Crossing different techniques, materials and expressive languages, Alice Padovani's research originates from archetypes of wonder and repulsion. With a classifier spirit similar to the neo-eighteenth century, she combines the spontaneity of the creative impulse and the rigor of the scientific method. Passing through installations, assemblages and performances, in her works she proposes fragments of a decontextualized nature and creates collections that are, at the same time, heaps and traces, where natural and personal memory merge to find a common point of origin. Currently her works are present in several exhibitions including a solo exhibition at the State Archives of Turin and a collective show at the Palazzina di Caccia Stupinigi (Art Site Fest). The most recent site-specific project, realized for Modena Philosophy Festival at the Civic Museums, is a large floor installation created starting from a selection of extraordinary ancient objects and finds from archaeological, ethnological and civic museum collections. A dialogue between varied expressive lexicons, between fluorescence and monochromes, shows Padovani's work as ephemeral and concrete at the same time, imbued with the narrative skills of an archive and those evocative of a magical world regulated by its own rhythms and structures. Graduated in Philosophy and Visual Arts, from the mid-1990s to 2012 she trained and worked as an actress and director in the field of contemporary theatre. At the same time, preferring the use of drawing, installation and performance, she developed her own path as a visual artist that led her to exhibit in personal, collective exhibitions and art fairs of a national and international nature. His works are part of some important collections in Italy and abroad.
Solo exhibitions:
2020 - Systema naturae - in occasion of Art Site Fest - curated by Domenico Maria Papa - Archivio di Stato - Turin (Italy)
2020 - Entomoart - bi-personale in occasion of Interno Verde Festival - curated by Silvia Antonioli - Spazio Arrivabene2 - Mantova (Italy)
2019 - The last garden - curated by Ilaria Dall'Olio - Hangar Rosso Tiepido - Modena (Italy)
2019 - La collezionista di emozioni - festival Scintille d'arte - curated by Kevin Mc Manus and Mariacristina Maccarinelli - Fondazione Leonesio - Puegnago del Garda
2019 - Unintentional Codex - curated by Camilla Mineo - Old Pharmacy San Filippo Neri - on the occasion of Parma 360 festival - Parma (Italy)
2019 - PRIMAL. Shapes ordered by caos - Guidi & Schoen Gallery - Genova (Italy)
2018 - Corpus. A collection of wonder - curated by Camilla Ballor and Carolina Bottisio - Paratissima Art fair - Caserma La Marmora - Turin (Italy)
2017 - Collection of a magpie - curated by Cristina Cellini Antonini - Le Dame Art Gallery @Melia White House - London (UK)
2016 > 2017 - Vegetal works. Composite installation for ephemeral bodies - curated by Roberto Pasini - Polo Zanotto, University of Verona - Verona (Italy)
2015 - Wunderkammer - curated by Chiara Iemmi - Dark Room Gallery - Carpi (Italy)
2015 - Small Compendium of Lost Animals - curated by Mariacarla Auteri - Sala Dogana - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (Italy)
2014 - De Rerum Absentia - curate by Letizia Bartozzi - Camera Bianca, Reggio Emilia (Italy)
2014 - Entoma. Being without blood. Division into segments. Perfection achieved - Botanical Garden, Modena (Italy)
2013 - Arts in Contemporary - III edition - Arte su Carte Gallery, Modena
2012 - Small Compendium of Lost Animals - first study - Periferico festival, General Warehouse of the Historical Archive of Modena (Italy)
Site-specific installation, performances, art residences:
2020 - Archival impulse or The museum machine. Site-specific installazione in occasion of Festival filosofia - curated by Serena Goldoni, Cristina Stefani, Cristiana Zanasi - Musei Civici di Modena (Italy)
2020 - Fonderia Artistica Versiliese. Art Residence for bronze casting - prize by Artrooms Awards London - Pietrasanta (Italy)
2019 - The small part of a whole - artistic residence for the MUA project. Musei Accoglienti della Puglia in collaboration with CIR-Italian Council for Refugees, Eccom, 34th Cast, Acaya Castle
2019 - Solid - installation site-specific for Artrooms London 2019 - Melia White House - London (UK)
2018 - Bosco matrice - artistic residency for SiCreative project in collaboration with Milano LUISS HUB, Italia Camp, Agenzia Nazionale Giovani
2018 - The roots exposed - artistic residency for the Green Routes Taranto project in collaboration with Eccom, Fondazione per il Sud, Augeo, Bocche del Vento, MuDI - Taranto
2017 - Imago - performance in occasion of Pas Pasa Pan - curate by Valerio Dehò - Giornata del Contemporaneo - Galleria Estense, Modena (Italy)
2017 - Vegetal works. Composite installation for ephemeral bodies + 8 - installation and performance - Formigine Castle - Modena (Italy)
2017 - More often, with emphatic value, so sublime - performance for Estense Gallery in occasion of Innesti sul Sacro - curated by Sonia Fabbrocino Belli - Modena (Italy)
2016 - Domino - installation and performance - Mina Studio Gallery - in occasion of Festival Filosofia - Modena (Italy)
2016 - Limes. Geography spawns from hate - installation and performance - curated by Chiara Iemmi - European night of museums - Civic Museums - Reggio Emilia (Italy)
2015 - Voices of ash / Voci di cenere - performance. Debut: Archaeolocical Museum Modena (Italy)
2015 - Short story of a hair lock - installation and performance - Oasis contemporary art & performance - curated by Laure Keyrouz - Villa Barco Zonca - Arcade, Treviso (Italy)
2015 - 8. Ephemerl work - installation and performance - European night of museums - Civic Museums - Reggio Emilia (Italy)
2011 - Pop Up - installation - Galleria 42 Contemporaneo - Modena (Italy)
2009 - Stories in the corner - installation for children - Buk. Fair of small and medium publishing - Modena (Italy)
2007 - Everybody at home. Projects for living - installation for Festival Filosofia - 42 Contemporaneo Off Gallery - Modena (Italy)
Group Exhibitions:
2020 - Penelope's Gaze - for the Art Site Fest - curated by Domenico Maria Papa - Palazzina di Caccia Stupinigi - Turin (Italy)
2020 - PAM - Privatissima Artisti Modena - curated by Sergio Bianchi, Alessandro Mescoli, Federica Sala - Palazzo Ducale di Pavullo (Italy)
2020 - M@D Monza Arte Diffusa - curated by Matteo Galbiati - MiMuMo - Monza (Italy)
2020 - Effetto farfalla. 30 artisti per l’emergenza clima e ambiente - curated by Roberta Vanali - Centro Comunale D’arte e Cultura Il Ghetto - Cagliari
2019 >2020 - Selvatico 14. Atlante dei margini, delle superfici e dei frammenti - curated by Massimiliano Fabbri - Museo civico Luigi Varoli - Cotignola
2019 - Enegan art prize - Museo degli Innocenti Firenze
2019 - Arteam Cup 2019 - finalists exhibition - curated by Livia Savorelli and Matteo Galbiati - Villa Nobel - Sanremo
2019 - Natura naturans - curated by Valeria Guglielmi - San Francesco Church - Cortemilia Cuneo (Italy)
2019 - Light and fragmented. Memories of personal and social identities - Le Dame Art Gallery - London (UK)
2019 - Absence presence - in the occasion of di FAI un giro in Villa. FAI giovani Rovigo - Palazzo Malmignati - Lendinara, Rovigo (Italy)
2019 - Ceramic. The liquidity of material - Gate 26A Gallery - Modena (Italy)
2019 - Poetiche a confronto - exhibition of the winners Nocivelli Prize 2018 - a cura di Maurizio Bernardelli Curuz - Mo.Ca. - Brescia (Italy)
2018 - Carte d'identità - Guidi&Schoen Gallery - Genoa (Italy)
2018 - Nocivelli Prize - Church of Disciplina - Verolanuova - Bresca (Italy)
2018 - Arteam Cup 2018 - exhibition of finalists - curated by Livia Savorelli and Matteo Galbiati - Fondazione Dino Zoli - Forlì (Italy)
2018 - Artifact Prize - finalist exhibition - curated by Marcella Manni - Levizzanop Castle - Levizzano Rangone, Modena (Italy)
2018 - Arte Laguna Prize - finalist exhibition - Nappe dell'Arsenale - Venice (Italy)
2017 - Horizontal Exposure /Story and Tale / 115 years of store - Bottega dei Gozzi - Modena (Italy)
2017 - Arteam Cup 2017 - curated by Livia Savorelli and Matteo Galbiati - Bonelli Lab - Canneto sull'Oglio, Mantova (Italy)
2017 - Acromie - Mina Lab - in occasion of Philosophy Festival - Modena - Italy
2017 - Is Eva the half of art? - curated by Alessandra Redaelli - Artesì Gallery - Modena (Italy)
2016 - Arteam Cup 2016 - curated by Livia Savorelli and Matteo Galbiati - Palazzo del Monferrato - Alessandria (Italy)
2016 - Nuovi Voli - Art in tower - curated by Alessandro Mescoli - Castelnuovo Rangone, Modena (Italy)
2015 - 10x10xMAW - Spazio MAW - Sulmona (Italy)
2015 - Carlo Bonatto Minella Prize - Villa Vallero - Rivarolo C.se, Turin (Italy)
2015 - 6X6 - Galleria all’Angolo - Mendrisio (Switzerland)
2015 - Who art you? 4th edition - Fabbrica del Vapore - Milan (Italy)
2014 - Entoma - 42° international meeting of entomology, Modena (Italy)
2014 - #seemetakeover 24 July - collective works projection - Time Square - New York (USA)
2014 - Rezarte TricolorePrize, exhibition of the finalists - Invisible Gallery - Marseille (France)
2014 - Rezarte Tricolore Prize, exhibition of the finalists - Rosemarie Bassi Gallery - Remagen (Germany)
2014 - Casting - Estense Castle - Ferrara (Italy)
2014 - Rezarte Tricolore Prize, exhibition of the finalists - Km 119 - Reggio Emilia (Italy)
2013 - Third Contemporary Exhibition - Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso (Italy)
2013 - Consumption - curated by Diletta Pignedoli - Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia (Italy)
2013 - Art in Contemporary - Third Edition - Arte su Carte Gallery, Modena (Italy)
Fairs:
2020 - Art Parma Fair - Parma
2019 - Art Verona Fair - Verona
2019 - ArtRooms London 2019 - Melia White House Hotel - London
2018 - The Others Art fair - Ex Hospital Regina margherita - Turin (Italy)
2018 - Paratissima Art fair - Caserma La Marmora - Turin (Italy)
2018 - ArtRooms Roma 2018 - The Church Palace Hotel - Roma
2018 - Paratissima - IAAD - Bologna - Italy
2017 - Red Dot Miami - Miami Florida - USA
2017 - Art Fair East - St Andrews Hall, Norwich - Inghilterra
2017 - ArtRooms London 2017 - Melia White House Hotel - London
2016 - Fiera d'arte e mercato - MAGMMA Museo d’Arte Grafica del Mediterraneo Marchionni - Villacidro, Cagliari (Italy)
2016 - Affordable Art Fair 2016 - Superstudiopiù - Milan (Italy)
2016 - ArtRooms London 2016 - Melia White House Hotel - London
2015 - Art Verona Fair - Art Rouds - Verona (Italy)
2014 - Young Art Pitching prize, Art&Museum International Exhibition Xchange - Lingotto Fair Center, Turin (Italy)
Awards
2019 - Umberto Mortari Prize - Artrooms Awards
2019 - art residency Prize Fonderia Artistica Versiliese - Artrooms Awards
2019 - art residency Prize Festival for the earth, Cà Foscari, Venezia - Arteam Cup 2019
2019 - Special Prize Galleria Amy D Spazio Arte Milano - Arteam Cup 2019
2018 - First Prize Sculpture - Nocivelli Prize 2018
2018 - Special prize Guidi&Schoen Gallery - Arteam CUP 2018
2018 - Biafarin Honor Award - Arte Laguna Prize- Venice
2018 - Paratissima Talent Prize - Paratissim Fair - Bologna
2017 - Vanilla Ed special prize - Arteam Cup 2017
2016 - Art Rounds - Celeste Network
2015 - Who art you? 4th edition - Press Award winner - Milano
2014 - Young Art Pitching prize, Art&Museum International Exhibition Xchange - Torino
2013 - Arte in Contemporanea. 3rd edition - winner of two purchase awards - Modena
Collections:
Civic Museums - Modena (Italy)
MuDI - Diocesano Museum of Sacred Art - Taranto (Italy)
Hotel de Crillon - Paris (France)
Association ItaliaCamp (Roma)
Gian Giacomo dell'Acaya Castle (Acaya, Lecce)
Private collections
Conferences:
2019 - Open Talk. The landscape metamorphosis with Carlo Pagani - Aromatum Garden - Modena
2018 - Art Talks - Arte Laguna Prize - Venice Arsenal - Venice
2017 - Artists in Dialogues - ArtRooms London 2017 - Melia White House Hotel - London
2016 - MTArt Conference 2016 - ArtRooms London 2016 - Melia White House Hotel - London
2014 - Young Art Pitching prize, Art&Museum International Exhibition Xchange - Turin, Lingotto Fair Center
