Snap Trap, Palazzo Merulana, 2021
Curated by Miriam Rejas Del Pino
Snap Trap, Palazzo Merulana, 2021
Curated by Miriam Rejas Del Pino
Barbara De Vivi (Italy) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice after participating in the Erasmus + program at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has taken part in several exhibitions and awards, including the Combat Prize and the Euromobil Under 30 Prize. She has participated in residencies such as Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice and Pilotenkueche International residency in Leipzig, sponsored by PSMSAD fund. Recently her work was selected by Chus Martinez for inclusion in the CRC Foundation’s collection and displayed at Castello di Rivoli Museum in Turin, in the exhibition Sensing Painting. After a one-year experience in Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) she moved to Hamburg (DE) where she attended the residency Gängeviertel. She works between Hamburg and Venice.
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Solo and double solo shows
2023
Flaming April, Mom art space, Hamburg (DE); curated by Christine Ebeling
2022
Artificial Arcadia, Photo Open Up, Padua; curated by Alessandra Maccari
2021
SNAP TRAP, Palazzo Merulana, Rome; curated by Miriam Rejas Del Pino and Cerasi Foundation
2020
Il Crepaccio IG Show, curated by Caroline Corbetta
2019
Immaginifico, Spazio Siracusa, Agrigento, curated by Francesco Siracusa
La Scintilla Latente, Ca’ dei Ricchi, Treviso, curated by Carlo Sala and Treviso Ricerca Arte
Altipiani, Barbara De Vivi|Karin Welponer, Bolzano, curated by Roberto Farneti and Stefano Riba
Residencies
2023
Gängeviertel,Hamburg (DE)
Pilotenkueche International Residency Program, Leipzig (DE), funded by Fondo PSMSAD
2020
Inventario Varoli, della copia e dell’ombra, civic Museum Luigi Varoli, Cotignola (IT); curated by Massimiliano Fabbri
2018
Progetto Borca, Dolomiti Contemporanee, Borca di Cadore (IT), project curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
2017
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (IT); given by Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation and Municipality of Venice
Awards
2020
Shortlisted for Premio Francesco Fabbri, IX edition, Contemporary photography section, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (IT); curated by Carlo Sala
2019
Shortlisted for Premio Francesco Fabbri, VIII edition, Contemporary art section, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (IT); curated by Carlo Sala
Shortlisted for Make the difference with art, Torre delle Grazie, Bassano del Grappa (IT); curated by Rotary Club Asolo
2018
Premio Euromobil Under 30, Arte Fiera, Bologna (IT); curated by Angela Vettese
2017
Combat Prize, painting section, Museo Fattori, Livorno (IT); curated by Paolo Batoni (First prize)
Main group shows
2023
Pittura segreta, Fondazione The Bank, Bassano del Grappa; curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi and Paolo Zanatta
Sensing Painting, Museo Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli; curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Marcella Beccaria
Come un'onda come in volo, Museo Francesco Baracca, Lugo; curated by Massimiliano Fabbri
Corse via su piedi di porcellana, Spaziomensa, Rome; curated by Micol Teora and Sebastiano Bottaro
D.E.T., Pilotenkueche studios, Leipzig; final exhibition of Pilotenkueche International Residency Program. Project funded by Fondo PSMSAD
Ambivalove, Alte Handelschule, Leipzig; mid-term exhibition of Pilotenkueche International Residency Program. Project funded by Fondo PSMSAD
2022
Salon Palermo 2, Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo; curated by Antonio Grulli and Francesco De Grandi
2021
Zona Bianca Zero, Woolbridge Gallery, Biella; curated by Giorgio Verzotti
Pittura in persona, complesso monumentale di S. Francesco, Cuneo; curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Marcella Beccaria (Museo Castello di Rivoli and CRC Foundation). Work selected by Chus Martinez.
Les danses nocturnes, Entrevaux, France; curated by Eastcontemporary
Regarding Venice, Galleria Poggiali, Milano
Danae Revisited, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo (TV); curated by Carlo Sala
2020
Whatever it takes, A plus A Gallery, Venezia, curated by Curatorial studies Venice
2019
Margine, studio Margine, Pordenone, curated by Raffaele Santillo and Daniele Capra
Il Disegno Politico Italiano, A Plus A Gallery, Venezia, curated by Aurora Fonda
2018
Selvatico 13 Fantasia|Fantasma, Palazzo Pezzi, civic museum Luigi Varoli, Cotignola; curated by Massimiliano Fabbri
Brain Tooling, Forte di Monte Ricco, Pieve di Cadore; curated by Gianluca D’Incá Levis, Petra Cason and Riccardo Caldura
La passione e la visione, mostra di fine residenza Bevilacqua La Masa, galleria BLM San Marco, Venice; curated by Stefano Coletto
10 Little Indians 2018: The way things look, MLAC, Roma; curated by Silvia Giambrone and Fabrizio Pizzuto
Mottenwelt, Galleria Marcolini, Forlí; curated by Roberto Farneti
2017
101-esima collettiva, Galleria BLM S. Marco, Venice; curated by Stefano Coletto
Combat Prize, Museo G. Fattori, Livorno; curated by Paolo Batoni
2016
Avviso di garanzia, Fuori Uso project, ex Tribunale, Pescara; curated by Giacinto di Pierantonio and Simone Ciglia
Collaborations
2021
The Art Room, by Samsung Italia, curated by Caroline Corbetta
2018
Arte Fiera, Galleria Marcolini, Bologna
Art Verona, Galleria Marcolini, Verona
2015
Biennale of Venice, paintings and performances for Utter/The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope by JASA, Slovenian Pavillon; curated by Michele Drascek and Aurora Fonda
2012
Punta della Dogana, realization of the painted mock-up and set up of Turkish Forest by Mark Grotjahn for Prima Materia, Venice, curated by Caroline Bourgeois
2011-2019
Laboratorio aperto, summer workshop, Forte Marghera, Venice, given by prof. Carlo Di Raco, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice