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 few years in Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK) and Hamburg (DE), De Vivi is now back in Venice, where she lives and works.
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Solo and double solo shows
2025
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Controfigura, galleria Poggiali, Milan; curated by Lorenzo Madaro
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2023
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Flaming April, Mom art space, Hamburg (DE); curated by Christine Ebeling
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2022
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Artificial Arcadia, Photo Open Up, Padua; curated by Alessandra Maccari
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2021
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SNAP TRAP, Palazzo Merulana, Rome; curated by Miriam Rejas Del Pino and Cerasi Foundation
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2020
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Il Crepaccio IG Show, curated by Caroline Corbetta
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2019
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Immaginifico, Spazio Siracusa, Agrigento, curated by Francesco Siracusa
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La Scintilla Latente, Ca’ dei Ricchi, Treviso, curated by Carlo Sala and Treviso Ricerca Arte
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Altipiani, Barbara De Vivi|Karin Welponer, Bolzano, curated by Roberto Farneti and Stefano Riba
Residencies
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2023
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Gängeviertel,Hamburg (DE)
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Pilotenkueche International Residency Program, Leipzig (DE), funded by Fondo PSMSAD
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2020
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Inventario Varoli, della copia e dell’ombra, civic Museum Luigi Varoli, Cotignola (IT); curated by Massimiliano Fabbri
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2018
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Progetto Borca, Dolomiti Contemporanee, Borca di Cadore (IT), project curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
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2017
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Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (IT); given by Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation and Municipality of Venice
Awards
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2020
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Shortlisted for Premio Francesco Fabbri, IX edition, Contemporary photography section, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (IT); curated by Carlo Sala
2019
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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
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2018
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Premio Euromobil Under 30, Arte Fiera, Bologna (IT); curated by Angela Vettese
2017
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Combat Prize, painting section, Museo Fattori, Livorno (IT); curated by Paolo Batoni (First prize)
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Main group shows
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2025
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Aldilà sarà, sguardi contemporanei sull'Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Spazio Berlendis, Venice; curated by Emanuela Fadalti and Matilde Cadenti
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2023
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Pittura segreta, Fondazione The Bank, Bassano del Grappa; curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi and Paolo Zanatta
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Sensing Painting, Museo Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli; curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Marcella Beccaria
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Come un'onda come in volo, Museo Francesco Baracca, Lugo; curated by Massimiliano Fabbri
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Corse via su piedi di porcellana, Spaziomensa, Rome; curated by Micol Teora and Sebastiano Bottaro
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D.E.T., Pilotenkueche studios, Leipzig; final exhibition of Pilotenkueche International Residency Program. Project funded by Fondo PSMSAD
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Ambivalove, Alte Handelschule, Leipzig; mid-term exhibition of Pilotenkueche International Residency Program. Project funded by Fondo PSMSAD
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2022
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Salon Palermo 2, Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo; curated by Antonio Grulli and Francesco De Grandi
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2021
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Zona Bianca Zero, Woolbridge Gallery, Biella; curated by Giorgio Verzotti
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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.
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Les danses nocturnes, Entrevaux, France; curated by Eastcontemporary
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Regarding Venice, Galleria Poggiali, Milano
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Danae Revisited, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo (TV); curated by Carlo Sala
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2020
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Whatever it takes, A plus A Gallery, Venezia, curated by Curatorial studies Venice
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2019
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Margine, studio Margine, Pordenone, curated by Raffaele Santillo and Daniele Capra
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Il Disegno Politico Italiano, A Plus A Gallery, Venezia, curated by Aurora Fonda
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2018
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Selvatico 13 Fantasia|Fantasma, Palazzo Pezzi, civic museum Luigi Varoli, Cotignola; curated by Massimiliano Fabbri
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Brain Tooling, Forte di Monte Ricco, Pieve di Cadore; curated by Gianluca D’Incá Levis, Petra Cason and Riccardo Caldura
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La passione e la visione, mostra di fine residenza Bevilacqua La Masa, galleria BLM San Marco, Venice; curated by Stefano Coletto
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10 Little Indians 2018: The way things look, MLAC, Roma; curated by Silvia Giambrone and Fabrizio Pizzuto
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Mottenwelt, Galleria Marcolini, Forlí; curated by Roberto Farneti
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2017
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101-esima collettiva, Galleria BLM S. Marco, Venice; curated by Stefano Coletto
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Combat Prize, Museo G. Fattori, Livorno; curated by Paolo Batoni
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2016
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Avviso di garanzia, Fuori Uso project, ex Tribunale, Pescara; curated by Giacinto di Pierantonio and Simone Ciglia
Collaborations and fairs
2025
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Art Brussels, galleria Poggiali
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Miart, galleria Poggiali
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Arte Fiera, galleria Poggiali
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2021
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The Art Room, by Samsung Italia, curated by Caroline Corbetta
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2018
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Arte Fiera, Galleria Marcolini
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Art Verona, Galleria Marcolini
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2015
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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
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2012
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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
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2011-2019
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Laboratorio aperto, summer workshop, Forte Marghera, Venice, given by prof. Carlo Di Raco, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice