How many landscapes do we encounter through artistic practice? What epiphanies and unexpected encounters lie hidden behind a work of art? Together with Caterina Sbrana, we will traverse rocky terrains, uncultivated lands, and the “in-between spaces” where nature and culture, human and non-human converge, discovering lost geographies and new possibilities. This is a narrative of minimal explorations, of real and imaginary spaces, told through the voice of an artist who has made the landscape a recurring theme in her research.All of this comes together in The River of Stones and Other Landscapes by and featuring Caterina Sbrana, for Molina Mon Amour’s new 2025 series, Art at Teatime. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 2nd at 5:00 PM at the Magazzino di Antonio (Piazza Martiri della Romagna 26, Molina di Quosa). Tea and biscuits will be served. Free admission.
Artist Biography: Caterina Sbrana (b. Pisa, 1977), following her classical studies, graduated in Painting and Visual Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. Drawing and ceramics are her mediums of choice, through which she investigates geographical imagination, liminal spaces, and the relationship between humanity and nature. The collection of traces, residues, and textures, along with a direct engagement with the landscape, lies at the core of her work. In 2009, alongside Gabriele Mallegni, she co-founded Studio17, a multidisciplinary space dedicated to visual arts and design. She collaborates with contemporary art institutions and galleries both in Italy and abroad, developing workshops and art projects for museums and schools.Recent exhibitions include: A memoria di forma (2025), curated by Pietro Gaglianò, Gypsotheque of Ancient Art at the University of Pisa; Concours International de céramique de Carouge (2024), Musée de Carouge, Carouge (CH); Premio Midec (2024), Midec, Laveno Mombello; Santissime, Galerie du Génie de la Bastille, Paris; Preziose Miniature (2024), curated by Stefania Balestri, Historical Archives of Palermo; Urpflanze des Mittelmeers (2024), curated by Anna Guillot, Sul contemporaneo, Catania; Vis à Vis (2023), international artist residency, Molise; Il respiro della terra, curated by Gaia Bindi, Accademia dei Georgofili, Florence (2023); Fuoriporta (2023), curated by Ilaria Mariotti; and Eco-esistenze: forme del naturale e dell’artificiale (2022), IED Florence in collaboration with Palazzo Strozzi, curated by Daria Filardo, Martino Margheri, and the MA Curatorial Practice IED.