Art History Festival | Self Portraiture and the Family Archive

Silvia Rossi, self portrait of me as my father, 2016

Artist Silvia Rosi will offer insights into her practice which explores her personal family history drawing on her Togolese heritage, and the idea of origins. She works with self-portraiture, video and text, to narrate her parent’s story of migration from Togo in West Africa to Italy.

Silvia Rosi is an artist living and working between London and Modena. This event is supported by the Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Londra.