Kryptos

With KRYPTOS, SCD Studio (Perugia) presents the recent research of Susanna Cati. Curated by Barbara Pavan, the exhibition unfolds as a traversal of the inner geographies of memory, developing a path in which autobiographical elements expand into a shared dimension. The works construct a space of resonance, activating a dialogue between interiority and history, between trace and transformation. The opening will take place on Saturday, 9 May 2026 at 5:30 pm. The project is accompanied by a bilingual Italian/English catalogue published by Al3vie Editore. The exhibition will be open to the public from 9 May to 9 September 2026.

KRYPTOS gathers Cati’s most recent research: a deeply introspective investigation which, while rooted in the artist’s autobiographical dimension, opens onto a broader and shared reflection on the human condition. The project develops as a form of “emotional archaeology,” a process of excavation within memory in which fragments and traces of lived experience are recovered and reorganised into a fluid and continuously evolving narrative; memory thus emerges as a dynamic element, subject to ongoing transformation and rewriting, while the personal account extends towards a universal dimension. The “diary” evoked by the artist becomes a collective space, a site of resonance in which the viewer is invited to recognise themselves and to share the most profound emotional nuances of everyday life. The exhibition path accompanies the visitor through the multiple stratifications of lived experience, between continuity and rupture, restoring the complexity of existence - from pain to joy, across all intermediate shades - and questioning what persists and what transforms over time. The articulated body of works constructs an open field of signs and questions, in which memory and future intertwine in the present, inviting reflection on the meaning of existence and on identity as an ever-evolving process. The experience of the exhibition leads the viewer through a dynamic oscillation between immersion and distance: a passage across time and space that offers the opportunity not only to understand the works, but also to interrogate oneself.

Biographical note

Susanna Cati was born in Rieti and graduated from the Accademia di Costume e Moda in Rome. She collaborated with set designer Giovanni Licheri at the Teatro Argentina in Rome and worked as a fashion assistant for major Italian and French brands. After deepening her knowledge of textile techniques and design, her practice moved towards Fiber Art, a field in which she has exhibited in numerous national and international exhibitions. One of her projects was recently included in “Kiub - Kreative Interactive Urban Lab,” part of the Creative Living Lab programme by the Italian Ministry of Culture. She also created a work for a performative intervention within a project promoted by Umbria Danza Festival and Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria.
Recent group exhibitions include: 2026 “IGreen” (Museo del Fiume, Nazzano); “Un tempo altro” (Complesso Museale di San Domenico, Narni); 2025 “Transformations” (ACT Museu de la Pell, Igualada, Spain); 2024 “Fear” (ArteAlta, Aosta); “Verba creant” (Barberino di Mugello); “Synedokhé” (Vercelli); “IBlu” (Rome); 2023 “Appunti su questo tempo” (CasermArcheologica, Sansepolcro / Museo del Ricamo e del Tessile di Valtopina); “Fiberstorming” (Bergamo); “Seminiamo l’arte” (L’Aquila); “Naturales quaestiones” (Bobbio); “Oltre il collage” (Museo Nori de Nobili, Trecastelli); “Scythia” (Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine); 2022 “Syart Sorrento Festival”; “The Soft Revolution” (Museo del Tessile, Busto Arsizio); 2021 “Layers” (Varallo Sesia); “Sono tazza di te” (Milan); 2020 “Micro the different point” (Saint Petersburg, Russia); “Cuore d’Italia” (Bologna). Solo exhibitions include: 2025 “Fast world” for “M’Illumino di meno”; 2023 “Fluere” (L’Aquila); “Kairos” (Vienna); “Nomadic nature” (San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Naples).


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