Jacopo Belloni

Jacopo Belloni lives and works in Geneva.

Jacopo Belloni is interested in the belief systems of European vernacular cultures. His research is based on anthropological materials and borrows from the history of religions, superstitions and popular fictions. Occult practices and the symbolism of Italian folklore nourish his artistic practice, as do magical thinking, the supernatural and omens. In his works - mainly sculptures - and performances the transformation of beings and materials, the use of signs, votive objects and incantations allow the irrational to disrupt what we perceive as “reality”. His contemporary tales and legends reveal the shadows of our present, and the anxiety we may feel facing a complex, nebulous reality. But he also reminds us that customs and traditions are meaning-making practices that enable us to connect within eachother. (Thomas Conchou)

Jacopo Belloni is a graduate of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan (2014), the University of Milan (2018) and has a MFA diploma from HEAD, Geneva (2021). In 2021, Jacopo Belloni was selected for the Biennale College Arte, and has been awarded a scholarship from the Istituto Svizzero in Rome for the 2023-2024 session.