Cecilia Fiona

Cecilia Fiona (b.Copenhagen, Denmark) works across sculpture, painting, costume, and performance to create an interconnected ecosystem where each medium evolves from the other. Her ritual-like performances give physical form to the creatures in her paintings, while her sculptures expand the worlds depicted in her visual works. Using organic materials such as paper pulp, shells, branches, rabbit-skin glue, jute, loofah plant and natural pigments, Fiona explores the symbiotic relationship between the body and the earth. Drawing inspiration from quantum physics, microbiology, and alchemy she creates her own mythological universe populated by biomorphic and hybrid beings situated somewhere between prehistorical creatures and future human species. Her practice envisions speculativefutures where the boundaries between human, nature, and cosmos dissolve into fluid, interconnected realities.

Fiona’s creative process is intuitive and meditative. She describes her painting sessions as akin to an archaeological excavation: “I start with a vision that feels like 

remembering a dream. It’s blurred at first, so I let intuition guide me until I reach the image.” Her meticulous technique involves painting with a small, thin brush, even for large strokes, resulting in detailed and complex compositions that blend figures and landscapes into one another. This approach creates a state of flow and tumult on the canvas, dissolving the boundaries between bodies and the world. Her work often explores themes of transformation, movement, and connectedness. Fiona states, “I see my works as ecosystems, where one link leads to the next, and where all beings are in constant transformation towards new stages of life and new ways of existing.” This perspective aligns with her interest in posthumanist theories, particularly Rosi Braidotti’s concept of nomadic subjectivity, which emphasizes the fluidity of identity and the interconnectedness of all life forms.

Fiona has exhibited internationally in galleries and institutions such as Andersen’s Contemporary (Copenhagen), VITRINE (London and Basel), Marinaro Gallery (New York), and The Hole (Los Angeles). Her work has also been featured in public installations, including sculptures displayed in the gardens of Tivoli in Copenhagen as part of CHART art fair’s public program. She was shortlisted for The Hopper Prize in 2023 and has completed residencies at El Castillete in Madrid (2022) and LAB VERDE Speculative Ecologies Residency in the Amazon, Brazil (2024).