WHAT IS TAROGRAMMA?
Shrouded from the eyes of the world, a hidden civilisation has long existed in parallel with our own. The elusive land of Tarogramma holds the promise of something far beyond our understanding.
All we know about the place exists in the artefacts and images recovered from expeditions, and from the detailed testimonies of the few who have returned. Using this information, a vivid picture has been built of the people and their lives. It is a place with a detailed culture; its own aesthetic, way of living, and understanding of the world.
There is no real consensus on the origin or material properties of the place. It is believed by some to be an inaccessible forgotten city, others to be an afterlife, and many to be completely fictional. Whatever the case, it is a world that is at once alien, and eerily similar to our own.
DAMIEN CIFELLI
Damien Cifelli is a multidisciplinary artist and writer from Edinburgh, now based in London. His work explores a fictitious land named Tarogramma. Referencing the scale and compositions of history paintings and historical sculpture, he has built a detailed culture with its own aesthetic, way of living, and understanding of the world; one that is at once alien, and eerily similar to our own.
The work is a visual representation of this alternative society - documentary images of a new world.
He can be found here - Instagram
or contacted at damienmcifelli@gmail.com
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Solo Exhibitions
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2024 - 'Dream Animal' Spinello Projects, Miami USA
2024 - ‘The Thing Beyond - Adventures in Tarogramma’ Pulpo Gallery, Munich
2023 - ‘Damien Cifelli - Welcome to Tarogramma’ Moosey Gallery, London
2022 - 'Tarogramma' Liminal Gallery, Margate
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2022 - ‘Hidden Door 2022’ Old Royal High, Edinburgh
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2022 - ‘Tarogramma’ Hackney Downs Studios, London
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2022 - ‘Damien Cifelli x Wolf and Badger’ Wolf And Badger, Netil House, London
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2019 - ‘Tarogramma Archive’ Edinburgh Art Festival. Dundas St Gallery, Edinburgh
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2019 - ‘Tarogramma Archive’ Edinburgh Art Festival. Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh
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Exhibitions
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2024 - Cass Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition, Copeland Gallery, London
2024 - 'Tops Off: A Century of Football Shirt Art', OOF Gallery, London, UK
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2024 - 'Across The Pond' Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles
2024 - Urvanity Art Fair - Madrid
2023 - New Adventures in Hi-Fi - Galleria Victor Lope, Barcelona
2023 - ELAP x Whitechapel Gallery - Whitechapel Gallery, London
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2023 - Union20 - Union Gallery, London
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2023 - Spring Spring - Moosey Gallery, London
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2023 - Because - Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome and London
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2023 - East London Art Prize - Nunnery Gallery, London
2022 - UK New Artists Prize - Saatchi Gallery London
2022 - One Art Taipei - Plzzzz Gallery, Taipei
2022 - The Art of the Football Scarf - OOF Gallery, London
2022 - Delphian Open Call 2022 - Unit 1 Gallery, London
2022 - 'Tendencies in Painting', London Paint Club
2022 - ‘The Rise of Inside’, Eve Leibe Gallery and Artsy
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2020 - ‘OPEN VAS + SSA’ Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh​
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Awards
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Versiona Thyssen Award
East London Art Prize 2023
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UK New Artists Award 2022
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Delphian Open Call Winner 2022
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Saatchi Art ‘Rising Star’ 2022
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Dazed x Gap New Generation 2020
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Foundwork Artist Prize, Final Selection
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Fashion Illustration Drawing Awards (FIDA) finalist
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Press
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https://www.creativereview.co.uk/damien-cifelli-tarogramma/
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https://artplugged.co.uk/damien-cifelli-welcome-to-tarogramma/
https://www.booooooom.com/2022/08/03/artist-spotlight-damien-cifelli/​
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https://www.liminal-gallery.com/tarogramma
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https://londonpaintclub.com/2022/07/26/damien-cifelli-artist-profile-ovr/
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https://www.wolfandbadgerstudios.com/community/interview-damien-cifelli
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https://eatworkart.com/hackney-downs-studios/community/eat-work-art-spotlight-damien-cifelli
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