Born in 1998 in Ceva, in the province of Cuneo, Giada Grasso moved to Milan in 2023. Growing up in a small town, the insecurities of adolescence increased her desire to appear perfect in the eyes of others, making it difficult to express her emotions. She began drawing in secret, and in 2020, when she started working with oil paints, she found her means of expression. Painting became a journey of personal introspection and communion with the outside world.
Giada's latest works are inspired by Rorschach inkblots. Each brushstroke explores the relationship between her image and its reflection, investigating the inner dialogue and the duality of the self in relation to the surrounding context.
Giada Grasso’s new series, part of the L’Arlecchino project, reinterprets the Commedia dell’Arte mask as a symbol of fragmented identity. Her Arlecchino is a modern Trickster, embodying a youth torn between authenticity and conformity.
Giada Grasso lives and works in Milan. She has received various awards for her work, including:
- Special Prize Arte Laguna Prize, Residency NY+20 Chengdu China 2024
- First Prize Estatarte International Gallery, Area Contesa Arte, July 15, 2022 - September 18, 2022, Rome.
- First Prize - Most Significant Work, January 22, 2021, International Gallery, Area Contesa Arte, Rome.
- International Dante Alighieri Award - Inferno Review, May 12, 2021, International Gallery, Area Contesa Arte, Rome.
Exhibitions
- IDENTITA' SIMBOLICHE E MEMORIA, Gli Eroici Furori, Milan, June - July 2025
- FUORISALONE MILANO- Fuorisalone, Scutari 3, Milan, April 2025
- (SOLO EXHIBITION) THE RORSCHACH SERIES, in collaboration with the Lombardy Order of Psychologists, Casa degli Psicologi, Milan, November 2024
- FUORISALONE MILANO - Fuorisalone, Scutari 3, Milan, April 2024
- SIX IN VENICE- Palazzo Ruzzini, Venice, April 2024 - November 2024.
- VERNISSAGE ROME - 1911 Overland Avenue, Los Angeles (CA), March 2024.
- SANREMO ART SHOW - Ex Church of Santa Brigida, Sanremo, February 2024.
- SIX EXHIBITION - San Babila Gallery, Milan, January 2024.
- FUORISALONE MILANO 2023 - Fuorisalone, MA-EC Gallery, Milan, April 17-23, 2023.
- HAVE A DREAM - MA-EC Gallery, Milan, November 10-19, 2022.
- ESTATARTE INTERNATIONAL - Area Contesa Arte, Rome, July 15, 2022 - September 18, 2022.
- INTERNATIONAL DANTE ALIGHIERI AWARD - INFERNO- Area Contesa Arte, Rome, May 12, 2021.
- ART ACADEMY AWARD INTERNATIONAL- Area Contesa Arte, Rome, January 22, 2021.
