Lara Favaretto

Place: Treviso

Born: 1973

Biography:

Lara Favaretto is an Italian artist born in 1973 in Treviso, Italy. She lives and works in Turin, Italy. Favaretto is known for her paintings, installations and research based sculptural works. She has staged interventions that she calls 'momentary monuments', drawing attention to the futility and impermanence of monuments and libraries. Favaretto has presented her work in numerous exhibitions, including the Biennale of Sydney in 2008, the Venice Biennale in 2005, 2011, and 2019, and the dOCUMENTA13 in 2012. She has received several awards, including the Querini Stampalia Prize for Young Italian Artists in 2011 and the 40th GNMH AWARD. Favaretto's work is in the collections of several museums, including the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, the Metropolitan Art Society (MAS), the Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo in Rome, Italy, and the Collezione Maramotti.