Valentina Sciarra is born in Rome, Italy in 1983.

After her Master Degree in Law and many specialized courses in photography, she obtained her diploma in 2013 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome with a thesis Les espaces en friches (Engl. Wastelands) exploring such areas in urban space.

She currently lives and works between Rome and Sofia, where she also completed a Master degree in Sculpture at the National Academy of Art.

Her works in general are in-situ interventions that transition from photography to installation, from sculpture to sound.

Since 2016 she has carried out specific research on stone sculpture, in which the way of acting is not directed to shaping - molding - giving form to the stone, but the focus is to grow-thing or transfiguring the potentiality of the stone itself. The sculptures are a consequence simple and direct of the original shape or geological conformation of the stones.

Website: www.sciarravalentina.com

Valentina Sciarra
Photo: archive of the artist.

Madre Terra

2019, mural sculpture, onyx marble, 200 x 210 cm

Madre Terra is a wall sculpture built on a 90-degree angle, thanks to the specific geological conformation of the stone used (onyx marble). The main point of the work is the stratification of the stone, or the process by which surfaces are formed that divide sedimentary successions at various hierarchical levels.

Social stratification is a universal trait of human societies, which are organized in historical or structural overlapping of different phenomena. We can speak about the social stratification or the location of individuals or groups on different layers, subject to social evaluation and distinguished based on parameters. Finally, the linguistic stratification, the diachronic overlap in a language of linguistic elements of different origins, or the synchronic presence of several layers corresponding to different social levels. In all these cases we talk about the process of social stratification.

Madre Terra shows just a short shot/flash frame of our phase of evolution, an active rest, during which a maturation process is developed or a change is realized and perfected thanks to the process of stratification.