Chiara Camoni, Italian Pavilion
Arsenale, Venice
9th May – 22nd November 2026



FROM OASI ZEGNA TO THE ITALIAN PAVILION
‘Sponsoring the Italian Pavilion at La Biennale 2026 means continuing a commitment that is part of our history. For more than a century, we have invested in territory, craftsmanship, and Italian culture, fostering a constant dialogue between enterprise and art. Oasi Zegna is its most authentic expression.

We have shared a dialogue with Chiara Camoni for more than ten years. Her work reflects this attention to matter, landscape, and an evolving tradition. Together with Cecilia Canziani, leading the Italian Pavilion represents an important recognition of their journey and the coherence of their research – one we are proud to support’.

– GILDO ZEGNA, Executive Chairman, Ermenegildo Zegna Group


The Project: Con te con tutto
THE PROJECT

CON TE CON TUTTO

Curated by Cecilia Canziani and presented within the Italian Pavilion, Con te con tutto (With you with everything) constructs a world shaped by the flow of relationships between beings, materials, and time. 
 
Close-up of moss growing on tree bark in the forests of Oasi Zegna.
Hand gently holding a delicate forest branch in Oasi Zegna.
Detailed texture of layered tree bark from Oasi Zegna woodland.
FROM LANDSCAPE TO SCULPTURE

Botanical elements gathered from Oasi Zegna are combusted and fused into Camoni's ceramic sculptures. Yarns from the Lanificio are handwoven. Vegetal prints carry the memory of the Alpine landscape, its organic matter, its mineral elements, its botanical pigments. The Biennale installation not only represents this territory but contains it materially and spiritually in every crafted surface and intentional form. 

Sharing, wonder, dialogue, and the passage of time intertwine with the transformation of matter – giving rise to a language that dissolves the boundary between craftsmanship and visual art. 
Dark forest soil from Oasi Zegna displayed on a neutral background.
Brown autumn leaf with natural green patterns from Oasi Zegna.
Textured mineral rock fragment inspired by the natural landscape of Oasi Zegna.
Close up of natural elements.
Close up of natural elements.
At the heart of Con te con tutto lies a shared territory: Oasi Zegna – the 100 km² natural territory in the Biella Alps conceived by our Founder Ermenegildo Zegna – and the Lanificio, where our finest fabrics are transformed. 

From May to November 2026, Fondazione Zegna will simultaneously host a solo exhibition by Chiara Camoni to showcase a bespoke sculpture in the garden of  Villa Zegna. Curated by Ilaria Bonacossa – two spaces brought together in one sustained dialogue between landscape and imagination.

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Aerial video view of Oasi Zegna with green landscapes, forested hills, and natural park scenery.
THE ARTIST, THE CURATOR

CHIARA CAMONI + CECILIA CANZIANI


'THERE ARE FORMS THAT MAINTAIN A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL – I FEEL THIS IN ZEGNA'S YARNS AS MUCH AS IN THE CRAFT PROCESSES THAT ARE PART OF MY OWN WORK'.

CHIARA CAMONI – ARTIST 

Chiara Camoni (Piacenza, 1974) is one of the most important artists on the Italian scene today. Her practice is characterised by a renewal of sculpture and assemblage – recovering objects, waste materials, and natural elements to create works that dissolve the frontier between minor and major arts, pure art, and craftsmanship. She overcomes the concept of the solitary artist, favouring laboratory practices of co-creation and co-participation. 

Her relationship with ZEGNA dates to 2014, when ZEGNART commissioned her artwork 
for the Osaka store in Japan. A decade-long collaboration, now reaching its full expression at the Italian Pavilion.




‘CON TE CON TUTTO DEVELOPS A HIGHLY ORIGINAL VISION OF SHARED CREATIVITY, PLACING FEMALE FRIENDSHIP AND THE OVERCOMING OF THE LIMITS OF AUTHORSHIP AT ITS CORE’. 

CECILIA CANZIANI – CURATOR 
 
Cecilia Canziani (Rome, 1976) is an art historian and independent curator, and long-standing collaborator with both the artist and Fondazione Zegna, having conceived and co-curated the ZegnArt public art program for the Ermenegildo Zegna group. In 2025 Cecilia Canziani was nominated curator of the Padiglione Italia della Biennale di Venezia by the Italian Ministery of Culture.​

Her curatorial vision for Con te con tutto proposes the Italian Pavilion as a space of encounter where visitors become participants in a world made of attentiveness.

Exhibition Dates
9 May – 22 Nov 2026
61st International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia

Location
Padiglione Italia · Arsenale Tese,
Arsenale and Giardino delle Vergini
Venice, Italy

Concurrent Exhibition
May – November 2026 · Biella Alps 
Oasi Zegna · Solo Show 
Chiara Camoni · Curated by Ilaria Bonacossa

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Artwork at the Venice Biennale by C.Canziani & C.Camoni for the Italian Pavilion, part of the “Con Te Tutto” project.
Artwork at the Venice Biennale by C.Canziani & C.Camoni for the Italian Pavilion, part of the “Con Te Tutto” project.
Artwork at the Venice Biennale by C.Canziani & C.Camoni for the Italian Pavilion, part of the “Con Te Tutto” project.
Artwork at the Venice Biennale by C.Canziani & C.Camoni for the Italian Pavilion, part of the “Con Te Tutto” project.
Artwork at the Venice Biennale by C.Canziani & C.Camoni for the Italian Pavilion, part of the “Con Te Tutto” project.
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA

Founded in 1895, La Biennale di Venezia is the oldest and one of the most authoritative international art exhibitions in the world. Every two years, artists, curators, and institutions converge in Venice – in the historic Arsenale and the Giardini – to shape the cultural conversation of our era. 

The 61st edition is titled In Minor Keys, conceived by the late artist Koyo Kouoh. It calls for an art of attentiveness – to materials, fragile forms, and the quiet transformations that matter undergoes through time.  
Lanificio ZEGNA and Art Basel installation with blue and green flags.
A CENTURY OF PATRONAGE

ZEGNART: A LANGUAGE OF VALUES

Art is not something to be seen. It is something that shapes how we see.

ZEGNART is ZEGNA’s framework for art and culture. It reflects the brand’s long-standing commitment to art, rooted in the vision of our Founder, Ermenegildo Zegna, and encompasses all the brand’s artistic initiatives – past, present, and evolving across generations of the Zegna family.

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