Conceptual nominee

Every evening, all the clocks in the grand hall stop ticking, and their hands freeze to point to the same time, 23.17. It's at that moment that a fleeting instant stretches out in time and lingers in the background, silent, observing what will happen. It's at that moment that choosing becomes possible. You are faced with an indistinct multitude of memories, images, pieces of oneself swirling before your eyes. It's at that moment that choosing becomes necessary. Choosing not to lose everything but to save something, one thing, the one that comes closest to your soul. Choosing to embrace your uniqueness, nurture it, protect it, save it from oblivion.

Maria Chiara Piglione portrays fantastic and dreamy worlds in her artistic works. Dreams and fairytales are what inspires her. Her photos are made of sensations, memories, perfumes and her artistic work comes from the need to tell what she feels deep down, the emotions she experiences every day.
Nature is often central in her photographs, being the bond with nature very strong in her imaginary. Her works cannot be placed in a precise time, but in a timeless time. For the same reason they do not have the contrasts and vivid colors of photography, but pastel colors and textures that make them similar to paintings.

Maria Chiara Piglione graduated with full marks from the Polytechnic of Turin in 2006, subsequently obtaining the title of PhD in 2009. After working a few years in the field of chemical engineering she feels the need to stop her career as an engineer to devote herself full time to the world of photography. For five years she has been combining her work as a portraitist to the artistic production, which is becoming the focus of her work. She has exhibited her projects in Italy, in solo and group exhibitions.