Community which invites emerging artists to work in an empowering and beautiful environment. Bikini



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BIKINI IS AN ISLAND, A SPACE, A 

COMMUNITY WHICH INVITES EMERGING 

ARTISTS TO WORK IN AN EMPOWERING 

AND BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT. BIKINI 

ART RESIDENCY IS CONCEIVED AS AN 

EXCHANGE BETWEEN ITS COMMUNITY 

AND THE HOSTED ARTIST. BIKINI 

BUILDS RELATIONS WITH LOCAL AND 

INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES IN ORDER 

TO SHARE, FACILITATE AND PROMOTE 

ARTISTIC CREATION. VISUAL ARTISTS, 

PERFORMING ARTISTS, WRITERS, 

CREATORS ARE GIVEN A STUDIO FOR A 

PERIOD OF TIME AND A BUDGET 

DEFINED ACCORDING TO PROJECTS. 

EACH RESIDENCY IS DOCUMENTED.

BIKINI ART RESIDENCY WAS FOUNDED IN 2016. BIKINI IS A SELF-FUNDED, 

ARTISTS-RUN ART RESIDENCY PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS THE PRODUCTION OF 

CONTEMPORARY ART. THE RESIDENCY IS SITUATED ON LAKE COMO AND HOSTS 

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.

EACH ARTIST IN RESIDENCE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MIX WITH BOTH FRIENDS 

OF THE PROGRAM AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, CREATIVES AND 

THINKERS IN A SERIES OF EVENTS AND COLLABORATIONS.THROUGHOUT THE 

DURATION OF EACH RESIDENCY, THE WORK AND THE CREATIVE PROCESSES ARE 

DOCUMENTED AND EXHIBITED.

AT BIKINI WE GET OUR HANDS DIRTY TO SERVE OUR GOAL. WE HAVE AN 

EXPERIMENTAL, GUERILLA APPROACH APPLIED TO THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, 

ALWAYS OPERATING WITH A FUN-FOR-PURPOSE ATTITUDE.




BIBI MANAVI



Bikini 

ART RESIDENCY

LAKE COMO – BIKINIARTRESIDENCY.COM

BIBI MANAVI

BIBI’S AESTHETIC IS INSPIRED BY AN ITINERANT EXISTENCE BETWEEN IRAN AND 

EUROPE. HER WORK EMBODIES A REFLECTION ON THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF 

A GLOBALISED WORLD. BIBI’S INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE SPREADS ACROSS 

STILL AND MOVING IMAGES, SCULPTURE AND DRAWING. SHE INVESTIGATES 

THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HER DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS FOCUSING ON 

GEOMETRIES; ANCIENT PERSIAN ARCHITECTURES BECOME 

THE PATTERNS OF TODAY’S VISUAL CULTURE.

BIBI RECEIVED HER BA IN FINE ARTS FROM CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS IN LONDON 

WHERE SHE HAS EXHIBITED HER WORK NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE 2013. SHE 

EXHIBITED HER WORKS IN PARIS AT JARDIN D’ARTOIS 2016 AND GALERIE NIKKI 

DIANA MARQUARDT 2010. BIBI’S WORK CAN BE FOUND IN SEVERAL PRIVATE 

COLLECTIONS IN FRANCE, UK AND IRAN.

HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=LWBVN84WMOK



SELECTED WORKS


Bikini 

ART RESIDENCY

LAKE COMO – BIKINIARTRESIDENCY.COM

IN SEARCH OF ONE

‘IN SEARCH OF ONE’ IS A VIDEO PIECE THAT ENGAGES WITH ELEMENTS OF THE HUMAN BODY, 

FOCUSING ON THE SYMBOLISM OF WOMEN’S HAIR. BECAUSE THE HAIR HAS MEMORY, IT IS ITSELF 

A RETROSPECTIVE CALENDAR. KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING YOU DO DURING A LIFE TIME AND 

DEFINING WHO YOU ARE. BY SHAVING THEM OFF THROUGH A LOOP OF REPEATED MOVEMENTS

AN ACT OF  LIBERATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF ONE’S MEMORY IS PERFORMED.

HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=IULYCTJIBCG




ÉTUDE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE

Bikini 

ART RESIDENCY

LAKE COMO – BIKINIARTRESIDENCY.COM



Bikini 

ART RESIDENCY

LAKE COMO – BIKINIARTRESIDENCY.COM

SCROLLS


‘SCROLLS’ SHOW A SYSTEM OF ARCHIVING HER ARTISTIC PROCESS. A THREE-YEAR PROJECT 

OF LIFE-SIZE SKETCHBOOKS. THEIR FORMAT INVITES THE VIEWER TO UNSCROLL AND 

NAVIGATE BETWEEN SEVERAL LAYERS OF DOCUMENTATION, 

GOING BACK TO THE  GENESIS OF THE PROJECTS.




Bikini 

ART RESIDENCY

LAKE COMO – BIKINIARTRESIDENCY.COM

ESCAPIST MEASURES

‘ESCAPIST MEASURES’ ARE A SERIES OF INSTALLATIONS THAT TAKE ROUTE IN SACRED PERSIAN 

GEOMETRY. THE MIRROR WORK REINSTATES A NEW VISUAL SET AROUND THE VIEWER AND ITS 

SPATIAL SURROUNDINGS, DISSOLVING THE IMAGES REFLECTED. ONE’S REFLECTIONS EXPAND, 

THEREFORE ONE DOES NOT SEE HIMSELF AS AN ENTITY BUT AS ATOMISED FRACTIONS 

OF THE WHOLE.



INTRODUCING THE RESIDENCY


ÉTUDE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE

Bikini 

ART RESIDENCY

LAKE COMO – BIKINIARTRESIDENCY.COM



Bikini 

ART RESIDENCY

LAKE COMO – BIKINIARTRESIDENCY.COM

BIBI’S RESIDENCY AT BIKINI IS AN EXPLORATION OF STRAIGHT AND CURVED LINES FOUND 

IN WOOD GRAINS AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS. ELABORATING FROM THE VAULTED SHAPE 

ORNAMENTATIONS ‘MUQARNAS’, WHICH WERE USED IN PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE FOR CENTURIES

HER WORK HERE WILL CONSIST OF MIRROR INSTALLATIONS, TENSILE STRUCTURES AND WOODEN 

SCULPTURES.




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