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Eleonora Roaro is a visual artist and researcher born in Varese (IT) in 1989. She lives and works in Milano (IT).
Playing videogames before The Millenium Bug
EDUCATION
MA | Plymouth University | Contemporary Art Practice | Plymouth (UK) [erasmus]
MA | NABA | Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies | Milano (IT)
BA | IED | Photography | Milano (IT)
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
2022 | Premio Francesco Fabbri – sezione arte emergente | Pieve di Soligo (IT) (shortlisted)
2020 | Cantica21 (under 35) | MAECI and MiBACT grant
2020-22 | MISTI – MIT-Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) Global Seed Fund | Sensing Dolce Vita: An Experiment in VR Storytelling | M.I.T., Boston (US)
2020 | Scholarship | Fondazione Pini, Milano (IT)
2019 | Research Fellowship | VR and AR in the valorization of cultural and art heritage | Università degli Studi di Udine (IT)
2017 | The Gifer. International GIF Art Festival (winner – IED AWARD)
2017 | Celeste Prize (shortlisted)
2017 | Combat Prize (recommended artists)
2016 | ArTeam Cup (shortlisted)
SOLO SHOWS
2022 | Scenografie coloniali. FIAT 633NM di Eleonora Roaro | curated by Enrico Manera, Roberto Mastroianni and Chiara Miranda | Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, Torino (IT)
2021 | FIAT 633NM | curated by Cinzia Compalati | CAMeC, La Spezia (IT)
2021 | Through the Looking Glass – Tulipomania | Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2018 | Schrödinger’s Cat Goes Through a Trauma and Does Not | curated by Matteo Cremonesi | Link Art Centre, online (IT)
2018 | Hit Me With A Flower | Over The Trash project room, Milano (IT)
2017 | Loops | Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2017 | 00:00:01:00 | Plymouth University, Plymouth (UK)
2014 | Instabilità, equilibrio ed infinito. Forma, ripetizione, differenza e movimento | curated by Roberto Mastroianni | Studio Dieci, Vercelli (IT)
COLLECTIVE SHOWS
2023 | Save the Food – Premio Irinox | curated by Claudio Composti | Laboratorio Aperto del Complesso di San Paolo, Parma (IT)
2023 | Surfing on the Algorithms | SMDOT/Contemporary Art, Udine (IT)
2022 | Premio Francesco Fabbri – sezione arte emergente | curated by Carlo Sala | Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (IT)
2022 | IN – FINITO | in collaboration with Recontemporary| Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Madrid (ES)
2022 | T.O.T. Themes of Traces | curated by Andrea Zanetti | Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara, Carrara (IT)
2022 | Visioni (s)velate | curated by Elena Brai | Viafarini, Milano (IT)
2021 | I luoghi che siamo | Casa degli Artisti, Milano (IT)
2021 | Festina Stonata | luogo_e, Bergamo (IT)
2021 | Etherea Art Prize | Etherea Art Gallery, Genova (IT)
2021 | Art’s Birthday 2021: Maschinenlärm und Metamorphosen | E-werk, Freiburg (DE)
2020 | Stoner. Landing Pages | curated by Cinzia Compalati and Andrea Zanetti | MuDEV, Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo (IT)
2020 | View from the window | Poznań Art Week, online (PL)
2020 | SUPERCALL | in collaboration with Casa Testori | Studio 4×4, Pietrasanta (IT)
2019 | 32th Festival Les Instants Vidéo | Hôtel le Ryad, Marseille (FR)
2019 | Small Home Great Projects | La Triennale, Milano (IT)
2019 | States of Mind | Palazzo Valmarana Braga, Vicenza (IT)
2018 | J.O.B.S. | curated by Andrea Zanetti | Palazzo Podestarile, Montelupo Fiorentino (IT)
2018 | Media Arts @ Plymouth University | Doppio Orizzonte, with Rachael Allain | Plymouth Art Weekender, Plymouth (UK)
2018 | Archivio Fotografico Italiano (mostra annuale delle acquisizioni) | Musinf, Senigallia (IT)
2018 | Repeat&Shuffle | Casa dello Zecchiere, Milano (IT)
2018 | R3M3MB3R | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Torino (IT)
2017 | Celeste Prize 2017 | OXO Tower Wharf, London (UK)
2017 | Il tempo indeciso | CURRENT project, Milano (IT)
2016 | Stoner. Landing Pages |curated by Cinzia Compalati and Andrea Zanetti | Alviani ArtSpace, Pescara (IT)
2016 | Normali Meraviglie – La Mano | La Triennale, Milano (IT)
2016 | Art Team Cup 2016 | Palazzo del Monferrato, Alessandria (IT)
2016 | F/10 | Castello dei Paleologi, Casale Monferrato (IT)
2015 | 28th Festival Les Instants Vidéo | Friche La Belle De Mai, Marseille (FR)
2015 | No Food’s Land – Mediterranea 17 Young Artists Biennale | Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (IT)
2013 | Il corpo solitario. Self portrait – photography & video | curated by Giorgio Bonomi | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Torino (IT)
2011 | Biennale di video-fotografia di Alessandria. “Regarde Moi” | curated by Occhiomagico | Ex cittadella, Alessandria (IT)
VIDEO SCREENINGS & FESTIVALS
2022 | Club Zero – Quartiere Corvetto | La Triennale, Milano (IT)
2021 | About the Future | Fondazione Molise Cultura, Campobasso (IT)
2020 | Stories of Solitude | artburst berlin e.V., Berlin (DE)
2020 | Video Art Miden | online (GR)
2019 | Camouflage | Non riservato, Milano (IT)
2019 | Plymouth Art Weekender | Plymouth Arts Cinema, Plymouth (UK)
2019 | INTERCAMBIOS – muestra internacional de videoarte | Zpadores Museum, Madrid (ES)
2019 | Video del giorno | curated by Giorgio De Finis | Macro – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Roma (IT)
2019 | Performance Crossing 2019 | Cross Attic, Prague (CZ)
2019 | Over the Real | Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Lucca (IT)
2019 | Videolands | screening curated by Video Art Miden | MOMus-State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (GR)
2019 | FRESH!!! | [.BOX] Video-Art Project Space, Milano (IT)
2019 | VIDEOFORMES 2019 Festival International d’Arts Numériques | Maison de la Culture, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
2018 | Generazione Critica #6 | with METRONOM and Fondazione Modena Arti Visive – Fondazione Fotografia | Laboratorio Aperto, Modena (IT)
2018 | Moving Stills | IkonoTV, online
2018 | Video Art Miden | FokiaNou Art Space, Athens (GR)
2018 | 10# FlashForward | [.BOX] Video-Art Project Space, Milano (IT)
2018 | Short. Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival. “Lo sguardo sospeso” | Ca’ Foscari, Venezia (IT)
2017 | STRANGLOSCOPE Experimental Video/Film, Audio, Performance International Festival | Florianopolis (BR)
2017 | The Gifer. International GIF Art Festival | Galleria Sabauda, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Torino (IT)
2017 | Leap Second Festival | Institut français du Danemark, Copenhagen (DK)
2017 | Leap Second Festival | iMAL (Interactive Media Art Laboratory), Brussels (BE)
2017 | Amural Visual Festival | Turnul Alb, Brașov (RO)
2017 | Mr. Mov | produced by Santa Giulia Hdemia di Belle Arti | Castello di Brescia, Brescia (IT)
2017 | IN|DUST|REAL Video Art Event VIIIth Edition | The Museum of Ţării Crişurilor, Oradea (RO)
2016 | INTERCAMBIOS – muestra internacional de videoarte | Pereira (CO)
2016 | INTERCAMBIOS – muestra internacional de videoarte | Quito (EC)
2016 | FILE 2016 – Electronic Language International Festival, “FILE GIF 2016” | Fiesp Cultural Center – Ruth Cardoso, Sao Paulo (BR)
2015 | Miami New Media Festival | Wynwood, Miami (US)
RESIDENCIES
2022 | VIR Viafarini-in-residence | Viafarini, Milano (IT)
2020 | (Let’s) Work! | Casa degli artisti, Milano (IT)
2019 | UNIDEE – Rituals of the Contemporary | with Fondazione Pistoletto, Fondazione Zegna and Fiamma Montezemolo | Cittadellarte, Biella; Oasi Zegna, Trivero (IT)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2020 | Drowning by Numbers | YouTube live stream performance | CAMeC, La Spezia (IT)
2019 | Gammatalk & Spot Show: eyEternity launch + late us Live show | Spazio Gamma, Milano (IT)
2019 | L.U.X. | with Samantha Stella and Matteo Levaggi | Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Padova (IT)
2017 | La Luna è una lampadina. 50 anni IED. “The Dark Side of the Moon” | curated by Tiziana Gemin | La Triennale, Milano (IT)
2016 | Forever Yours. The Wedding | Galleria Menhir, Milano (IT)
2016 | Muybridge recall. Tra scienza e arte | Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese, Milano (IT)
2016 | Color Inside – Fuori salone 2016 | Studio Andrea Castrignano, Milano (IT)
ART FAIRS
2023 | MIA Photo Fair | Premio IRINOX | curated by Claudio Composti | Superstudio Maxi, Milano (IT)
2020 | REA! | Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (IT)
2018 | MIA Photo Fair | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | The Mall, Milano (IT)
2017 | MIA Photo Fair | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | The Mall, Milano (IT)
2015 | Arte Fiera | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Bologna (IT)
2014 | MIA Photo Fair | Sabrina Raffaghello Arte Contemporanea | Superstudio, Milano (IT)
2013 | Off | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Tour & Taxis, Brussels (BE)
2013 | Arte Fiera | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Bologna (IT)
2012 | Cutlog | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Bourse du Commerce, Paris (FR)
2012 | Fotofever | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Tour & Taxis, Brussels (BE)
LECTURESHIPS
2023 – ongoing | Sociology of New Media | NABA, Milano (IT)
2022 –ongoing | Modern Art History | NABA, Milano (IT)
2022 – ongoing | New Media Aesthetics | NABA, Milano (IT)
2017 | Tecniche ed applicazioni fotografiche: post-produzione fotografica | ACME, Novara (IT)
CONFERENCES
2023.01.19 | AN-ICON | Sensing Cinema Heritage. For a Multisensory Approach to Film Heritage | Università Statale di Milano, Milano (IT)
2022.10.14 | Marathon DH – Cinema, Media, Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage | Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine (IT)
2022.07.05 | HoMER 2022 – Across Borders: Audiences, Exhibition and Reception | Università La Sapienza, Roma (IT)
2022.06.27 | Film Exhibition: The Italian Context | University of Cambridge, Cambridge (UK)
2022.04.07 | From Cinema Culture to Cinema Memory | Lancaster University, Lancaster (UK)
2021.09.07 | Visualising Digital Humanities (Studiotec workshop) | University of Bristol, University of Southampton and Queen Mary (UK)
2021.05.25 | HoMER 2021 | Maynooth University, Maynooth (IE)
2019.11.22 | Mining Memories: New Explorations in Cinema, Memory and the Past | University College Cork, Cork (IE)
2019.10.29 | Cinema and other Arts | Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha (PT)
2019.09.27 | 7a Summer School di Filosofia e Teoria Critica: La rivoluzione urbana e la modernità | Polo Universitario di Gorizia, Gorizia (IT)
2019.09.15 | IX Congresso AISU “La città globale” | Session curated by Roy Menarini | Scuola di Ingegneria e Architettura, Bologna (IT)
2019.06.28 | HoMER 2019 – Anchoring New Cinema History | The University of the Bahamas, Nassau (BS)
2019.05.23 | Le sale cinematografiche milanesi: storia, evoluzione e attualità | Politecnico di Milano – DAStU, Milano (IT)
2018.05.17 | Sale cinematografiche e luoghi del cinema a Milano: ricerche e prospettive | Politecnico di Milano – Scuola di Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria Costruzioni, Milano (IT)
2017.11.21 | L’arte della luce e dell’ombra. Note sull’archeologia del cinema | Politecnico di Milano – Scuola di Design, Milano (IT)
2014.07.03 | Convegno inusuale, exhibition Abiti da Lavoro | La Triennale, Milano (IT)
COLLABORATIONS
2021 | Katy Richardson for “A Cake of Painted Tin” | KIND., Braunton (UK)
2020 | Jann Haworth for “Utah Women’s Mural” | Salt Lake City (US)
2020 | Nina Carini for “For 24 Hours Call Me Poet” | Casa degli Artisti and Casa Testori, Milano (IT)
COLLECTIONS
Casa degli Artisti, Milano (IT)
Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea – CAMeC, La Spezia (IT)
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara, Carrara (IT)
Museo di Arte Moderna, dell’Informazione e della Fotografia – musinf, Senigallia (IT)