Lara Dâmaso

Exercise in Facelessness (Public), 2025, Burn The Diaries, Read Them Out Loud, Kunsthalle Wien
photo © Paola Lesslhumer

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5.6 - 19.10 group exhibition + performance kunsthalle wien
17.7 performance nextones
30.8 - 30.11 biennale son
31.8 - 28.9 group exhibition froh ussicht
tba solo exhibition kunstmuseum magdeburg

Lara Dâmaso is a Milan/Zurich-based artist. Her work spans ephemeral and permanent forms, taking shape through the mediums of performance, sound, video, sewing, sculpture, photography and text. Lara’s practice focuses on the sensitive and vibratory dialogue between humans and the space they inhabit. She delves into the interconnectedness of the tangible and intangible, exploring the direct relationship between the movement of the voice and that of the body. This connection aims to establish a direct and emotional form of communication. Her approach is based on the concept of listening as total presence, essential to activating such a dialogue. Transformation, the plurality of the self, fluidity and interdependence, as consequences of this exchange, lie at the very core of her creative process.

After several years‘ intensive training in ballet and contemporary dance, Lara Dâmaso attended the Leipzig Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst where she studied art and media and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

Her work has been presented in a variety of institutions and festivals, including Kunsthalle Wien, Movement Festival, Eaton Hong Kong, Atonal Berlin, Basel Social Club, Triennale, Milano, We travel to know our own geography - Terraforma x Kuboraum (60th Venice art Biennial), theater DeSingel, Centre Pompidou Paris, Tanzquartier Wien, Gessnerallee theatre, Zurich, Krone Couronne Biel/Bienne, Istituto Svizzero Milan, Kunsthalle Bern, MASI Lugano, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Centre d‘Art Contemporain Geneva, Kunsthalle Zurich, Cabaret Voltaire Zurich. From 2022-2024 Lara Dâmaso co-curated the Lausanne Les Urbaines festival.

Essays, reviews, interviews, publications, etc.

Mulieris Magazine (Interview)

Gucci Prospettive 3 - Italiane Ancora (Featuring)

Canzonieri with Lord Spikeheart and Lara Dâmaso, Berlin Atonal, 2024

Sleek Magazine (interview)

The Brvtalist (Review)

King Kong Magazine, EXPERIENCE JOURNAL: VOLUME 1 ON ITALY(Double page contribution)

Muzeum Susch Magazine (Essay)

Gravity and Grace, MOVE , centre pompidou, Paris, 2023

Zérodeux magazine(review)

Les Inrocks (review)

Another Map to Nevada, Biel/BienneAnother Map to Nevada Biel/Bienne,

The performance Agency in collaboration with Krone Couronne, 2023