## PRESENTATION Roberta Pugno was born in Bolzano and graduated in Literature and Philosophy, where she studied with Carlo Ginzburg. Her career includes seventy solo exhibitions, more than one hundred and fifty group exhibitions, and fourteen catalogues. Since 2010, she has been artistic director of the IPAZIA Odv Association. She co-authored the publications of the six PSYCHE AND ART conferences (2013–2019) and *THE LINE. THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN BEINGS* (2026). Her images have been used as book covers by Moretti & Vitali Publishers, Edizioni della Scuola Normale di Pisa, and Rubbettino Editore. Selected solo exhibitions: Studio d’Arte Il Moro, Florence, 1989; Italian Cultural Institute, Munich (Germany), 1989; Castello di Canossa, Canossa (Reggio Emilia), 1993; Museo delle Mura Aureliane, Rome, 1996; Palazzetto dell’Arte, Foggia, 1997; Palazzo Chigi-Zondadari, San Quirico d’Orcia (Siena), 1998; Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1999; Il Mauriziano, Ariosto’s House, Reggio Emilia, 2000; Castello Aragonese, L’Aquila, 2003; American Academy, Rome, 2003; Villa Piccolomini, Rome, 2005; Palazzo Altieri, Oriolo Romano (Viterbo), 2006; Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, Rome, 2006; Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Rome, 2007; Palazzo Valentini, Rome, 2008; Palazzo Venezia and Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, 2009; Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Latina, 2010; Museo Bilotti, Rome, 2012; Palazzo Sforza-Cesarini, Genzano di Roma, 2014; Cascina Farsetti, Rome, 2014; Gallery of the Angelica Library, Rome, 2016; Case Romane del Celio, Rome, 2018; Virus Art Gallery, Rome, 2019; San Giovanni a Teduccio (Naples), 2020; Cartiera Latina, Rome, 2021; Arte Borgo Gallery and Curio Collection by Hilton, Rome, 2022; Teatro Basilica, Rome, 2023; e-Campus University, Rome, 2024; and Polo Museale La Vaccheria, Rome, 2026. Group exhibitions outside Italy have been held in Sofia (Bulgaria), Schwelm (Germany), Melbourne (Australia), Ghent (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), and elsewhere. She has worked with the following galleries: Eralov, EdiEuropa, and Andrè in Rome; Galleria Helga Wicher, Wuppertal (Germany); Galleria Kontraste, Pietrasanta; Galleria Zammarchi, Milan; Galleria Granelli, Livorno; Galleria Astuni, Fano; and Urs Aebi Kunstgalerie, Lucerne (Switzerland). Catalogues: *Woman and the Stranger*, *Gilgamesh, King of Uruk*, *Matter and Breath*, *I Sing of Daring Deeds*, *Earth, Water, Man*, *The Voices of Rejection: Giordano Bruno*, *The Entire Infinite Universe*, *Inner Thought*, *Man, Woman, Infinity*, *Matter, Energy, Thought*, *Born from Within*, *Infinite Matter*, *Earthfire*, *The Revolt of Thought*, *Imageword*… Among those who have written about her are Fulvio Abbate, M. Pia Ammirati, Raffaella Bozzini, Gianni Bulian, Silvia Chiodi, Michele Ciliberto, Rosa Cipollone, Mario De Candia, Fabio D’Achille, Antonio Di Micco, Cinzia Folcarelli, Hilary Gatti, Hussein Mahmoud, Claudio Marra, Tommaso Paloscia, Giovanni Pettinato, Sergio Rispoli, Ingrid Rowland, Claudio Strinati, and Marcello Venturoli. She has conceived and directed a number of theatrical performances, including *Giordano Bruno* (2005); *Born from Within* (2006); *The Cairo Women of Naguib Mahfouz* (2008); *The Voices of Hypatia* (2009); *Luminous Life* (2013); *Grasping the Invisible Image* (2017); *“Then the Dreams Come Out…”* (2018); *Three Sounds* (2019); *From Seeing History to Sensing “Prehistory”* (2022); *Line, Sound, Image* (2024); and *The Line. The Universality of Human Beings* (2026). Official website: www.robertapugno.it Website curated by Cristian Rossi. ## THE RED OF THE LINE ### The research The line originates in the body as thought. It does not exist in nature. It is human beings who mentally draw the outlines of things, distinguish them from one another, and give each its own identity—beginning with their own face, when, at eight or nine months old, a child recognizes themself in a mirror. Like thought expressed through images, the inner line feels an urgent need to emerge and take material form: to become expression and communication. It becomes a line that draws, paints, and writes. In art, it may be explicit or, remaining connected to inner sound and feeling, become a vibration of colours or a movement of forms that only the unconscious can perceive. ## THE PROGRAMME **Friday, October 23** Opening of the **OPEN STUDIO** — 5:30 p.m. Among the works and along the red thread: short conversations about the line — 6:30 p.m. With Antonio Di Micco, Maurizio Pugno, Roberta Pugno, and Emilio Rivetti **Saturday, October 24** **RED LINE: UNIVERSAL** — 6:00 p.m. Cinzia Folcarelli (art critic and art historian) interviews Roberta Pugno (painter and artistic director of the IPAZIA Association) **Sunday, October 25** A tour of the works — 5:30 p.m. **A BOOK ON STAGE** — 6:30 p.m. Screening of excerpts from the one-act play performed at Teatro Basilica on September 19, 2026 The book is available at the studio: *THE LINE. THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN BEINGS* Foreword by Antonio Calenda Twelve disciplines meet through images and words in a new exploration of the “line” and creativity. **STUDIO ROBERTA PUGNO** Via Girolamo Benzoni 26 — Rome Information: 347.3170721 · www.robertapugno.it Free admission
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