Isobel Blank is the pseudonym of Eleonora Giglione.
Born in Pietrasanta (Lucca, Tuscany), she graduated with honors in aesthetic philosophy in Padua, actually lives and works in Turin. Her artworks were exhibited in many galleries and international contemporary art museums and festivals in Italy and abroad, from the USA to Cambodia, from India to Mexico. Among her exhibitions, the one – as the only italian – at the Triennial of Contemporary Fiber Art – Fiberart International 2013 of Pittsburgh (USA), at the Modern Art Museum of Moscow, at Belgian Academy in Rome, at the Widmann Palace in Venice, at the Mumbai Art Room in India. She had several awards, including the First Prize for videoart at Romaeuropa Webfactory of Rome in 2009. Her education includes disciplines such as theater, dance, drawing, sculpture, music, photography that, in addition to their independent development, are also the elements she combines in a fusion of performance and video art.
Multidisciplinary artist based in Italy with a longstanding path into performance, stop-motion animation, video art. Drawing from her extensive journey in fiber and video art, her dedication to incorporating organic materials, fundamental to her research, converges in an experimental approach that defines her exploration of a brand new style of performance video art. Recent endeavors reflect a pioneering spirit, as she deepens into avant-garde AI editing of video performances and stop-motion animation, pushing the boundaries of artistic innovation.
