Chiara Fumai

Chiara Fumai (1978–2017) was an Italian performance artist.

Life and career Born in Rome, Fumai graduated in architecture from Polytechnic University of Milan, and had her breakout in 2013, winning Furla Prize with a performance based on a work by Valerie Solanas. She also exhibited under the pseudonym Nico Fumai, a fictitious character inspired by her father. In 2019 her works were exhibited in the Italian Pavilion on the occasion of the 58th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Her work was the subject of a solo show at the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève in 2020.

Death and commemoration

Chiara Fumai committed suicide on 16 August 2017, at the age of 39. In 2023, the gardens of Piazza Eroi del Mare in Bari have been named after the artist.