BIO

Elisa Bertaglia (1983, Rovigo, Italy) is an Italian visual artist based in Brooklyn, who in her artistic research, freely pursues layers of experimentation by using changing mediums and techniques. Despite starting her career primarily as a painter, in recent years Bertaglia’s practice has become more eclectic and experimental, leading her to create wall drawings, sculptures, ceramics, installations, large or small scale paintings, and site-specific projects. Through a philosophical and conceptual approach, the artist investigates symbols in contemporary society and its short circuit which in recent years brought forth an identity and communication crisis. In particular, she analyzes the symbol as a semantic threshold in which a signifier and a meaning merge to communicate a universal message. Her research is strongly influenced by oriental philosophical doctrines, which develops a peculiar vision of time and space in her work. As demonstrated from the titles of her work, Bertaglia’s work is open to different spheres of influence. Among these, literature and cinema have always played a central role.

Bertaglia has presented her work internationally at various venues, galleries and museums. In 2011her work was selected to be presented at the 54ma Venice Biennale, Academy Pavilion, Arsenale, Venice, Italy, and in 2010 she exhibited in the group show "Art and Science" at tge Guggenheim Museum in Venice, Italy. Bertaglia was selected for various awards including the Exibart Prize (Rome, Italy); Arte Laguna Prize (Venice, Italy); Sunny Art Prize (London, United Kingdom); OTTN (Milan, Italy); Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice, Italy). Bertaglia took part in artist residencies such as Residency Unlimited (Brooklyn, USA), ESKFF, at MANA Contemporary (Jersey City), Kunstraum LLC (Brooklyn), Dolomiti Contemporanee and Progetto Borca (Italy). Her work has been included in select permanent collections such as the Collection City of Milan, Banca Sistema Collection, Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation and the Bronx Museum Collection.

EDUCATION
MFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy
BFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy

MAIN AWARDS
Combat Prize, Livorno, Italy
Exibart Prize, Exhibart, Rome, Italy
ArteLaguna Prize, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Sunny Art Prize, London, United Kingdom
Be the Difference, Civic Museum, Bassano, Italy
OTTN, Milan, Italy
Be the Difference, Torre delle Grazie, Bassano, Italy
Espoarte, Canneto sull’Oglio, Italy
Espoarte – winner, Milan, Italy
Espoarte – winner, Milan, Italy
Casa Falconieri, Cagliari, Italy
Pattern Award, Charleston, USA
Andrea Mantegna, Mantua, Italy

MAIN SOLO SHOWS

2024
Curses, Spells, and Other Magics. Elisa Bertaglia & Beatrice Spadea, two-person show; Martina Corbetta gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Martina Corbetta, Gianluca Ranzi
2023
A Dance, SARAHCROWN gallery, New York
Les Simulacres, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Rossella Farinotti
2021
Hic sunt Dracones, The Yard Columbus Circle, New York; curated by SARAHCROWN New York
2020
Mending the World | Hic sunt Leones, Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy
SPOT, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Martina Corbetta
Fastentuch, San Peter am Perlach, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr
2019
Cendriers, MZ Gallery, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Carmen Roll
CONCERTO. Singing over the Bones, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Rossella Farinotti
2018
Out of the Blue, Officine dell’Immagine Gallery, Milan, Italy, curated by Matteo Galbiati
Brutal Imagination, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy; curated by Stefano Suozzi
2015
Bindwood, Banca Sistema, Milan, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri
2014
Works, MZ Gallery, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr with a text by Carmen Roll
2011
Alma Venus et Venatrix Diana, CSArt, Reggio Emilia, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri


MAIN GROUP SHOWS

2024
Filo doppio, Palatium Vetus, Valenza, Italy

2023
Kiaf Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea
Postcards, Art Stays Festival, Ptuj, Slovenia; curatred by Marika Vicari, Jernej Forbici
Metaphor-mosis, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn; curated by Ru Marshall
Combat Prize, Fattori Museum, Livorno, Italy
Summer Show, Martina Corbetta gallery
Urban Ecology, SAPAR Contemporary gallery; curated by Hayley Ferber
Bronx Museum Gala, Ziegfeld Ballroom, New York

2022
Flat Files, SARAHCROWN gallery, New York; curated by Sarah Corona
Untitled Art Fair, Miami Beach; curated by Sarah Corona
Group Show, The YARD, New York, USA
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy days of Summer 2.0, SARAHCROWN Gallery, New York, USA; curated by Sarah Corona
Visioni Intrecciate, Villa Cedri, Valdobbiadene, Italy
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy days of Summer | Preview, The YARD, New York, USA; curated by Sarah Corona

2021
Bertaglia. Paperina. Pinya. Scalco, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy, curated by Martina Corbetta
Fragile Bellezza, Palazzo Valentino, Valenza, Italy, curated by Lia Lenti, Domenico M. Papa
Frammenti / Paesaggio, Banca Sistema, Milan, Italy; curated by Martina Corbetta
ArteLaguna Award, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Ultraromanticismo, Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo, Italy; curated by Alessandro Mescoli
Inventario Varoli, Testi Exhibition Center, Cotignola, Italy; curated by Massimiliano Fabbri
Ligabue. La figura ritrovata, Bentivoglio Palace, Gualtieri, Italy; curated by Matteo Galbiati

2020
Sunny Art Exhibition, Sunny Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Art Site Fest. Mending the World, Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, Turin, Italy; curated by Domenico Maria Papa
Visitazioni | Rivisitazioni, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy
L’altra individualità, State of, Milan, Italy; curated by D. Russo, A. Tinterri, L. Zuccala
Be the Difference, Civic Museum, Bassano, Italy

2019
CAF - Nebula, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Saitama, Japan; curated by Shinichi Nagasawa
Selvatico [14], Luigi Varoli Museum, Cotignola, Italy; curated by Massimiliano Fabbri
On Paper, MACC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Calasecca, Italy; curated by Casa Falconieri
Cittadella dell’Arte, permanent project for the Milan City Archives, Milan, Italy; curated by Rosella Farinotti
Binomi, Palazzo Il Faro, Spilamberto, Italy; curated by Sergio Bianchi, Alessandro Mescoli
Assenza Presenza, Palazzo Malmignati, Lendinara, Italy; curated by Giorgia Bergantin
Be the Difference, Torre delle Grazie, Bassano, Italy

2018
Oasi, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Monsummano Terme, Italy; curated by Paola Cassinelli
Ceramica Contemporanea. Nuovi Maestri, Levizzano Rangone Castle, Levizzano, Italy; curated by Andrea Barillaro, Ilaria Dall’Olio, Alessandro Mescoli, Federica Sala
Rimini Drawing Biennale, City Museum, Rimini, Italy; curated by Annamaria Bernucci

2017
Field of Vision – Art Stays Festival, FO.VI. Gallery, Ptuj, Slovenia; curated by Marika Vicari
Biennale Giovani Monza, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy; curated by Daniele Astrologo Abadal
Works on Paper, Officine dell’Immagine Gallery, Milan, Italy
Sguardi, Galleria Weber & Weber, Turin, Italy
Espoarte Prize, Palazzo del Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy

2016
Join the Underground, Undercurrent Projects Gallery, New York, USA
Carte Sparse, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy
Erranza, Atipografia Gallery, Arzignano, Italy; curated by Petra Cason

2015
Come sopra, così sotto, OpenLab Gallery, Parma, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri
Accenni | Allusions, Rione Ponte Exhibition Space, Rome, Italy; curated by Studio Pivot, Flavia Lo Chiatto
Espoarte Prize, Officina delle Zattere, Venice, Italy
Our Generations, XVIII Penne Biennale, Penne, Italy; curated by Martina Lolli, Antonio Zimarino
Iconologia Onirica, La Linea Gallery, Montalcino, Italy; curated by Isabella Vitale
Bocconi amari, MAM Museum, Gazoldo, Italy; curated by Francesca Baboni, Gianfranco Ferlisi, Stefano Taddei
ESKFF, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, USA
Nest, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Seregno, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri, Arianna Beretta
Imago, Loft Gallery, Corigliano Calabro, Italy; curated by Niccolò Bonechi
A.R.T., Sant’Andrea della Zirada Church, Venice, Italy; curated by Banca Sistema
We love Sleep, MM1 Duomo Exhibition Space, Milan, Italy; curated by Simona Bartolena, Cesare Casiraghi
Autonomie del disegno, Quam Gallery, Scicli, Italy; curated by Emanuela Alfano

2014
Plateau Project, Former ENI Village, Borca di Cadore, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Progetto Borca
Let’s make like a tree, Studio Cloud 4, Bologna, Italy; curated by Stefano W. Pasquini
Three, Ca’ Tiepolo, Albarella, Italy; curated by Stefano Suozzi
Mantegna Prize, Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy; curated by Francesca Baboni, Stefano Taddei
The Detachment, Palazzo Principi, Correggio, Italy; curated by F. Baboni, S. Taddei
Linguaggi Figurati, Officina delle Arti, Reggio Emilia, Italy; curated by Rossella Lombardozzi
Fondazione Museo del Parque, Iglesia de los Angeles, El Milagro, Argentina; curated by Daniele Crippa

2013
Iside Contemporanea, Arcos Museum, Benevento, Italy; curated by Ferdinando Creta
Atti Vandalici, Camino Contro Corrente Festival, Camino al Tagliamento, Italy; curated by Francesco Zorzini, Riccardo Vaglini
Luci Sorgenti 6, Palazzo Santi Museum, Cascia, Italy; curated by Miriam Montani
Oceans: under skin of the sea, Kunstfabrik HB55, Berlin, Germany
Sedimentazioni, Villa Angeli, Adria, ItalyRuote d’artista, Palazzo Ducale, Lucca, Italy; curated by Mauro Lovi
Rivers of A.I.R., Pescheria Nuova, Rovigo, Italy; curated by Tobia Donà, Beatrice Buscaroli
Let’s Make Like a Tree, Nuovo Spazio Museum, Casso, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee
Combat Prize, Fattori Museum, Livorno, Italy
Atelier F, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy; curated by Carlo Di Raco
Più in alto e più lontano, Villa Rubini, Merlana, Italy; curated by Michela Lupieri, R.A.V.E.
Luci sorgenti 5, Palazzo Santi Museum, Cascia, Italy; curated by Miriam Montani.
Orientalmente, Mossini Gallery, Mantua, Italy
Eclettica, Rezarte Exibition Space, Reggio Emilia, Italy; curated by Edoardo Di Mauro


2012
E l’uomo non è una felce. DC / Next, Taibon Agordino; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee
Ricomincio da te, Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, Udine; curated by Paolo Toffolutti

2011
54ma Venice Biennale - State of the Arts, Academie Pavilion, Tese di San Cristoforo, Venice, Italy
DC pulse/two, Sass Muss, Sospirolo, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee
Art Stays Festival, FO.VI. Gallery, Ptuj, Slovenia; curated by Marika Vicari
Vertigo, Pescheria Nuova, Rovigo, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri
Art Night, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy; curated by Carlo Di Raco
Corpo Ex/Posto, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria; curated by A. Balletti, V. Kolev
Concertino, Conservatorio B. Marcello, Venice, Italy
Corpo Ex/Posto, Magazzino del Sale 3, Venice, Italy; curated by A. Balletti, V. Kolev
In/Carne, Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco; curated by Edoardo Di Mauro
Atelier F, Forte Marghera, Venice; curated by Carlo Di Raco
Workshop, Magazzino del Sale N°3, Venice; curated by I. D’Agostino, C. Di Raco, D. M. Papa
Arte e Scienza, Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy; curated by Aldo Grazzi
Il posto delle fragole, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Italy; curated by Cora Chiavedale, Paolo Zamolo
Di-Segni, Traghetto Gallery, Rome, Italy
93ma Collettiva Bevilacqua La Masa, BLM Gallery, Venice, Italy

2010
Atelier F - Nuove Figure 3, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy; curated by Carlo Di Raco
F, Magazzino N°35, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy
Engraving Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Monsummano Terme, Italy
Nuovi orizzonti in laguna, Borges Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina; curated by I. D’Agostino

2009
Atelier F, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy; curated by Carlo Di Raco

ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, USA
Kunstraum LLC, Brooklyn, USA
Officine Saffi, Galleria Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
ESKFF Residency Program, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, USA
Atipografia, curated by Petra Cason, Elena Dal Molin, Arzignano, Italy
Casa Falconieri, Serdiana, Italy
Progetto Borca - E ultimo venne il Bosco, Former ENI Village, Borca di Cadore, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
Dolomiti Contemporanee - Let’s make like a tree, Nuovo Museum, Casso, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Eileen S. Kamisky Family Foundation, Jersey City, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Penne, Italy
Banca Sistema, Padua, Italy
Parque Museum, Iglesia de los Angeles, El Milagro, Argentina
Cominelli Foundation, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy