Janine Claudia Nizza @ Rome Art Week

Janine Claudia Nizza

Janine Claudia Nizza is a painter and teacher of Spiritual Drawings and Live Drawings artist

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Janine Claudia Nizza is a , painter, storyboard artist, set decorator, designer, Vinyasa Yoga Flow international trainer, martial artist, dancer of Argentine Tango

She began exhibiting her art and collaborating with others in 1991; together with Massimo Arduini, she created the "First Sundays of May" initiative and collaborated with Alberto D’Amico at his Studio Campo Boario in 1992.

In 1993, she began a collaboration with director and choreographer Lindsay Kemp, serving as his personal art assistant for many years and creating paintings, set design sketches, and designs for stage props and costumes. In 1997, the book "Sogno"(Dream) was published by Claudio Corrivetti’s Postcard Edizioni; it featured her theatrical drawings alongside Lindsay Kemp’s original handwritten texts. In 1999, she moved to Los Angeles, where she exhibited her paintings and photographic experiments at venues such as Sylvia White, Bova Gallery, and the Julia Dean Photo Gallery, across the Santa Monica, West Hollywood, and Venice areas. In 2000, Tall Fellow Press published "That’s How Much I Love You", a book featuring short stories by Billy Mernit accompanied by her drawings and paintings. In 2002, she presented her artistic vision of yoga through a series of photographs taken by Enrico Blasi—featuring her posing on scaffolding—which were published in "Vogue Japan" and "Repubblica Donna".

In 2003, she met Laura Turco Liveri, who invited her to participate in her exploratory "Live Drawings" project—an experience chronicled in the article "Un cuore caldo a Roma" in the art magazine "Il Terzo Occhio" . While in Rome, she also connected with critic of art Mirella Chiesa and gallerist art curator Mary Angela Schroth, participating in group exhibitions at Galleria Giulia and Sala 1. In 2023, she collaborated with writer Mario Abbati on a project featuring paintings inspired by the tango; the work was published in the book "Con la scusa di un Tango" by Augh! Edizioni and exhibited at the Lingotto International Book Fair Torino.

Since 2016, the artist has collaborated with Professor Gerardo Lo Russo’s Accademia Villa Dei Romani; notable projects include the prestigious "Silk Road: Mogao Caves" exhibition—featuring a published catalog—which has been on permanent display at the Dunhuang Academy in China since 2020. Other collaborations include the "Yoga Flow" art calendar with photographer Enrico Blasi; art and photography exhibitions with Glauco Dattini (such as "Cromatismi Primaverili"); the "Progetto Radici" initiative with the Infomez Institute (2024–25); and "Manodopera" with Orti delle Arti and Horti di Veio.

2nd Anthropocene Biennale (March–July 2025): Exhibiting at the Fondazione Marco Besso and the Ex Vaccheria Pop Art Museum alongside artists and directors Anna di Fusco, Gyusi Emiliano, and Vittorio Pavoncello.

Participating in the group exhibition *CUPRA – “La Bona Dea”* (curated by Laura Turco Liveri, opening May 22, 2025) at SPAZIO CUPRA—a venue dedicated to art, music, and culture—where she also leads a four-session "Spiritual Drawing" course culminating in a public exhibition in February 2026.

December 2025–January 2026: "Di Segni Di Versi" , a two-person exhibition with Janine Claudia Nizza and Vittorio Pavoncello at Spazio Cupra, featuring a public screening of her short film "Non Esiste" director Billy Mernit; California, 2001.

Academic background:

Studied Architecture at Sapienza University of Rome; earned a degree in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome under Italian abstract art master Enzo Brunori; deepened the study of "Scarabocchio" with professor and filmmaker Nato Frascarà; and completed a two-year Storyboard Artist Master’s program at UCLA Extension (California). Since 2016, she has been a certified Vinyasa Yoga Flow trainer ERYT 1500 Senior Level 6, by Yoga Alliance International – Italian Division. 2023: Certified Level 3 Vinyasa Yoga Instructor (ENDAS/CONI). 2025: Awarded a 3rd Dan Black Belt (UISP/CONI certified by the Centro Ricerche Arti Marziali Libere lead by Master Claudio Gramiccia.

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Events at Rome Art Week

2025

24 Oct 2025 | 17:00-20:30

DI-VERSI DI-SEGNI

Not only works on paper but signs in the infinite creative ways of visual artists, connected to music and poetic texts. First of five exhibitions curated by Laura Turco Liveri.
Free access

Organizer SpazioCupra

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SpazioCupra

Via Cupra 34B

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2025

2026