Giulia Civardi & Ruoru Mou
In conversation
12.11.2025
Wednesday 12th November, 6.30pm
This event is seated
Curator and writer Giulia Civardi joins artist Ruoru Mou to discuss the ideas and research behind Fortunate, her current solo exhibition at the gallery.
In conversation, Civardi and Mou will examine the conceptual origins of Mou’s practice, charting her evolving engagement with materials, processes, and systems of representation, and reflecting on earlier works in which references to alchemic experimentation and cinematic tropes operate as cultural and structural frameworks within her methodology.
Key themes will include migration, classification, and cross-cultural encounters, as explored in the exhibition. Drawing on their shared Italian background, the conversation will consider how Renaissance painting and ornamentalism inform Mou’s approach to form, display, and visual language.
Giulia Civardi is a curator and writer living and working between Italy and London. Recent exhibitions include ‘The Soup’ at Madragoa, Lisbon, and ‘REVIVAL’ at Francesca Minini, Milan—the first in a series of exhibitions exploring intergenerational dialogues across visual art and sound. Her curatorial projects have been presented at ‘Curated by’ Vienna, Tate Modern, Rupert Centre for Art and Education, and the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, where she currently serves as Curator. Since 2025, she has been curator of ‘Steps’ at Art Verona, a section dedicated to young galleries and experimental art spaces. Her writing, spanning essays, fiction, and critical texts, has appeared in NERO, Flash Art, CURA., this is tomorrow, and Silvana Editoriale.
Ruoru Mou (b. 1997, Florence) is an artist based in London and Amsterdam. Recent group exhibitions include ‘Life After Life’, 15th Kaunas Biennial, Kaunas (2025); ‘OFFSPRING 2025’, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (2025); ‘Big Fortune’, Woonhuis De Ateliers, Amsterdam (2024); ‘Ceremonial Weight’, April in Paris, Aerdenhout (2024); ‘On Feeling’, The Approach, London (2024); and ‘Cozzie Livs’, Des Bains, London (2023). Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Leftover Linings’, San Mei Gallery, London (2024). Mou recently completed a two-year residency at De Ateliers, Amsterdam (2024–25).
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With generous support from Henry Moore Foundation, Cockayne Foundation and The Elephant Trust.
