Born in Milano, 1970
Lives and works in Milano
Education
1993
Diploma in Painting, Accademia di Brera, Milano, Italy
Solo Shows
2007
Critica in arte - Sara Rossi, curated by C. Pilati, project co-ordinated by C. Spadoni, MAR, Museo della citta', Ravenna
Acrobazie #3 Sara Rossi, curated by E. Fulco and T. Maranzano, Atelier di pittura Adriano e Michele, Centro di riabilitazione psichiatrica Fatebenefratelli, San Colombano al Lambro (MI)
2005
Miele + The Hourglass, Le Case d’Arte, Milano
Carosello, Galleria Nicola Fornello, Prato
2003
The Hourglass, Galleria Nicola Fornello, Prato
Miele, Italian Academy at Columbia University, New York
2001
Maia, Galleria Antonella Nicola, Torino with catalogue
Mab, Galleria Zero, Piacenza with catalogue
1999
Act, Galleria Le Case d'Arte, Milano; Galleria Facsimile, Milano.
Group Exhibitions (a selection)
2008
Tabula Rasa, special project for Manifesta 7, curated by Denis Isaia in conversation with Raqs media collective, Bolzano
Time Code, curated by F. Naldi and A. Pioselli, MAMbo, Bologna
Il pittore e il pesce, curated by Bruno Lorini and Giulio Mozzi, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi, Piacenza: Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia
2007
Arte sull'acqua, Lucciole, personal intervention, curated by S. Giazzi, Mantova
Poi piove dentro a l'alta fantasia, curated by a.titolo, Museo Marino Marini, Firenze
Effetto Stalker, curated by H. Marsala, Galleria Dell'Arco, Palermo
Bellavita, curated by D. Isaia and C. Natalicchio, New Chinatown Barbershop Gallery, Los Angeles
Storyteller, curated by Pietro Gagliano', Parco e Castello dell'Acciaiolo, Scandicci (FI)
Discontinuita' narrative, curated by V. Costa, CITRIC
2006
C’era una volta un Re, Arcos, Benevento (curated by D. Danegri) with catalogue
VideoREPORT ITALIA, GC.AC, Monfalcone (GO) (curated by A. Bruciati) with catalogue
Lampi sull’acqua, La citta’ visibile, Isola di San Servolo, Venezia (curated by R. Gavarro) with catalogue
Visioni del Paradiso, Istituto Svizzero, Roma (curated by K. Frei and D. Lucchini with catalogue
Strade BluArte, GAM, Bologna (curated by C. Pilati) with catalogue
LiberoLibrod’ArtistaLibero, Terza edizione biennale del Libro d’artista, Museo Archeologico Statale, Spoleto (curated by E. De Donno, G. Macchia, F. Troiani) with catalogue
Immagini a contatto, Artisti in archivio ‘06, Raccolte Fotografiche Modenesi, Modena (curated by L. Panaro) with catalogue
2005
“-a+a”(Luciano Pistoi), Progetto speciale di ‘Arte all’Arte X’, Castello di Linari, Linari (SI) with catalogue (curated by Associazione Arte Continua)
Le temps d'une photo, Galerie d'Exposition du Théâtre de Privas, Privas, France
Allineamenti, Trinitatiskirche and Cologne Italian Cultural Institute, Cologne (curated by L. Aiello and S. Risaliti) with catalogue
“La miniatura dal settecento al video d'artista”, Castagneto Po (Torino) (curated by E. Volpato, Promoted by: Fondazione Torino Musei) with catalogue
Edizione straordinaria, Le Case d’Arte 1985 – 2005, Assab One, ex stabilimento Gea, Milano (curated by Pasquale Leccese)
2004
The Hourglass, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, GB
Paesaggio Italiano/Italian landscape, VideoZone2 - The Second International Video Art Biennial in Israel; The British School, Roma (curated by C. Perrella) with catalogue
Maravee – Clorofilla, Villa Ottelio-Savorgnan, Ariis di Rivignano (UD) (curated by S. Zannier) with catalogue
Bambini nel Tempo, Palazzo Te, Mantova (curated by S. Risaliti) with catalogue
Orizzonti aperti, Opere in collezione, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Forti, Verona
2003
Premio Giovane Arte Italiana, permanent collection DARC- MAXXI Roma, 50a Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Venezia, Giardini, Venezia. (curated by P. Colombo e M. Pignatti).
C’est arrive demain, 7a Biennale de Lyon, Lyon. (curated by Le Consortium, R. Nickas, A. Pontegnie). with catalogue
Moltitudini – Solitudini, Museion, Bolzano (curated by S. Risaliti) with catalogue
In Natura, X Biennale di Fotografia, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin. (curated by Anna Detheridge)
Tombe la neige, Gallerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Eco e Narciso, Ecomuseo di Rora’ – Villar Pellice (TO) (curated by S. Risaliti) with catalogue
2002
Exit, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (curated by F. Bonami) with catalogue
ManifesTo, various locations, Torino
Magik, VTO Gallery, London
Tensio, La Comunale GC.AC di Monfalcone, Monfalcone (GO) with catalogue
Full contact, GC.AC. Montevergini, Siracusa (curated by Super&go)
Quattro venti, Manciano (GR) (curated by L. Ragaglia) with catalogue
De Gustibus, within the exhibition Collezionismi, Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena (curated by A. B. Oliva e S. Risaliti) with catalogue
To the light house new video acquisitions, GAM, Torino (curated by E. Volpato)
2001
Globe - La Torre di Babele, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova (curated by Sandra Solimano) with catalogue
Nuove acquisizioni, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Forti, Verona
Terra Ferma, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre (VE) (curated by Riccardo Caldura) with catalogue
2000
Atlantide, Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena (curated by S. Risaliti) with catalogue
Natural blues, Zero, Piacenza
1999
Pathologiae. Sei donne per caso, Museion, Bolzano (curated by P. L. Siena) with catalogue
MoltepliCittà, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Roma (curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi) with catalogue
PS1 Italian Selections 1998/1999, Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (curated by C. Christov-Bakargiev, C. Bertola, L. Cherubini and M. Codognato) with catalogue
Awards
2002
New York Prize by the Italian Academy at Columbia University, and receives a scholarship for a residency in New York where she also exhibited in 2003
Work
Sara’s work is much focused on photography and video, by using new technologies. She is extremely attentive to aesthetic values in her work, which is, in the words of A. Madesani, (Le icone fluttuanti, Milano 2002) “a work of great commitment and strength in its content obtained through a high quality iconographic research”. Sara’s work makes significant reference to the iconological and formal structures in the history of art, from the Renaissance, to Goya, and Frederich. The images and the stories represented are set in real natural and scenographic contexts where, however, “the dimension is dreamlike, time seems suspended, tension leads to a spatial infinity” (Madesani 2002). Time and its duration are not intended in a linear and rigid way like “before, during, and after an image”, but are intended rather as “lingering and changing” (M.R. Sossai, Artevideo, Milano 2002). In this passing and mutation of time takes place a “continuous process of transformation such to yield the sense of continuous creation and decay as happens in nature. (Madesani 2002).
Press Links
http://www.teknemedia.net/magazine/plaid/dettail.html?mId=254
http://www.provincia.torino.it/culturamateriale/en/ecoarte/artisti/art16a.htm
http://www.art-action.org/site/fr/catalog/02_03/htm/2035_rossi.htm
http://www.boilermag.it/gallery/sararossi
http://www.boilermag.it/article.php?sid=172
www.flashartonline.it/Archivio/riv_254/news4.htm
http://www.palazzoforti.it/acquisizioni2002/biografie/rossi.html