Carla Giaccio Darias (Rome, 1998) is an Italian-Cuban artist.
She currently lives and works between Italy, Cuba, and Mexico. She holds a degree in Painting and Visual Arts from NABA in Milan and is currently pursuing a MA at Villa Arson in Nice.
Her practice spans painting, drawing, and sculpture, deeply rooted in the collection and transformation of photographic and object-based archives. Through collecting and combining fragments of moments, she navigates the fluid space between the familiar and the unknown , using this process to connect with reality and engage with memory. Drawn to objects that feel both known and unfamiliar, she seeks to restore a sense of balance, often embracing the uncanny.
As a Cuban-Italian artist inhabiting a liminal space between cultures, her practice embraces uncertainty and failure as generative forces, allowing her to question the complexities of modern life from the periphery. She approaches the margin not as a site of exclusion, but as a dynamic space where new perspectives emerge. Her layered paintings, fragmented compositions, and partial visions challenge the documentary function of images, mirroring the instability and multiplicity of marginalized narratives while inviting new interpretations.