Tiziana Maria
Contino

Visual artist, concept artist and graphic designer. Her works are multimedia projects developed through graphics, photography, video, multimedia installations and interactive performances, in which the viewer is engaged in a synaesthetic and psycho-emotional interaction. She is Head of the School of Artistic Design for Business and lectures in Graphic Design and Digital Applications for the Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, and previously did so at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin and the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania. Since 1998, she has been exhibiting her work in Italy and abroad. In 2015 and 2013, she gave lectures on the body and performance at the DAMS faculty in Bologna. She has created graphics, photo edits, videos and websites for Italian filmmakers, musicians and companies.
MICRO SELECTION OF EXHIBITION ACTIVITIES: 7.7 lb Exhibition – Talk – Screening, NanaHomeGallery, Vancouver, Canada (2019), Imago Mundi ROTTE MEDITERRANEE (Luciano Benetton Collection), ZAC Zisa, Palermo (2017), CORPO – Festival delle Arti Performative (CibAzioni – PrivAzioni), Pescara (2015), TEOREMI performance festival, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genoa (2014), Premio Arte Laguna, performing arts finalist (2013), PIXEL – La nuova generazione della videoarte italiana, San Benedetto del Tronto – AP (2012), 54th VENICE BIENNALE, Italian Pavilion / Accademie (2011), DA2011, Video Performance Festival, Institut für alles mögliche, Berlin, konnektor – Forum für Künste, Hanover (2011), Premio Celeste (2010), VIDEO.IT VIDEOmed, Merz Foundation, Turin, and Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan (2010), Espressioni italiane, Italian Embassy, Technopolis Centre, Athens, Greece (GR) (2009), DARKNESS IS NOON – Tina b, International Festival of Contemporary Art – Prague (CZ) (2008), AFX Amsterdam Film Experience, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2007), BJCEM – 12th Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples (2005), Anteprima – QUADRIENNALE DI ROMA, Palazzo Reale, Naples (2003–2004)
MICRO SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS
2022 ‘EXSISTENTIA Divenire + ∞’, pp. 34–37, in Insight – la cultura dell’altro, no. 9, Fausto Lupetti editore, ISBN 978-88-68743567
2016 ‘Il corpo che abito – identità di genere e suoi transiti. Analisi dei linguaggi performativi contemporanei’, ed. Nicomp L.E., DAMS, Bologna, edited by Monalisa Tina and Stefano Ferrari. ISBN 978-88-97142744
2015 ‘Il senso del corpo’, FISAD 2015, First International Festival of Art and Design Schools, Albertina Press ISBN 978-88-909848-6-0
2013 ‘Interactive Psychosocial Art’, essay by Tiziana Contino, ed. Quaderni del DAMS di Bologna, edited by Stefano Ferrari ISBN 978-88-905252-42-0
2014 Il corpo solitario. L’autoscatto nella fotografia contemporanea, L’autoscatto nella fotografia contemporanea, by Giorgio Bonomi, Rubbettino Publishers ISBN 978-88-49850512
2013 CROSSWAIS – III Expo – Marche Centro d’Arte, PalaRiviera, S. Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Vanilla Edizioni ISBN 978-88-6057-191-5
2012 PIXEL – La nuova generazione della videoarte italiana, ed. Marte, edited by Giovanni Viceconte
2011 ’54th Venice Biennale, Accademie Pavilion’, ed. Skira ISBN 978-88-572-1160-2
2004 Various authors, XIV Quadriennale d’arte / Anteprima Napoli, ed. De Luca, Rome, edited by M. Bignardi, V. Conte, R. Notte, V. Trione, L. Barreca, F. Guida, G. Agnese

The course focuses on the study and acquisition of techniques and tools for the production of visual and multimedia content. Particular focus will be placed on the design process required to create graphic elements, from the initial paper sketch to their digital and multimedia (motion graphics) realisation. The course will be structured to cover elements of digital painting, such as portraiture, and the creation of a character and a landscape, with subsequent implementation in Adobe After Effects to animate the scenes and the character.
Theoretical skills
Digital imaging, multimedia and multimedia communication, visual storytelling, colour methods, digital formats, the perspective grid, colour dynamics, light and shadow
Technical skills
Pencil drawing on paper, basic shapes and human proportions, settings and landscapes, photobashing, matte painting, colour and visual perception, animation and scalability.

Bibliography
› Beginner’s Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop (second edition), 3D Total Publishing, 2020
> Anatomy for Artists: Drawing Form & Pose: the Ultimate Guide to Drawing Anatomy in Perspective and Pose With Tomfoxdraws, 3D Total Publishing, 2022
> Digital Painting Techniques: Practical Techniques of Digital Art Masters, 3dtotal.com, 2009

The course focuses on an in-depth exploration of design aspects, technical tools, and the methodology used in visual communication. During the lectures, various components of graphic design for business and cultural institutions will be addressed. Particular attention will be paid to the topic of usability, which is now expressed through UX and UI. The course will cover the investigation and research process relevant to the graphic-visual design of web applications for various devices.
Theoretical skills
History of graphic design and infographics, figures of speech, critical analysis of the brand and its use, analysis of visual identity, advertising communication for business and cultural heritage, digital and social marketing, design and usability, infographics, data visualisation, icon design
Technical skills
Units of measurement and ISO formats, communication codes, layout (order, rhythm, movement), ratios, proportions and composition, typefaces, colour (management, correction, purpose), file formats, standard icon formats for apps (Android/iPhone), digital file saving formats and the differences in their use, comprehensive design of a visual identity, portfolio development.

Bibliography
› Riccardo Falcinelli, Critica portatile al visual design: da Gutenberg ai social network, Einaudi, 2014
> Riccardo Falcinelli, Cromorama, Einaudi, 2017
> John Maeda, The Laws of Simplicity, ed. Bruno Mondadori, 2006
> Ellen Lupton, Type, Text, Cage: Guida critica alla progettazione grafica, Zanichelli, 2010
> Alberto Cairo, L’Arte funzionale, infografica e visualizzazione di dati, Pearson, 2013
> David McCandless, Information is Beautiful: Understanding the World at a Glance, Bur, 2011
> Matteo Di Pascale, Manuale di sopravvivenza per UX designer. Guida pratica alla progettazione, Hoepli, 2019 Guida pratica alla progettazione, Hoepli, 2019
> Debora Bottà, User eXperience design. Progettare esperienze di valore per utenti e aziende, Hoepli, 2018