Benedetta Panisson (1980, Venice) is a visual artist working with film photography, video, and performance, interweaving art practice with academic research. Her research focuses on relations between bodies, sea and island scapes, and how these relations produce a proliferation of erotic imaginaries. As islander herself, she approaches insular communities, intimacies, and sensual practices. She is engaged in a PhD research at Durham University, among visual and queer studies, focused on photography of human and animal sexualities in waterscapes, after a BA in History of Arts at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, and a MA in Performing Arts at Brera Academy. She has exhibited in international museums, galleries and institutions. In Italy she is represented by OPR Gallery, Milan. Among her participations and academic collaborations: Onassis Cultural Centre (Athens), TEA, Museum of Contemporary Art of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), OPR Gallery (Milano), Contingent Movements Archive (Maldives Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale), Cambridge University, Antennae Journal, Bevilacqua la Masa Foundation (Venice), Royal College of Art (London), International Prize for Performance (Marina Abramovic/Centrale di Fies), Der Greif, Frieze Art/Paul Smith (London), Galleria Riccardo Crespi (Milan), UNESCO/COAL Prix (Paris), Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Centre International des Récollets, Furla Art Award, Project Space Berlin, Milano-Bicocca University, Centro Pecci, International Sarajevo Winter Festival, Istituto Veneto di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti (Venice), Ca’ Foscari University/European Centre for Living Technology, La Guarimba Film Festival (Italy), Fotofilmic (Canada), Care of (Milano), Phroom.

Benedetta Panisson will lead the workshop Queer Sea Marriage: Towards a Venice’s ecofeminist manifesto with Rete Arcipelago that will take place on Sunday 10th November at CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo. REGISTER HERE