ARTIST STATEMENT
My work explores the intimate relationship between material, body, and emotion. Through weaving, wearables and sculpture, I investigate how fibers embody vulnerability, repair, and resilience.
Engaging with themes of identity, trauma, migration, imperfection, and the feminine body, I am deeply interested in how materials generate meaning. Through weaving and material experimentation, I explore how threads and seams become metaphors for scars, imperfection, and healing.
My practice is an act of care, where making reflects the resilience and complexity of human life, and where imperfection is embraced as beauty and difference as strength.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Chiara Vincenzi is a fashion designer, artist, and educator originally from Treviso, Italy, now based in the United States. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Her teaching and research explore the intersections of materiality, technology, and sustainability in fashion design. Vincenzi’s creative practice investigates the intimate relationship between material, body, and emotion through weaving and craft, emphasizing care, resilience, and the poetic potential of textiles.
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