MELISSA PITZALIS
BIO
1990 Born in Rome, Italy
2015 Master degree at the Academy of fine Arts, Rome, with distiction
2013 Bachelor degree at the Academy of fine arts, Rome, with distinction
2017 Live and works in Rome
Residencies2018 Art on Journey, curated by C.L.A.N. Collective, Grosseto2016 International art residency, Ateliers du Plessix Madeuc, Corseul, (France)
Group Exhibitionsupcoming Destinazione Libertà, Flughafengalerie, Graz, (Austria)upcoming Destinazione Libertà, Spazio Urano, Rome2018 Art on Journey, curated by C.L.A.N. Collective, Grosseto2018 Tiny Biennale, Temple University, Rome2017 Antico/ Presente - l’ Accademia disegna, Vatican Museums, Rome2017 Les yeux mirés, Sacripante Art Gallery, Rome2017 Three Phases, Museo della Città, Acquapendente2016 Entre chien et Loup, Ateliers du Plessix Madeuc, Abbaye de Léhon, (France)2016 Borgo Prize exhibition, La scala d’oro, Rome2015 L’ Accademia disegna, Capitoline Museums, Rome2015 Quaderni in viaggio, Spazio 23, Rome2015 Musica e Roma, Classica sul Tevere, Rome2015 Girovagarte, girovagando tra i libri, Marconi Library, Rome2014 Nel cerchio di Moreau, Spazio 23, Rome2014 Materia, exhibition and donation of a marble sculpture to the City of Cassino2014 Sulle Tracce di Ingres, Ferrante’s palace, Civita D’Antino2014 Inquadrando Paesaggi, fifth edition, Civita D’Antino2014 Sulle tracce di Ingres, Galleria Porta Latina, curated by Pierluigi Berto, Marco Nocca, Roberto Maria Siena, Rome2014 Tiny Biennale, Temple University Gallery, curated by Susan Moore, Rome2013 Self- Portrait, Spazio 23, curated by Pierluigi Berto, Rome2013 L’ accademia disegna, Capitoline Museum, Rome2011 Morlotti Prize, painting prize, Imbersago2011 Fibrenus Prize, engraving prize, Sora2010 site-specific exhibition, Opera Bosco Museum of Art in Nature, Calcata, curated by Anne Demijttenaere
Collaborations/Workexperiences2019 studio assistant of the artist Davide Dormino, Rome2019 assistant of the Visual Arts Department, RUFA Rome University of Fine Arts , Rome2018-19 project assistant at Siena Art Institute Onlus, Siena2016-2018 studio assistant of the artist Julie Polidoro, Rome2017 studio assistant of the artist-performer Nezaket Ekici Deutsche Akademie- Villa Massimo, Rome2015 Graphic