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

Residencies
2018 Art on Journey, curated by C.L.A.N. Collective, Grosseto
2016 International art residency, Ateliers du Plessix Madeuc, Corseul, (France)

Group Exhibitions
upcoming Destinazione Libertà, Flughafengalerie, Graz, (Austria)
upcoming Destinazione Libertà, Spazio Urano, Rome
2018 Art on Journey, curated by C.L.A.N. Collective, Grosseto
2018 Tiny Biennale, Temple University, Rome
2017 Antico/ Presente - l’ Accademia disegna, Vatican Museums, Rome
2017 Les yeux mirés, Sacripante Art Gallery, Rome
2017 Three Phases, Museo della Città, Acquapendente
2016 Entre chien et Loup, Ateliers du Plessix Madeuc, Abbaye de Léhon, (France)
2016 Borgo Prize exhibition, La scala d’oro, Rome
2015 L’ Accademia disegna, Capitoline Museums, Rome
2015 Quaderni in viaggio, Spazio 23, Rome
2015 Musica e Roma, Classica sul Tevere, Rome
2015 Girovagarte, girovagando tra i libri, Marconi Library, Rome
2014 Nel cerchio di Moreau, Spazio 23, Rome
2014 Materia, exhibition and donation of a marble sculpture to the City of Cassino
2014 Sulle Tracce di Ingres, Ferrante’s palace, Civita D’Antino
2014 Inquadrando Paesaggi, fifth edition, Civita D’Antino
2014 Sulle tracce di Ingres, Galleria Porta Latina, curated by Pierluigi Berto, Marco Nocca, Roberto Maria Siena, Rome
2014 Tiny Biennale, Temple University Gallery, curated by Susan Moore, Rome
2013 Self- Portrait, Spazio 23, curated by Pierluigi Berto, Rome
2013 L’ accademia disegna, Capitoline Museum, Rome
2011 Morlotti Prize, painting prize, Imbersago
2011 Fibrenus Prize, engraving prize, Sora
2010 site-specific exhibition, Opera Bosco Museum of Art in Nature, Calcata, curated by Anne Demijttenaere

Collaborations/Workexperiences
2019 studio assistant of the artist Davide Dormino, Rome
2019 assistant of the Visual Arts Department, RUFA Rome University of Fine Arts , Rome
2018-19 project assistant at Siena Art Institute Onlus, Siena
2016-2018 studio assistant of the artist Julie Polidoro, Rome
2017 studio assistant of the artist-performer Nezaket Ekici Deutsche Akademie- Villa Massimo, Rome
2015 Graphic