Manuela Toselli

Biography

SOLO SHOWS (SELECTION)

2021
Mtindo Ushairi – Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Luisa Catucci. With Waridi Schrobsdorff &
Daniele Tamagni.
Artisti In Dialogo – VI edition, ex-Tipografia Savio, (PN), Italy. Curated by Chiara Tavella, with the collaboration
of Association Amici di Parco – PARCO – Pordenone ARte COntemporanea, (PN) Italy.

2020
Haloxylon, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany. Curated by Caroline Lüderssen and Barbara
Thurau.

2019
Un filo di luce, Civiero Art Gallery, Imperia, Italia. Curated by Francesco Civiero
Intro, Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Luisa Catucci

2018
Il peso della polvere, RC Contemporay, Torino, Italy. Curated by Riccardo Costantini.
L’invisibile evidente, Museo Civico del Territorio “Alessandro Pesaola”, Cormons, Gorizia, Italy. In collaboration
with Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti of Pordenone. Curated by Chiara Tavella.
…e diventare cuoio, Biblioteca Civica of Pordenone, Italy. Curated by Chiara Tavella.
No sense, no direction, Museo Civico “Sale d’Arte”, Alessandria, Italy. Curated by Matteo Galbiati

2017
Stratificazioni materiche, Castel Negrino Arte, Aicuerzio, Monza Brianza, Italy. Curated by Matteo Galbiati.
Il decifrabile languore della trasparenza, Villa Contemporanea, Monza, Italy. Curated by Matteo Galbiati

2016
Rose e Spine, Caffè Letterario of Villa Varda, Pordenone, Italia. Curated by Elisabetta Di Sopra and Chiara
Tavella
Attraverso la mia pelle, centro culturale Aldo Moro, Cordenons, Pordenone, Italy. Organized by Associazione
Culturale Medianaonis, Prdenone, Italy. Curated by Chiara Tavella.

2014
Memento Vivere, Chiesa Santa Maria in Braida, Cuggiono, Milan, Italy. Organized by the Cultural Association
Laboratorio Alchemico in collaboration with Ecoistituto della Valle del Ticino, AmaMi partners and Mauro
Mariani. Curated by Nila Shabnam Bonetti
Deep White, Sala della Torretta, Centro comunale d’Arte e Cultura “Exmà”, Cagliari, Italy. Curated by Roberta
Vanali.

GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)

2022
Shapes of Effect – Gallery Filser & Gräf, Munich
Cosmic Geometries – Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA. Curated by Dana Salvo. With the collaboration
of Brenda Taylor Gallery, Boston, MA- USA.
Preludio – Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany. Curated by Barbara Thurau and Caroline Lüderssen

2021

Super* – Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Bermel Von Luxburg.

II Edition of Biennale di Fiber Art – Palazzo della Signoria, Palazzo Comunale, Museo Nazionale del Ducato di Spoleto – Rocca Albornoziana, Galleria Officina d’Arte e Tessuti di Spoleto, Spoleto (PG), Italy. Curated by Maria

Giuseppina Caldarola with the collaboration of Margherita Labbe.

New Work, New Year, Salon Show – Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA – USA. With the collaboration of Brenda Taylor, Gallery, Boston, MA- USA.

7 – L’arte interpreta i sette vizi capitali – Binario 7, Monza (MB), Italy. Curated by Simona Bartolena e Armando, Fettolini.

L’ora di Mosca – Esperienza #01- Rocca di Umbertide (PG), Italy. Curated by Chiara Tavella with the support of the Cultural Association Libera Mente- laboratorio di Idee of Alessandria, Italy.

L’ora di Mosca – Esperienza #02- Castello di Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy. Curated by Chiara Tavella with the support of the Cultural Association Libera Mente- laboratorio di Idee of Alessandria, Italy.

Gabbia.No / L’Arte oltre le gabbie – paesaggi emotivi, Pisogne (BS), Cavellas (BG), Gromo (BG), Italy. Curated by Semi d’arte terre creative and Maria Maddalena Manna.

7 – L’arte interpreta i sette vizi capitali – Antico Monastero delle Misericordia, Misaglia,(LC), Italy. Curated by Simona Bartolena e Armando Fettolini.

Hypothesis I – Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan, Italy. Curated by Nuova Galleria Morone.

Colors – Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Curated By Luisa Catucci Gallery.

2020

Una nuvola nel mio giardino – Eine Wolke in meinem Garten, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany.

Curated by Caroline Lüderssen and Barbara Thurau

Forma e colore, Civiero Art Gallery, Imperia, Italia. Curated by Francesco Civiero

2018

Sub-Track”- Villa Reale di Monza, Monza, Italia. A cura di M.AR.CO, Monza. Italia.

2017

Equilibri Artistici- Rope Gallery, Modena, Italia.

Arteam Cup 2017- Mostra finalisti – Bonelli Lab, Canneto sull’Oglio, Mantova, Italia.

Premio Nocivelli- Mostra finalisti – Chiesa della Disciplina – Verolanuova, Brescia, Italia.



ART FAIRS

2021
St-Art- Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg, France.
Verona Art Fair, Verona, Italy.
Arte Fiera Bologna – Digital

2020
Art Verona Digital Yellow
ArtKarlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germania.

2019
Volta Basel, Basel, Svizzera.
Expoarte Montichiari, Brescia, Italy.
Arte Cremona, Cremona, Italy.
Pavia Art, Pavia, Italy.
Bergamo Art Fair, Bergamo, Italy.

2018
Verona Art Fair, Verona, Italy.

2017
Pavia Art, Pavia, Italy.
Arte Cremona, Cremona, Italy.
GrandArt modern and contemporary art fair, Milano, Italy.

2014
The Other art fair, Turin, Italy.
Verona Art Fair, Verona, Italy.
AWARDS2017
Arteam Cup 2017, Finalist, Bonelli LAB, Canneto sull’Oglio, Mantova, Italy.
Nocivelli Art Prize, Finalist, Verolanuova, Brescia, Italy.

2016
Arteam Cup 2016, City of Alessandria Special Prize, Palazzo Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy.
Arteam Cup 2016, Finalist, Palazzo Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy.
NoPLace 3, 49th Suzzara Prize, Suzzara Prize Gallery, Suzzara, Mantova, Italy.

2015
Arteam Cup 2015, Finalist, Officina delle Zattere, Fondamenta Nani, Dorsoduro, Venice, Italy.

2012
Inner Wheel Prize for Woman, Prize of Visual and Contemporary Art, Verona, Italy. Special mention to Manuela Toselli.

2010
Talent Prize 2010, Prize of Visual and Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy. Special mention to Manuela Tosselli

2009
Mondadori Art Prize, Cairo Editore Milan, Italy. First Prize of Academy, section sculpture.

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2016
I feel Blue – Valico Terminus, curated by Nila Shabnam Bonetti and Giovanni Cervi, Sala Polivalente, Ramiseto,
Reggio Emilia, Italy . May – September
Valico Terminus – curated by Nila Shabnam Bonetti and Giovanni Cervi, Ramiseto, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
 2013
Lijalent Artist Residency in Maribor, Slovenia.
Collections:
 2018
Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti della Città di Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy.
Museo Civico Sale D’arte, Alessandria, Italy
 2017

Description

Manuela Toselli was born in Torino in 1971. She lives and works in the province of Udine, Italy.
In 1990 she obtained her High School Diploma at the State Institute for Art “G.Sello” in Udine with a specialization
in Textiles. In 1995 she obtained a diploma as Jeweler Designer at the Professional Design Institute “Callegari” in Vicenza and started collaborating with a jewelry studio that worked for famous international brands. In the same year her creations were displayed at the “World Gold Council” in Vicenza, Italy, an international fair exclusively
dedicated to jewelry. In 2004, after a short hiatus, she enrolled at the Accademia delle Belle Arti of Venice where she graduated in 2010 with a Master Degree in Painting, chair of Professor Carlo di Raco, obtaining a final mark of 110/110 cum Laude.
In recent years her works have been displayed in many art galleries across Italy and abroad. They are also
featured in a multitude of private and public collections. In her research she finds inspiration in everyday life and in everything that catches her attention. The concepts she wants to convey are revised through an abstraction process and a personal interpretation. She uses silk combined sometimes with other materials.
This expressive medium holds a great conceptual value because, in order to be produced, the silkworm is killed
before it completes its metamorphosis from chrysalis to butterfly, towards life. All her work is divided into cycles.

The Veil series is a series of monochromatic works, made up of overlapping iridescent fabric, which changes color depending on the point of observation. They are works that investigate the concept of constraint. They are works born after the release from the restrictions and isolation of the pandemic, in which each of us has apparently returned to the much desired normality. The tulle veil crushes the silk satin, whose light we can admire, but the silk is not free to move as it wants. This is the mirror of what is now postpandemic normality.

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