Inspired by the posthuman, ecofeminist, and transfeminist theories of Donna Haraway, Rosi Braidotti, and Anna Tsing, Ivy Chilelli’s oeuvre unfolds through a sympoietic, plural, and horizontal perspective.
By merging organic elements with synthetic materials such as resin and metal, her sculptures acquire a posthuman quality—existing in a state of hybridisation between human and non-human, machine and nature, the artificial and the animal. The result is a world inhabited by emerging, otherworldly beings.
Chilelli’s works often explore the symbolic resonance of matter in relation to both physical and political environments. Shifting between organic and inorganic, human and insect, individual and collective, her forms undergo constant transformation in search of a final state of stillness. Residing in a liminal space between life and death, they evoke practices of coexistence, care, and imagination.
Thus, the genesis of unexplored alliances takes shape.
SELECTED WORKS
The profound transformations of humanity and the world in recent decades have reshaped the boundaries between the human and the artificial, the cultural and the natural. This shift calls for a new narrative—one that can weave together the multiple, intertwined stories of life.
Overflow, contamination, and metamorphosis define this exploration. Chilelli’s sculptures present a non-anthropocentric perspective on evolution, envisioning alternative processes and possibilities. They suggest a “return to nature” that is not nostalgic but transformative—reorganising the forces at play and liberating them from the constraints of human-centered spatial and temporal frameworks.
IvY Chilelli, Arborea, 2023, resin, clay, iron, plants, 140x30x20cmJPG
IvY Chilelli, Cicada, 2023, resin, fabric, clay, porcupine quills, flowers, 40x30x15cmJPG
IvY Chilelli, Virgo Rising, 2023, resin, alluminium, flowers, fabric, 40x30x300cmJPG
IvY-Chilelli-Untitled-Relief-web-2023-resin-fabric-flowers-iron-10x150x300cm
