b. 1979 in Lima, Peru / Lives and works in Lima, Peru.
The work of Damiani considers the conceptual significance of archives and the persistency with memory in a society fearful of forgetting. This has influenced her practice and research where she transforms found material into collages, sculptures, video and installations. As opposed to traditional archives with historical-linear narratives, the majority of her work disregards an order by suggesting possible mental relations. She utilises identifiable structures of traditional archives to activate recollections and reveal the potential to fragment and destabilise either memory as recorded, or history as written sequence of what has come to pass.
She earned an Architectural degree from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas UPC Lima, Peru, and went on to study Fine Art at Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes Corriente Alterna, in 2005. Damiani received an MA in Fine Art Practice from Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.
Damiani’s work has recently been exhibited at international institutions and biennials, including Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh / MUAC, Mexico City, Mexico / Gwangji Biennale, South Korea / Venice Biennale, Italy / Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico / Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden / Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, USA / Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
Damiani‘s work forms part of many prestigious art collections including MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A. / Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, U.S.A. and Paris, France / The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, Madrid, Spain / PAMM Perez Art Museum, Miami. U.S.A / The Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia.