Elisabetta Benassi was born in Rome in 1966. She is among the artists invited to represent Italy at the 55th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial. With references to the political and artistic cultural tradition of the twentieth century, psychoanalysis as well as the controversial issues of the contemporary world, the work of Elisabetta Benassi covers the difficult space …
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Rä di Martino (Rome, 1975) studied in London where she’s graduated with an MFA at the Slade School of Art and now lives and works in Turin. Her practice explores the passage of time, as well as the discrepancies that differentiate epic narratives from lived experiences. Her works are characterized by a tension between pathos and a certain detachment: a disconnectedness …
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  Maria Adele Del Vecchio (Caserta, Italy 1976), lives and works in Rome. She attended the Filmklasse, taught by Mark Leckey in Staedelschule, Frankfurt in 2005/2006. In 2014 she has been shortlisted for Premio Furla 2015, ‘The Nude Prize’. Solo Exhibitions: 2015 Within, rather than above, Galleria Tiziana Di Caro, Naples. 2014 Tonite let’s all make love in London, Supportico Lopez, Berlin. 2011 Qui sembra ancora possibile, curated …
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Born in Venice, she lives and works in Rome. For many years she co-ordinated events and conferences for various international business organizations, such as CIGA (Italian Association of Luxury Hotels). She has worked as communication consultant for private companies. Since 2004, she has been President and Project Manager of AlbumArte, an independent non-profit cultural association through which, after numerous projects …
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Valentina Fiore (Rome, 1983) got her degree in Contemporary Art History from La Sapienza University in Rome in 2009 and then undertook a masters in European Project Planning (Rome, 2013). She is interested in collaborating on projects based on participatory processes which have been both developed and held in the neighbourhood, in spaces that are not known as exhibition venues. …
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Born in Florence in 1967, he lives and work in Savigno (Bo), Italy. Flavio Favelli has developed his artistic practice from an intimate and very personal concept of time and space. By assembling gates, benches, doors, railings, balconies, chairs, tables, beds, mirrors, carpets and chandeliers the artist creates works of functional appearance that transform the atmosphere of the places that …
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Elena Forin is an Italian curator. Her approach combines an interest for to the most recent artistic developments – video, installation, performance; participatory, site-specific and social practices – and for their specific historical roots of the 60’s and 70’s. Between 2009 and 2011 she curated various exhibitions for MACRO (Museum of Contemporary Art Rome) including Urs Lüthi Just Another Story About Leaving (with L.M. …
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Beral Madra, a critic and curator, directed Gallery BM (1984-1990) and is currently directing BM Contemporary Art Centre (since 1990). Founding partner and artistic director of Kuad Gallery (2012). She lives and works in Istanbul. She coordinated the 1st (1987) and the 2nd (1989) Istanbul Biennale, curated the Pavilion of Turkey in  43rd, 45th, 49th, 50th and 51st Venice Biennale, …
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