medina_zabo

medina zabo_ graduated in communication studies at university of perugia with a degree thesis in semiotics, thereafter specialized at ied_european institute of design in rome. she had been working for many years as a journalist for various italian newspapers, interested above all in environmental reports and social aspects. In 2012 medina quits her job due to health issues, and retreats to the etrurian country, devoting to the furniture restoration and to the farm works. _for a few months she has been living with a colony of swarming bees in the dinner of her house._at least, in 2015 she enrolled at the fine arts academy “pietro vannucci” in perugia, then bestowed with the “chen ming” award for best students. from 2017 she is attending the fine arts academy in rome._so her formal research combines the human perception of psychological and environmental space though the alchemical elements (air, fire, earth, water). setting up the process, it emerges a secret, feminine dialogue among clay, parasitized bee-wax and pure virgin beeswax, steel, glass wool, fused iron relics._performer for andreco (“the end of anthropocene era”, contemporary art center luigi pecci, prato, february 2017), eliza soroga ( re-enactment of “women in agony” 11th art prize laguna, venice, march 2017) and for aram bartholl (“weeping angels” 57th international art exhibition, hyper pavilion, venice, may-september 2017)._selected for the restyling of the maquette “ascent” at the studio of beverly pepper_selected by fuis (italian writers federation) as a witness to young emerging artists at the international author forum 2018 (palazzo ferrajoli, roma, march) _in 2018 winner of the international o.r.a prize, selected by curva pura+roots gallerymain exhibits2016. anopticon_ panopticon (trebisonda, contemporary art center perugia) mayopera prima (spello pinacoteca, 2016 curated by sistema museo regione umbria and aba), july_november 2017special mention at premio nazionale antonio ranocchia (museo dinamico del laterizio, marsciano) may_june 2017mimmo paladino and the young artists _ finalist at the viii biennale #arteInsieme prize – mole vanvitelliana, ancona, curated by museo tattile omero mibact and contemporary art center tactus, june_july shingle22j (forte sangallo, nettuno), curated by andrea mingiacchi, september use the grand bargain only for current maintenance – twice exposition zabo_moroni by onlus franco rasetti. perugia, august-september self- portraits, emerging artists exposition for raw roma art week curated by medina gallery, rome 2018
brana _ other worlds curated by andrea baffoni at contemporary art center fuseum, perugia, 26 feb- 22 april in buono stato, solo exhibition, curva pura gallery, rome, 21 june_ 4 september  inside& outside, survey show, curated by aba perugia& pro arna, castle of civitella d’arna, perugia, 17-26 august F-U-T-U-R-A 3018 experimental arts curated by subusculture&partners, site specific performance, porta santi quaranta, treviso, 6/7 october