Ava Binta Giallo

Ava Binta Giallo is a German-Guinean interdisciplinary artist living and working between Vienna/Austria and Mindelo/Cabo Verde. They studied TransArts (University of applied Arts in Vienna), Painting and Critical Studies (Academy of fine Arts in Vienna). Giallo’s work spans from abstract painting to film, installation and sculpture. In their practice they explore the liminal areas between the visible and the invisible, canvas and motif, as well as living body and architectural space as a vehicle for an experimental exploration around issues of memory and trace.

They exhibited among others at Forum Frohner, DAS WEISSE HAUS, Basis Frankfurt, Kunstverein Langenhagen, PACT Zollverein, Parallel Vienna, Exhibit Gallery, Fotogalerie Wien, Heiligenkreuzerhof University Gallery, Centro Cultural do Mindelo and Baltasar Lopes Foundation.

The residency continues the residency and exhibition project Carrefour des Possibles VII – Sense of Touch, started in Vienna in September 2024.  During the stay in Gabès, Ava Binta Giallo presents, together with Verena Schneider, the follow-up  project Sense of Touch: Gestures on Archeologies of Place at the Gabes Cinema Fen Festival.