EDUCATION AND TRAINING
She earned a degree in Psychology in 1995 from
Sapienza University of Rome and subsequently
trained in figure drawing with painter Barbara Duran
at the D.A.M.S. program at Upter (Rome).
In 2024, she completed a videomaking course led by
Professor Claudio Fioramanti at the Ettore Rolli
School of Arts and Crafts in Rome.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
In 2005, she began co-teaching a course titled
“Di-segno ed atto creativo” (Drawing and the Creative
Act) alongside painter Barbara Duran at Upter.
From 2002 to 2008, she taught psychology at the
I.I.S. B. Russell school in Rome.
From 2008 to 2013, she taught at the Raffaello
Comprehensive Institute in Rome.
Since 2013, she has been teaching at the D. Manin
Comprehensive Institute (Via Bixio 85, Rome).
In 2023, she co-founded the duo DOPOLOTTO
with artist Claudia Rivelli.
In 2024, she co-founded the group Rock 'n Rolli
with fellow students from her videomaking course
(Andrea Alfieri, Giorgio Battistelli, Flavio Ceccarini).
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
June 7, 1999 – Upter, Via dei Pontefici, Rome
June 9, 2000 – Ex Fuà Fusinato, Via IV Novembre 157, Rome
June 11, 2001 – Ex Mattatoio di Testaccio, Piazza Giustiniani 4, Rome
May 18–28, 2002 – Arte in, Via degli Orti d’Alibert 30, Rome
June 10, 2002 – Ex Mattatoio di Testaccio, Piazza Giustiniani 4, Rome
September 19, 2009 – TRENTAPERTRENTA = NOVECENTO – Fonderia delle Arti, Via Assisi 31, Rome
November 9, 2009 – ComunicAZIONE (20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall) – Mitreo, Via M. Mazzacurati 61-63, Rome
November 19, 2009 – TRENTAPERTRENTA = NOVECENTO: Passage to China – Hangzhou Peace International Exhibition Center, 12th West Lake Expo Art Fair, Hangzhou, China
November 20, 2009 – Della stessa sostanza degli ultimi – Scuderie di Palazzo Ruspoli, Via Fontanella Borghese 56/b, Rome
December 13, 2009 – Wi-fi art, oltre l’obiettivo – Circolo degli Artisti, Via Casilina Vecchia 42, Rome
February 11, 2010 – Finissage: TRENTAPERTRENTA = NOVECENTO – Galleria Vittoria, Via Margutta 103, Rome
April 2, 2010 – TRENTAPERTRENTA = NOVECENTO: Passage to Berlin – Galleria Infantellina-
contemporary, Taubenstrasse 20-22 (Gendarmenmarkt),
Berlin
September 18, 2010 *Il filo d’acqua* (The Thread of Water) - Fonderia delle Arti,
Via Assisi 31, Rome
November 27, 2010 *SouvenirMania* - Basilica of Santa
Maria in Montesanto, Piazza del Popolo, Rome
December 11, 2010 *7 e 1/2 sette opere e mezzax5* (7 and 1/2: Seven Works and a Half x5) -
mostrArti, Via Santa Maria in Monticelli 65, Rome
April 16, 2011 *Fuori dal guscio, sorprese d’artista*
*nell’Italia dei pulcini e Pulcinella* (Out of the Shell: Artist Surprises
in the Italy of Chicks and Pulcinella) - Fonderia delle Arti,
Via Assisi 31, Rome
October 4, 2012 *Giusta e pari* (Just and Equal) - Gangemi Editore, Via
Giulia 142, Rome
April 6, 2013 *5elementi5* (5elements5) - participation with a
collaborative work (Patrizia Ricchiuti, Claudia Rivelli) at the Ex
Cartiera, Via Appia Antica 42, Rome
February 25, 2017 *Frammenti d'amore* (Fragments of Love) - Domus Romana,
Via delle Quattro Fontane 113, Rome
April 1, 2017 *Pop vision* - Domus Romana, Via delle
Quattro Fontane 113, Rome
June 11, 2022 *Rinascite* (Rebirths) - Mons Art Stage, Via di San
Pantaleo 59, Rome
November 19, 2022 *Never again* - Borgo Pio Art Gallery,
Via degli Ombrellari 1, 2, 3, Rome
January 19, 2023 *La joie de vivre* - Borgo Pio Art Gallery,
Via degli Ombrellari 1, 2, 3, Rome
May 7, 2023: *Il nudo artistico* (The Artistic Nude) – Borgo Pio Art Gallery,
Via degli Ombrellari 1, 2, 3, Rome
November 25, 2023: *Libere di... VIVERE* (Free to... LIVE) –
participation as DOPOLOTTO (Patrizia Ricchiuti,
Claudia Rivelli) – Borgo Pio Art Gallery, Via degli
Ombrellari 1, 2, 3, Rome
May 30, 2024: *ModArt Borgo* – Borgo Pio Art Gallery,
Via degli Ombrellari 1, 2, 3, Rome
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001, October 7–21 *Corpo* – Wine Time, Piazza P. Paoli 15,
Rome
2004, January 13–February 20 *Carne ed ossa* – Tempio di
Dioniso, Via delle Quattro Fontane 113, Rome
2006, March 11–18 *Il peso della carne* – Odradek, Via dei
Banchi Vecchi 57, Rome
2006, July 11–19 *Re-opening* – Taberna Rècina, Via
Elvia Rècina 22–26, Rome
2007, June 27–July 11 *Onirica* – Domus Talenti, Via
delle Quattro Fontane 113, Rome
2010, April 15–21 *4 LINEE* – Galleria IL LABORATORIO,
Via del Moro 49, Rome
2017, May 26 *Portami via* – Studio 4, Via Illiria 19,
Rome
2017, December 17 *Portami via* – Taberna Recina, Via
E. Recina 22, Rome
2020, October 31 Open Studio *La Bellezza e il Male* – Via
Illiria 19, Rome
2021, October 30 Open Studio *Equilibri* – Terrace at Viale
Furio Camillo 58, Rome
2022, October 28 Open Studio *Dov’è Elisa?* - via del
Boschetto 3, Rome
November 26, 2022: Artistic action *NO TO VIOLENCE – NO TO INDIFFERENCE* (in collaboration with Claudia Rivelli), for the *Never Again* exhibition, Borgo Pio Art Gallery, via degli Ombrellari 1, 2, 3, Rome
January 28, 2023: Performance and video screening *IO SONO ELISA* (I Am Elisa), Borgo Pio Art Gallery, via degli Ombrellari 1, 2, 3, Rome
March 11, 2023: Collective artistic action promoted by the duo DOPOLOTTO (Patrizia Ricchiuti, Claudia Rivelli) titled *INNEST-AZIONE*
May 7, 2023: *IO SONO* (I Am) – performance at Borgo Pio Art Gallery, via degli Ombrellari 1, 2, 3, Rome
May 7, 2023: Body painting action promoted by the duo DOPOLOTTO (Patrizia Ricchiuti, Claudia Rivelli) at Borgo Pio Art Gallery, via degli Ombrellari 1, 2, 3, Rome
October 28, 2023: *Le mie mancanze* (My Absences) – event by Patrizia Ricchiuti and Miriam Bonaccorso at the SpazioNonDisponibile gallery, via Vetulonia 55, Rome
October 26, 2024: *Tempo Liquido* (Liquid Time) Open Studio – Giardino di Confucio, via Principe Amedeo 184, Rome
SPECIAL MENTION
May 30, 2013: Mention for *Madonna Filippa* (100x70 cm photograph) in the *BOP DECAMERON* open call, organized by the Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art in Prato. AWARDS
2024 Bookciak Award for the video “Mezzanotte” (la Ribelle) by Patrizia Ricchiuti and Andrea Alfieri, created with the group from the School of Arts and Crafts of Rome (Ettore Rolli)
“Artieri del XXI Secolo” Award (part of Roma Art Week 2024) for the video “Ribelle” (Mezzanotte), created with the Rock’n Rolli group (Andrea Alfieri, Giorgio Battistelli, Flavio Ceccarini, under the guidance of Prof. Claudio Fioramanti).
The curriculum is currently being updated for the 2024–2026 two-year period.
A summary of the meaning of art in my life
BEYOND/AFTERLIFE A monster wanders in my mind: it shows me pain, fear, hatred; shows me the inhuman. I close my eyes. I succumb to his power. I feel powerless. So I take my weapons: a brush, colors, my camera, glue and paper. With these weapons I work tirelessly to transform the monster's power over my mind. I worked tirelessly and got BEYOND, beyond fear, beyond uncertainty, beyond hatred. For a little while, I saw
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