Forma

M Lissoni

M Lissoni is a transdisciplinary artist based between London and the South of Italy. Their research-based practice focuses on the sacred as a tool to transcend personal authorship and embody collective ritual. Their work ponders issues of memory, cultural erasure, gender and mourning as a way of documenting the in-between. Drawing on fragments of objects, visual cultures, and traces of oral histories, they engage in decolonial forms of archiving the body, transforming these materials into installations, sculptures, prints, text, and books.

M is the founder of STIGMATA, an independent publishing and curatorial platform, operating at the intersection of print, moving-image and public programming. STIGMATA approaches independent publishing as both a collaborative practice of resistance and a medium for transcultural dialogue.

Lissoni’s work has been showcased internationally across institutions such as Lethaby Gallery, London, 2024; Lismore Castle Arts, Ireland, 2023; Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy, 2022; the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2022; Barbican Centre, London, 2020, as well as independent, artist-run spaces such as Reference Point, London, 2023; ENTER ENTER, Amsterdam, 2023; and Biblioteka, London, 2022. Their publishing work is held in the collections of Central Saint Martins Special Collections; The Contemporary Art Library at Progetto Gallery, Lecce (IT); The Wellcome Collection and The Women’s Art Library at Goldsmiths, University of London.

M is also a Forma studio holder, and works from our Forest Hill site in London.

Expand
Menu
Menu

M Lissoni

M Lissoni is a transdisciplinary artist based between London and the South of Italy. Their research-based practice focuses on the sacred as a tool to transcend personal authorship and embody collective ritual. Their work ponders issues of memory, cultural erasure, gender and mourning as a way of documenting the in-between. Drawing on fragments of objects, visual cultures, and traces of oral histories, they engage in decolonial forms of archiving the body, transforming these materials into installations, sculptures, prints, text, and books.

M is the founder of STIGMATA, an independent publishing and curatorial platform, operating at the intersection of print, moving-image and public programming. STIGMATA approaches independent publishing as both a collaborative practice of resistance and a medium for transcultural dialogue.

Lissoni’s work has been showcased internationally across institutions such as Lethaby Gallery, London, 2024; Lismore Castle Arts, Ireland, 2023; Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy, 2022; the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2022; Barbican Centre, London, 2020, as well as independent, artist-run spaces such as Reference Point, London, 2023; ENTER ENTER, Amsterdam, 2023; and Biblioteka, London, 2022. Their publishing work is held in the collections of Central Saint Martins Special Collections; The Contemporary Art Library at Progetto Gallery, Lecce (IT); The Wellcome Collection and The Women’s Art Library at Goldsmiths, University of London.

M is also a Forma studio holder, and works from our Forest Hill site in London.