He won the First Prize in “Le stanze dell'arte – Premio giovani artisti Genesi creativa” at the M.A.X. Museo di Chiasso (2020), and has exhibited in group exhibitions at Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich), Istituto Svizzero, Rome (2023), Bissone Arte 22 (2022), Spazio Fervida, Lugano (2024), and Castelgrande, Bellinzona (2025).
He won the First Prize in “Le stanze dell'arte – Premio giovani artisti Genesi creativa” at the M.A.X. Museo di Chiasso (2020), and has exhibited in group exhibitions at Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich), Istituto Svizzero, Rome (2023), Bissone Arte 22 (2022), Spazio Fervida, Lugano (2024), and Castelgrande, Bellinzona (2025).
2023
Screen print on jute, wool from Ticino, upcycled wood, metal rings, rope and zipper.
290 × 190 × 40 cm
Installation view: Bellinzona Castelgrande, Oltre la Pietra, Matazz
Screen print on jute, wool from Ticino, upcycled wood, metal rings, rope and zipper.
290 × 190 × 40 cm
Installation view: Bellinzona Castelgrande, Oltre la Pietra, Matazz
Bocion (symbiotic territory) takes inspiration from the use of large stones in the Valle Bavona — boulders carried by landslides or left by ancient glaciers, quietly adapted for shelter, storage, terraced gardens, or simple constructions.
These interventions, guided by necessity, integrate with the landscape without imposing upon it. The work reflects a way of inhabiting rooted in attention and coherence — where transformation occurs not through force, but through alignment with what already exists. Part of a rhizomatic constellation of materials, tools, and gestures, Bocion embodies a practice of care within constraint.
These interventions, guided by necessity, integrate with the landscape without imposing upon it. The work reflects a way of inhabiting rooted in attention and coherence — where transformation occurs not through force, but through alignment with what already exists. Part of a rhizomatic constellation of materials, tools, and gestures, Bocion embodies a practice of care within constraint.
View of the back of the sculpture, featuring an upcycled zipper through which the sculpture is filled.
Pictures: Valentina Poncioni