Daniela Beltrani (b. 1968, Rome, Italy) is a performance artist based in Singapore. She holds a Master of Arts in Contemporary Asian Art Histories from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. She holds 500-hour yoga instructor, sound practitioner and mindfulness teacher certificates. She is currently pursuing a diploma in Positive Psychology.
Since 2010 Daniela has led solo and group exhibitions and written articles for art publications and catalogues with a focus on contemporary art in Southeast Asia and performance art.
Early in 2011, sensing an all-too-often misleading gap between art theory and art practice, she embarked on an experiential journey in performance art to supplement her concurrent research, and she has not stopped since.
Since 2011 she has also organised performance art events, in Singapore and abroad, for local and international artists.
In June 2011, she set up S.P.A.M., a performance art platform.
She has presented over 80 performances, solo and in collaboration, in the Philippines, Singapore, Italy, Cambodia, Myanmar, Turkey, Indonesia, Finland, China, Malaysia, India and Mexico.
Daniela is not only a practising performance artist and organiser of performance art events, but she has also contributed essays and articles on different aspects of performance art.
She tries to stay focused on her intent to promote an experience of art that on one side is non-elitist and yet probing and on the other can offer opportunities for alternative and more visceral readings and reflections. Benefitting from a strong humanistic background, ultimately her efforts tend to encourage the audience of her performances into a more holistic experience of art as a means to cultivate their own individual aesthetic sense and to recover their humanity beyond the flimsy parameters of a decadent and accumulating-driven society.
Her holistic approach to performance art - as performer, spectator, amateur photographer and academician - allows her to fully explore the practice and its different aspects.
Her current research into Yoga enriches her performance art repertoire with works inspired by, created and performed with the application of selected yogic practices. More recently, she has expanded her research to include mindfulness and positive psychology.
http://danielabeltrani.weebly.com
Rofizano Zaino
Canvas Name: Rofi
Artist Statement
I am a self-taught painter. I enjoy painting faces and figures. But more than mere portraits, the subjects featured in my works are used as metaphors for personifying issues relating to identity, society, spirituality and socio-political affairs.
My works have been collected and featured in several shows internationally.
For more info, please visit www.rofizano.com
Since 2010 Daniela has led solo and group exhibitions and written articles for art publications and catalogues with a focus on contemporary art in Southeast Asia and performance art.
Early in 2011, sensing an all-too-often misleading gap between art theory and art practice, she embarked on an experiential journey in performance art to supplement her concurrent research, and she has not stopped since.
Since 2011 she has also organised performance art events, in Singapore and abroad, for local and international artists.
In June 2011, she set up S.P.A.M., a performance art platform.
She has presented over 80 performances, solo and in collaboration, in the Philippines, Singapore, Italy, Cambodia, Myanmar, Turkey, Indonesia, Finland, China, Malaysia, India and Mexico.
Daniela is not only a practising performance artist and organiser of performance art events, but she has also contributed essays and articles on different aspects of performance art.
She tries to stay focused on her intent to promote an experience of art that on one side is non-elitist and yet probing and on the other can offer opportunities for alternative and more visceral readings and reflections. Benefitting from a strong humanistic background, ultimately her efforts tend to encourage the audience of her performances into a more holistic experience of art as a means to cultivate their own individual aesthetic sense and to recover their humanity beyond the flimsy parameters of a decadent and accumulating-driven society.
Her holistic approach to performance art - as performer, spectator, amateur photographer and academician - allows her to fully explore the practice and its different aspects.
Her current research into Yoga enriches her performance art repertoire with works inspired by, created and performed with the application of selected yogic practices. More recently, she has expanded her research to include mindfulness and positive psychology.
http://danielabeltrani.weebly.com
Rofizano Zaino
Canvas Name: Rofi
Artist Statement
I am a self-taught painter. I enjoy painting faces and figures. But more than mere portraits, the subjects featured in my works are used as metaphors for personifying issues relating to identity, society, spirituality and socio-political affairs.
My works have been collected and featured in several shows internationally.
For more info, please visit www.rofizano.com