Elisa Filomena artist bio – London Paint Club

London Paint Club

Elisa Filomena

b. 1976, Italy. Lives and works in Turin, Italy

Elisa Filomena received a degree in Painting from Turin Academy of Fine Arts in 2002. Elisa Filomena has exhibited in numerous Solo and Group exhibitions in Europe. Filomena’s paintings focus on the human figure and nature, both experienced as everlasting and tender forces in contrast and harmony with the transience of existence. The artworks are often made up of unnatural images revealing hidden dreams and stories. Filomena’s work originates from photographs from the early 1900s that act as a starting point for tales that emerge during the creative process.

Solo Exhibitions

2021 – Eden, Casa Vuota, curated by Francesco Paolo Del Re and Sabino De Nichilo, Rome
2021 – Rocaille Coulisses, together with the sculptor Emilia Faro, curated by Federica Maria Giallombardo, White Lands Art Gallery, Turin
2019 – Diario notturno [Nocturnal diary], Circoloquadro contemporary art, curated by Arianna Beretta, Milan
2017 – Levitazione [Levitation], Bocca Bookshop, Milan, curated by Vera Agosti
2009 – Ritratti [Portraits], Davico Gallery, Turin, curated by Emilio Gargioni
2009 – 10 anni di pittura 1998-2008 [10 years of painting], Villa Boriglione, Grugliasco, curated by Sergio Innocenti
2008, 2005, 2003, 2002 – Wunderkammer Gallery, Turin, curated by Pino Mantovani in 2008
2000 – Public Library, Carignano

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2021 – Prossimamente [forthcoming], designed and curated by Pierluca Cetera, Maurizio Di Feo and Jasmine Pignatelli, Apulia.
2021 – To be Both. Hermaphroditus: An Iconological Update, online, curated by Nicola Nitido, Relevo Arts
2020 – Orfeo incantatore [Enchanting Orpheus], MIDeC Museum, curated by Lorenza Boisi, Cerro di Laveno Mombello
2020 – Noccioline #9 [Peanuts 9th edition], curated by Yellow, Julie Rebecca Poulain’s Studio, Rome
2020 – Inventario Varoli, della copia e dell’ombra, curated by Massimiliano Fabbri, Palazzo Sforza, Cotignola
2020 – Drawing Storage – Lockdown drawings, online, curated by Giovanna Sarti
2020 – Futura contro la paura [Futura against fear], curated by Elena Privitera, Public Ethnographic Museum – Palazzo Vittone, Pinerolo
2020 – Affordable Art Fair, Circoloquadro contemporary art, Superstudio Più, Milan.
2019 – 60x60x60 – sessanta artisti per sessanta murali [sixty artists by sixty wall paintings], Circoloquadro Contemporary Art, Milan.
2019, Sto* Disegnando [I’m drawing], curated by Michael Rotondi, Mercemarcia Gallery, Livorno

Education

2002 – Painting, Turin Academy of Fine Arts

Awards & Residencies (Selected)

2020 – Exibart Prize, finalist
2020 – The Moth Prize, finalist
2020 – Inventario Varoli, della copia e dell’ombra, Palazzo Sforza, Cotignola, curated by Massimiliano Fabbri. 2020, Artjobs, March winning artist.
2019 – O.R.A. Prize, honourable mention
2019 – Combat Prize, finalist, Giovanni Fattori Public Museum, Livorno
2018 – Vittorio Viviani Prize 20th edition, Villa Brivio, Nova Milanese
2018 – Combat Prize, finalist, Giovanni Fattori Public Museum, Livorno
2017 – Landina, en plein air painting experience, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, curated by Lorenza Boisi
2017 – Inside the Beatles, Circolo dei Lettori, Turin
2011 – Carlo Bonatto Minella Painting Prize, Villa Vallero, Rivarolo Canavese
2008 – Carlo Dalla Zorza Painting Prize, Ponte Rosso Gallery, Milan

Press & Publications

2020 – Moth Magazine, 10th anniversary edition cover
2020 – Per voce creativa. Elisa Filomena: dipingere l’essenza [Creation’s voice. Elisa Filomena: painting the essence], interviewed by Giovanna Lacerda, Wall Street International.
2020 – #LIVESOCIAL – Interviste e Storie, Radio Veronica One.
2019 – Pittura lingua viva. Parola a Elisa Filomena [Painting living language. Elisa Filomena’s turn], interviewed by Damiano Gulli, Artribune.
2018 – L’intervista a Elisa Filomena – l’arte nelle parole degli artisti [Art in artists’ words], interviewed by Samuele Papiro.
2018 – Filatrice dell’invisibile [Spinner of threads unseen], interviewed by Maria Rita Montagnani.
2017 – Essere artista donna, ieri e oggi [Being a woman artist, yesterday and now-a-days], Palazzo Alberto Poja, Rovereto.
2017 – Donne misteriose e spiriti sconosciuti [Myterious women and obscure spirits], interviewed by Manuela Vetrano.