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Born in Bologna, Italy; lives and works in Berlin since 1989.
She graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and in 1993 she received the MFA at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin.

The multimedia work of Daniela Comani engages in a dialogue about history, gender, language, and identity. Using photography, text, and installation, she works with both manipulated and appropriated media images and the performance of self. Using gendering as an artistic strategy, Comani challenges stereotypes, history, identity, and the interpretation of language.

Her series are frequently published as artist books, and function as art pieces that she conceives and designs, often becoming an element within her installations. Her books have been published with Edition Patrick Frey, Archive Books, Revolver, Corraini Edizioni, Humboldt Books, Monroe Books, and Danilo Montanari, among others.

Comani's work is included in following public collections: Museum Folkwang, Essen; Kupferstichkabinett of the Berlin State Museums; UniCredit Art Collection, Milan; Farnesina Contemporary Art Collection, Rome; Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna; Museum Les Abattoirs, Toulouse; Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem; Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles; and Watson Library, The Met, New York City.



selected exhibitions

selected bibliography

grants and awards


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