NELLA NICCHIA

In ancient Roman and medieval Italian architecture, thick walls were often carved to create small recessed spaces known as nicchie (singular: nicchia). These niches were reserved for what was most precious—saints, sculptures, and treasured works of art. Over time, nicchia evolved into the French niche, and later into the English word we use today. From an architectural space, it came to represent a place of one’s own: a distinct position shaped by individuality, meaning, and personal value. Just as people once placed what they cherished most within a nicchia, Nella Nicchia—“Within the Niche”—is conceived as a space in which artist IA reveals a deeply personal niche: a world shaped by her own sensibility, values, and way of seeing. The works presented here are more than finished objects. They are places where years of taste, memory, emotion, and observation.