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Luisa Rabbia: Bio/ Bibliography

Born in 1970 in italy, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION

1988. Diploma at Liceo Artistico Primo, Turin, Italy
1989-1992 Studio Assistent of Gilberto Zorio, Turin, Italy
1992. Master at Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Turin, Italy

GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

2007. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, artist in residence. May 2007

The Drawing Center, New York. Slide registry.

2002. Artist Residency at Artomi (New York)

2001. Selected for Torino incontra...l'arte, sponsored by Arte Giovane Association, Turin, Italy

2000-2001. Artist Residency at International Studio Program (ISCP), New York

1999. Italian representant at THAI-EU Contemporary Art Project: Alter ego, Silpakorn Art Gallery, Bangkok (Thailand).

1996. Prize Modernita' Progetto 2000, Young Artist International Competition. Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino (Italy)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION

2009

Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella. Travel scrapbooks 1883/2008
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia

Luisa Rabbia: In viaggio sotto lo stesso cielo
Fondazione Mario Merz, Torino

2008

Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella. Travel scrapbooks 1883/2008
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (MA)

2007

Yesterdaytodaytomorrow
Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA

Together
Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Milano

Luisa Rabbia
Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York

2006

Luisa Rabbia
Marta Cervera Gallery, Madrid. Spain

2005

ISLANDS curated by Achille Bonito Oliva
Gallery of Modern and Contemporary art Raffaele de Grada, S.Gimignano (SI)
Special Project Arte all'Arte X, Associazione Continua, S. Gimignano (SI)

Anywhere out of the world
Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino

2004

The last Resort: Luisa Rabbia- David Krippendorff
Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York

Up and Coming:
Luisa Rabbia-Monika Bravo
Curated by Jose' Rocha
Arco Art Fair, Madrid

2003

La Sala degli Specchi
Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino
 A matter of life
Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Milano, Milano
 

2002

Luisa Rabbia
Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York 

1999

Luisa Rabbia
Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Milano, Milano

A pillow to talk to yourself
Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Artissima Art Fair, Torino
Performance curated by Francesco Bernardelli in collaboration with Rivoli's Castle and Gallery of Modern Art, Torino

1998

Luisa Rabbia
Perugi Arte Contemporanea, Padova

1997

Nuovi rumori di fondo
Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Milano

1995

Proposte X: Ansie
Luisa Rabbia-Daniele Galliano
curated by Riccardo Passoni
Galleria S.Filippo, Torino

Luisa Rabbia
curated by Marco Noire
Studio d'Arte Recalcati, Torino

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

2009

Wondering where the ducks went
Galleria Tiziana di Caro, Salerno

Hopes and Doubts
curated by Costantino D'Orazio.
Fondazione Mario Merz, Torino

2008

Hopes and Doubts
curated by Costantino D'Orazio.
The Dome, Beirut, Lebanon

XIII Biennale Internazionale. Nient'altro che scultura. Nothing but sculpture
Le nuove Statue: curated by Francesco Poli.
Centro Arti Plastiche Internazionali e Contemporaneo, Carrara

15 Quadriennale di Roma
curated by Chiara Bertola, Lorenzo Canova, Bruno Corà, Daniela Lancioni, and Claudio Spadoni.
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome

2007

Apocalittici e Integrati
curated by Paolo Colombo
MAXXI Museum, Rome

2006

Italy made in art: Now
curated by Achille Bonito Oliva
Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China

Capolavoro
curated by Angelo Capasso
Palazzo Primavera, Centro per l'arte contemporanea (Terni)

Fresco Bosco Padula
curated by Achille Bonito Oliva
Certosa di Padula, Padula (Sa)

2005

Il bianco e altro e comunque arte
curated by Achille Bonito Oliva
Palazzo Cavour, Torino

Proposte XX
curated by Guido Curto, Alberto Farinella
Palazzo Bolaffi, Torino

The Berkus Collection
curated by Dane Goodman
Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara (CA)

2004

Special Project Arte all'Arte IX
"Il riposo del Tempo" (Time's respite)
curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, James Putnam
Associazione Continua, S. Gimignano (SI)

The Flag Project
at the invitation of the Museum and Kiki Smith, Rubin Museum of Art, New York

2003

Makeover
Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York

2002

Artomi at 9W
Paul Rodgers 9 W Gallery, New York

Ballpoint
Geoffrey Young Gallery
Great Barrington, MA

Keep your distance
GSIS Museum ng Sining
Pasay city, Malaysia

Next-Art 20 musei scelgono l'arte di domani
curated by Ludovico Pratesi
Sala Murat-Fortino S. Antonio, Bari

Assab-one
Curated by Laura Garbarino e Roberto Pinto
Milano

Amor Vacui
curated by Milovan Farronato and Laura Garbarino
Open Space, Milano
 
2001

La GAM costruisce il suo futuro
Gallery of Modern Art,Torino

The freight elevator project
curated by Ombretta Agro'
In collaboration with the Downtown Art festival, New York
The Viewing Room Gallery, New York

Keep your distance
-Le Credac, Centre d'Art, Ivry-Sur-Seine, France
-Moris Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Random access memory
curated by Silvia Rocciolo
D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York

2000

Where are all the people?
De Chiara-Stewart Gallery, New York

Sui genesis
curated by Alessandro Riva
PAC, Pavillion of Contemporary Art, Milano

Open Studios
curated by Dennis Elliot
International Studio Program, New York
 
Fabulaefabularum
curated by Ombretta Agrò
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York

Keep your distance
-Tadu Contemporary Art, Bangkok
-Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
-National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

NA.TO
curated by Ombretta Agrò
Gale Gates Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1999

Biennale dei giovani artisti del Mediterraneo
Ex mattatoio ,Roma

THAI-EU Contemporary Art Project: Alter ego
Italian exponent in Bangkok
curated by A.Somporn Rodboon
Silpakorn Art Gallery, Bangkok (Thailand).
 
1998

Gate 4
Galerie Clark, Montreal, Canada
 
Now Boarding
Galerie Oeil de Poisson, Québec, Canada

Bello impossibile
curated by Alessandra Galasso
Viafarini, Milano
 
1997

Studi Aperti
curated by Beatrice Merz and Maria Centonze
Docks Dora, Torino

In fuga
curated by Riccardo Passoni
PAC, Pavillion of Contemporary Art, Ferrara
 
1996

Modernita' Progetto 2000
Grant from Palazzo Bricherasio (To) - Young artists
International Competition, Ex Lanificio Bona, Carignano (To)
 
Fotografia
curated by Marco Noire
Studio d'Arte Recalcati, Torino
 
F4: Fantastic Four
Galerie des Arts Visuels, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2006. Unicredit collection, Torino.
2006. Permanent installation at Augusto Subway Station, Metro' dell'arte, Naples.
2005. Permanent installation "Il riposo del Tempo" medieval Fountains, S. Gimignano (SI). Collection GAM & C Raffaele de Grada, S. Gimignano (SI)
2003. Galatea's Collection, St. Helena: Drafts of Water, Edition Book with Etching of the artist and poetic text of Barry Schwabsky, Canopo Editions, Prato, Italy.
2002. Musei civici, Milano (Italy)
1998. Gallery of Modern Art, Turin (Italy)

CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Massimo Audiello, New York
Telephone +1.212.675 90 82 email audiello@msn.com
 
Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino, Italy
Telephone +39.011.835527 email info@giorgiopersano.com