Lea Culetto

Lea Culetto (b.1995, Slovenia) completed her postgraduate studies in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana in 2019. Culetto creates embroidery, clothing, assemblages, objects and installations through which she addresses feminist issues using humour and the aesthetics of kitsch. In her artistic practice, she examines the subtle ways of upbringing, social perceptions and expectations related to gender, and how these manifest in everyday life. She is particularly interested in the process of objectification of the female body in contemporary society, how it emphasizes the significance of appearance as a means to control the body. She lives and works in Slovenia.

EDUCATION

2019 MA Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia

2016 BA Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

Solo

2023 My Life is a Hairy Tale, Likovni salon, Centre for Contemporary Art, Celje, Slovenia

2022 Stitches, Gallery Kresija, Ljubljana Slovenija

2022 On the rag, Creative Centre Švicarija, MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Group

2023 Breathing with the world, Biennale Internazionale Donna, Trieste, Italy

2023 For your pleasure, Feminist Positions in Visual Art in and from Slovenia, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2023 Body and Territory, Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria

2022 Returning the Gaze, Cukrarna, Ljubljana, Slovenia

The residency is a part of the project SAIR supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

Date of residency: 01.02.2024 – 30.04.2024