Biography
"I have always focused on research in figurative and realistic drawings. After several attempts to break the classical canons and turn towards something more conceptual, I have concluded that the best way to express my ideas, passions, and moods is through attention to detail, which is why my production is so diversified. I cannot escape perfectionism and the only way to continue doing what I love is by mixing hyperrealism and conceptual art. I alternate classic paintings with pages from my favourite books and capture everyday life moments without ever renouncing the pleasure of painting anything that touches my soul.
I use direct language because I want my Art to be immediate and explicit.
Starting from subjects I often know well I enjoy digging deeper and exploring what is beyond mere appearance. People who are part of my life or have somehow left their mark on my path are therefore my primary choice of subjects.
I believe that our true self is hidden in some detail of our faces, hands, and feet and with my paintings I try to impress a feeling, a message, to capture that expression or gesture that hides our soul to make it eternal."
Customers & Partners
Alessandra Pagliuca was born in 1988 in Chivasso (Turin, Italy), she then moved to Lucca in 2017 and later to Viareggio where she currently lives and works.
She graduated from an art high school and decided to devote herself to painting and self-taught artistic experimentation.
Her debut took place in 2012 when she exhibited her first personal collection of artworks based on hyper-realistic research and the study of faces and human expressions.
She has exhibited in various national and international fairs and galleries and participated in different competitions that have seen her as a finalist on several occasions. In 2014 she won the Elio Fiorucci award and in 2019 the Marchionni award. In the same year, she was the finalist in the Michelangelo Buonarroti prize. Her artworks have been exhibited in Florence, Turin, Venice, London, Monte Carlo and Laguna Beach, California.
Her work is based on solo and collective exhibitions and commissioned works for private clients and public companies. Alessandra started working on commission with the opening of her atelier, "Artemisia Contemporary" in 2015 and she specialises in portraits.
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She has created a series of wall decorations at the Italian headquarters of Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks Italia in the province of Bergamo and she has established an ongoing collaboration with the Duessegi publishing house creating portraits on commission.
Educatin
2023 | Workshop with Eloy Morales
October 2023, Madrid (ES)
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2023 | Individual session with Giovanni Strino
February 2023, Pozzuoli (IT)
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2003 / 2008 | Liceo Artistico Piero Martinetti
Diploma, Caluso - Torino (IT)
Solo Exhibitions
2019 | FRAGMENTS (Lucca, IT)
Palazzo delle Esposizioni - Banca del Monte Foundation
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2018 | ONLINE EXHIBITION (IT)
Venderequadri.it
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2012 | LOOKS (Chivasso, IT)
Santa Chiara Palace
Group Exhibitions
2024 | QUI, DOVE TU VIVI (Casoli - Camaiore, IT)
Murabito Museum
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2022 | ART GENOA 2022 (Genoa, IT)
Satura art gallery, Genoa exhibition center
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2020 | ALCHEMIC BODY (London, UK)
Itsliquid Group, The Line Gallery
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2019 | MARCHIONNI AWARD
Cà La Ghironda Museum (Bologna, IT)
Palazzo del Collegio Raffaello (Urbino, IT)
Magmma Museum (Villacidro, IT)
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2019 | ART IN MASK (Viareggio, IT)
Factory Gallery 291
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2018 | MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI AWARD
Villa Bertelli (Forte dei Marmi, IT)
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2018 | ARTROOMS (London, UK)
Melia White House Hotel
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2018 | LIGHT SIGNS (Ascoli Piceno, IT)
Palace of the Captains
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2017 | DeNudo (Florence, IT)
OnArt Gallery
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2016 | NIT - New Italian Talents (Genoa, IT)
Satura Art Gallery
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2016 | CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION (Udine, IT)
ArtTime Gallery
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2015 | WHAT'S TRUTH (Turin, IT)
Unique Gallery
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2015 | THE WHITE AND THE BLACK (Florence, IT)
Merlin Gallery
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2015 | PARALLAX ART FAIR (London, UK)
Chelsea Town Hall
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2015 | WOMEN IN ART (Laguna Beach, USA)
Las Laguna Gallery
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2014 | KEEP ART & DREAM (Rome, IT)
Cloister of San Cosimato
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2014 | ROOTS - Online exhibition (Los Angeles, USA)
Linus Art Gallery
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2013 | PARATISSIMA 9 (Turin, IT)
Paratissima Art Fair
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2013 | FACES AND FIGURES (Venice, IT)
Priuli Bon Palace
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2012 | PORTRAITS (Tortona, IT)
11 Dreams Gallery
Prizes & Awards
2023 | ALMENARA ART PRIZE 2023
Selected artist for online group exhibition.
The Almenara Collection, Cordoba (ES)
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2021 | MOD PORTRAIT 2021
Publication in the Mod Portrait 2021 catalog.
Galeria Arte Libre, Barcelona (ES)
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2020 | ART RIGHTS PRIZE - Finalist
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2019 | MARCHIONNI AWARD - Winner
Villacidro, Urbino, Bologna (IT)
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2018 | MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI AWARD - Finalist
Forte Dei Marmi (IT)
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2018 | COMBAT PRIZE - Mention
Livorno (IT)
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2014 | ELIO FIORUCCI PRIZE - Winner
Sterzing (IT)
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2013 | BASILIO CASCELLA LV1 AWARD - Finalist
Chieti (IT)
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2012 | IO ESPONGO XV - Finalist
Turin (IT)
Press
2021 | MOD PORTRAIT - Catalog
2018 | COMBAT PRIZE - Catalog
2015 | ELLE ITALIA - March 2015 Edition
2014 | ART IN TIME - September Edition
2014 | ARTE MONDADORI - June Edition
2014 | ARTE IN - June / July Edition
2012 | LA STAMPA - November Edition