Formerly Gøneja
b. 1987, Milan
Works in Berlin
(any pronouns)
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info@cioni.studio
I’m passionate to capture the arcane in contemporary contexts, weaving the language of Western myth, ritual and symbol through a queer lens. I employ sculpture, photography and film to trace ancestral codes embedded in bodies, landscapes, and ritual acts. Drawing from sources as diverse as Renaissance cosmology, alchemy and Egyptian mythology, I reimagine ancient spiritual systems in a contemporary fluid paradigm, amalgamating varied symbols, techniques and media within a unified mythological framework. Magical sigils casted into resin and metal totemic sculptures, planetary conjunctions translated into photographic portraits and Tarot Arcana dissected through film narrations exemplify this approach. Archetypes, to me, are not abstract ideas but living forces in evolution, which I directly experience through the act of creation.
Solo exhibitions
[2026] ÆON, Organ Kritischer Kunst, Berlin, DE (upcoming)
[2023] Thresholds, Organ Kritischer Kunst, Berlin, DE
[2022] Mercurial, Organ Kritischer Kunst, Berlin, DE
[2020] Rituals, tête, Berlin, DE
Group exhibitions (selected)
[2025] Open Submission, Hunt Museum, Limerick, IE
Technotelesterion, Mahalla, Berlin, DE
Fresh Legs, Inselgalerie, Berlin, DE
The Urban Lens, Collect Art, Tbilisi, GE (online)
[2024] EXH13, Floorr Magazine, London, UK (online)
Summer Brew, Field Projects, New York, US (online)
Landscapes, Collect Art, Tbilisi, GE (online)
[2023] Far Reach, R Gallery x MaHalla, Berlin, DE
Future Stars, The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
Zorn, Molt Gallery, Berlin, DE
Identity, ArtSect Gallery, London, UK
Мир / Frieden, The Knast, Berlin, DE
[2022] Occulture, Monopol, Berlin, DE
Nuovi Mondi, Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome, IT
Emerging Artists, Spiral Gallery, London, UK
Anima Mundi, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, IT
[2021] Collective Individuals, E1 Project Space, London, UK
Residencies
[2026] NES Residency, Skagaströnd, IS
[2024] Hafnarborg Museum, Hafnarfjörður, IS
Awards
[2025] Prisma Art Prize, Finalist, Rome, IT
[2023] Portrait of Humanity, Shortlist, London, UK
[2022] Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee, Madrid, SP
[2021] All Out + MTV Photo Award, New York, US
Gomma Grant, Finalist, London, UK
Film Festivals & Awards
[2026] Berlin Short Film Festival, Berlin, DE (Best Short Short)