Elisa Bertaglia (b. Rovigo, Italy, in 1983) is a painter and visual artist. She works and lives between Rovigo, Milan and New York.
EDUCATION
2009 Second Level Degree (MFA) in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy
2006 First Level Degree (BFA) in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy
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SELECTED 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 New York, curated by Sarah Corona
Les Simulacres, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Rossella Farinotti
2022
Fastentuch, San Peter am Perlach, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr
2021
Hic sunt Dracones, The Yard, New York City, NY, USA; curated by Sarah Corona
2020
Hic sunt leones, Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy; curated by ArtSite Fest, Domenico Maria Papa
2019
Cendriers, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, with a text by Carmen Roll
Concerto. Singing over the Bones, Martina’s Gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Rossella Farinotti
2016
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
Elisa Bertaglia, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr with a text by Carmen Roll
2011
Alma Venus et Venatrix Diana, CSArt Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri
2008
Cosmicomiche, Caffè Livre, Modena, Italy; curated by Stefano Suozzi
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SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2025
Brooklyn Now!, Art Gotham gallery, New York; curated by Hayley Ferber
2024
ELISA BERTAGLIA, JENNA BITAR, TALITA ZARAGOZA, Invisible Collection, New York; curated by Docent Art and Lorenzo Beatrix
Kiaf Seoul, South Korea; curated by Sarah Corona
Miart, Milan, Italy; curated by Elena Dal Molin
Filo doppio, Palatium Vetus, Valenza, Italy
Atipografia, Atipografia gallery, Arzignano, Italy; curated by Elena Dal Molin
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
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
L'altra individualità, State of Venue, Milan, Italy; curated by Domenico Russo, Andrea Tinterri, Luca Zuccala
2020
Camino Contro Corrente Festival, Camino al Tagliamento, Italy; curated by Valentina Merzi, Riccardo Vaglini, Francesco Zorzini
Penelope’s Gaze, ArtSIte Fest, Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, Turin, Italy; curated by Domenico Maria Papa
2019
CAF - Nebula, CAF Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan; curated by Shinichi Nagasawa
Selvatico #14, Luigi Varoli Civic Museum, Cotignola, Italy; crated by Massimiliano Fabbri
On Paper, MACC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Calasecca, Italy; curated by Casa Falconieri
Cittadella dell’Arte, wall painting, permanent project for the City Archives, Milan, Italy; curated by Rosella Farinotti
Binomi. Antico VS Contemporaneo, 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 del Grappa, Italy
2018
Oasi, Mac,n, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Monsummano Terme, Italy, curated by Paola Cassinelli
Ceramica Contemporanea. Nuovi Maestri, Castle of Levizzano Rangone, Levizzano, Italy; curated by Andrea Barillaro, Ilaria Dall’Olio, Alessandro Mescoli, Federica Sala
Rimini Drawing Biennial, Ala Nuova City Museum, Rimini, Italy; curated by Annamaria Bernucci
Romana Design District, Logos and Avant Toi spaces, Milan, Italy; curated by Arteam
2017
Field of Vision – Art Stays Festival, FO.VI. Gallery, Ptuj, Slovenia; curated by Marika Vicari
Arteam Prize, Bonelli Lab Gallery, Canneto sull’Oglio, Italy
Biennale Giovani Monza, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy
Works on paper, Officine dell’Immagine Gallery, Milan, Italy
Sguardi, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy
2016
Arteam Prize, Palazzo del Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy
Join the Underground, Undercurrent Projects Gallery, New York, USA
Carte Sparse, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy
Erranza. Del radicante e altri segni, Atipografia Gallery, Arzignano, Italy; curated by Petra Cason
2015
Come sopra, così sotto, Loppis OpenLab Gallery, Parma, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri
Accenni | Allusions, Relais Rione Ponte, Rome, Italy; curated by Studio Pivot, in collaboration with Flavia Lo Chiatto
Arteam Prize, Officina delle Zattere, Venice, Italy
Generations, XVIII Penne Biennial, Penne, Italy; curated by Martina Lolli and 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 and Stefano Taddei
Summer Gallery Day, ESKFF at MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, USA
Nest, Martina’s Gallery, Seregno, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri and Arianna Beretta
Imago, Loft Gallery, Corigliano Calabro, Italy; curated by Niccolò Bonechi
A.R.T., Sant’Andrea della Zirada Church, Venice, Italy; curated by Andrea Del Guercio, in collaboration with Banca Sistema and Chriestie’s
We love Sleep, Duomo Subway Exhibition Space, Milan, Italy; curated by Simona Bartolena and Cesare Casiraghi
Autonomie del disegno, Quam Gallery, Scicli, Italy; curated by Emanuela Alfano
2014
La linea concreta, Loft Gallery, Corigliano Calabro, Italy; curated by Angela Trimboli.
Plateau Project, Progetto Borca and Dolomiti Contemporanee, former ENI Village, Borca di Cadore, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
Let’s make like a tree, Studio Cloud 4, Bologna, Italy; curated by Stefano W. Pasquini
Three, Villa Tiepolo, Albarella, Italy; curated by Stefano Suozzi
Mantegna Cercasi, Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy; curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei
The Detachment, Palazzo Principi, Correggio, Italy; curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano 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 and Riccardo Vaglini
Luci Sorgenti 6, Palazzo Santi, Cascia, Italy; curated by Miriam Montani
Sharing Islands, Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Rovigo, Italy; curated by Sara Breviglieri
Oceans: under skin of the sea, HB55, Berlin, Germany
Sedimentazioni, Villa Angeli, Adria, Italy
Ruote d’artista, Palazzo Ducale, Lucca, Italy; curated by Mauro Lovi
Rivers of A.I.R., Pescheria Nuova, Rovigo, Italy; curated by Tobia Donà and Beatrice Buscaroli
Let’s Make Like a Tree. And Leaves, Dolomiti Contemporanee, Nuovo Spazio Museum, Casso, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
Combat Prize, Fattori Museum, Livorno, Italy
Art Night - Atelier F., Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy; curated by Carlo Di Raco
RezArte Estate, RezArte Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy; curated by Lia Bedogni
Più in alto e più lontano, Villa Rubini Folador, Merlana, Italy; curated by Michela Lupieri and R.A.V.E.
Luci sorgenti 5, Palazzo Santi, Cascia, Italy; curated by Miriam Montani
Orientalmente, Mossini Gallery, Mantova, Italy
Con la bestia nel cuore, Francesca Sensi Gallery, Colle Val D’Elsa, Italy; curated by Marcella Fragapane
Eclettica, RezArte Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy; curated by Edoardo Di Mauro
2012
E l’uomo non è una felce, Dolomiti Contemporanee / Next, Taibon Agordino, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
Ricomincio da te, Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, Udine, Italy; curated by Paolo Toffolutti
2011
State of the Arts, 54° Venice Biennial. Academies Pavillion, Tese di San Cristoforo - Arsenale, Venice; Italy
DC pulse/two, Dolomiti Contemporanee, Sass Muss, Sospirolo, Italy; curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
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
Sulla mia pelle, Le Terre del Brenta Museum, Mira, Italy
Corpo Ex/Posto, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria; curated by A. Balletti and V. Kolev
Contemporaneamente, Costantino Piazza Gallery, Albinea, Italy
2010
Concert for Bruno Maderna, in collaboration with Riccardo Vaglini, Music University, Venice, Italy
Corpo Ex/Posto, Magazzino del Sale 3, Venice, Italy; curated by A. Balletti and V. Kolev
In/Carne, Cominelli Foundation, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy; curated by Edoardo Di Mauro
Corpo Ex/Posto, Cominelli Foundation, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy; curated by A. Balletti and V. Kolev
Atelier F, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy; curated by Carlo Di Raco
Workshop, Magazzino del Sale N°3, Venice, Italy; curated by I. D’Agostino, C. Di Raco and D. M. Papa
Arte Scienza e Scuola, Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy; curated by Aldo Grazzi
Il posto delle fragole, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Italy; curated by Cora Chiavedale and Paolo Zamolo
Di-Segni, Traghetto Gallery, Rome, Italy
93ma Collettiva Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleries of San Marco, Venice, Italy
2009
Atelier F - Nuove Figure 3, Venice, Italy; curated by Carlo Di Raco
F. Magazzino N°35 di Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy
Graphic Biennial, Monsummano Terme, Pistoia, Italy
Nuovi orizzonti in laguna, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina; curated by I. D’Agostino
2008
Atelier F, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy; curated by Carlo Di Raco
2007
Atelier F, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy; curated by Carlo Di Raco
A ruota libera, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy; curated by Riccardo Caldura and Carlo Di Raco
2006
Atelier F, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, curated by Carlo Di Raco
Pitture, Public Library, Crespino, Italy
Festival d’Istria, Buje, Croatia
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AWARDS
2021
Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy
Exibart Prize
2017
Arteam Prize, Canneto sull’Oglio, Italy
2016
Arteam Prize – Officine Saffi Artist Residency Award, Milan, Italy
2015
Arteam Prize – Officine dell’Immagine Award, Milan, Italy
Casa Falconieri SetUp Prize, Cagliari, Italy
2014
Pattern Award, Charleston, USA
2013
Orientalmente, MantegnaCercasi, Mantua, Italy
Combat Prize, Livorno, Italy
2009
93° Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
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COLLECTIONS
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Eileen S. Kamisky Family Foundation, Jersey City, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Penne, Italy
Banca Sistema, Padua, Italy
Museo del Parque Foundation, Iglesia de los Angeles, El Milagro, Argentina
Cominelli Foundation, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy
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ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023
Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York
2017
Officine Saffi, Officine Saffi Gallery, Milan, Italy
2016
ESKFF Residency Program, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, USA
Atipografia, curated by Petra Cason and Elena Dal Molin, Arzignano, Italy
2015
Casa Falconieri, Serdiana, Italy
2014
Progetto Borca Artist Residency - E ultimo venne il Bosco, Former ENI Village, Borca di Cadore, Italy; curated by Dolomiti Contemporanee and Gianluca D’Incà Levis
2013
Dolomiti Contemporanee - Let’s make like a tree. And leaves, Nuovo Spazio, Casso, Italy; curated by Dolomiti Contemporanee and Gianluca D’Incà Levis