Monica Sarandrea
Monica Sarandrea lives and works in Rome. She graduated in Languages and Foreign Literatures and subsequemtly attends the art courses at La Porta Blu Art School in Rome from 2004, where she is tutored by artist Alberto Parres. She develops her painting skills working on chromatic and depth of field, gradually moving from figurative art to abstraction. She also studies engraving with artist Roberto Pace and from 2011 she starts working on sculpture focusing on materials such as clay, plaster and marble. From 2011 to 2013 she takes part in marble workshops in the island of Thassos (Greece). From 2006 she takes part in exhibitions in art galleries and institutional spaces, contemporary art festivals in Italy and abroad including RvB Arts, MICRO Arti Visive, Centro Culturale Gabriella Ferri, Ex Dogana (Rome), Ca’ dei Carraresi (Treviso,Italy), Artbox Project (New York), Galerie L’Atelier (Hünibach, Switzerland), Sculptures in Chigi Park (Ariccia), A60 Contemporary Art Space (Milan), Festival del Tempo (Sermoneta), Galleria Spazio Arte Petrecca (Isernia), Museo Archeologico (Altamura), Fondazione Pomarici Santomasi (Gravina). Pavart gallery (Roma), Art gap (Roma), Strati d'Arte (Roma), Sincresis (Empoli), Onart Gallery (Firenze). In 2023 she wins the first prize for sculpture at the Biennale of International Art of the Roman Riviera (Ladispoli). From 2010 her solo exhibitions take place in art galleries and institutional spaces such as Il Laboratorio, Creative Room Art Gallery, Villa Corsini-Sarsina (Anzio), Sala Orsini (Formello), Studio Tiepolo 38 (Rome), Lumina (Rome), Galleria Triphè (Rome).In 2016 two sculptures enter the permanent collection at MAAM – Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove, Rome. Her works can be found in private collections in Italy, Europe and Japan.
Personal exhibitions
2024: "Ritorno alla fonte", Galleria Triphè (Roma)
2023: "Verso la luce", Lumina (Roma)
2019: “Il peso delle stelle”, Studio Tiepolo 38, Rome
2018: “Tutte d’un pezzo”, Palazzo Chigi, Sala Orsini, Formello
2017: Evidenti omissioni, Villa Corsini-Sarsina, Anzio
2016: “There’s no place for my mind”, Spazio Marte, Gaeta
2015: “La natura ama nascondersi”, b>gallery, Rome
2014: “Frammenti di una ricerca”, Spazio Interiore, Rome
2013: “Pensieri come allodole”, Creative Room Art Gallery, Rome
2012: “Bateau ivre”, galleria “Il Laboratorio”, Rome
2010 “Lirica/mente”, galleria “Il Laboratorio”, Rome
Group exhibitions
2024: Morphé, ONART Gallery, Florence
2023: Quello che il fiume mi ha dato, Strati d'Arte Gallery, Rome
2023: Premio BACC, Rome Museum Exhibition, Fiera di Roma
2023: "Impronte", ONART Gallery, Florence
2023: "La cura di sé", Sincresis, Empoli
2023: Together We Art, Palazzo Velli, Rome
2023: Biennale Internazionale d'Arte della Riviera Romana, Ladispoli
2022: "Pluribus", Bibliothè, Rome
2022: 100x100 Piccolo formato, Sincresis, Empoli
2022:Humans through nature", Strati d'Arte Gallery. Rome
2022: "Tra materia e luce", Lumina, Rome
2022: Biennale Antropocene, Art gap, Rome
2021: Arte in Nuvola, La Nuvola, Rome
2021: Red Zone, Galleria Pavart, Rome
2021: Biennale di arte contemporanea della Murgia, Altamura
2021: Premio Melis, Mostra Internazionale di arte ceramica, Ex convento dei Cappuccini, Bosa
2021: Simposio Lunense, 1° edizione, Fivizzano
2021: Parlami di Dante attraverso la Divina Commedia, Galleria Spazio Arte Petrecca, Isernia
2020: Biennale le Arti Possibili, Milan
2020: La Vita dell'Arte, A60 Contemporary Art Space, Milan
2020: Share your time, share your art, Emmeotto, Rome
2019: Sculptures in Chigi park, Ariccia
2019: Premio P.A.C.I, 7th edition, Isernia
2019: “Ceramics in love”, Castellamonte
2019: “Cura e pittura”, Centro di Psicologia e Psicoterapia La Fenice, Rome
2018: Art Paper International, Galerie L’Atelier, Hünibach (Switzerland)
2018: “Ronzii – Arte in subbuglio”, Lumière, Pisa
2018: “Scienza e coscienza”, Mitreo Arte Contemporanea, Rome
2018: Ar[t]cevia International Art Festival, Arcevia
2018: Artbox Project New York 1.0
2017: ” Seduzioni”, Elle Galleria, Preganziol
2017: Diritti in transito, Ex Dogana, Rome
2017: “Settima rassegna di arte contemporanea”, Ca’ dei Carraresi, Treviso
2016: “Marte Live contest”, Rome
2016: “Mostri&Eroi”, Centro Culturale G. Ferri, Rome
2015: “Il cielo in una stanza”, MICRO arti visive, Rome
2014: “Beauty and the beast”, RvB Arts, Rome
2014: “Spacescape”, Oratorio della Confraternita del Purgatorio, Ostuni
2013: ArtePadova – stand Creative Room
2012: Vincitrice del Contest Creative Room, Rome
2010: “Pasolini, cittadino di Monteverde”, Museo della “Villa Vecchia”, Villa Pamphilj, Rome
2007: collettiva “Supermart: arte al cm quadrato” presso la Galleria Arch Art & Jewels
2006-2009: Collective exhibitions at La Porta Blu Gallery, Rome
Installations
2022: Terra Arte Sculpture Park, installation: "Dryas" , Blera
2021: Terra Arte Sculpture Park, installation: "Nel flusso della spirale", Blera
Articles and publications
2015 La natura ama nascondersi, Monica Sarandrea si rivela di Paulo Fasciano in Rify Rome, www.rifyrome.com
2012 Ritratti d’artista, E.Scardanelli, Gangemi Editore
2020 Catalogo, Gutenberg Edizioni (Salerno)
Permanent collections
MAAM – Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove, Rome