Tatiana Cardellicchio - Bloomed Silence

In Bloomed Silence, a cascade of flowers traverses the body and erases the face, transforming silence into a visible presence. The intense colors and the sharp light contrast with the vulnerability of the figure: the flowering seduces, but at the same time occupies the space of identity and words. Beauty thus becomes a luminous and silent form of domination.

THE SERIES

The work belongs to the series “Dittatura dei petali – The Aesthetic Regime,” an autobiographical and conceptual photographic project by Tatiana Cardellicchio.

In the series, flowers — traditionally associated with grace, femininity and decoration — transform into devices of control. Through carefully constructed self-portraits, the artist investigates the pressure exerted on the female body by aesthetic ideals and the constant demand to surveil, correct and shape one’s image.

The project explores the tension between imposed identity and image, seduction and coercion, intimacy and spectacle, conformity and resistance. The face is often hidden or replaced by flowers: beauty thus ceases to be a simple ornament and takes the form of a regime.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Digital photography, printed and signed in 2026.

Giclée fine art print made on premium satin paper 270 g/m² with Epson UltraChrome HD pigment inks, chosen for chromatic intensity, tonal depth and high long-term stability.

Overall dimensions of the print: 30 × 40 cm

Limited edition of 20 copies in this format. Each copy is signed and hand-numbered on the back.

The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, stamped and hand-signed by the artist, certifying provenance and belonging to the stated edition.

IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFORMATION

The print is sold unframed and without a passe-partout.

To ensure protection during transport, it is carefully rolled and shipped inside a rigid tube. The print will not be delivered flat.

Any ambient or framed images are for illustrative purposes only. For the actual dimensions of the work, refer to the measurements indicated in the description.

Bio

Tatiana Cardellicchio is an Italian visual artist and photographer whose gaze draws on the light of Southern Italy, transformed into poetic matter. Her research investigates the relationship between body, identity, nature and gaze, focusing on how identity is shaped, masked and negotiated through aesthetic codes.

A graduate in Photography from the Italian Institute of Photography, she builds narratives suspended between aesthetics and awareness. Through self-portrait and constructed scenes, she uses the body as subject and material, turning photography into a space of inquiry rather than mere representation.

Her work explores the tension between beauty and power, ornament and resistance, surface and depth. Flowers, fabrics, light and symbolic objects recur as visual devices that appear decorative, but reveal mechanisms of control, visibility and transformation. Her images invite slowness, listening and attention, questioning how bodies are seen, inhabited and understood.

In 2025 she was named Floral Artist of the Year 2025, with publication by Artist of the Year Award, and she received the IPFA Award 2025 – Awarded Solo Exhibition, with a solo show in Brazil in 2026. In 2026 she also received the First Prize at the Motif Collective Photo Contest – Reflection. In 2024 she received the Silver Medal at the Prix de la Photographie Paris in the Portrait/Self-Portrait category for the project Impatto.

Her works have been exhibited internationally, including ImageNation Paris, London and New York, as well as in festivals, galleries and museums such as Paratissima, the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Medina Roma and the Christos Kapralos Museum in Greece. Her practice defines a coherent and recognizable poetics, moving between self-representation, emotional ecology and aesthetic identity.

Selected Exhibitions

2026

101 ArtBook: Photography Edition, Arts to Hearts Project; Featured Interview

Floral Artists of the Year 2025, publication by Artist of the Year Award

IPFA Award 2025

Home-s, Christos Kapralos Museum, Greece


2025
* Imagenation London, London, UK
* Endless Spring, Paratissima, Turin, Italy
* I Am – Io Sono. Photography and Feminine Identity, National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome, Italy
* Impatto (solo exhibition), LAB Ex Macello, Taranto, Italy
2024
* Imagination, One Art Space Gallery, Tribeca, New York, USA
* Naked – Part of You, Medina Gallery, Rome, Italy
* Nuovi Corpi. Silent Dialogues Between Body and Nature, Rome, Italy
* Selvino Art Fest, Selvino, Italy
2023
* Free Bodies, Imagenation Paris, Galerie Joseph Le Palais, Paris, France
* Impatto (solo exhibition), Porto Cesareo Film Festival, Italy
2022
* New Eyes, Imagenation Milan, Fondazione Luciana Matalon, Milan, Italy

Awards & Recognitions
* Honorable Mention, Best Photography Awards, 2025
* Silver Medal, Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3), Portrait / Self-Portrait Category, 2024
* BESTSELECTED Vol. 7, Series Winner, 2024
* Finalist, Autoportrait Photography Prize, 2025
* Official Selection, Trieste Photo Days, 2025