Teresa Antignani (Isernia, 1991) is an artist, researcher, and activist. 

She graduated in Painting from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, where she began her independent research influenced by Theodor Adorno’s socio-psychological studies on the authoritarian personality. From 2013 to 2016, she was a member of the IAEA (International Association of Empirical Aesthetics) and presented her research on the psychology of fascism in relation to visual perception at the Universities of Vienna, New York, and Barcelona. She further specialized with a Second-Level Inter-University Master’s Degree in Sociology from the Universities of Roma Tre, Tor Vergata, and La Sapienza.

Since 2018, her path has embraced an eco-feminist vision of local grassroots movements fighting for environmental defense. This journey has evolved into an ongoing, itinerant community project titled Martyrion. Teresa’s research proceeds with eclecticism, blending practices and languages that range from painting and performance to collective works. These projects evoke the ritual dimension and aesthetic codes of Southern Italian tradition, challenging concepts of corporeality and presence.

Her work is part of a global discourse providing a critical reading of some of the most urgent contemporary issues: from the role of women in environmental defense and support for activist groups in denouncing energy giants, to a reflection on the ethical and political dimensions of art. Since 2023, Martyrion has been part of the Matri Archivio del Mediterraneo, curated by the Department of Postcolonial and Gender Studies at the University of Naples "L'Orientale." In 2024, Teresa was the winner of the Malta Biennale of Contemporary Art. In 2025, she co-directed her first documentary with Luca Ciriello, which was awarded Best Environmental Short Film. For the Maddaloni Arts Biennale, she strengthened and revisited socially engaged art practices by creating a monumental collective work. This piece narrates the violence endured by marginalized territories in the province of Caserta and their desire for justice following the landmark ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) ruling on the "Land of Fires" (Terra dei Fuochi). Since 2020, she has collaborated with local environmental organizations, including ISDE (International Society of Doctors for the Environment), Mamme per la Salute e per l’ambiente, Mamme da Nord a Sud, Genitori Tarantini, and many others.