Margherita Gramegna is an independent video-media artist, writer, director and producer. Born in Italy and now living in Rochester, she trained initially as a graphic designer before getting involved in video installations following a creative collaboration with video artist Theo Eshetu. After moving to England she completed a BA Hons in Video Media Arts at UCA in Maidstone, providing a platform for further experimentation with film, photography, fashion and performance art.
Her work has been screened at festivals in the UK and Europe and is focused primarily on interactive street films exploring themes of culture, identity, gender and environment, approached in a humorous and playful style.
First Impressions from people that I met on the street won the Emergeandsee film festival in Berlin and received the prestigious The Eye award. It was also selected for the 60th Cannes Film Festival and for Raindance Film Festival in London.
First Impressions from people that I met on the street won the Emergeandsee film festival in Berlin and received the prestigious The Eye award. It was also selected for the 60th Cannes Film Festival and for Raindance Film Festival in London.
Recent activities includes Artists Don’t Bite for Art at the Centre Maidstone, Messing with Mozart with the City of London Sinfonia, A Kentish Gypsy Tale - a video installation at Rochester Cathedral - and Angles, a solo exhibition in Barcelona.
She is presently media artist-in-residence at Hundred of Hoo School and sits on the Medway International Exchange committee.
She is presently media artist-in-residence at Hundred of Hoo School and sits on the Medway International Exchange committee.