About / CV
Visual artist Eva Frapiccini lives and works in the United Kingdom and Italy. Her practice experiments a variety of media and methodologies: slide projections, video & sound installations, film, photography, narrative fictions staged, performance. Her works are included in a number of institutional collections such as the Castello di Rivoli, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation; MAMbo, Museum of Modern Art of Bologna, Fondazione Fotografia di Modena, the Monza Civic Collections. From 2011, she is Associate Lecturer at the Fine Art Academy of Bologna, Fine Art Academy of Ravenna. From October 2015, she is attending to the practice-based Ph.D. in Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
- (upcoming) Modern Museum of Photography, Senigallia, Italy (12th December 2018 – 3rd March 2019) [cat]
2018
- (upcoming) IIC, Brussels, Belgium (9th – 24th November 2018)
- Il Pensiero che non diventa Azione avvelena l’Anima, curated by Connecting Cultures and Isole Association, Municipal Historical Archive, Palermo (15th June – 30th August 2018)
- Scratched Surfaces, text by A. Musini, IIC London, The United Kingdom, 9th February – 2nd March.
2017
- Dancing in the Memory Palace, MA*GA Gallarate, 3rd December 2017 – 22nd April 2018
2016
- Contemporary Locus XI. Eva Frapiccini, curated by Paola Tognon, Carmine Monastery, Bergamo, Italy
- Dreams’ Time Capsule, curated by Damon Waldock, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, The United Kingdom
- Eva Frapiccini, Golden Jail | Discovering Subjection / Pasqua Vorgia, Traces, BOZAR, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium (double solo show)
- Dreams’ Time Capsule, curated by Alexandra Helen MacGilp, Sikka Art Fair, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Dreams’ Time Capsule, curated by Alexandra Helen MacGilp, Al Qasbah, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE
2015
- Eva Frapiccini. Selective Memory | Selective Amnesia, Alberto Peola Gallery, Torino, Italy, text by C. Baldacci
2013
- Dreams’ Time Capsule, curated by Dr. Catalina Quijano, University of Art & Design, Bogotà, Colombia
- Dreams’ Time Capsule, curated by Zane Onckule, Kim? Contemporary Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2012
- Dreams’ Time Capsule, curated by E. Tosoni, M. Ericson, Arktekturmuseet, Stoccolma, Stockholm, Sweden
- Dreams’ Time Capsule, curated by Alexandra Stock, Ania Szremski, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
- Essere deboli è umano e perciò deve cessare, Goethe Institute, Torino, Italy (double solo show)
2011
- Museum Caneira | the physics of the possible, curated by E. Tosoni, Alberto Peola Gallery, Torino
- Thank you for coming!, curated by Teresa Iannotta, Nac Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2008
- Muri di Piombo (Walls of Lead), curated by Walter Guadagnini, UniCredit project room, Milano (IT) [cat.]
- Muri di Piombo (Walls of Lead), The diffused Museum of resistance, war, rights and Freedom, Torino, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2018
- L’ Altro Sguardo. Donne fotografe 1965 – 2018, curated by R. Perna, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma / 8th June – 2nd September 2018 [cat]
2017
- Deposito d’Arte Italiana Presente, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Vittoria Martini, Artissima Art Fair, Torino, Italy
2016
- L’ altro Sguardo. Fotografe Italiane 1965-2015, curated by Raffaella Perna, Triennale di Milano, Italy [cat]
- A Trilogy, curated by Francesca Comisso, Alberto Peola Gallery
2015
- Talent Prize – Inside Art, Museo Canonica (Villa Borghese), Roma, Italy
- Com’è viva la città. Art & the City 1913-2014, curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy [cat.]
2014
- Ritratto dell’artista da giovane | Portrait of the artist as young (Wo)man, curated by Marcella Beccaria, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italia
- Altro dalle immagini, curated by Filippo Maggia, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, Torino, Italy [cat.]
- Alwan 338. Foundation, curated by Alexandra Stock, Al Riwaq Contemporary Art Space, Bahrain
- Science & Fiction: New Death, FACT, Liverpool, The United Kingdom
2013
- La Grande Magia. Opere scelte dalla collezione UniCredit, curated by G. Maraniello and Walter Guadagnini, in collaboration with Bärbel Kopplin , MAMbo Modern Art Museum of Bologna, Italy
- Biennal of Young artists, Palazzo Reale, Monza, Italy
2012
- La Storia che non ho vissuto. Testimone indiretto (The History I never lived through (indirect witness), curated by Marcella Beccaria, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy
2011
- ON. Luci di Pubblica Piazza, curated by M. Angelotti e A. De Manincor, public project, Bologna, Italy
- Angry, Young and Radical, curated by I. Sikking / Paradox, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Holland
2010
- The 12th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice (IT), Italian Pavillion, curated by L. Molinari [cat.]
- Tre, curated by F. Maggia, Fondazione Fotografia Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Modena, Italy
2009
- GE09, Da Guarene all’ Etna, 1999-2009, curated by F. Maggia, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba, Italy [cat.]
- Eppur si muove, curated by I. Guerrero, J. Klaring, P. Vermootel, Palazzo Ducale, Genova / Palazzo Rebaudengo, Guarene, Italy
- Il racconto di un luogo, Museo Fotografia Contemporanea, Cinisello Balsamo, Milano, Italy
2008
- Focus on Contemporary Italian art, curated by Gianfranco Maraniello, Walter Guadagnini, MAMbo Modern Museum of Bologna, Italy
2007
- Mutation I, European Month of Photography, MUSA Museum auf Abruf, Wien, Austria [cat.]
- Mutation I, European Month of Photography, Museo Bilotti, Roma, Italy [cat.]
- Mutation I, European Month of Photography, House of Photography, Moskva, Russia [cat.]
2006
- Mutation I, European Month of Photography, MEP Maison de la Photographie, Paris, France [cat.]
- Mutation I, European Month of Photography, Museu Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany [cat.]
- Mutation I, European Month of Photography, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg [cat.]
- Ge06 Da Guarene All’ Etna, curated by F. Maggia, Palazzo Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba, Italy [cat.]
- Festival Internazionale di Fotografia di Roma, curated by Marco Delogu, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Roma, Italy [cat.]
2005
- Nuovi Arrivi 11, curated by Olga Gambari, Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, Torino, Italy [cat.]
SCREENINGS
2014
- Al Riwaq Contemporary Art Space, Manama, Bahrain, curated by Alexandra Stock
2013
- [.Box] Video Art project Space, Milano, Italy, curated by Maria Cristina Ferraioli
- Lys I Gamle Hus, Dale, organized by NKD, Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale (NO)
2012
- Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany, curated by Ljudmilla Socci
- Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, curated by Alexandra Stock
2011
- kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia, curated by Simone Menegoi
- Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex, Yerevan, Armenia curated by Aria Spinelli
AWARDS / BURSARIES / RESIDENCIES
2017
- Italian Council Bursary / Mibact upon invitation of Connecting Cultures, Milano and Isole Association, Palermo
2016
- Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE, Sharjah, (UAE) – Artist in residence in collaboration with FARE, Milano
- Fondazione Fotografia Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Premio Fotografia Italiana Under40 / Italian Photography Award Under40, finalist
2015
- INSIDE ART – Talent Prize, finalist
2014
- International Award of Public Art, Hong Kong, nominated
- Al Riwaq contemporary art space, Manama, Bahrain – Artist in residence
2013
- Moroso Award for Contemporary Art, nominated
- Rottapharm Madaus Prize, Monza
2012
- Reso’ program, by the Piedmont and CRT Foundation (IT)
- Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt – Artist in residence
2011
- NAC Foundation, Rotterdam, Holland – Artist in residence
2010
- Fondazione Fotografia Cassa di Risparmio di Modena – Special Italia Prize
2009
- FOAM – Paul Huf Award, nominated
2006
- SI FEST, Savignano, Italy – Pesaresi / Contrasto Prize
2005
- UniCredit & Art – Passport for Art Prize
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
- Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea
- UniCredit & Art Collection
- Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation
- Monza Civic Collections
- Fondazione Torino Musei GAM Galleria Civica d’ Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Turin Museums Foundation)
- Fondazione Fotografia Cassa di Risparmio di Modena
SELECTED TALKS / TEACHING
2018
- Associate Lecturer at the Fine Art Academy of Bologna, Italy (since 2011)
- Associate Lecturer at the Fine Art Academy of Ravenna, Italy (since 2016)
- Teacher assistant at the University of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, Leeds, UK
2017
- Pricing the Priceless, University of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, Leeds, UK
- Women in collection, organized by Contemporary Art Society, London, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
2016
- Eva Frapiccini Artist Talk, Carmine Monastery, Bergamo, Italy
- Visiting professor at the UAL Master of Fine Art Photography, London, UK
- Public spaces as social glue, BOZAR, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
- Eva Frapiccini Artist Talk: Dreams’ and Systems of Memory, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2015
- Collecting People | L’arte di pensare, Diogene Bivacco Urbano, Turin, Italy
- Associate lecturer at the IED European Institute of Design (since 2012), Turin, Italy
2014
- Al Riwaq Contemporary Art Space, Manama, Bahrain
2013
- ADEPAC Association, Bogotà, Colombia
2012
- Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2011
- Visiting Artist at the Workshop Palestra d’Arte Pubblica, Bologna, Italy
- Fittja Open, upon invitation of Botkyrka Konsthall, Fittja, Sweden
2010
- Italian Senate Library, Rome, Italy
2009
- MAMbo, Museum of Modern Art Bologna
- Eva Frapiccini Artist talk, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italy
