Silvia Gelli (Livorno, 1985)

She graduated in Science of Cultural Heritage and specialized in History and Forms of Visual Arts, Entertainment and New Media at the University of Pisa and Parma. She obtains the Diploma in Advanced Photography at the IED of Milan. In the two-year period 2015-2017 she attends the Master of high education on contemporary image at Fondazione Fotografia Modena, where his research, in the experimental and authorial direction, in the field of contemporary art begins. In 2020 she is chosen for an annual and experimental course promoted and realized by GAER(Giovani Artisti Emilia Romagna). In 2021 she is selected among the young creatives of Emilia Romagna for the exhibition Abecedario d’artista at Palazzo del Governatore in Parma. In 2022 she is among the finalists of the Francesco Fabbri Prize for Contemporary Arts | contemporary photography section, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso and in 2023 she is selected among the finalists of the We Art Open | No Title Gallery, Crea – Cantieri del contemporaneo in Venice and among the finalists of the Combat Prize | Museo G. Fattori | Livorno. She takes part in exhibitions and fairs.

STUDIES

2022-2023 Art school | Accadimento e Sospensione, Chippendale Studio, Milano.

2019-2020 I mestieri delle arti (professioni creative) | GAER – Emilia Romagna, Ferrara

2019 University of Parma, History and Critic of Arts and Spectacle, Parma

2015-2017 Master in Contemporary Photography at Fondazione Fotografia, Modena

2012 University of Pisa, History and Forms of Visual Arts, Performing Arts and New Medias, Pisa

2010 European Institute of Design (Advanced Photography), IED, Milano

SOLO EXHIBITION

2024 Things are not as they appear, curated by Luca Panaro | SAC spazio arte contemporanea, Livorno

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Can creativity change the world? | Moleskine Foundation Collection – Saatchi Gallery, Harrods Arcade, London

2023 Finalist for the Premio Combat Prize | photography section, Museo G. Fattori, Livorno | winner of the gallery prize SAC spazio arte contemporanea, Livorno

2023 Accadimento e sospensione | Chippendale Studio, Milano

2023 Dummy Photobook | Chippendale Studio – Crag Gallery, Torino

2023 Finalist for the We Art Open | No Title Gallery, Crea – Cantieri del contemporaneo, Venezia.

2022 Finalist for the Francesco Fabbri Prize for Contemporary Arts | contemporary photography section, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso.

2021 Abecedario d’artista, Palazzo del Governatore | Parma italian capital of culture, Parma

2021 Herbabeta | collective project of urban regeneration and historical research on the memory of Ferrara’s sugar mills coordinated by artist Andreco, Factory Grisù, Ferrara

2018 R8 Eight Contemporary Art Show | ARTIKA Art Company, Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso

2017 Crinale, Foro Boario, Modena

2017 Corrispondenze, Musei Civici, Modena

2016 The summer show, Foro Boario, Modena

2016 Atwork/Lettera 27, Fondazione Fotografia, Modena

2014 Last Paradise, Esposizione Triennale di Arti Visive, Arte Maggiore Gallery, Roma

2014 Contemporary art exhibition, AccorsiArte Art Gallery, Torino

ART FAIR

2023 The Phair, Torino, Italy

2021 Gwangju Design Biennale, Moleskine Foundation Collection, Korea

2017 Art Tessaloniki, Greece

2017 We Are Fair, Madrid, Spain

INTERVIEWS
2021 L’ora gentile del giorno, Making of words / Magazine Making of light

RESIDENCIES
2021 ARTIST RESIDENCY with Elisa Leonini | visual artist, Ferrara