Greta Desireèe Facchinato in The Garden of Colors, July 2023. Photography by Maryse Aalbers

Greta Desirèe Facchinato (IT/LU) is a research-based multidisciplinary artist and designer. She holds a Master's in Artistic Research from KABK Den Haag and a Bachelor's in Visual and Performance Arts, specializing in sculpture, from the Academy of Fine Arts Venice.

Since 2021, she has been researching how we can rediscover our understanding of color through interconnectedness with the environment and sustainable ink-making, with a focus on printing techniques. Her recent work explores a shift toward more holistic and sustainable practices, emphasizing thoughtful material choices and considering inanimate substances—such as ink—as living matter.

Facchinato’s practice navigates various mediums, inspired by daily life encounters, gestures, and material interactions, encouraging an embodied awareness of matter. She examines the continuous relationship between interiority and exteriority, using sensorial experience as an entry point to self-reflection.

Whether working on self-initiated projects or designing for clients, Facchinato applies meticulous attention to detail and research. Her independent projects aim to invite viewers into a contemplative state, fostering awareness, knowledge-sharing, reciprocity, and learning from more-than-human life.

Feel free to reach out & work together:

Studio visits by appointment only.

Services →

  • Designing digital and printed assets, with attention to sustainable materials, editorial content & an eye for detail

  • Artistic research, co-creation & curatorial practice for projects and exhibitions

  • Curating workshops on the theme of reciprocity and interconnection through the practice of bio-based ink-making with plants

  • Offering consultation on the theme of sustainable ink for printed assets with a holistic approach

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Artist Representation →

Studio Greta Facchinato is proud to be among the artists represented by Land Art Agency.

Land Art Agency represents creatives from a range of artistic practices around the globe. No matter what your needs, they can provide talent to support your project and the earth.

Their featured artists are pioneering methods and creativity to restore the Earth through the Arts. They represent these artists and share their work and wisdom as it becomes ever more essential to platform beacons of hope and inspiration.

I am honoured to collaborate with Land Art Agency and their community of forward-thinking artists who are dedicated to making a positive impact through their work.

Affiliated Shops →

Explore a selection of my work, at the following affiliated shops. Browse through the list below to locate a nearby store:

  1. Page Not Found - Den Haag (NL): Independent Bookstore

  2. Land Art Shop - UK based: Online Shop

If you can't find a store conveniently located, you can purchase a selection of artworks directly from the webshop or by sending an inquiry by email.

CV

Background

2016 - 2018 | Master Artistic Research | Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK) - Royal Art Academy of Den Haag (NL)

2013 - 2016 | Bachelor Visual and Performance Arts with specialization in Sculpture - Laurea Triennale in Scultura | Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia (IT)

2008 - 2013 | Diploma di Liceo Artistico | Amedeo Modigliani Padova (IT)

Exhibitions & Projects (selection)

2023 - ongoing | The Garden of Colors | Pluk Den Haag, NL

2023 | The Ink Project: Between Craft & Technology | BlueCity Lab Rotterdam, NL

2021 | Color is Alive | Grafische Werkplaats Den Haag, NL

2021 | Fleshquake |Transcending curated by KONTRA | Worm Rotterdam, NL

2020 | Fleshquake |The New Intimacy | Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL

2020 | Fleshquake | De Tour | De School , Amsterdam, NL

2019 | Soft Shucks | What’s a Body if Not a Shell | The Grey Space in The Middle, The Hague, NL

2019 | Divergent Convergence #1 | The Grey Space in The Middle, The Hague, NL

2018 | Foam: The Listening Body | Here We Live and Now | Korzo Theater, The Hague, NL

2018 | Foam: The Listening Body | An Imperfection Often Concealed that..., | KABK, The Hague, NL

2018 | The Reverse Ob-Servant | Hospitalfield | Arbroath, SCT, UK

2018 | Rise | Quartair | The Hague, NL

2016 | Sbodio 32 The Raw Edition | Milan Design Week | Milan, IT

2015 | VITRARIA Glass + A Museum | Palazzo Nani Mocenigo | Venice, IT

2014 | Totem | Biennale Scultura 2014 | Piazzola sul Brenta, Padova, IT

2014 | Totem | Museo Villa Breda | Ponte di Brenta, Padova, IT

2014 | Art Night Venezia, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venezia, IT

Honors & Awards

2023 | Experiment Grant Scheme, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie | The Ink Project: Between Craft & Technology | Collaboration with BlueCity Lab Rotterdam

2021 | Subsidie makersregeling, Gemeente Den Haag, NL | Color is Alive | Collaboration with Grafische Werkplaats Den Haag

2020 | Projectsubsidies, AFK Amsterdam. NL | Fleshquake | Collaboration with Raquel Sánchez Gálvez

2019 | SPOT subsidie, Stroom Den Haag, NL | What’s a Body if Not a Shell | Collaboration with Raquel Sánchez Gálvez, Cristiana Vignatelli Bruni and Paulien Bekker

2018 | Master Artistic Research Award, KABK Den Haag, NL | FOAM: The Listening Body

2014 | Premio Nazionale di Land Art - II edizione, Museo Villa Breda, Padova, IT | Albering | Collaboration with Claudia Zanaga and Silvia Lanfrit

Curatorial practice

2022 | Crosstown Video Throwback | Crosstown Festival | Korzo, The Hague, NL

2020 | Here We Live and Now, exhibition | Korzo, The Hague, NL

2019 | What’s a Body if Not a Shell, exhibition co-curated with Cristiana Vignatelli Bruni, Paulien Bekker, and Raquel Sánchez Gálvez | The Grey Space in The Middle | The Hague, NL

2019 | Cadance Festival, exhibition | Theater aan het Spui and Korzo, The Hague, NL

2018 | Here We Live and Now, exhibition | Korzo, The Hague, NL

Press

Lectures & Workshops

2023 | Bee Pollen Ink, collaboration with Alessandra Scalora | Studio Greta Facchinato, Den Haag, NL

2023 | Meteorite dyes, collaboration with MaritMarit Mihklepp | Studio Greta Facchinato, Den Haag, NL

2023 | Plant is a Poem, collaboration with Nina Djekić | Studio Greta Facchinato, Den Haag, NL

2023 | Making Ink with Plants, series of Summer workshops | Pluk Den Haag, Den Haag, NL

2023 | Lecture: The ancient craft of ink-making with organic materials | Hortus Leiden, NL

2023 | Lecture and workshop: Natural ink-making for screenprinting | ERG - école de recherche graphique and Institut Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, BE

2022 | Lecture Color is Alive and workshop Foraging Color, Wildgroei Delft, NL

2022 | Workshop: Inkt maken van bloemen | Glitter Gladiool, Utrecht, NL

2022| Wild Picking and Natural Ink-making, series of Summer workshops | Pluk Den Haag, Den Haag, NL

2022 | Color is Alive: Natural Ink-making workshop during Six Blue Things, Marianna Maruyama's solo exhibition | Page Not Found, The Hague, NL

2022 | Wetenschapsdag van de Aarde | Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Leiden, NL

2022 | Stone Network Residency guest by Anna Bierler and Marit Mihklepp | CloudDans Lab, The Hague, NL

2021 | Color is Alive | Online talk with botanist Gerda van Uffelen, NL

International Exchanges / Art Residencies

2021 | Grafische Werkplaats Den Haag (NL)

2020 | De School, Amsterdam (NL)

2017 | Hospitalfield, Arbroath (SCT, UK)

2016 | School of Gesture, Documenta 14 , Athens (GD)

2015 | Montraker - International Summer School of Sculpture, Montraker (HR)

2015 | Scultura in Legno Ortisei, Val Gardena (IT)

2014 | Premio Nazionale di Land Art - II edizione, Museo Villa Breda, Padova, IT