL)
2006 Interview with Sonia Cillari, interview by Alfredo Puente, «Archfarm» issue n.8, Madrid (SP)
2006 WORM Live Cinema 01 DVD (compilation), WORM, Rotterdam (NL)
2003 Interactivated Spaces, article by Bert Bongers, in «l’Arca» n. 182, Milan (IT)
2003 Movement before Space, in «newitalianblood» June, Rome (IT)
2002 Box, Isola, Neutro, in «METALOCUS 09», Madrid (SP)
2001 Sonia Cillari. Special guest, award, in «newitalianblood.com» December, Rome (IT)


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Trans. 3rd Digital Art Festival Taipei, catalogue of the exhibition, Taipei (TW)
2009 Art numérique. Sommeil paradoxal, in «Le Pays» 30 March, Montbeliard (FR)
2008 Annet Dekker, Space is body centered. Interview with Sonia Cillari, NIMK news article, Amsterdam (NL)
2008 Annet Dekker, The flow in public space. Where architecture and interactive art encounter each other, NIMK news article, Amsterdam (NL)
2008 Japan Media Arts Festival award winning works, catalogue of the exhibition, Tokyo (JP)
2007 Gerfried Stocker, Maurizio Vanni, Mondi paralleli. Ars Electronica-Hybrid Moments, Carlo Cambi ed., Florence (IT)
2007 Stefania Garassini, Between nature and artifice, in «Domus» n. 909, special issue: Techno, Milan (IT)
2007 Lorella Scacco, Ars Electronica 2007. Goodbye Privacy, in «Arte e Critica» n. 52, Rome (IT)
2007 Lorella Scacco, Linz. Quattro domande a Sonia Cillari, in «Extrart» November, Rome (IT)
2007 Daejeon FAST: Mosaic City, catalogue of the exhibition, Daejeon (KR)
2007 Cyberarts 2007. Prix Ars Electronica 2007, catalogue of the exhibition, Linz (AT)
2007 Silvia Scaravaggi, Sonia Cillari. The Body as Interface, in «Digimag 26», Rome (IT)
2007 Kaisu Koski, Augmenting Theatre, University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design, Rovaniemi (FI)
2007 Marco Gasperetti, Ma quanto è sensuale la tavolozza elettronica, in «Corriere della Sera» 1 December, Milan (IT)
2006 XI Split Film Festival, catalogue of the exhibition, Split (HR)
2006 Andres Dejanon, ARCHFARM+Sonia Cillari, in «Digitarch» April, Madrid (SP)
2006 Raquel Paricio, Conscious Space, in «res-Qualia. Art, science and evolution of consciousness» April, Barcelona (SP)
2005 Ruairi Glynn, Sonia Cillari. Evolving models and interactive environments, in «Interactive Architecture dot Org» December, London (UK)
2004 Paolo Marzano, Necessary leaps to the Architecture of the interaction, in «Archilink» November, Milan (IT)
2002 Luigi Centola, I-(m)possible Architecture, in «l’Arca» n. 171, Milan (IT)
2002 Bert Bongers, Interactivating Spaces, symposium on Systems Research in the Arts, Baden-Baden (GE)
2002 Luigi Centola, New Idioms. Mutant Space, in «arcVision» n. 10, Rome (IT)
2002 Roberta Bosco/Stefano Caldana, Newitalianblood, in «Ciberp@is ARTE» January, Barcelona (SP)