🃏Ceramics Tell a Story: The World of Cinzia Chiulli

Giano di Vico
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Viterbo won’t forget her, because in every corner of its historic center there’s a trace of her art. Because in her ceramics, there’s not just clay — there’s time taking shape.

In the beating heart of Viterbo’s medieval quarter, where the stones whisper stories and every alley feels hand-painted, Cinzia Chiulli has chosen to let her soul’s workshop blossom. Not just a studio, but a crossroads of artistic languages where ceramics, painting, and restoration blend with the deep history of Tuscia.

🎓 A path shaped by knowledge and intuition

Graduated from the art high school, with further studies in architecture in Rome, Cinzia made lifelong learning her personal philosophy. Her journey, from the Accademia del Superfluo in Rome to pottery and painting courses in Ndola, Zambia, tells the story of an artist who searched for the creative fire in the most unexpected places. But it is in archaeological restoration and the study of ancient ceramics that she found her temple: memory as living matter.

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Gli Arcani di Faul

: When ceramics become oracles

Among her most emblematic works stands out “Gli Arcani di Faul” — tarot cards sculpted and painted in ceramic that tell the story of the land through universal archetypes. Not mere objects, but symbolic relics intertwining the invisible with local history. These are the cards of a Viterboan destiny, where every symbol holds meaning and every color speaks.

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Vado, Giro, “Tornio”

: Form as tradition’s memory

With a title that’s already a poem in motion, this work pays tribute to the rotating gesture of the pottery wheel, ancient and still alive in the hands of Tuscia’s artisans. Cinzia doesn’t simply reproduce forms — she reinvents them, like an echo vibrating between past and future.

👣 Imprints that remain

Anyone who has walked the Via Francigena and stopped in Viterbo may have left a ceramic “imprint” in Cinzia’s studio. An artistic and spiritual rite that transforms the traveler’s passage into testimony. A small sign of eternity.

🏛 The Pilgrim’s Monument: Viterbo embraces those who walk

Among her most meaningful projects is the Monument to the Pilgrim, created for those who cross the city along the historic route. The work is a terracotta embrace — an invitation to pause and listen to the ancient breath of Tuscia.

🌍 An artist who speaks to the world

Cinzia Chiulli is also an international ambassador of Viterbo’s artistic soul. As co-founder of the association Artistica, she has shared creative culture throughout Italy and abroad. Her works have crossed borders, even reaching the Taj Mahal, and featured on international media such as France’s Journal de 13 heures. And when her art meets the public, it wins: as in the case of the double award — jury and audience — for her work “Forme e Colori”.

📚 Restoration as an act of love

In the art of ceramic archaeological restoration, Cinzia has found her quietest yet most powerful voice. It’s not just about repairing — it’s about stitching time back together. Her work restores dignity to wounded objects, transforming them into surviving witnesses of the past.

💬 What they say about her…

It’s not rare to find articles, reviews, and mentions dedicated to Cinzia. The section “What They Say About Cinzia Chiulli” on her website is a mosaic of recognition, collaborations, and stories — highlighting not only the artist, but the generous, authentic, and passionate human being behind the work.

✨ Final note: A guardian of beauty, between tuff and fire

Cinzia Chiulli is far more than a local artist — she’s a guardian of the beauty of Tuscia. A woman who chose to live and create in Viterbo, with her hands in the earth and her eyes among the stars. Each of her works is a bridge between epochs, each of her projects an invitation not to forget who we are.