Elisa Bertaglia (b. in Rovigo, Italy, in 1983) is a painter and visual artist.
In 2009 she received her MFA in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Since 2009 her work has been selected for several awards and has been exhibited in important art galleries, art museums and institutions in Italy and abroad, among these we can mention: Guggenhiem Museum, Venice; Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 54ma Venice Biennale, Venice; Dolomiti Contemporanee, Belluno; MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, USA; Sunny Art Centre, London, UK; Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Saitama, Japan.
She lives and works between Rovigo, Milan and New York.
EDUCATION
2009 MFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy
2006 BFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy
MAIN SOLO SHOWS
2021 Hic sunt Dracones, The Yard, New York, USA; curated by Sarah Corona
Fastentuch, San Peter am Perlach, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr
2020 SPOT, Martina Corbetta Contemporary Art, Monza-Brianza; curated by Martina Corbetta
Hic sunt leones, Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy; curated by Domenico Maria Papa
Fastentuch, San Peter am Perlach, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr
2019 Cendriers, MZ Gallery, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Carmen Roll
CONCERTO. Singing over the Bones, Martina Corbetta Contemporary Art, Giussano, Italy; curated by Rossella Farinotti
2016 Out of the Blue, Officine dell’Immagine Gallery, Milan, Italy; curated by Matteo Galbiati
Brutal Imagination, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin; curated by Stefano Suozzi
2015 Bindwood, Banca Sistema, Milan; curated by Chiara Serri
2014 Works, MZ Gallery, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Carmen Roll
MAIN GROUP SHOWS
2021 L’altra individualità, State of Center, Milan, Italy; curated by Domenico Russo, Andrea Tinterri, Luca Zuccala
2020 Sunny Art Exhibition, Sunny Art Centre, London, United Kingdom
Penelope’s Gaze, ART SITE FEST, Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, Turin, Italy; curated by Domenico Maria Papa
Visitazioni | Rivisitazioni, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy
2019 CAF - Nebula, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Saitama, Japan; curated by Shinichi Nagasawa
Selvatico [14], Luigi Varoli Museum, Cotignola, Italy; curated by Massimiliano Fabbri
On Paper, MACC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Calasecca, Italy; curated by Casa Falconieri
Cittadella dell’Arte, permanent project for the Milan City Archives, Milan, Italy; curated by Rosella Farinotti
Be the Difference, Torre delle Grazie, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
2018 Ceramica Contemporanea, Levizzano Rangone Castle, Levizzano, Italy; curated by Andrea Barillaro, Ilaria Dall’Olio, Alessandro Mescoli, Federica Sala
Rimini Drawing Biennale, City Museum, Rimini, Italy; curated by Annamaria Bernucci
2017 Field of Vision – Art Stays Festival, FO.VI. Gallery, Ptuj, Slovenia; curated by Marika Vicari
Monza Biennale, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy; curated by Daniele Astrologo Abadal
Works on Paper, Officine dell’Immagine Gallery, Milan, Italy
Sguardi, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy
2016 Join the Underground, Undercurrent Projects Space, New York, USA
Carte Sparse, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy
Erranza, Atipografia Gallery, Arzignano, Italy; curated by Petra Cason
2015 Come sopra, così sotto, OpenLab Gallery, Parma, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri
Our Generations, XVIII Penne Biennale, Penne, Italy; curated by Martina Lolli, Antonio Zimarino
ESKFF, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, USA
Nest, Martina Corbetta Contemporary Art, Giussano, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri, Arianna Beretta
A.R.T., Sant’Andrea della Zirada Church, Venice, Italy; curated by Banca Sistema
We love Sleep, MM1 Duomo Exhibition Space, Milan, Italy; curated by Cesare Casiraghi, Simona Bartolena
Autonomie del disegno, Quam Gallery, Scicli, Italy; curated by Emanuela Alfano
2014 Plateau Project, Former ENI Village, Borca di Cadore, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Progetto Borca
Let’s make like a tree, Studio Cloud 4, Bologna, Italy; curated by Stefano W. Pasquini
Orientalmente, Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy; curated by Francesca Baboni, Stefano Taddei
2013 Iside Contemporanea, Arcos Museum, Benevento, Italy; curated by Ferdinando Creta
Atti Vandalici, Camino Contro Corrente Festival, Camino al Tagliamento, Italy; curated by Francesco Zorzini, Riccardo Vaglini
Luci Sorgenti 6, Palazzo Santi Museum, Cascia, Italy; curated by Miriam Montani
Oceans: under skin of the sea, Kunstfabrik HB55, Berlin, Germany
2012 E l’uomo non è una felce. DC / Next, Taibon Agordino; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee
2011 State of the Arts, 54th Venice Biennale – Academy Pavilion, Tese di San Cristoforo, Venice, Italy
DC pulse / 2, Sass Muss, Sospirolo, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee
Corpo Ex/Posto, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria; curated by Alberto Balletti, Vasil Kolev
2010 Concertino, Music University, Venice, Italy
Corpo Ex/Posto, Magazzino del Sale 3, Venice, Italy; curated by Alberto Balletti, Vasil Kolev
In/Carne, Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco; curated by Edoardo Di Mauro
Workshop, Magazzino del Sale N°3, Venice; curated by Ivana D’Agostino, Carlo Di Raco, Domenico Maria Papa
Arte, Scienza e Scuola, Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy; curated by Aldo Grazzi
2009 93ma Collettiva Bevilacqua La Masa, BLM Gallery, Venice, Italy
F., Pier 35, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy
Nuovi orizzonti in laguna, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina; curated by Ivana D’Agostino
MAIN AWARDS
2020 Sunny Art Prize, London, United Kingdom
Be the Difference, Civic Museum, Bassano, Italy
OTTN, Milan, Italy
2019 Be the Difference, Torre delle Grazie, Bassano, Italy
2017 Arteam, Alessandria, Italy
2016 Arteam, Milan, Italy
2015 Arteam, Venice, Italy
Casa Falconieri, Cagliari, Italy
2013 Andrea Mantegna, Mantua, Italy
2009 93ma Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Milan City Archives, Milan, Italy
Eileen S. Kamisky Family Foundation, Jersey City, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Penne, Italy
Banca Sistema, Padua, Italy
Parque Museum, Iglesia de los Angeles, El Milagro, Argentina
Cominelli Foundation, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2021 Kunstraum LLC, New York, USA
2017 Officine Saffi, Officine Saffi Gallery, Milan, Italy
2016 ESKFF, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, USA
Atipografia, Arzignano, Italy; curated by Petra Cason, Elena Dal Molin
2015 Casa Falconieri, Serdiana, Italy
2014 Progetto Borca - E ultimo venne il Bosco, Borca di Cadore, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
2013 Dolomiti Contemporanee - Let’s make like a tree, Casso, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
PUBLICATIONS
The Colouring Book, Edited by 24 ORE Cultura, 2020 ISBN 978-88-6648-525-4
Hic sunt Dracones (monograph), The Yard, Texts by Massaro M., Corona S., Corbetta M., Farinotti R., 2020 ISBN 979-12-200-6897-0
Sunny Art Prize, Sunny Art Centre Editions
Concerto. Singing over the Bones (monograph), text by Rossella
Farinotti
Cendriers (monograph), text by Carmen Roll
Honden (monograph), texts by L. Bochicchio, P. Cason, M. Galbiati, A. Lacarpia, M. Lolli, M. Massaro, M. Santacatterina, C. Serri, S. Suozzi
222 Artisti emergenti su cui investire 2018, Exibart Editions
EAN 9788885553019, ISBN 888555301X
Out of the Blue (monograph), text by Matteo Galbiati, Vanilla Editions ISBN 978-88-6057-352-0
Bindwood (monograph), text by Chiara Serri, Vanilla Editions ISBN 978-88-6057-267-7
We Love Sleep, texts by Simona Bartolena, Cesare Casiraghi, Skira ISBN 885722914
Premio Combat, Sillabe Editions ISBN 978-88-8347-692-1
State of the Arts, Skira ISBN 9788857211602
REFERRING GALLERIES
Officine dell’Immagine, Milan, Italy
Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
Martina Corbetta Contemporary Art, Monza-Brianza, Italy
Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany
Pierogi Flat Files, New York, USA
