Born in 1980 in Novara, Italy.
Resides and works in Milan, Italy.
EDUCATION
2001-2006
BA in Literature and Philosophy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
2010-2011
Advanced Painting Course, NABA Accademy, Milan, Italy
2012- 2013
Advanced Course in Painting Techniques, Scuola Superiore d’Arte Applicata del Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy
2015-2016
Advanced Experimental Painting Course, NABA Accademy, Milan, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Realtà sospese, Galleria Borgo Arte at the 'Le scuderie exhibition room', Park Hotel Italia, Verbania, Italy
2016
Paesaggi Umani. Con Giovanni Colombo, Carlo Ferreri, Lorenzo Pietrogrande e Chiara Smirne. (Four solo exhibitions). Spazio Natta, Como, Italy
2014
Città aperta - Stadtlandschaften, Galerie Kuhn & Partner, Berlin, Germany
2013
Apparizioni e assenze, Galleria Cortina, Milan, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
3rd Annual Cityscapes Art Exhibition, Exhibition Finalists, Fusion.Art, Online Exhibition
2016
Premio Marchionni 2016, Premio Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Museo Magma, Villacidro, Italy
2015
Premio Gambino 2015, Exhibition of the thirty finalist works, Chiostro Madonna dell'Orto, Venice, Italy
2015
Banlieue, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy
2014
Vibrazione della materia, Atelier M.K. in Blu, Milan, Italy
2014
DAMprize 2014. Exhibition of the thirty-finalist works, Galleria DAMarte, Magenta, Italy
2013
Fragments, Amy-d Arte Spazio, Milan, Italy
2013
Quarta Biennale d'Arte di Lodi, Spazio Bipielle Arte, Lodi, Italy
2013
New Code, Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy
2013
Esposizione selezione Musae 2013, Spazio Klien, Trento, Italy
2013
The Story of the Creative, New York, Angel Orensanz Foundation, Virtual Exhibition, New York, USA
2012
Artgallery prize III edizione, Galleria Campary , Milan, Italy
2012
Affinità e Contrasti, Scoletta di San Giovanni Battista, Venice, Italy
2011
Ma... Donne, Casa Internazionale delle donne, Rome, Italy
2011
Trace_becoming art,, Studio28, Milan, Italy
2011
Artprize 2011,Galleria Domus Talenti, Rome, Italy
2011
AC/BC Contemporary Contest in Berlin, Galerie Marzia Frozen, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED AWARDS
2018
Finalist at the 3rd Annual Cityscapes Art Exhibition 2018, Online International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, FusionArt, New Mexico (NM)
2016
Finalist at the Premio Arte Marchionni 2016, Museo Magnma, Sardinia, Italy
2015
Finalist at the Premio Gambino 2015 and winner of the Galleria Luce Prize, Venice, Italy
2014
Finalist at the International Contemporary Art Contest DAMprize 2014, Magenta, Italy
2014
Honorable mention in Painting Section at the Artistic Contest Banlieue, promoted by Associazione Artgallery and the Institut Français, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy
2013
Selected to exhibit in screen at Saatchi Gallery in London (work: Clinic), Virtual Exhibition
2013
Selected to exhibit at The Story of the Creative, See.me (Artists Wanted), Virtual International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, New York, USA.
2012
Finalist at the Premio Artgallery 3rd Edition and winner of the Special Selection Award, chosen by Galleria Cortina in Milan: a solo exhibition at Galleria Cortina, Milan, Italy
2011
Finalist in the International Contemporary Art Contest Artprize 2011 and winner of the Special Jury Prize (critic Alfredo Maria Barbagallo), Galleria Domus Talenti, Rome, Italy
SELECTED PRESS
2024
Emma Hapner, "Chiara Smirne: An Inner World" in "Visionary Art Collective", (interview), at Chiara Smirne: An Inner World — Visionary Art Collective, 2024.
2023
Exibart, "Realtà sospese", (press release), at Realtà sospese - exibart.com, 2023
2014
Caterina Stinghetta, "Chiara Smirne - Città aperta" in "The Art Post Blog", (press release), at Chiara Smirne - Citta' Aperta | The Art Post Blog, 05/06/214
2014
Caterina Stringhetta, "L'inconscio, Chiara Smirne" in "The Art Post Blog", (featured), at L'inconscio Chiara Smirne | The Art Post Blog, 16/04/2014
2013
Artribune, "Chiara Smirne - Apparizioni e assenze", (press release), at Chiara Smirne - Apparizioni e assenze | Artribune, maggio 2013
COLLECTIONS
Chiara Smirne is collected by various private collectors in Germany, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Japan.