Caterina Erica Shanta

Landstuhl, Germania, 1986

Caterina Erica Shanta is a visual artist and filmmaker. She earned an MFA from the IUAV University of Venice and has developed an interdisciplinary practice centered on the relationships between moving images, visual arts, human interactions, and technology. Her most recent research focuses on the intersection of dreams and water, exploring the connections between dream imagery, ecological anxieties, and political forms of water management. Her work often gives rise to unpublished archives, conceived as spaces for collective dialogue and built around images, oral and visual memories related to her research themes. She has also developed participatory projects aimed at exploring narratives, places, and memories through workshops, open calls, and participatory processes. Winner of the Italian Council’s Talent Development program (2022), the PAC – Plan for Contemporary Art (2024), and NCTM and Art: Artists-in-Residence XXII (2026). Her works have been exhibited and screened at institutions and festivals such as GAMeC, MUNAF, MACRO, MART, Careof, Lo Schermo dell’Arte, the Oberhausen Film Festival, the Trento Film Festival, the Gherdëina Biennale, FORMA Artists’ Film International, Qendra Artit Agimi, and the Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City.