ANDREA GAIDANO    (?)

andregaidano@protonmail.com
+39 3472137348
+33 7 84 80 74 30





NEWS

Residencies

July 2025
︎ENTRE NOUS RESIDENCY, Paratissima Torino and NOAU - officina culturale, in Valle Grana, Italy.

Mai-October 2025
︎ARCHITECTURE RESIDENCY with Dispo Urbanisme, Maison de l’Architecture de l’Isère, in Saint-Gervais, France.

Mars - Mai 2026
︎RESEARCH RESIDENCY with Simon Geneste,  Maison Garenne, France. 


Shows

︎ Futurematique (2022) is currently on view at the International Design Biennale in Saint-Etienne, France.





BIO

I’m a social designer and artist, born in Turin in 1996 and currently based in Grenoble, France.

My practice combines image-making, collective creation, and fieldwork—often in rural or marginal contexts. I work with public institutions, associations, and communities on projects that seek to open spaces for social and ecological transformation. Rooted in action-research and participatory methods, I’ve recently explored themes such as alternative prison systems, the appropriation of public space, and the co-creation of civic spaces for youth in mountain regions.

I’m particularly interested in how design can support existing dynamics rather than impose new ones—starting from what’s already there, acknowledging peculiarities, and building up forms of shared creation. Whether through drawing, publishing, or organizing co-design workshops, I aim to cultivate slow, attentive practices that support dialogue and situated change.

Over the years, I’ve participated in several residencies and exhibitions across Europe, including Design des mondes ruraux (FR), Entre Nous (IT), the Biennale Internationale du Design in Saint-Étienne, and Hors Pistes – Nuevas Ruralidades at the Centre Pompidou Malaga.

I speak and write Italian, French, English, and a bit of Spanish and Portuguese.

Feel free to get in touch!



CV

EXPERIENCE

2025 (July) Valle Grana, Italy
︎ENTRE NOUS ART RESIDENCY, Paratissima Torino and NOAU - officina culturale

2025 (Mai - October) Saint-Gervais, France
︎ARCHITECTURE RESIDENCY with Dispo Urbanisme, Maison de l’Architecture de l’Isère

2023 – CURRENT Grenoble, France
︎DESIGN FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION, Département de l’Isère

2022 – 2023 Nontron, France
︎EXTERNAL LECTURER, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

2018 – CURRENT France
︎SOCIAL DESIGNER & ARTIST, past collaborations include: Les Géorgiques and Céline Domengie, DRAC Centre Val-de-Loire, La Teinturerie de Richelieu, Grezz Press, Habitat, Osservatorio Sant’Anna

2021 – 2022 Nontron, France
︎DESIGNER IN RESIDENCY, Design des mondes ruraux

2020 – 2021 Naturns-Naturno, Italy
︎SOCIAL DESIGNER, Municipality of Naturns-Naturno

2018 – 2020 Turin, Italy
︎SCREEN PRINTER, Laboratorio Artistico Pietra - artist-run space

2019 Bergamo, Italy
︎ARTIST IN RESIDENCY, Spazio Giacomo


EDUCATION

2019 – 2021 Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
︎MA ECO-SOCIAL DESIGN Free University of Bolzano-Bozen

2020 – 2021 Bolzano-Bozen - Online, Italy
︎FICT WINTER SCHOOL Fragmentary Institute for Comparative Timelines

2015 – 2018 Turin, Italy
︎BA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION, Polytechnic of Turin


GROUP SHOWS

2025 Saint-Etienne, France
︎BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DU DESIGN, Cité du Design

2024 Malaga, Spain
︎HORS PISTES - NUEVAS RURALIDADES, Centre Pompidou Malaga

2022 Paris, France
︎DESIGN FOR A WILD WORLD, Académie du Climat Paris

2021 Bordeaux, France
︎LES ECHOS DU TERRITOIRE, FRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine