Anna Maria Minieri

Anna Maria Minieri

Translated automatically from Italian ·

Who decides what's normal? Normality is an invention of the unimaginative.
Alda Merini
About the artist

Contemporary Sculptress at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Sculpture. She works with various materials, including clay, plaster, iron, wood, and marble. Her works focus on her personal experience, such as the discovery of inner child, patriarchy, and social and cultural themes like Neapolitan folklore. Her works are articulated between figure and its absence.

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Artist statement

ANNA MARIA MINIERI (Italy, 2003) Student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. She works with various materials, including clay, plaster, iron, wood, marble, cardboard. Her works focus on her personal experience, such as the discovery of her child, patriarchy, and social and cultural themes like Neapolitan folklore. Some of her collective works have been exhibited in Italy. She joined formation workshops and residence programs.

Le mani che tolgono

Le mani che tolgono

Wire netting, plastic chain, acrylic · 2025 · 60 x 110 x 65

The work faithfully depicts the Neapolitan ritual of water, oil, and garlic used to ward off *vermenara* (fear—intense terror) and the evil eye. The artist portrays the climax of the ritual, in which the ailment is attributed to intestinal worms that, when entangled, deprive the subject of serenity and freedom. The figure’s posture mirrors that which the artist assumes during the rituals described: the right hand holds the shirt raised to allow the incarmatrice (healer) to work directly on the skin, while the left hand rests relaxed on the thigh. The torso leans slightly toward the back of the chair, and the head is focused on observing the ritual as it unfolds. Symptoms such as headaches and nausea are represented by the chain, whose entwined form evokes intestinal worms; it starts at the stomach and runs up to the head—a discomfort that will not subside without the prayers and meticulous gestures of the incarmatrice (healer).

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Biography

2003, Italy - Lives and works in Naples

Anna Maria Minieri (Gragnano, 2003) studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. Her artistic background in Figurative Arts began in 2017 at the “F. Grandi” High School in Sorrento. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Sculpture. Minieri has worked with various materials, including clay, plaster, iron, wood, and marble. Her works focus on her personal experience, such as the discovery of inner child, patriarchy, and social and cultural themes like Neapolitan folklore. Her works are articulated between figure and its absence. In 2022, she took part in three group exhibitions: I colori di Lucio at the Cloister of San Francesco in Sorrento, Giornata Mondiale dell’acqua at the Sanctuary of Madonna dell’Arco in Sant’Anastasia, and ExtrArtis, the Sorrento I would like at the Relais La Rupe residence in Sorrento.

Education

  • 20172022
  • Liceo Artistico “F .Grandi”, Sorrento (Italy)
  • 20222025
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Naples (Italy)
  • 2025Present
  • Master’s Degree in Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Naples (Italy)

Selected exhibitions

  • 2022
  • The Colors of Lucio, Cloister of San Francesco, Sorrento (Italy)
  • World Water Day, Sanctuary of the Madonna dell'Arco, Sant'Anastasia (Italy)
  • ExtrArtis, the Sorrento I would like, Relais La Rupe residence, Sorrento (Italy)
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