Artiste chiffonnière
À propos
Tilla Giro est artiste performeuse et plasticienne. Après avoir obtenu un LL.M. en droit international des droits humains à l'Europa-Institut de Sarrebruck, en Allemagne, elle a étudié les beaux-arts à la Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar et développé une pratique artistique qui allie engagement social et réflexion sur la mémoire collective, en particulier dans l'espace public.
Elle développe un travail à la frontière du documentaire et de la fiction poétique, à partir de collectes d’objets et de récits lors de recherches in situ. Ses projets prennent souvent la forme de contre-monuments et d’interventions dans l’espace public, visant à faire dialoguer la mémoire des lieux avec les parcours individuels des habitant·e·s, afin de créer des espaces hybrides entre imaginaire et quotidien.
Elle est actuellement artiste en résidence à Mains d'Œuvres (Saint-Ouen, France) et a participé à plusieurs programmes de résidence, notamment avec Cirkus Kolektiv (Split, Croatie) et Landworks dans le cadre du Nouveau Grand Tour de l'Institut français (Argentiera, Sardaigne). Son travail a été présenté lors d'expositions, de performances et de publications à Curva Pura (Rome, Italie), au Musée Ludwig (Budapest, Hongrie), à la Saarländische Galerie (Berlin, Allemagne), au site UNESCO de Völklinger Hütte (Völklingen, Allemagne) et à la Fondazione Tufano (Milan, Italie).
About
Tilla Giro is a performance and visual artist. After obtaining an LL.M. in International Human Rights Law from the Europa-Institut in Saarbrücken, Germany, she studied fine arts at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar and developed an artistic practice that combines social engagement with reflection on collective memory, particularly in public spaces.
She creates work at the intersection of documentary and poetic fiction, drawing on objects and narratives collected during site-specific research.
Her projects often take the form of counter-monuments and interventions in public spaces, aiming to create a dialogue between the memory of places and the individual experiences of their inhabitants, in order to generate hybrid spaces between the imaginary and the everyday.
She is currently an artist-in-residence at Mains d'Œuvres (Saint-Ouen, France) and has participated in several residency programs, notably with Cirkus Kolektiv (Split, Croatia) and Landworks as part of the Nouveau Grand Tour of the Institut français (Argentiera, Sardinia). Her work has been presented in exhibitions, performances, and publications at Curva Pura (Rome, Italy), the Ludwig Museum (Budapest, Hungary), the Saarländische Galerie (Berlin, Germany), the Völklinger Hütte UNESCO Site (Völklingen, Germany), and the Fondazione Tufano (Milan, Italy).
EDUCATION
2020 - 2025
Fine Arts studies (Freie Kunst)
HBK-Saar Saarbrücken and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano
2018 -2020 LL.M International Human Rights Law
2014-2017 Bachelor French and German Law
RESIDENCIES
September 2025 - today - Residency at Mains d'Oeuvres, St Ouen, France
March 2025 - Outdoor Art Research Lab Residency Cirkus Kolektiv, Split, Croatia
Nov - Dec 2024 - Nouveau Grand Tour from Institut Français at Landworks, Argentiera, Sardinia, Italy
April - June 2024 - Résidence 13, Centre Paris Anim' Poterne des Peupliers, Fédération de Paris, Paris
Oct. 2023 - Scuola Nomade di Belle Arti, Casa degli Artisti e diverse sedie, Milano, Italy
Sept. 2023 - Residency at Terzo Paesaggio, Rivolta d'Adda e Milano, Italy
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
April 2026
group exhibition, PICCOLO TEMPO (poca o tanta fatica per nulla)
Fondazione Tufano, Milano, IT
November 2025
Performance Probuditi uspomene, Split Calling Festival 2025, Split, HR
August - October 2025
Angry Textiles, group exhibition, Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte und HBK-Saar, Völklingen, DE
Juin 2025
Espace en mutation, group exhibition, Les Beaumonts, Tours, FR
January 2025
Simposio sulla Stupidita della Filosofia, a cura di Pasquale Polidori e Michela Becchis, Curva Pura, Roma, IT
June 2024
Performative stroll "À la dérive sur la Bièvre enfouie"
Centre Paris Anim' Poterne des Peupliers et 13 Infuz', Paris, FR
May 2024
Collective Performance "Unexpected Visitors", Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU
March 2024
Obsessiv Ausstellung, sound installation and performance, Saarlandische Galerie, Berlin, DE
February 2024
Obsessiv Ausstellung, sound installation and performance, Galerie des HBK-Saar, Saarbrücken
October 2023
Performance Prova d’Orchestra n°1, collettive Cordata Libera,
Festival Trasformazioni, Castello di Vigevano, Vigevano, IT
September 2023
Collective performance Atti Performativi Pacifici,
Art Director Diletta Brancatelli
Piazza del Castello, Milano, IT
July / Sep. 2023
Dance performance, Connecting Bodies, with Ariella Vidach AiEP
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, IT
July 2023
Group exhibition, Neutralität, Ludwigstr60, Saarbrücken, DE
June / Sep. 2021
Group exhibition, Best Of, Arrival Room, Saarbrücken, DE
Group exhibition, Laissez couler les noeuds, Villa 66, Saarbrücken, DE
PUBLICATIONS
October 2025,
Šušur, publication presented in the frame of the Outdoor Art Lab Residency 2025, Cirkus Kolektiv, Split, Croatia
December 2024,
Scampoli di storie, publication presented in the frame of the Nouveau Grand Tour, Landworks, Sardinia
June 2024
I re non toccano le porte, publication curated by Ermanno Cristini e Giancarlo Norese, Casa Scaglioni, Castelponzone, Italy
June 2024
À la dérive sur la Bièvre enfouie, publication presented in the frame of the performative stroll, Centre Paris Anim' Poterne des Peupliers, Paris. This publication accompanies the podcast project that has widened the riverbed by harvesting acqueous memories.
Listen to it here: Podcast - Récits de cours d'eau
July 2023
Article and visual, Vulnerabilità del cemento armato,
Rivista Maaterials | Cemento, N. 7
PRICES
February 2024
Finalist of the Peter und Luise Hager-Preis, Germany
June 2023
Project "L'Intimita del vento" nominated for Human Landscape, Parco dell'Idroscalo, Milano