Tatiana Cardellicchio - Gravity of Grace

In Gravity of Grace, a suspended orchid exerts an invisible force on the body. The figure gathers beneath the flower, while the fabric repeats its shapes and color, transforming it into a second bloom. The work explores the hidden weight of grace: what appears fragile and delicate can attract, bend, and impose its presence. THE SERIES The work belongs to the series “Dittatura dei petali – The Aesthetic Regime,” an autobiographical and conceptual photographic project by Tatiana Cardellicchio. In the series, flowers, traditionally associated with grace, femininity, and decoration, become devices of control. Through carefully constructed self-portraits, the artist investigates the pressure exercised on the female body by aesthetic ideals and the constant demand to monitor, correct, and shape one’s image. The project explores the tension between imposed identity and image, seduction and coercion, intimacy and spectacle, conformity and resistance. The face is often hidden or replaced by flowers: beauty thus ceases to be a simple ornament and takes the form of a regime. TECHNICAL INFORMATION Digital photography, printed and signed in 2026. Giclée fine art print realized on 270 g/m² premium satin paper with Epson UltraChrome HD pigment inks, chosen for color intensity, tonal depth, and long-term archival stability. Overall print dimensions: 30 × 45 cm Edition limited to 20 copies in this format. Each copy is hand-signed and numbered on the back. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, stamped and hand-signed by the artist, attesting provenance and belonging to the stated edition. IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFORMATION The print is sold unframed and without a passe-partout. To ensure protection during transit, it is carefully rolled and shipped inside a rigid tube. Consequently, the print will not be delivered flat. Any ambient or framed images are for illustrative purposes only. For the actual dimensions of the work, please refer to the measurements indicated in the description. Bio Tatiana Cardellicchio is an Italian visual artist and photographer whose gaze feeds on the light of Southern Italy, transformed into poetic matter. Her research investigates the relationship between body, identity, nature, and gaze, focusing on how identity is shaped, masked, and negotiated through aesthetic codes. Diploma in Photography from the Italian Institute of Photography, she builds narratives suspended between aesthetics and awareness. Through self-portraiture and constructed scenes, she uses the body as subject and material, turning photography into a space of inquiry rather than mere representation. Her work explores the tension between beauty and power, ornament and resistance, surface and depth. Flowers, fabrics, light, and symbolic objects recur as visual devices that appear decorative but reveal mechanisms of control, visibility, and transformation. Her images invite slowness, listening, and attention, questioning how bodies are seen, inhabited, and understood. In 2025 she was named Floral Artist of the Year 2025, with publication by Artist of the Year Award, and she received the IPFA Award 2025 – Awarded Solo Exhibition, with a solo show in Brazil in 2026. In 2026 she also won First Prize at the Motif Collective Photo Contest – Reflection. In 2024 she received the Silver Medal at the Prix de la Photographie Paris in the Portrait/Self-Portrait category for the project Impatto. Her works have been shown in international contexts, including ImageNation Paris, London, and New York, as well as in festivals, galleries, and museums such as Paratissima, the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Medina Roma, and the Christos Kapralos Museum in Greece. Her practice defines a coherent and recognizable poetics, moving between self-representation, emotional ecology, and aesthetic identity. Selected Exhibitions 2026 101 ArtBook: Photography Edition, Arts to Hearts Project; Featured Interview Floral Artists of the Year 2025, publication by Artist of the Year Award IPFA Award 2025 Home-s, Christos Kapralos Museum, Greece 2025 * Imagenation London, London, UK * Endless Spring, Paratissima, Turin, Italy * I Am – Io Sono. Photography and Feminine Identity, National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome, Italy * Impatto (solo exhibition), LAB Ex Macello, Taranto, Italy 2024 * Imagination, One Art Space Gallery, Tribeca, New York, USA * Naked – Part of You, Medina Gallery, Rome, Italy * Nuovi Corpi. Silent Dialogues Between Body and Nature, Rome, Italy * Selvino Art Fest, Selvino, Italy 2023 * Free Bodies, Imagenation Paris, Galerie Joseph Le Palais, Paris, France * Impatto (solo exhibition), Porto Cesareo Film Festival, Italy 2022 * New Eyes, Imagenation Milan, Fondazione Luciana Matalon, Milan, Italy Awards & Recognitions * Honorable Mention, Best Photography Awards, 2025 * Silver Medal, Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3), Portrait / Self-Portrait Category, 2024 * BESTSELECTED Vol. 7, Series Winner, 2024 * Finalist, Autoportrait Photography Prize, 2025 * Official Selection, Trieste Photo Days, 2025

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