Roberta Pugno was born in Bolzano and graduated in Arts and Philosophy under Carlo Ginzburg. She has held seventy solo exhibitions, over one hundred and fifty group shows, and published fourteen catalogues. Since 2010, she has been the artistic director of the IPAZIA Odv Association. She is among the curators of the publication of the six conferences on PSYCHE and ART (2013–2019). Her works have been featured on the covers of philosophy books by the publishing house Moretti & Vitali and by the Editions of the Scuola Normale Superiore. Recently, she conceived and directed the show LINEA SUONO IMMAGINE at the Teatro Basilica in Rome: bit.ly/TeatroBasilica.
Main solo exhibitions include: Studio d'Arte Il Moro, Florence 1989; Italian Cultural Institute, Munich (Germany) 1989; Castello di Canossa, Canossa (R.E.) 1993; Museo delle Mura Aureliane, Rome 1996; Palazzetto dell'Arte, Foggia 1997; Palazzo Chigi-Zondadari, San Quirico d'Orcia (SI) 1998; Palazzo Barberini, Rome 1999; Il Mauriziano Casa dell'Ariosto, Reggio Emilia 2000; Castello Aragonese, L'Aquila 2003; American Academy, Rome 2003; Villa Piccolomini, Rome 2005; Palazzo Altieri, Oriolo Romano (VT) 2006; Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, Rome 2006; Arab Republic of Egypt Embassy, 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; Biblioteca Angelica Gallery, Rome 2016; Case Romane del Celio, Rome 2018; Virus Art Gallery, Rome 2019; San Giovanni a Teduccio (NA) 2020; Cartiera Latina, Rome 2021; Arte Borgo Gallery and Curio Collection by Hilton, Rome 2022. Abroad, she has exhibited in Sofia (Bulgaria), Schwelm (Germany), Melbourne (Australia), Ghent (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain)…
She has collaborated with Eralov, EdiEuropa and André galleries in Rome; Helga Wicher Gallery, Wuppertal (Germany); Kontraste Gallery, Pietrasanta; Zammarchi Gallery, Milan; Granelli Gallery, Livorno; Astuni Gallery, Fano; Urs Aebi Kunstgalerie, Lucerne (Switzerland).
Catalogues include: *La donna e lo straniero*, *Gilgamesh re di Uruk*, *Materia e respiro*, *“L’audaci imprese io canto”*, *La terra l’acqua l’uomo*, *Le voci del rifiuto Giordano Bruno*, *“L’universo tutto infinito”*, *Pensiero interno*, *Uomo donna infinito*, *Materia Energia Pensiero*, *Nasce da dentro*, *Materia Infinita*, *Terrafuoco*, *La rivolta del pensiero*, *Immagineparola*… Writers who have written about her include: 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, Marcello Venturoli.
Official website: www.robertapugno.it curated by Cristian Rossi.
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THE POWER OF IMAGINATION IS THE STRENGTH OF FANTASY
### The Research
Roberta Pugno speaks about the energy and emotional power that images, beauty, and the *“wonder”* of life carry in their resistance against the coldness of rationality and the banality of evil. “The human being,” says the painter-philosopher, “is born with the ability to imagine and fantasy, psychic realities that are often lost because of disappointing or violent relationships. What needs to be recovered is the healthy and vital origin of the individual but also of the human species, which had a long beginning built on reciprocity and art, as testified by cave paintings.”
Supported by the most advanced scientific discoveries about the mind, with her images she seeks to narrate the *“wisdom”* of the unconscious world, that universal dimension which drives creativity and relationships, and that makes it possible, by realizing identity, to challenge violence between individuals and among peoples—too often proposed as the true nature of human beings.
### The Deepening
Where do inner images come from? What is this *“fantasy”* that nature gives us at birth, through which a perceived reality, a sound, or an idea become works of art? How does the passage from inner time to outer space occur? What is the source? Where and how can we regain its strength and resilience to resist emotional detachment?
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### PROGRAM
**Friday, October 24, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM**
*The Power of Fantasy*
Opening and visit to the studio, the works, and the practice of the painter-philosopher.
Presentation of the DAI Garbatella project.
**Saturday, October 25, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM**
*The Capacity to Imagine*
Cinzia Folcarelli (art critic and historian)
interviews
Roberta Pugno (painter and artistic director of IPAZIA)
**Sunday, October 26, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM**
*From Inner Time to Outer Space*
Meeting with the artist,
reading of the works and future projects.
Final toast.
At the studio you will find a wealth of explanatory and theoretical materials, including the *IMMAGINEPAROLA* catalogue and the published volumes of *PSYCHE and ART*.
**Open Studio**
Studio of Roberta Pugno
via Girolamo Benzoni, 26 – ROME
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