Milvia Romici is an artist whose work sits at the intersection of environmental and conceptual art. Her artworks address the effects of human industrial expansion on the natural environment, raising questions regarding the future of our world as nature adapts to technological waste.
Particularly interested in plastic waste, she has been exploring "plastiglomerates" (small plastic rocks that have been formed when plastic debris melts and fuses with natural materials). They are mostly found on beaches and are created naturally or through direct human action where extreme temperatures occur.
Milvia simulates the natural creation process of plastiglomerates to create plastic rocks to address issues regarding the future of our planet and to prompt new ways to think about consumption and consumerism.
Highlights
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Installation works/interventions in various public sites around Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Rangitoto Island and Waiheke Island throughout the year
Group Exhibitions
2022
National Contemporary Art Award Finalists Exhibition, Waikato Museum, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Witness: See, Experience, Testify, group show as part of the Auckland Climate Festival with Janet Mazenier, Karen Rubado, Judith Lawson, Bonco and Kate Bedford at The Flagship Education Centre, Sustainable Coastlines, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Sculpture Festival 2022, Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Estuary Arts and Ecology Awards Finalists Exhibition, Uxbridge Malcolm Smith Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Waste-Age Exhibition with Judith Lawson, Arthaus Contemporary, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
