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Natalia Saurin
Buenos Aires , RA 1976
Lives in Finale Ligure, Italy
Education
1997-2002 Degree in Architecture, Polytechnic of Milano, Italy
1999-2000 Fine Arts, Erasmus Exchange, Salamanca , Spain
2000-2002 University of Image, scholarship Industria, Milano, Italy
2000 TPW - Toscana Photography Workshop, with Amy Arbus, San Quirico d’Orcia, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2023 WORK OUT, Cortile Nobile di Palazzo Reale, Milan
participatory action with Silvia Levenson in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Equal Opportunities,
2022 I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH , Revela’T- Contemporary Analog Photography Festival, Siniestro, Madrid – Spain
2021 THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE, act III Urban Vision maxi monitors in Rome and Milan
with Silvia Levenson, curated by Antonella Mazza, with the support of the municipality of Milan,
2021 THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE Fortezza di Castelfranco, Finale Ligure
with Silvia Levenson, curated by Zonta Club Finale Ligure,
2020 THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE, act II Palazzo Reale, Milan.
with Silvia Levenson, curated by Antonella Mazza, event included in the cultural schedule “Talent of Women”,
2020 NI UNA MENOS, Casa Argentina Consulate, Roma
with Silvia Levenson, curated by Manuela De Leonardis,
2019 IL LUOGO PIU' PERICOLOSO, Cortile del Michelozzo - Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze
with Silvia Levenson, curated by Sergio Risaliti e Museo del 900, special project We Stand TogetHER.
2019 THE KITCHEN, Castelnuovo Photo Festival, Roma
curated by Manuela De Leonardis, under the patronage of IILA/ the Italo-Latin American Institute,
2019 LIBERAMI DA QUESTE PRIGIONI , Castello Visconteo Sforzesco Prisons, Vigevano
curated by Giovanna Fiorenza, in collaboration with Milano Photo Festival, Moondi Edizioni and Balloon Art Project,
2017 TAGLIO, artist bus, curated by Giovanna Fiorenza, by STAV spa, itinerant installation around the cities (Europe)
2014 LE DUE MADRI, curated by Giuseppe Mendolia Calella e Valentina Lucia Barbagallo/ Balloon Project, from an idea of Fulvio Ravagnani, Catania, Italy
2012 LA DOLOROSA, Muratcentoventidue Gallery, Bari, Italy
2010 MIRRORING, with Anke Mila Mennk, Gallery F6, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany (c)
2009 FOREVER AND EVER, curated by Paolo Apolito,St.Apollonia, Salerno, Italy
2009 E VISSERO FELICI E CONTENTI, with Stefania Pederetti, Esposta Gallery, Verona, Italy
2009 WAITING FOR TRILOGY Making off, curated by TestaccioLab, Roma, Italy
2008 THE KITCHEN, with Silvia Levenson, Gallery Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain (c)
2006 SOMETHING WRONG, with Silvia Levenson, Arthobler gallery, Porto, Portugal
talks and lectures
2023 TALK, Femminismi Possibili, Teatri Possibili, Milan
2021 TALK, Harim Academy, Catania
2020 TALK, In the name of love, Elizabeth Aro/Silvia Levenson/Natalia Saurin conversation about art
with Manuela De Leonardis
2020 TALK , Identikit, art meetings by Patrizia Varone
2019 BOOK PRESENTATION, “Natalia Saurin, between myth and everyday life”,
Museo MACRO, Roma
Bologna University Art Department, Aula Magna, Bologna
Piazza Ducale, Vigevano
2018 BOOK PRESENTATION, “Natalia Saurin, between myth and everyday life”, book edited by Moondi Edizioni and curated by Balloon Art Project, (Vicolo Stretto Library) Catania and (Colapesce Library) Messina.
2017 TALK, European Academy of Fine Arts and Media, Milano
2016 TALK, Chiesa di San Camillo ai Crociferi, Catania
2015 TALK, Casa delle Donne, Milano
2012 LECTURE, Residence for young artists Arte a Km0, Big Bang Projects, Invorio, Novara
2011 LECTURE, Brera Accademy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
2010 LECTURE, University of Bologna, Department of Visual Arts, Bologna
2010 TEACHER, video workshop at maximum security women’s prison, Italy
2009 TEACHER, photography workshop at maximum security women’s prison, Italy
Artist in residence, stipends and awards
2021 Dummy workshop, curated by Charta Festival and Paolo Cardinali, La Legatoria, Roma
2014 My Little House, Artist in residence, by Fulvio Ravagnani, curated by Balloon Project, Catania - IT
2011 The Camargo Foundation, Artist in residence- stipend, Cassis - FR
2010 Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation, Artist in residence - stipend, Schöppingen - DL
2010 Renaissance Arts Prize, first prize in videoart category, Italian Cultural Insitute, London - EN
2010 ForMe, video workshop with grant by GAI - Association for Young Italian Artist Circuit and Italia Creativa,
Messina - IT
2009 Salerno Creativa, Artist in residence with grant, GAI - Association for Young Italian Artist Circuit and Italia Creativa, Salerno - IT
2008 Laguna Art Prize, Venice - IT
2008 Production grant, Le Maettlè, Alsace - FR
2001 Scholarship by Fondazione Industria, Milano - IT
2000 Toscana Photography Workshop, scholarship by Zone Attive, Roma - IT
(Selected) Group Exhibitions
2023
apPUNTI DI FOTOGRAFIA curated by Giorgio Bonomi, SCD Studio Gallery, Perugia
DONNE X LE DONNE curated by Daniele Decia, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Casa del Console, Calice
2022
VETRO E OPERA LIRICA, curated by Fiorella Mattio e Sandro Pezzoli, Castello Sforzesco, Milan
WHAT DOES INDIFFERENCE MEAN?, curated by Margaret Sgarra, Casa Natale Antonio Gramsci, Ales
VETRO E OPERA LIRICA, curated by Fiorella Mattio e Sandro Pezzoli , Casa Museo Goldoni, Venice
SICILY ON PAPER, curated by Giuseppe Mendolia Calella, Innesti festival, Spazio Zona Tre, Catania
AUTO FOCUS. A PORTRAIT OF THE SELF, curated by LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome
2021
CHARTA FESTIVAL, Contemporary photography festival, curated by Yogurt, San Lorenzo, Rome
EXTRAMOON, curated by Manuela De Leonardis, Castelnuovo Fotofestival, Roma
2020
BIENNALE DELLA FOTOGRAFIA FEMMINILE, selected project "Rose e fiori", Bottiglieria Moderna , Mantova
2018
CONTEMPORANE_A, ARTISTE SI RACCONTANO, curated by Irene Finiguerra, Palazzo Ferrero e Palazzo La Mormora, Biella (c)
2016
MEDITERRANEO SGUARDO DI DONNE SULLE DONNE, fotografie tra terre e mare, curated by Patrizia Varone, Archivio di Stato, Napoli
BODY LANDSCAPES, Obliqua Mostra Internacional de Videoarte & Cinema Experimental, curated by Visual Container, Lisboa - Portugal
8°CONTEMPO International Contemporary Art Festival, Visualcontainer, Varna, Bulgaria
2015
HIT PARADE the top biennial selection exhibit, Museo dell'automobile, Torino
ARType, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi e Stefania Portinari,
Musma - Museo della scultura contemporanea, Matera
PARATISSIMA, ordine o caos?, Fiera d'arte contemporanea, Torino Esposizioni, Torino (c)
IDENTITà FLUIDE, a journey into contemporary art, curated by Silvia Grandi e Pierluca Nardoni. Auditorium Ex Chiesa di S. Matteo, Molinella/Bologna
2014
ARType - Archetipi della videoarte contemporanea, curated by Paolo Granata e Silvia Grandi, GCAM Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto
THE RAGE OF THE DRONE IN THE UNPREPARED DISCOTEQUE artworks coming somehow from Schoepingen, curated by Simona da Pozzo, Vegapunk, Milano
2013
ARType - Archetypes of contemporary video art, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi, Stefania Portinari, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza
PLAYTIME, curated by Cecilia Freschini, in collaboration with:Artverona - Area Cultura del Comune di Verona -VisualContainer - LabYit [.BOX] Videoart Project Space Milano
2012
PLAYTIME, by Cecilia Freschini, organized by Lab-Yit The Italian Contemporary Art Platform, Beijing
progect space, Beijing, China
TRANSITI, CACT Center for Contemporary Art of Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland
VERONA ARTFAIR, Playtime by Cecilia Freschini, Arte Fiera, Verona (c)
ARTE ACCESSIBILE, with VisualContainer, Spazio Eventiquattro Gruppo 24 Ore, Art Fair, Milan, Italy
ON VIDEOS for hours and hours, by VisualContainer, Arte Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
2011
ITALIAN CHARACTER A NATIONAL ART MOLESKINE curated by Mario Gorni and Giorgio Fedeli, Arad Art Museum, Arad, Romania
FASE between arts and technology, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
VIDEOLANDIA,ALT Arte Contemporanea Alzano Lombardo, Bergamo, Italy
CORPI E SPAZI DELLA CONTEMPORANEITA’: video art visions, curated by Giorgio Fedeli and Visual Container, MAAAC Nociano Contemporary Art Museum (Pe), Italy
ARTISTAINVITARTISTA, curated by Big Bang and Red Nomad, Centre d'ART Villa Eugenia,Valencia, Spain
ITALIAN CHARACTER A NATIONAL ART MOLESKINE curated by Mario Gorni and Giorgio Fedeli,Arteles Creativity Center, Tampere, Finlandia
GEIST IST GEIL!, artist in resident exhibiton, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany
2010
ITALIAN CONTAINER, The emerging Italian video art, a cura di Carolina Lio, ACCEA Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia
LET'S PLAY, by Alessandra Borgogelli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi, Palazzo Pretorio, Cittadella (Pd), Italy
HAPPILY EVEN AFTER, Cell63 Gallery, Berlin, Germany
VIDEOART YEARBOOK, by Visual Arts Department University of Bologna, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, Italy
FLASHFORWARD, [.BOX] Videoart Project space by Visualcontainer, Milano
-5 MINUTES, 3rdVideo Biennal, Jakopic Gallery ,Ljubljana, Slovenia (c)
BORDER-LESS, curated by Gabriela Gavrilas, Museo Tarii, Oradea, Romania
2009
QUOTIDIANA09 curated by Teresa Iannotta e Stefania Schiavon, Padova (c)
THE EXPERIMENT, curated by Paolo Apolito, Villa Comunale, Salerno
L'UOMO E IL SUO DESTINO Premio San Fedele, Gallery San Fedele, AA.VV, Milano (c)
LOVE NEST spazio Revel, Milano (c)
FRAMES FROM THE REAL, LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, in collaboration with VisualContainer and Michal Brzezinski, Gdask, Polonia
2008
DELICARTESSEN7, Gallery Esther Montoriol, Barcellona, Spain
ART LAGUNA, curated by Carlo Sala, Romanian Cultural Institute, Venezia (c)
LES ARTS AU VERT, Le Maettlè, Alsace, France (c)
BODY LANGUAGE The Workshop Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
2007
GROUP SHOW NO.19 by Jon Feinstein, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, U.S.A.
ART FIRST Artefiera , with Caterina Tognon Arte ContemporaneaBologna (c)
2006
ALGO ANDA MAL, Argentina embassy in Italy, Roma
TALK TO THE CITY C/O Careof, Fabbrica del vapore, Milano
RIPARTE, International Contemporary Art Fair with Traghetto Gallery, Roma (c)
LA VIA DI ANTIGONE, Gallery Daniela Rallo, Cremona
CONVITE in collaboration with Arthobler gallery, Passos de Silgueiros, Portugal
2005
SOTTO LA SUPERFICIE, curated by M.Mojana and G.Montrasio, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (c)
DARK LADIES- three artist in the tower, curated by G.Fiorenza, Torre del castello, Vigevano
2003
VIE DI FUGA installations in the city, Borderline Gallery, Vigevano
2001
VISUAL-E , Comune di Milano / 6 locations in the city, Milano
LJUBLJANA INDIPENDENT FESTIVAL, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000
ENZIMI art festival, Testaccio, Roma
(Selected) film/video screening
2023 CA’ FOSCARI Short Film Festival, curated by Roberta Novielli, Auditorium Santa Margherita, Venice
2021 THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE
GLASS MEET THE FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL, North Lands Creative Center, Scotland, UK
HO VISTO UN GENIO, curated by Fiorenza Giovanna, Sala dell'Affresco, Castello Sforzesco, Vigevano
2017 SENSITIVE & DIGITAL LANDSCAPES, selection by Visualcontainer, VisualContainerTV.
2016 META CINEMA Festival delle Audiovisioni Ibridanti, curated by Piero Deggiovanni, Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna
SENSITIVE & DIGITAL LANDSCAPES, 8° CONTEMPO International Contemporary Art Festival,
selection by Visualcontainer, Varna, Bulgary
2015 ARType - Archetipi della videoarte contemporanea, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi e Stefania Portinari, Cinémathèque québécoise, Montréal (Canada)
IDENTITA' FLUIDE un percorso nell'arte contemporanea, a cura di Silvia Grandi e Pierluca Nardoni. Auditorium Ex Chiesa di S. Matteo, Molinella (Bologna)
2013 ART4.un aperitivo con il meglio della videoarte, Palazzo Righini-Fossano, Cuneo
2012 VIDEO IS WOMAN Languages and expressive forms in artistic contemporary communication, by Silvia Grandi, Sala delle Bandiere, European Parliament, Rome, Italy
VIDEOART EVENTS, by VisualContainer, Villa Pomini, Castellanza, Varese, Italy
2011 VYB Video Yearbook, CRAC Centro Ricerca Arte Contemporanea, Cremona, Italy
MIA, Milano Image Fair, with Studio Maffei, SuperstudioPiù,Art Fair, Milano, Italy
ART AGAINST MEDIACRACY, Video Roma Art Festival, by Visual Container and C.A.R.M.A Centro d'Arti e Ricerche Multimediali Applicate,Cinema Teatro Occupato Volturno, Rome, Italy
VIDEOART YEARBOOK, curated by Renato Barilli, Alessandra Borgogelli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi, Paola Sega, University Department of Visual Arts, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, Italy
ITALIAN CHARACTER, A NATIONAL ART MOLESKINE, curated by Mario Gorni and Giorgio Fedeli, a progect by CologneOff international videoart festival, Arad Art Museum, Arad, Romania and Arteles, Tampere, Finland
FASE between arts and technology, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
CORPI E SPAZI DELLA CONTEMPORANEITA’: visioni della video arte, curated by Giorgio Fedeli and Visual Container, MAAAC Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Nocciano (Pe)
FLASHFORWARD, [.BOX] Videoart Project space, Milano
BAFF film festival, screening by Visual Container, Busto Arsizio, Milano
2010 VIDEOART YEARBOOK, by the University Department of Visual Arts, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna
VERONA ARTFAIR, with the Bologna University Department of Visual Arts, Art Fair, Verona
SCOPE BASEL with Micaela Gallery, Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
THE SCIENTIST International videoart festival, by Visual Container, Sala Estense, Palazzo del Municipio, Ferrara
LIFE STRATEGIES, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2009 ITALIAN VIDEO EMERGENCIES, curated by VisualContainer, Milano
FRAMES FROM THE REAL, LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, in collaboration with VisualContainer and Michal Brzezinski, Gdask, Poland
FIATICORTI, Istrana, Treviso
VISIONARIA, international video festival, Siena (c)
OPTICA, videofestival, (differents locations) (c)
La casa Encendida ,Madrid_Spain
CCAI_Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto, Gijon_Spain
Colegio español,Parigi_France
Cinemateca boliviana,La Paz, Bolivia
Art Factory y Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Filmoteca dell' Andalucia, Còrdoba, Spain
GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL Valle della Piana, Salerno
FEMALE CUT, video art festival, CS Brancaleone, Roma
2008 ENPEINVIDEO, EnPleinArt contemporary art, Torino
VIDEA2, videoart festival, FRAC Baronissi, Salerno (c)
VIDEA2, videoart festival, Palazzo Strozzi, Ferrara (c)
VIDEODIALOGHI, curated by W.Darko e O.Gambari, Torino
2007 2VIDEO, UnDo.Net , curated by Francesca di Nardo
ITALIAN WAYS in contemporary craft, Cheongju, Korea (c)
2006 COOKING ART, curated by Paola Tognon e Laura Nozza , Berchidda (c)
2005 I SEE YOU ARE A BIT NERVOUS, Bullseye Connections Gallery,Portland (OR) USA (c)
(c) denotes that a catalogue or a publication was published in conjunction with the exhibition or the festival.