Laura Grosso lives and works in Rome as a painter.
Born in Bari in 1955, she moved to Rome in 1966. She began her professional training at the Art School on Via Ripetta under the guidance of painter Marina Poggi. She continued her studies in Painting under Alberto Ziveri at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, graduating with honors in 1978.
She devoted herself to the study of the figure in movement, drawing from life during rehearsals for Enzo Cosimi's first dance performances, and began her experience painting en plein air in the Tuscan countryside around Florence.
She moved to Chicago, where she began her "Urban Views" series.
From 1998 to 2008, the "Views of Rome" series was presented at the Galleria Andrè on Via Giulia in Rome in many solo and group exhibitions, and the paintings were included in private collections in Italy and abroad.
In 2007, she began teaching a select group of students, with whom she devoted herself to the study of still life.
Since 2011, following her participation in the Chinese initiative "Italian Painters Paint Hangzhou," she has returns to the compositions of figures with the historical theme of the Bathers ("Humans").
Since 2014, she has participated in the "Plein Air Symposium" in various European locations, curated by Galerie Huber & Treff in Jena, Germany.
Since 2019, Angelo Zaccaria's "BaArt Gallery" has curated exhibitions of her works in her hometown of Bari.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 "Giuditta. (Subversive) Icon of a Woman" Rome, Cabaret Voltaire Gallery
2024 "That's a Party" Bari, BaArt Gallery
2022 "Umani" Rome, Mons Art Stage
2019 "Essere Umani" Bari, BaArt Gallery. Bari, Eranos Studio
2018 Rome, Virus Art Gallery
2017 Bolsena, Scuderie Farnesiane of the Capodimonte Inland Waterways Navigation Museum
2016 Rome, Tricoli della Pietra
2015 Rome, Studio G. Di Vita
2013 Rome, Defrag. Rome, Openstudio. Rome, Teatro Stabile del Giallo
2012 Rome, S.T.S. Claretta Carotenuto. Rome, Cassia Theater
2011 Spoleto, Albornoz Palace Hotel
2010 Rome, Il tempo ritrovato Gallery by Daniela Vaccher
2009 Rome, VirtuAule Studio English language. Rome, Andrè Gallery
2007 Rome, Andrè Gallery
2005 Chicago, Finestra Art Space. Rome, Andrè Gallery
2001 Rome, Andrè Gallery
1998 Rome, Andrè Gallery. Rome, S. Rita Hall
1996 Chicago, Eastwick Art Gallery
1994 Rome, Pino Casagrande
1990 Chicago, Abel Joseph Gallery
1979 Rome, “Caffè Colosseo”
1975 Bari, Sporting Club Teatro Petruzzelli
Collaborations and Projects
2024 Illustrations and cover for the book "My Pinocchio" by Paolo Lunghi, a watercolor and 12 ink drawings.
2024 Participation of 15 paintings in an as-yet unreleased television series by Maria Sole Tognazzi.
2023 Participation in the "Plein Air Symposium" - Toutembourg (Germany) by Galerie Huber & Treff in Jena (Germany).
2022 Creation of the "Giuditta" project for a group of painters.
2018 Participation in the "Plein Air Symposium" - Toulouse (France) by Galerie Huber & Treff in Jena (Germany).
2014 Participation in the "Plein Air Symposium" Beit Jala (Palestine) by Galerie Huber & Treff in Jena (Germany).
2014 Cover of the book "The Ice Cream in the Pool Doesn't Melt" by Leonardo Altomano.
2013 Creation of the "AA VV Painting" project for a group of students. Rome, Casa delle Donne.
2012 Participation in the "Hangzhou in the Eyes of Italian Artists" project. Hangzhou, Museum of Contemporary Art.
Venice, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation. Florence, Fortezza di Basso.
2010 Creation of the "Painters United for Painting" project for an international group of painters. Berlin, UNO Gallery. Rome, Virus Art Gallery.
2007 Creation of the "Painting Lectio Divina" educational project for a group of students. Laura Grosso's Painting Studio.
1994 Creation of the "Microscopic Thoughts" project. Home of collector and gallery owner Pino Casagrande.
1981 Creation of the "Il buio acceso" project, with artist Carlo Carfagni. Rome, Borghese Pavilion.
1981: Two paintings created for the posters of Enzo Cosimi's shows "Calore" and "Repertori d'amore." Rome, Borghese Pavilion. Rome, Piper Club.
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