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SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2023

ACQUE AMARE, Ala Foundation Prize, Naples, IT

(UNDER) BLACK EARTH, Wilhelmina Gallery, Hydra, GR


2022

COPPA DI STELLE NEL CERCHIO DEL SOLE, Palazzo Abatellis museum, Palermo, IT

UNEARTHLY, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg, LU

ANIMALS OF YOUR LIPS, Bosse & Baum, London, UK

IL CHIOSTRO ANIMATO, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, IT

A MONSTROUS FRUIT, Setareh, Berlin, DE

WHERE THE PRIMITIVE ONE BECOMES TWO, Eduardo Secci, Art Brussels, BE

GHOSTS FOR A POST-MODERN TALE, LAAA, Mexico City, MX


2021

LUNA PIENA (STOMACO VUOTO), Renata Fabbri, Milan, IT

SFIORARE FANTASMI, Eduardo Secci, Florence, IT

ART-O-RAMA, Bosse & Baum, Marseille, FR


2020

TWIN WAVES. Operativa, Rome, IT


2019

CHIMÈRE, Chloe Salgado, Paris, FR

TALK TO THE HAND. Bosse & Baum, London, UK

BOLOGNA ART FAIR. Renata Fabbri, Bologna, IT


2018

OGNI PENSIERO VOLA. Renata Fabbri Gallery, Milan, IT

GIOTTO’S ROOM. Two person show with Aisha Christison. Post_Institute Von Goetz, London, UK

GARAGELAND. Two person show with Anne Ryan. The Rectory Projects, London, UK

SHED SHREDS. Lychee One Gallery, London, UK


2017

DOVETAIL’S NEST. Zabludowicz Collection, Invites, London, UK



GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2023

ITALIAN PAINTING TODAY, Triennale Milano. Curated by Damiano Gullì 

HORIZON OF THE VOID, Artocène, Chamonix, FR

Benaki Museum Auction, Athens, GR

Art Düsseldorf, Setareh gallery, Düsseldorf, DE

WITHIN + WITHOUT, Unit London, UK. Curated by Ferren Gipson

INCIDENTE DOMESTICO, Société Interludio, Turin, IT

ART DUBAI, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, UAE

MOTHERS. Badr El Jundi, Madrid, SP


2022

VIAGGIO IN SICILIA #9. Palazzo Abatellis Museum, Palermo, IT

L’ORIGINE DEL MONDO. Fondazione per l’Arte, Rome, IT

LABYRINTH. with Joël Andrianomearisoa and Jeanne Gaigher, Kristen Hjellegjerde gallery, London, UK

THE ARMOURY SHOW. Setareh gallery, New York, USA

THE NEW GUARD. Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, FR

A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Alkinois, Athens, GR

Premio Conai. Spazio Taverna, Rome, IT

Materia Nova & Spazio Y, curated by Massimo Mininni and Benedetta Monti, Galleria Arte Moderna, Rome.

WEEDS WON’T WITHER, Jari Lager gallery, Cologne.

New Mythologies, Ohsh Projects in collaboration with King & McGaw, London.

UPON A TIME, Eduardo Secci, Florence.


2021

THE ARTSY VANGUARD Fourth Edition, curated by Erin Jenoa Gilbert, Miami, US

PSYCHIC ANEMONE, Cob Gallery, London, UK

Salto in Altro, curated by Edoardo Monti, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, IT

Artissima, Double V gallery, Torino, IT

June Mostra, British School at Rome, IT

Worst Case Scenario, curated by Chloe Bonnie More, Paris, FR

Quarantanove non è cinquanta, Vogue Italia, curated by Valentina Ciarallo, IT

Latence, Boulevard Malesherbes, curated by Chloe Bonnie More, Paris, FR


2020

Waves Between Us. Fondazione Sandretto, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene. Curated by Alison Karasyk,Camille Regli, Katie Simpson - Young Curators Residency Programme 2020, IT

In Stitches. Larsen Warner, Stockholm, SE

Transatlantico. Mana Contemporary, New Jerseay, USA

The Thicker the Woods, the Vaster the Vista. Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg, SE

March Mostra. British School at Rome, IT


2019

Adieu to Old England the Kids Are Alright. Choi and Lager, Cologne, DE

Dusseldorf Art Fair. Choi and Lager gallery, Dusseldorf, DE

December Mostra, British School at Rome, IT

Premio Cairo, Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT

A Seed’s a Star, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm. Curated by Constance Tenvik, SE

The Italian Open, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, DE

Generation Y, Platform Foundation X, London. Curated by Kate Bryan and Sara Terzi.

Tender Touches, AMP Gallery, London. Curated by Open Space Contemporary.

Subversive Stitch, TJ Boulting, London. Curated by Hannah Watson.

London Art Fair, Union Gallery, London.

FiBRA, Post_Institute Von Goetz, London.


2018    

Premio Lissone, Lissone, Italy.

Bone Memory, Lychee One, London.

FEŸ Rencontres, Art Festival. Burgundy, France.

Memories Arrested in Space, Italian Cultural Institute, London. Curated by ARTUNER

(Two-person) Giotto’s Room, with Aisha Christison. Post_Institute, London. Curated by Lucy Von Goetz

(Two-person) Garageland, with Anne Ryan. The Rectory Projects, London.

Searching for Myself Through Remote Skins. Renata Fabbri, Milan. Curated by Bianca Baroni

Et Refaire Le Monde. Galerie Bessieres, Chatou, Paris. Curated by Bianca Cerrina Feroni

If You Can Stand the Heat. Roaming Projects, London. Curated by Lindsey Mendick and Paloma Proudfoot


2017

40-40-40. Soho House London. Curated by Fenella Brownlee

Ripe. Kingsgate Project Space, London. Curated by Eleanor Davies

Dik Piks. Ladybeck, Leeds UK. Curated by Suzy Babington

La Diablesse. Tramps Gallery, London. Curated by Jerusha West, Sarah Batey and Simone Kennedy-Doig.

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Over Night)? J Hammond Projects, London. Curated by Will Rees and Hamish Pearch

Penelope. Curated by Alix Janta and Lauren Jones. 46 Gallery, London.


2016

Summer Blue. Lychee One Gallery, London. Curated by Jonathan Miles.

Royal College of Art Graduate Show. London.

At Home Salon: Double Acts. Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot. Curated by Lana Bountakidou.

Paper, Publication, Performance. Lychee One Gallery, London. Curated by Jonathan Miles.


2015

The Behaviour of Being. Group exhibition from the Beekeeper’s Residency at Cob Gallery, curated by Mia Pfeifer.

Two Hundred Acres. Group exhibition of RCA students. Pump House Gallery, London. Curated by Anna Clifford.

Rift Banquet. Performance at AYA Peckham, London. Curated by Leo Cohen.

ScreenSaver. Group Video Exhibtion and co-curation. Dyson Gallery, RCA.

RCA Secret. Group Exhibition. Dyson Gallery. Royal College of Art.

15th Cypriot Contemporary Dance Festival. Commissioned the performance of In the Likeness Of… Rialto Theatre, Limassol, Cyprus.

Exposiçao Lar. Group Exhibition curated by Paola De Ramos. Curitiba, Brazil.

Resolutions!2015. The Place Theatre, London. Performance of In the Likeness Of…


2014

Persephone, Queen of the Underworld. E122 Banquet Performance. Cock ‘N’ Bull Gallery, London.

Arts Atrium, Twitter HQ.  Group Exhibition organised by the London Sculpture Workshop.

The Scars are Not Just Skin Deep, Group Exhibition curated by Mia Pfeifer. Cob Gallery, London.

Slade School of Fine Art Degree Show. London.


2013

On/Off. Performance Event. Vibe Gallery, London

Slade Print Fair. Group exhibition and performance. Slade Research Centre, London.

Anthropophagi. Two-person exhibition with Paola De Ramos. 26 Greek Street, London.

Tate Modern. Invitation by the Board Director of the UAL Development Council.

St Martins School of Art & Design Degree Show. Collaboration with Cecilia Granara.

Elegy. Guest Project Space. Group exhibition and performance. Curated by Leo Cohen.

Camden Arts Center London. Performance Event organised by the Slade School of Fine Art.

Bodies of Silence. Platform, London. Performance. Curated by Giulia Casalini and Diana Georgiou.

The Strange Impression of Seeing Things. Group exhibition and performance. Mile End Art Pavilion, London.


2012    

Camden Arts Centre, London. Performance Art Event organised by the Slade.

Platform 1. Performance Art Event organised by the Slade. Bloomsbury Theatre, London.



GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES




2023           Ala Foundation Prize, IT

                     Artocène residency and site-specific commission, FR

2022           Alkinois residency, Athens, GR

                     TAC residency, Tuscany, IT

                     Premio Conai, official selection, IT

2021           Pébeo Prize for Painting, Art-o-Rama, FR

                     Viaggio in Sicilia #9, curated by Valentina Bruschi, IT

2019-21     Abbey Scholarship for Painting, British School at Rome, IT

2020           Talent Prize, official selection, IT

                     Rosa Lee Travel Grant, British School, IT

2019
          Premio Cairo, official selection, Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT

                     La Berlugane-Maleki Residency and Commission, FR


                    Premio Lissone
, official selection, Lissone, IT

                     FIBRA itinerant residency Colombia,
                     co-produced with Mia Pfeifer, COL

2016
          Villa Lena residency, Tuscany, IT


2014-16
    Leverhulme Scholarship, UK

2015
          The Beekeeper’s residency, PRT

                     Stapley Trust Grant, UK

                     O2 Think Big Grant, UK

2014
          Slade School of Fine Art Prize, UK

2010
          Study Grant, Salzburg Academy of Fine Art, AT