Project Description
Elena Monzo
Elena Monzo has shown her work internationally, including group exhibitions
in private galleries, art foundations, museums and public
spaces. Also She has participated in art residences and international
art fairs.
Born in Orzinuovi (Brescia, Italy) in 1981, after earning her degree in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera (Milan), she entirely focused on her work on the artistic creation and research on the feminine figure. In 2015 she was selected for the Swatch Art Peace Hotel, a prestigious artist residence in the heart of Shanghai for 6 months. In 2013 the artist’s works were shown during ArteFiera Bologna, and she was awarded with the Camera di Commiercio prize in the city of Mantua during the contest Mantegnacercasi. The same year marks for the artist the meeting point with two different cultures’Far Eastern and Arabic’as she stayed in two artist residences, in Tamashima, Japan and Beirut Lebanon, in the second half of the year.
The ephemeral society and the feminine figures are the most recurrent topics in the research work of Elena Monzo. They are described in each side of their obsession: the out-fit to comply with the mass culture standards and the maniacal attention to details, together with the need of reflecting a precise flawless image. The aim of the artist is to underline the decay of society totally fixed upon aesthetic rules. The tools used by the artists are acrylic colours, graphite, make-up, textures strips and glitters, which unite the different parts of the bodies creating a chaotic and visionary whole.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
- Restless Ritual, Rocca di San Giorgio, Orzinuovi BS
2024
- Ritual DeNiM, SAC, Robecchetto con Induno, Milan
- Stranger Things, Gilda Contemporary Art, Milan
2022
- KOROVA MILK, Febo & Dafne Gallery, Torino
- WWW, Elena Monzo+Luiss Perlanera, Arte41, Salò
2020
- Elena Monzo/ William Grob- In assenza di opposizioni binarie,
- Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2019
- Eroina, CT Gallery, Bratislava, Slovacchia
- Cucirsi la vita addosso, Asilo Macro, Museo Macro, Rome
2018
- Silk, La via della Seta, Ex Filanda Meroni, Soncino CR
2017
- Moon Zoo, Gilda Contemporary Art, Milano.
2015
- Carosello, ColossiArte, Brescia
- Blu Desire, Koca Art Space, Shanghai, China
2014
- Dark Vernice, TZR Galerie, Dusseldorf-Germany
- Solo show, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova
2012
- Happy Packaging, Colossi Arte, Brescia
- Onda Fredda, Spazio Estro, Bergamo
- Venice Queens, Galleria Traghetto, Venezia
2011
- FreakShake/Très Chic, Contemporaneamente Art Gallery, Parma
- Forever Blowing Bubbles, Cannaviello Studio D’Arte, Milano
2010
- La Dolce Vita, TZR Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Specchio Specchio Delle Mie Brame, progetto “Take Off” Superstudiopiù, Milano
2008
- NidiDiNodiDiBu, Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantova
2007
- Inside, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles USA
- Dipendenze, Galleria Traghetto, Roma-Venezia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
- Collezione Permanente SAC, SAC, Robecchetto con Induno, Milan
- Urban Art, La città e l’Arte : Un Connubio Eterno, Villa Brentano,Busto Garolfo, MI
- Face to face, ManuelZoiaGallery, Milan
- Ritornar alla Memoria, 50 artisti per Gianfranco, Show-room I.-
PRO s.r.l., Torrecuso BN - Dal femminile al plurale, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Varedo MB
2024
- Biennale di Soncino, Ex Filanda Meroni, Soncino CR
- COOKIES, Museo della Stampa, Soncino CR
- Venus in Furs, SAC, Robecchetto con Induno, Milan
2023
- Profili, SAC, Robecchetto con Induno, Milan
2022
- Der Garten,Galerie Marek Kralewsk Friburgo, Germany
- Presente Inquieto, artisti di Bergamo e Brescia nella contemporaneità,
- Sala Ex Cavallerizza, Brescia / Ex chiesa della Maddalena, Bergamo
- Art AM4, Artisti Americani e non, Sala Ciminiera Ex Filanda, Soncino CR
2021
- Vittoria Alata, musa Contemporanea, Colossi LAB Brescia IT
2020
- Rigenerazioni, Palazzo Bettoni Cazzago, Brescia IT
- Pittori Fantastici nella Valle del Po, Padiglione d’arte contemporanea, Ferrara
2019
- Human Nature, Galerie Marek Kralewski, Friburgo, Germany
- Biennale di Soncino CR, Castello Sforzesco IT
- La stella a 8 punte, Gilda Contemporary Art, Milano
Trigonium, El Gallo Estudio de Arte, Cholula Puebla MEX
Circenses, Fondazione Arsenale, Iseo BS
Quante storie sulla luna, Galleria Colossi Arte, Brescia
2018
- Super S.H.E. Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milano
- Opere di: Carla Accardi – Maria Lai – Elena Monzo – Michela Martello – Carol Rama
2017
- Arte contro la corruzione, Casa Testori, Novate Milanese, MI
2016
- Civica Raccolta del Disegno, MUSA, Salò BS
2015
- Some velvet drawings, Verona Art Fair, Verona
- Bocconi amari, MAM Museum, Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, MN
- 6 Visioni, Leonardvs, Sestri Levante, GE
2014
- 030_2.0 Arte da Brescia, Piccolo Miglio, Castello di Brescia
- Hybris, Officina dell’immagine, Milano
2013
- Crossover, A dialog between the Chinese School of Hubei and the New Italian Art Scene, Arsenale Nord, Venezia
- The Beginning of a New Era, Call for Bushwick, Alessandro Berni Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC
- Forme, colori e frammenti contemporanei, Deutsche Bank, Milano
- Stanze pensanti, Palazzo municipale Salò, Brescia
- B Creative, B Factory, Fuorisalone, Milano
2012
- Homo Faber, il Ritorno del Fare nell’Arte Contemporanea Castello Sforzesco Milano
- Ethos – Il Luogo dell’Abitare, Dream Factory, Milano
- Go With the flow, Villa Bottini, Lucca
- Wunderkammer 0.2 -,Visionnaire Design Gallery,- Fuori Salone- Milano
- Gli Artisti Bresciani e il Disegno, spazio AAB, Brescia
2011
- Group Show, Best Wishes, Arte Boccanera Contemporanea, Trento
- Storyboard, BonelliLAB, Canneto s/o, MN
- Wall_Projection- Italian artists and Not, Great_Jones_St. NYC
- 54. Venice Biennial_Padiglione Italia Lombardia, Palazzo della Regione, Milano
- Affinita’ Elettive, Arte Boccanera Contemporanea, Trento
- New Grotesque, Oratorio della passione – Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio, Milano
- Faulty Fables, 00130 Gallery, Helsinki
- Fred Loves Fashion, Elena Monzo+Factoria Rent Me – Fashion limited edition Fall 2011-12, Fred Gallery, London
2010
- Dell’Immortale dell’Arte – Nuove Generazioni, , Palazzo Municipale, Civica Raccolta del Disegno di Salo’ BS
- VII Biennale di Postumia, MAM Museo di Arte Moderna, Gazoldo degli Ippoliti MN
- The White Cellar, Ex palazzo Fiat, Torino
- Giorni Felici a casa Testori, Villa Testori, Novate Milanese MI
- Tratti Tangenti, GiaMart Studio, Vitulano BN
- S.O.S Save Our Skiers, Lab610XL De Faveri, Feltre BL
2009
- For Example, Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Canneto s/o, MN
- Nigredo, Ex-lavanderia, Roma
- Imagine/La nuova visione della generazione anni ’80,
- GiaMart Studio, Vitulano BN
- Fall Forward, Sara Tecchia, NYC USA
- Degli Uomini Selvaggi e d’Altre Forasticherie, LAB610XL, Sovramonte BL
- Group Show, Elga Wimmer PCC, New York, USA
- Scoppiano Angeli Come Pop Corn, Galleria Traghetto, Roma
- Italian Calling / Futur Star, BonelliLab, Canneto Sull’Oglio MN
- Drawings, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York USA
2008
- Junge Italienische Kunst, Galerie Binz&Kramer, Koln – Germany
- Karta Bianca, K Gallery, Legnano MI
- Actions, art/culture/generation, Arte Boccanera Contemporanea, Trento
- Caos&Caso, Myowngallery, Milano
- Allarmi, 6Caserma de Cristoforis, Como
- Ipotesi di Senso, GiaMart Studio, Vitulano BN
- Gold Zero Karati, MyOwnGallery, Milano
- Overview, Arsprima, Valmadrera LC
2007
- Summer Group Show, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles USA
- Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Sara Tecchia Roma- NYC USA
- Yourlineismakingmesowetrightnow.Iloveit, Sara Tecchia, NYC USA
- Ouverture IX, Arte Boccanera, Trento
2006
- Obra sobre papel, Galeria Mito, Barcelona
- Senza Spazio, NOMagazine0005 a cura di No Production, Milano
- That’s all Folks! Contemporaneamente, Milano
2005
- SenzaVeli,NOMagazine0002 a cura di No Production, SpazioContemporaneamente, Milano
2002
- Salon I, Museo della Permanente, Milano
- Gli Occhi di Maria, Basilica Pontificia Minore Madonna dei Martiri, Molfetta
ART FAIRS 2010 – 2024
Paper Position, Paper Art Fair, Berlino, Germany, ScopeBasel, Switzerland, Scope Miami, Scope NYC, Pulse NYC, Maco, Mexico, Beirut ArtFair, ArtVerona, ArteFiera Bologna, The Others Torino, Swab Barcelona
RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
2020 Premio Combat, Museo Fattori Livorno IT
2013 Call For Bushwick NYC USA/ Premio Mantegna Cercasi,Mantova
2012 Premio Michetti, Palazzo S.Domenico, Francavilla al mare,CH
2010 Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano
2009 Premio Fabbri per l’Arte, Villa delle Rose, Bologna
2008 Premio Fondazione Dolci, Brescia
2004 Premio Italian Factory per la giovane pittura italiana, Superstudiopiù,Milano
RESIDENCIES
2015
- The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2014
- Alia, Ain Zhalta, Beirut, Lebanon
2013
- Ichiuroko, Kurashiki Japan
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