LETIA – Letizia Cariello

Ferrara – 1963

LETIA is the artistic name adopted in 2021 by Letizia Cariello, an artist and professor at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, with a background in Art History. Her artistic research focuses on the materialization of time, using everyday objects to create visible networks of relationships.

Music, rhythm, and architectural proportions are central to her language, often becoming “visible” in works like home floor plans. Her work has a meditative and existential nature, expressed through Calendars, installations, performances, embroidered photographs, artist books, and the iconic Red Threads, which connect various materials.

LETIA comes from a Neapolitan family of sculptors dating back to the 17th century. She won the BNL-BNP Paribas Award and participated in the EU project “A New Narrative for Europe.” Her works are featured in major public and private collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington D.C.), Museion (Bolzano), the Farnesina Collection, the Trussardi Foundation, among others.

She exhibits both in Italy and internationally, with solo shows like Calendario-Nous (2022), Fuso Orario (2021), and Il tuo cielo è verde (2021), and group exhibitions at institutions such as La Triennale di Milano, MART, and Kunstverein Ludwigsburg. She has also spoken at TEDx and was selected for the Level 0 Prize at ArtVerona.