Federica Aiello Pini is an artist based in Italy. Her works are inspired by nature, which, with its biodiversity and intertwining relationships, is a stimulus for her to investigate reality and the connections hidden behind appearances. Imagining to explore and connect places and space-time dimensions, she moves from the microcosm to the macrocosm seamlessly.
Mixed media (acrylic, oil, pastel, pencil, gold leaf) allows her to evoke multiple perceptions and sensations, while, through collage made of pieces of her previous works, torn and reassembled in a communion and fusion of different times, she builds a different idea of time: not linear, but synchronic, in which past, present and future coexist, interweaving possibilities and solutions. If we approach reality in a new way, we will perhaps be able to glimpse possibilities and open gaps, roads, and build new paths.
The artistic investigation also involves the human being with his emotions, transformed into abstraction in the course of the creative process, just as abstract and universal are the human experiences: she expresses them in particular through the theme of the kiss, recurring in her production. In fact, emotions also connect different times and places in our inner world.
BIOGRAPHY
Federica Aiello Pini studied Fine Arts at Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna and Illustration in Florence. Subsequently, in the Masterclass in Visual Art and Design at the Venice Biennale “Segni d'acqua, la carta e le sue tradizioni. Tecniche e metodi per la realizzazione della carta a mano attraverso il procedimento creativo” has deepened the study of paper, such a familiar and central material in her work.
Over the course of her career, she has explored and developed her research through live performances, often in collaboration with musicians: first in Italy with the company Teatro all'Improvviso for "Summer Solstice. The music of wonders" at Palazzo Te, Mantua in 2012, then in Holland at Amstel 41 gallery of Amsterdam, and in Panama City for Jeronimo Gallery. These live performances led her to be invited as a visiting professor to the ESAD (Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático) in Cordoba (Spain), to conduct a series of workshops for the course of studies in Acting and Scenography, in 2013.
For several years she has been living in Panama, whose lush forests and explosions of color influenced her work. The same happened later in Portugal, where the strong energy of the ocean invaded her creative universe.
She exhibits in national and international shows, and her works are part of private and institutional collections around the world, such as those of the Portuguese Embassies in Panama and Oslo.
A firm believer in the role of the arts in improving health and well-being, she collaborates with museum institutions, such as the Fondazione Palazzo Te and the Casa del Mantegna in Mantua, and hospital institutions (Carlo Poma Hospital), in the development and implementation of workshops and cultural welfare projects.
STUDIO CONTACT: federica@aiellopini.com
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EDUCATION
2011
Visual Art and Design Masterclass, Venice Biennale
2008
BFA, magna cum laude, Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Painting Major
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
On Fire site- specific installation for “The Artist Is Present”, Spazio Te - Palazzo Te, Mantova, in collaboration with Accademia delle Arti
2023
Del sogno, un ponte, Casa di Rigoletto, Mantova, curated by Carlo Micheli
2019
Flirting with Chaos, Studio d’arte Galana, curated by Giovanni Pasetti, Mantova, Italy
2017
Casco Viejo Gardens, Ariana Lima Atelier, Panama City, Panama
2016
Boom, Jeronimo Gallery, curated by Andrew Hyde and Leandro Ciciliani, Panama City, Panama
2015
Arquetipas, Jeronimo Gallery, curated by Andrew Hyde and Leandro Ciciliani, Panama City, Panama
2014
Falling in Love, Home Gallery 1 Stile, curated by Mara Pasetti, Mantova, Italy
2013
And then all life comes crowding into one single hour, Amstel 41 Gallery, curated by Rini Antonissen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012
L'unico legame fra silenzio e parola, Sala delle Colonne, Ponti sul Mincio, Mantova, Italy
2011
Ri-tratti, Palazzo del Mago, curated by Carlo Micheli, Mantova, Italy
2008
Digressione, Castello degli Agolanti, Riccione, Italy
Nel vuoto, Atelier777 Contemporary Art, curated by Angelo Raffaele Villani, Cosimo Damiano Annese e Andrea Guarnieri, Pescara, Italy
2006
Uscire dal vuoto, UGC Cité Parco Leonardo, Rome, Italy
Selected GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Connections, Manuel Zoia Gallery, Milan, Italy
Liminal places, Villa Brentano, sponsored by Comune di Busto Garolfo, Assessorato alla Cultura, Fondazione Villoresi Poggi, Busto Garolfo, Milan, Italy
Unfair, Superstudio Maxi, Milan, Italy
2022
Aqua Art Miami - Miami Art Week, AC Latin Art Contemporary, curated by Cristina De La Vega, Miami, USA
Arteam Cup - Finalists exhibition, curated by Livia Savorelli and Matteo Galbiati, Fortezza del Priamàr, Savona, Italy
BAAM, Monopol Gallery, curated by di Sofia Nordmann e José Contreras Aguad, Berlin
The Other Art Fair, London, UK
Volta Basel, Basel, AC Latin Art Gallery, curated by Cristina de la Vega, Switzerland
2021
Human Rights? @Work, curated by Roberto Ronca, AIAPI - UNESCO Official Partner, Fondazione Campana dei Caduti - Rovereto - Trento, Italy
2020
Ogilvy Art Auction, Sea Containers, London
Human Rights? The Future's Shape #Womencansavetheworld, curated by Roberto Ronca, AIAPI - UNESCO Official Partner, Fondazione Campana dei Caduti - Rovereto - Trento, Italy
2019
Priority Mail, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City, USA
2018
Macmillan Artshow, Ogilvy UK, Sea Containers, London, UK
2017
WBAI, Chesterfield Gallery, Manhattan, New York City, USA
2016
Séptimo Salón de ilustración Imagenpalabra, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad Los Libertadores, and ASAB Facultad de Artes Universidad Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia
IX Biennale d'arte Giovani, curated by Gianfranco Ferlisi, MAM, Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, Mantua, Italy.
Retrospectiva, Jeronimo Gallery, curated by Andrew Hyde and Leandro Ciciliani, Panama City, Panama
GAM, Casa del Mantegna, curated by Vincenzo Denti and Gianfranco Ferlisi, Mantua, Italy
Salón de GIF animado: Puntogif, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia
2015
Pop-UP Art Show Macrofest, curated by Martin Peleritti, Panama City, Panama
2014
Recortar Palavras, Galeria Almedina, Coimbra, Portugal
Polirone luogo di pace, curated by Club UNESCO, Polirone, San Benedetto Po, Mantua, Italy
Expo Diaspora, Galerie B, Bocholt, Germany
Mantegna Cercasi, curated by Francesca Baboni, Alberto Mattia Martini, Stefano Taddei, Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy
Imprimatvr Biennale, curated by Donato Novellini and Vincenzo Denti, Chiesa Castello, San Martino dall’Argine, Italy
Xarirabam, Museu Municipal, Coimbra, Portugal
2013
Book in the box, Archivio di Stato, Mantua, Italy
Mantegna Cercasi - Orientalmente, Centro storico, Mantua, Italy 2012
I Giovani del Premio Ricoh, Spazio Idroart, Milano, Italy
Tracce d’arte, Palazzo della Ragione, curated by Carlo Micheli, Mantua, Italy
Premio Ricoh, Idroscalo, Milan, Italy
2011
Premio Ricoh, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
Arte a Mantova 2000-2010, Persistenze Verifiche e Nuove Presenze, Casa del Mantegna, curated by Claudio Cerritelli, Mantua, Italy
2008
Tra le illustrazioni, Premio Cinema e Narrativa dedicato a Sandra Braibanti, Castello dell'Imperatore, Prato, Italy
2007
Alchimia, curated by Pollywood, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, San Benedetto Po, Mantua, Italy
2006
Il mio letto è una nave, ENSAD, Paris, France
Il visibile e l’invisibile, curated by Pollywood, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, San Benedetto Po, Mantua, Italy
Premio Samp, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, Italy
COLLECTIONS
Embassy of Portugal in Oslo, 2023
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, commissioned 2023
Embassy of Portugal in Panama, 2016
Ricoh, 2011
COLLABORATIONS
2023
Fondazione Palazzo Te and Carlo Poma Hospital: Art workshop “L’arTE che cura. Rubens e gli eroi”, clinical study to evaluate the impact of art on patients' well-being
2019
United Nations: Illustrations for the promotion of the first ever World’s Largest Mountain Hiking event, organized by Simuka Africa NGO
2018
Ogilvy UK and Macmillan Cancer Support: Art Auction
ARTIST’S RESIDENCIES
2013, Amstel 41 Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011, Otranto Arts Residency, Castello di Otranto, Italy
Publications / CATALOGUES
2024
Piccola città bastardo posto, Roberto Barbolini, cover illustration by Federica Aiello Pini 2023
Un viaggio impossibile, Giovanni Pasetti, illustrated by Federica Aiello Pini, Oligo Editore 2022
Espoarte, Contemporary Art Magazine, Vanilla Edizioni
Colora la tua Roma, illustrated by Federica Aiello Pini, Oligo Editore
2021
Colora la tua Verona, illustrated by Federica Aiello Pini, Oligo Editore
2019
Colora la tua Milano, illustrated by Federica Aiello Pini, Oligo Editore
Colora la tua Torino, illustrated by Federica Aiello Pini, Oligo Editore
Colora la tua Bologna, illustrated by Federica Aiello Pini, Oligo Editore
2018
Colora la tua Mantova, illustrated by Federica Aiello Pini, Oligo Editore
2016
Mantova da colorare, illustrated by Federica Aiello Pini, Il Rio Edizioni
2014
Expo Diaspora, Exhibition catalogue, Kunsthaus Bocholt, LWL Bocholt Westf. Landesmuseum für Industriekultur, and Galerie B, DE
2013
Orientalmente - Mantegna Cercasi, Exhibition catalogue, Publi Paolini Publisher
2012
Tracce d’Arte, Exhibition catalogue
Identità femminili dell’arte contemporanea a Mantova, Exhibition catalogue - MUVI, Arti Grafiche Castello
I giovani del premio Ricoh, Exhibition catalogue
Premio Ricoh, Exhibition catalogue
2011
Arte a Mantova 2000-2010, Persistenze verifiche e nuove presenze, Claudio Cerritelli, Exhibition catalogue, Publi Paolini Publisher
2010
Ars Opus Apertum - Monstrum Exhibition catalogue
2009
Co.Co.Co Como Contemporary Contest, Exhibition catalogue
2008
Piccole Impronte - LAV magazine, illustrations by Federica Aiello Pini
2007
Edison Square Magazine, illustrations by Federica Aiello Pini
