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SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024

LUMINESCENCE. Renata Fabbri, Milan, IT

THE FLOATING WORLD. Kristin Hjellegjerde, West Palm Beach Miami, US


2023

ACQUE, AMARE. Ala Foundation Art Prize, Naples, IT

(UNDER) BLACK EARTH. Wilhelmina Gallery, Hydra, GR


2022

COPPA DI STELLE NEL CERCHIO DEL SOLE. Palazzo Abatellis museum, Palermo, IT

UNEARTHLY. Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg, LU

ANIMALS OF YOUR LIPS. Bosse & Baum, London, UK

IL CHIOSTRO ANIMATO. Museo di Roma in Trastevere, IT

A MONSTROUS FRUIT. Setareh, Berlin, DE

WHERE THE PRIMITIVE ONE BECOMES TWO. Eduardo Secci, Art Brussels, BE

GHOSTS FOR A POST-MODERN TALE. LAAA, Mexico City, MX


2021

LUNA PIENA (STOMACO VUOTO). Renata Fabbri, Milan, IT

SFIORARE FANTASMI. Eduardo Secci, Florence, IT

ART-O-RAMA. Bosse & Baum, Marseille, FR


2020

TWIN WAVES. Operativa, Rome, IT


2019

CHIMÈRE. Chloe Salgado, Paris, FR

TALK TO THE HAND. Bosse & Baum, London, UK

BOLOGNA ART FAIR. Renata Fabbri, Bologna, IT


2018

OGNI PENSIERO VOLA. Renata Fabbri Gallery, Milan, IT

GIOTTO’S ROOM. Two person show with Aisha Christison. Post_Institute Von Goetz, London, UK

GARAGELAND. Two person show with Anne Ryan. The Rectory Projects, London, UK

SHED SHREDS. Lychee One Gallery, London, UK


2017

DOVETAIL’S NEST. Zabludowicz Collection, Invites, London, UK



GROUP EXHIBITIONS



2024

MYTHIC ORIGINS. Setareh Berlin, DE

ODYSSEY. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Athens, GR

FIELD OF DIFFERENCE. Palm Gallery, London, UK

DIARIO NOTTURNO. MAXXI L’Aquila, IT


2023

ITALIAN PAINTING TODAY. curated by Damiano Gullì
Triennale Milano, IT

HORIZON OF THE VOID. Artocène, Chamonix, FR

BENAKI MUSEUM AUCTION. Athens, GR

ART DÜSSELDORF. Setareh gallery, Düsseldorf, DE

WITHIN + WITHOUT. Unit London, UK. Curated by Ferren Gipson

INCIDENTE DOMESTICO. Société Interludio, Turin, IT

ART DUBAI. Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, UAE

MOTHERS. Badr El Jundi, Madrid, SP


2022

VIAGGIO IN SICILIA #9. Palazzo Abatellis Museum, Palermo, IT

L’ORIGINE DEL MONDO. Fondazione per l’Arte, Rome, IT

LABYRINTH. with Joël Andrianomearisoa and Jeanne Gaigher, Kristen Hjellegjerde gallery, London, UK

THE ARMOURY SHOW. Setareh gallery, New York, USA

THE NEW GUARD. Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, FR

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Alkinois, Athens, GR

PREMIO CONAI. Spazio Taverna, Rome, IT

MATERIA NOVA & SPAZIO Y. Curated by Massimo Mininni and Benedetta Monti, Galleria Arte Moderna, Rome, IT

WEEDS WON’T WITHER. Jari Lager, Cologne, DE

NEW MYTHOLOGIES. Ohsh Projects in collaboration with King & McGaw, London, UK

UPON A TIME. Eduardo Secci, Florence, IT


2021

THE ARTSY VANGUARD Fourth Edition, curated by Erin Jenoa Gilbert, Miami, US

PSYCHIC ANEMONE, Cob Gallery, London, UK

SALTO IN ALTRO. curated by Edoardo Monti, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, IT

ARTISSIMA. Double V gallery, Torino, IT

JUNE MOSTRA. British School at Rome, IT

WORST CASE SCENARIO. Curated by Chloe Bonnie More, Paris, FR

QUARANTANOVE NON È CINQUANTA. Curated by Valentina Ciarallo, Vogue Italia, IT

LATENCE. Curated by Chloe Bonnie More, Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris, FR


2020

WAVES BETWEEN US. Fondazione Sandretto, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene. Curated by Alison Karasyk,Camille Regli, Katie Simpson. Young Curators Residency Programme 2020, IT

IN STITCHES. Larsen Warner, Stockholm, SE

TRANSATLANTICO. Mana Contemporary, New Jerseay, USA

THE THICKER THE WOODS, THE VASTER THE VISTA. Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg, SE

MARCH MOSTRA. British School at Rome, IT


2019

ADIEU TO OLD ENGLAND AND THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT. Choi and Lager, Cologne, DE

DÜSSELDORF ART FAIR. Choi and Lager gallery, Düsseldorf, DE

DECEMBER MOSTRA. British School at Rome, IT

PREMIO CAIRO. Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT

A SEED’S A STAR. Curated by Constance Tenvik, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm. SE

THE ITALIAN OPEN. Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, DE

GENERATION Y. Curated by Kate Bryan and Sara Terzi, Platform Foundation X, London, UK 

TENDER TOUCHES. AMP Gallery, London. Curated by Open Space Contemporary.

SUBVERSIVE STITCH. TJ Boulting, London, UK

FiBRA. Post_Institute Von Goetz, London, UK


2018    

PREMIO LISSONE, IT

Bone Memory, Lychee One, London, UK

FEŸ RENCONTRES. Arts Festival, Chateau de Fey, Burgundy, FR

MEMORIES ARRESTED IN SPACE. Italian Cultural Institute, London. Curated by ARTUNER, London, UK

SEARCHING FOR MYSELF THROUGH REMOTE SKINS. Curated by Bianca Baroni, Renata Fabbri, Milan, IT 

ET REFAIRE LE MONDE. Curated by Bianca Cerrina Feroni, Galerie Bessieres, Paris, FR 

IF YOU CAN STAND THE HEAT. Curated by Lindsey Mendick and Paloma Proudfoot, Roaming Projects, London, UK 


2017

RIPE. Curated by Eleanor Davies, Kingsgate Project Space, London, UK 

LA DIABLESSE. Curated by Jerusha West, Sarah Batey and Simone Kennedy-Doig, Tramps Gallery, London, UK 

DOES YOUR CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOUR (ON THE BEDPOST OVER NIGHT)? Curated by Will Rees and Hamish Pearch, J Hammond Projects, London, UK 

PENELOPE. Curated by Alix Janta and Lauren Jones. 46 Gallery, London, UK


2016

SUMMER BLUE. Curated by Jonathan Miles, Lychee One, London, UK

RCA GRADUATE SHOW. London, UK

AT HOME SALON: DOUBLE ACTS. Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot, UK

PAPER, PUBLICATION, PERFORMANCE. Lychee One , London, UK


2015

THE BEHAVIOUR OF BEING. Curated by Mia Pfeifer, Cob gallery, London, UK

TWO HUNDRED ACRES. Pump House Gallery, London, UK

15TH CYPRIOT CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL. Performance commission at Rialto Theatre, Limassol, CYPR.

RESOLUTIONS!2015. The Place Theatre, London, UK


2014

PERSEPHONE, QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD. Cock ‘N’ Bull Gallery, London, UK

ARTS ATRIUM. Curated by the London Sculpture Workshop, Twitter HQ, London, UK 

THE SCARS ARE NOT JUST SKIN DEEP. Curated by Mia Pfeifer, Cob Gallery, London, UK

SLADE SCHOOL OF FINE ART DEGREE SHOW. London, UK


2013

ON/OFF. Vibe Gallery, London, UK

PERFORMANCE EVENT. Curated by the Board Director of the UAL Development Council, Tate Modern, London, UK

SAINT MARTINS DEGREE SHOW. Collaboration with Cecilia Granara, London, UK

ELEGY. Curated by Leo Cohen, Guest Project Space, London, UK 

PERFORMANCE EVENT. Curated by the Slade School of Fine Art, Camden Arts Center, London, UK 

THE STRANGE IMPRESSION OF SEEING THINGS. Mile End Art Pavilion, London, UK



RESIDENCIES & AWARDS



2024            (Upcoming) Hogchester Arts Residency, Dorset, UK

                      Art Explora Mediterranean Cross-Residency Program, MT

2023           Ala Foundation Prize, IT

                     Artocène residency and site-specific commission, FR

2022           Alkinois residency, Athens, GR

                     TAC residency, Tuscany, IT

                     Premio Conai, official selection, IT

2021           Pébeo Prize for Painting, Art-o-Rama, FR

                     Viaggio in Sicilia #9, curated by Valentina Bruschi, IT

2019-21     Abbey Scholarship for Painting, British School at Rome, IT

2020           Talent Prize, official selection, IT

                     Rosa Lee Travel Grant, British School, IT

2019
          Premio Cairo, official selection, Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT

                     La Berlugane-Maleki Residency and Commission, FR


                    Premio Lissone
, official selection, Lissone, IT

                     FIBRA itinerant residency Colombia,
                     co-produced with Mia Pfeifer, COL

2016
          Villa Lena residency, Tuscany, IT


2014-16
    Leverhulme Scholarship, UK

2015
          The Beekeeper’s residency, PRT

                     Stapley Trust Grant, UK

                     O2 Think Big Grant, UK

2014
          Slade School of Fine Art Prize, UK

2010
          Study Grant, Salzburg Academy of Fine Art, AT