Maura Biava was born in Reggio Emila Italy in September 1970. She graduated at the Academy of Brera in Milan Italy in 1992. She study at the Rijksakademie in Am- sterdam The Netherlands in 1997-1999. As an interdisciplinary artist her work took her to several residencies, most recently she has been in residence at European Ceramic Work Center – Sunday Morning, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2008. At the American Academy in Roma, Italy 2010-11. Museum Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy, 2013. At the ISCP New York City, U.S.A. 2014. Le Maupas A.I.R. France, 2017.
Biava teaches ceramic sculpture at the BA in Fine Art at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, The Netherlands. At the moment she is conducting a re- search for the Academy that focuses on how might an artistic approach and sensi- bility help overcome the limitations of a 3D clay extrusion printers.
Biava has exhibited all over the world including: Chronos & Kairos, Museum Frid- ericianum, Kassel, Germany. Frame, Gertrude Contemporay Art Space, Melbourne, Australia. New York stories, ISCP, New York City, N.Y. US.A. . Cooling out, Kun- sthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland. Data Clay, Museum of Design, San Francisco, USA. In forma di ceramic MCZ, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, Italy. Di- ary, Cornerhouse, Manchester, Great Britain. Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Muse- um, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Flash, Baltic Center, Gateshead, Great Britain. Doride/Ultramarine, FOAM, Photo Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dalla cellula all’universo – dall’atomo al bit, Triennale Expo Gate, Milano, Italy. On the Edge of Vision, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India.
Recent solo show and presentations includes: Zero & Five, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Form Informed, book launch & exhibition of prints at Printed Matter, N.Y.C. U.S.A; Form Informed, sculptures & prints, in the de Quistvitrine at the Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands. Museo Zauli, Marco Tagliafierro, Faenza, Italy. Trinity, informing abstraction, Galle- ria Alessandro De March, Milan, Italy. Marta, Iride, Gwen, Doride, Poly & all the others that you don’t know yet, Maison Grégoire, Brussels. De Ruimte, Kunstfort centrum voor actuele kunst, Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands. Doride/Ultramarine, Maura Biava & Elspeth Diederix, Photo Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.