V&A Museum x Adobe Artist in Residence
b.1990
based in London (UK): V&A Museum South Kensington, Learning Centre, Studio 2
EDUCATION
2015-2017 MA Contemporary Art Practice (Performance), Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014-2015 History of Contemporary Art & Performance, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, IT
2013-2014 Higher National Certificate in Fine Art, Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK
2013 Foundation in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2009-2012 BA Interior Design, Politecnico di Milano, IT
EXHIBITIONS
2023
UPO SHOP, Hypha Studios, London, UK
C0042: Los Portales del Tiempo, Paijáàäâãåąæāªn, Trujillo, Peru
C0041: Time’s UP, VSSL Studio, London, UK
2022
run run run, Galerie Tatiss, Bienniale De Lyon Résonance, Lyon, FR
C0036: The Upside-down Rainbow, Osservatorio Futura, Artissima week, Turin, IT
PERFORMANCES
2024
Queering the Mind, Releasing the Body, Wandsworth Council x Hypha Studios, London, UK
2023
C0044: London’s Whitest Walls, Sadie Coles HQ, Gagosian, White Cube, London, UK
C0043: Clay, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2022
C0034-B: The UPO’s chant, Collective Ending HQ, London, UK
2021
C0039: The three Jars, Quartier am Hafen, Cologne, GER
C0035: The Golden Cocktail, supported by Ministero della Cultura, BRODO, Piattaforma Lago, Fondazione Fabbri, Treviso Arte Ricerca, Revine Lago, IT
C0034: The Gargantuan Shoe, San Mei Gallery, London, UK
2019
Too Early to Love You, Too Late To Kiss You, Late at Tate, Tate Britain, London, UK
STRIP, supported by Arts Council England, Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK
2018
Knaves of Radiance, supported by Nine Elms on the South Bank and Art in Embassies, Nine Elms Pavilion, London, UK
Performing the unknown, Hortensia gallery, London, UK
2015
I-YOU, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT
GROUP
2024
(upcoming) MUDI, Cocoricò, Riccione, iT
2023
I don’t know what I want, but I want it now!, APT Gallery, London, UK
MELT, Hypha Studios x Creative Land Trust, London, UK
Round Trip 2, MASSIMO x SPAZIENNE, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT
Queer Pandèmia, BASE Milano, Milan, IT
Round Trip 1, MASSIMO x SPAZIENNE, Pavillon Am Milchhof, Berlin, GER
Panorama #6, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma De Mallorca, ESP
C0040: The Investigator’s Clothes x Art Must be Beautiful, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, GER
2022
Tender & Masculine, Rosa Kwir, Balzan, Malta
Strike a Pose, Cosar HMT x LRRH_, Düsseldorf, GER
Contribution #2, Frontviews x LRRH_, Berlin, GER
2:2 virtual exhibition, WDT Gallery, Middlesbrough, UK
Ecarlate, curated by Antoine Schafroth, The curator’s house, London, UK
2021
EXiS – Experimental Film and Video Festival, MMCA: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
C0038: Spooky Actions at Distance x Sections: Ongoing, with Marco Miehling and Jessica Doucha, Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, UK, Nirox Foundation, South Africa
2020
Secret Cabinet, Dimora Artica, Milan, IT
Mettle, The Function Suite, London, UK
Collection n°11, Interior and the Collectors, Lyon, FR
Platforms Projects, with Sepersepuluh Jakarta, Athens, Greece
The Potion Room, curated by Georgia Stephenson, Subsidiary Projects, London, UK
Performance screening, with Rasasastra, Jakarta, Indonesia
2019
Singolar Tenzone, supported by Arts Council England and Islington Council as part of Kunstraum Bacchanal, Kunstraum, London, UK
Vocalis, supported by Arts Council England, Beaconsfield gallery, London, UK
Absinthe, curated by Charlie Mills, James Capper, Billy Fresar, Collective Ending, London, UK
The Loser Standing Small Beside The Victory, spazioSERRA, Milan, IT
2018
The London Ultra, OXO tower, London, UK
The Salamander Devours its Tail Twice, Gallery 46, London, UK
DO IT, WI-MA, Lodz, Poland
2017
Lost Senses, supported by Arts Council England, curated by Linda Rocco and Isabel Blanco, Guest Projects, London, UK
Knaves of Radiance, Royal College of Art graduate show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Revolve Performance Art Festival, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden
2016
Liberté d’action, L’Amour, Paris, FR
Performance Art Meeting, in collaboration with Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland
Being alone together, Crown Building Studios, Liverpool, UK
AWARDS / GRANTS
2024
V&A Museum Adobe Artist in Residence: Costume Design, Adobe, V&A Museum, MoMa, UK-US
2023
Premio Incoraggiamento, Fondo PSMSAD, INPS, IT
Grow and Flourish, Nine Elms and Wandsworth Council public art commission, UK
2022
National Lottery Project Grant, Arts Council England, UK
Free Studio Award, Hypha Studios selected by Katy Wan, Assistant Curator, International Art at Tate Modern and Simon Tate, Battersea, London, UK
Shortlisted – Stanley Picker Fellowship, Stanley Picker Gallery & Kingston University, UK
Finalist – The Football and Art Prize, touring exhibition: Touchstones Rochdale, The Millennium Gallery Sheffield, Sunderland Museum, UK
a-n Bursary: Time, Space, Money, a-n The Artists Information Company & Arts Council England, UK
2020
Finalist – Premio Fabbri, section Arte Emergente, IT
Finalist – Artworks Open, Barbican Arts Trust, UK
Production Prize – Body to Body, BRODO promoted by Piattaforma Lago, Fondazione Fabbri, Treviso Ricerca Arte, IT
COVID19 Fund, Freelands Foundation, UK
Shortlisted – Ducato Prize, section Arte Contemporanea, IT
Solo Performance Open Call, San Mei Gallery, UK
2018
Shortlisted – Bloomberg New Contemporaries, UK
Shortlisted – Arte Laguna Prize, section Performance, IT
2015-2017
Bursary MA Contemporary Art Practice (Performance), Royal College of Art, UK
2014
Shortlisted – Combat Prize, section Video IT
2013
Highly Commended by Andrew Kötting – Annual Open CGP Gallery, UK
RESIDENCIES
2024
V&A Museum Adobe Artist in Residence: Costume Design, Adobe, V&A Museum, MoMa, UK-US
2023
Paijáàäâãåąæāªn, Trujillo, Peru
2022-ongoing
Hypha Battersea, Hypha Studios, London, UK
2023
Art must be beautiful, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, GER
2021
Tanzresidenz: Quartier am Hafen, Cologne, GER
2020
Body to Body, BRODO promoted by Piattaforma Lago, Fondazione Fabbri, Treviso Ricerca Arte, IT
Residenza La Fornace, Luna Piena, Unknown Location, IT
2020-2022
Artist in Residence Morley College North Kensington, London, UK
2017–2020
Artist in Residence Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK
2019
Q-Rated workshop Performance, La Quadriennale di Roma, tutors: Richard Birkett, Marie De Brugerolle, Cally Spooner, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, IT
WORKSHOPS / TEACHING
2023
Queer & Neurodivergent: Wearable Art & Performance, workshop Arts for Health, Milton Keynes, UK
Community Building and Queer Identities, Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru
Ungendered Identities: Persona-Personality, VSSL Studio, London, UK
2022
Lancaster West Neighbourhood, workshop with local residents W11, London, UK
2021
Worlds Within Worlds, workshop with disabled artists, DASH, UK
Visiting tutor, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2020
Bomber Training, workshop with AIR Gallery, Altrincham, UK
Guest Lecturer, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Visiting artist programme Year 10, Kensington Aldridge Academy, with ACAVA, London, UK
VHL in Fine Art & Design, City of Westminster College, London, UK
2020-2022
Lecturer in Fine Art, as Artist in Residence, Morley College North Kensington, London, UK
2019-2020
VHL in Fine Art & Design, Foundation Level 4, Morley College North Kensington, London, UK
2019
Rhythms: Repetition, Stillness, Inconsistency, workshop supported by Arts Council England, Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK
2018
Experimenting with Performance, 1-week workshop, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Performance Art: Learning through Doing, 5 weeks course, Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK
2017-2020
Lecturer in Fine Art, as Artist in Residence, Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK
COLLECTIONS
Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru
International Performance Art Archive, Cologne, GER
Private collections: United Kingdom, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Germany, France