Lucia Simone was born in Perugia (IT) in 1986, where she began to study art and music.
In 2010, she graduated from the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Rome, where in 2013 she successively completed in painting and direct engraving. In 2009 she composed the original music for the short film “Love Conquers Mountains” by Fernanda Moneta. In 2012 she won a scholarship in painting as assistant to Gianfranco Notargiacomo, who held the teaching post in painting at the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Rome. She was responsible for teaching basic art techniques. Her works are present in the Archive of the Italian Engravers of Bagnacavallo, in the Archive of the Aqui International Biennal for engraving, in the private collection Archanes 6 (Heraklion, Creta, GR), and in the Sixth Repertoire of Italian Engravers. She has won several awards including an artist residence, third Prize of the International FIG Bilbao, she has exhibited in various museums including MACRO La Pelanda (RM - IT), Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, and prestigious venues such as Palazzo Montecitorio and Palazzo Vecchio for the Premio Firenze. An artist residence at the MACRO (Museo Arte Contemporanea Roma), includes live painting and an exhibition of her works in one of the museum’s ateliers (December 2 - 9, 2019).
In 2021 she exhibited his works exclusively at Iaga Contemporary Art (Romania) with a solo show entitled Signal Lost curated by Chiara Canali.
She has recently been selected as a finalist for the Artkeys prize for the painting section, and for the Arte Laguna Prize for the digital graphics section, whose exhibition will take place in 2023 at the Arsenale in Venice.
She lives and works in Rome.
ARTIST RESIDENCIESAtelier 3, Macro Asilo (Museum of Contemporary Art Rome), 2 Dicember - 9 Dicember, Rome, IT 2019;La Zona/the neighborhood, Casa Falconieri, Cagliari, IT, 2015.
SOLO EXHIBITION
Mad World, Galleria Gallerati, curated by Saveria Colosimo, January 28 - February 24, 2023, Rome, IT;
Signal Lost, Iaga Contemporary Art, curated by Chiara Canali, 15 Dicember 2021- 5 February 2022, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
Realtà Consumata (Consumed Reality), Fondamenta gallery, 24 January - 1 February, Rome, 2019;
Uncanny, 7-31 March 2018, Interzone galleria, Rome, IT, 2018;
Ashes, 16 - 30 September, NVMEN space, Rome, IT, 2017;
I Colori Sono I veri Abitanti Dello Spazio (The Colors Are The Real Inhabitants of Space), curated by Cecilia Casorati, 17 June - 2 July, contemporary art gallery Monogramma, Rome, 2016.
PRIZES
Malamegi Art Prize, Catalogue Prize, 2020, IT;Premio Marchionni 2019, Museo MAGMMA, 15 June - 31 July, Villacidro, IT Premio speciale “La grande Mostra di Manet”, Premio Marchionni 2019, Museo Archeologico, Premio Marchionni 2019, Museo Archeologico, (Special Prize “La Grande Mostra Di Manet”, Marchionni Prize 2019, Archaeological Museum), Olbia, 2019;Third prize FIG Bilbao, artist’s residence, September, Casa Falconieri, Cagliari, IT, 2015;Third prize Adrenalina, 1 September - 22 November, La Pelanda - Museum Macro of Testaccio / Civic Museum, Marino, Roma, IT, 2014;First prize Fiorino d'oro, Premio Firenze - graphics, Salone dei Cinquecento, 6 December, Florence, IT, 2014;Second prize for academies, “L’arte Genera L’arte”, Prize Terna & Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia, Rome, IT, 2012;Third prize Eureka, 15 - 23 December, Diocesan Museum, Terni, IT, 2012;Third prize Lanci, 30 September - 20 October, Caffè Letterario Giubbe Rosse, Florence, IT, 2012.
ART FAIR
Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, 2022;Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg, 2022;Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg, 2021;Art Fair ArtVilnius, Lituania, 2021;Art Market Budapest, International Art Fair, 2019;Paratissima Art Photo Fair, Milano, 2018;Affordable Art Fair Seoul 2016;Genoa Art Fair, Contemporary Art Talent Show, February, 2014.COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONPremio Marchionni 2019, Museo MAGMMA, 15 June - 31 July, Villacidro, IT;Premio speciale “La grande Mostra di Manet”, Premio Marchionni 2019, Museo Archeologico, Premio Marchionni 2019, Museo Archeologico, (Special Prize “La GrandeMostra Di Manet”, Marchionni Prize 2019, Archaeological Museum), Olbia, 2019;Finalist, Premio Marchionni (Marchionni Prize), Museum MAGMMA, Villacidro, IT, 2019;Asylum, La Paura Come Arte (Fear As Art), Palazzo Doria Panphilj, Valmontone, Roma, IT, 2019;Big Awards 2018, Barcellona, ES:Canova Art Prize, New York, USA, 2018;51st Vasto Prize of Contemporary Art, Landscapes Beyond the Landscape - For a Contemporary "Sublime", curated by Silvia Pergoraro, 21 July - 7 October , Palazzo Aragona, Vasto, IT, 2018;Rospigliosi Art Prize, Roma, IT, 2018;ArtBox.Project New York 1.0, semifinalist, Stricoff Gallery, 5 - 16 March, New York, USA, 2018;Lol, PH21 Gallery, 21 December – 13 January, Budapest, Hungary, 2018;Fantasmi Di Luce - Estetiche visionarie da Michetti al presente - Seventieth anniversary of the Michetti Prize, curated by Silvia Pergoraro, 16 December – 25 February, Michetti Museum, Francavilla al Mare, IT, 2018;Photocraft, 15 - 24 December, Galleria Interzone, Rome, IT, 2017;Biennale MarteLive, 5 - 10 December, Planet space, Rome, IT, 2017;All Art +, 24 November - 1 December, Van Der Plas gallery, New York, USA, 2017;Roma, Contatto gallery, 24 November - 1 December, Rome, IT, 2017;Autumn Salon Vienna, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, 7 – 10 September, Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, Wien, AT, 2017;Take Five, 9 December - 11 January, Monogramma, Rome, IT, 2017;Vo(L)to di Donna, project shows Chamber of Deputies, Palazzo Montecitorio, Sala della Regina, curated by Silvia Pergoraro, 1° December – 18 January, Rome, IT, 2017;Combat Prize, 25 June - 16 July, Civic Museum G. Fattori, Livorno, IT, 2016;Mirror Face toFace, Italian and Macedonian Artist, curated by Valeria Bertesina & Vlado Goreski, International Graphic Triennal Bitola Institute and Museum, 23 March - 20 April, Bitola, MK, 2016;International Print Awards, Prize F.I.G. Bilbao & Prize Acqui Terme, D'arT museum , 8 - 24 April, Cagliari, IT, 2016;Prize young engravers | Bagnacavallo 2015, 18 December - 14 February, Civic Museum, Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, IT, 2016;Lynx Prize, Trieste - Lux Art Gallery (IT), Ajdovščina - gallery Lokarjeva (SL), Sala degli Archi della Fortezza Nuova, Livorno, IT, 2015;FIG Bilbao, Festival Internacional de Grabado Contemporaneo, Bilbao, ES, 2014;Prize Firenze, Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento, 6 December, Florence, IT, 2014;Adrenalina Prize, 1 September - 22 November, La Pelanda - Museo Macro di Testaccio / Civic Museum, Marino, Rome, IT, 2014;Dimensioni, curate by Daniela Accorsi, 30 November - 15 January, AccorsiArte gallery, Turin, IT, 2014;Romance, curate by Tiziana Musi, 17 September - 5 October, Temple University, Rome, IT, 2013;XI edition della International Biennial For Engraving – Prize Acqui, 15 June - 7 July, Acqui Terme, Alessandria, IT, 2013;Nuovo Spazio AccorsiArte, curate by Daniela Accorsi, 1 - 22 June, AccorsiArte gallery, Turin, IT, 2013;Artefatto Soft Power - International Exhibition Under 35, 24 May - 16 June, Civic Museum Revoltella, Trieste, IT, 2013;Flyenergia Prize, curate by Gian Ruggero Manzoni, 20 May - 6 June, Deodato Arte gallery, Milan, IT, 2013;Gorlago Prize, 25 May - 2 June, municipal civic hall, Gorlago, Bergamo, IT, 2013;International Biennial of Contemporary Art ArtBrescia, 2 March - 29 May, Diocesan Museum, Brescia, IT, 2013;I Colori dell’Anima, curated by Daniela Accorsi, 23 February - 14 March, AccorsiArte gallery, Turin, IT, 2013;Prize for Academies “L’arte Genera L’arte”, Prize Terna & Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia, Rome, IT, 2012;Adrenalina Prize, 15 November - 2 December, Museum of Contemporary Art Rome (MACRO La Pelanda), Rome, IT, 2012;Eureka Prize, 15 - 23 December, Diocesan Museum, Terni, IT, 2012;Lanci Prize, 30 September - 20 October, Caffè Letterario Giubbe Rosse, Florence, IT, 2012;Combat Prize, 22 - 30 June, Civic Museum Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, IT, 2012;X edition International Biennial for Engraving – Prize Acqui, 19 June - 7 July, Acqui Terme, Alessandria, IT, 2011.BIBLIOGRAPHYInside Art magazine #115, edit. Inside Art, 2018;51° Premio Vasto Di Arte Contemporanea, Paesaggi Oltre Il Paesaggio, edit. Grafiche Martintype, Teramo, 2018;Rospigliosi Art Prize, edit. Francesco Paolo Caragiulo, Roma, 2018;CANOVA PRIZE, International Contemporary Art Award New York, edit. Canova Editore, Rome - Milan - New York, June 2018, ISBN: 978-88-942860–69;Uncanny - Lucia Simone, Deadroads 4 - Interzone Galleria, Rome, edit. Blurb, 2018,ISBN: 978-1-38-889407-8;Combat Prize 2018, Livorno, edit. Sillabe, 2018, ISBN: 978-88-3340-034-1;Fanatsmi di Luce, edit. Orthotes da Arti Grafiche Cecom, 2017;VO(L)TO DI DONNA, Camera Dei Deputati, edit. 1sec srl Roma, 2016;Arteam Cup 2016, Savona, Vanillaedizioni, 2016, ISBN: 978-88-6057-346-9;Combat Prize 2016, Livorno, edit. Sillabe, 2016, ISBN: 978-88-8347-896-3;Residenze d’artista - La Zona/the neighborhood, edit. Casa Falconieri, Dolianova, 2015, ISBN: 978-88-6791-107-3;Linx Prize, Trieste, edit. 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Contacts:www.luciasimone.itwww.instagram.com/luciasimone.artwww.iagacontemporaryart.com
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