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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  TI AMO TROPPO, Palazzo Fieschi, Genova

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.