Rossella Biscotti born in Molfetta, Italy, 1978. Lives and works in Rotterdam (NL)
info@rossellabiscotti.com / www.rossellabiscotti.com

Solo exhibitions
2007
Premio NY, Italian Academy at Columbia Univesity, New York, NY (USA)
Cities of Continuous lines, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (NL) (together with Kevin van Braak)
2006
Cities of Continuous lines, open studio American Academy in Rome, Rome (together with Kevin van Braak)
2005
Xavier Martin and Rossella Biscotti, Cypres Galerie, Leuven (BE)
L’Italia è una repubblica democratica fondata sul lavoro, Galerie Paolo Boselli, Brussels (BE)
2002
Rossella Biscotti and Danilo Donzelli, Galleria T293, Napoli (IT)

Group exhibitions
Upcoming
14th Rencontres Internationales, Paris, 22nd November until 1st December 2007
Looking for the Border, De Garage, Mechelen / Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Belgium, 16th November until 8th January
Looking for the Border, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milano (IT) from the 12th of December until the 3rd of February
2007
Nessuna Paura (No Fear), Center for contemporary art Luigi Pecci, Prato (IT) until 7th of January
The exhibition you deserve, Cultural Center, Zagreb (Croatia), curated by Komplot (BE)
L’evento immobile, MAN, Nuoro (IT)
Geografie, Vianuova arte contemporanea, Florence (IT) curated by L. Bruni
Cyprus International Film Festival, Nicosia (CY)
New video idioms from Italy, Ficci-Frame, Mumbai (India)
On the edge of vision, Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta / National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi / National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (India) curated by L. Canova and M. C. Bastante
Fake Movement, Galleria Neon, Bologna (IT)
Video.it, Accademia Albertina, Torino (IT) curated by F. Bernardelli
2006
Sense and Sensitivity, TENT, Rotterdam Center for the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
Video_Report, Galleria D’Arte Moderna, Monfalcone (IT)
Fiac at Louvre, Galerie Paolo Boselli, Paris (FR)
Fair Play 2006, Play gallery for still and motion pictures, Berlin (DE)
Video invitational, Viafarini, Milano (IT)
Beautiful nature, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Castel San Pietro Terme (IT) curated by Synapser
Cascoland, Public art / New Crossroads, Cape Town (ZA)
I costruttori: il corpo del lavoro 1906-2006, Castel Sismondo, Rimini / Palazzo Belmonte-Riso, Palermo (IT) curated by M. Margozzi, L. Martini and A.Negri
2005
Il grande teatro del mediterraneo, Teatro Clitunno, Trevi (IT) curated by Trevi Flash Art Museum
Artissima Art Fair, Galerie Paolo Boselli, Torino (IT)
Beograd nekad I sad, Prodajna Galerija, Belgrade (CS) curated by M. Stamenkovic and J. Van Woensel
Adam, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (NL)
Fuijama, Archeo DOC Festival, Napoli (IT) curated by A. Amendola
Padiglione Italia-Out of Biennale, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi (IT) selected by B. Pietromarchi
Honey money - Premio Masay Art Factory, Assab one, Milano (IT)
2004
Video contest, Studio Pompstraat, Rotterdam (NL)
Conflitto e conflitti, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna (IT) curated by Synapser
Prototipi 03, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Roma (IT) curated by S. Chiodi and B. Pietromarchi
2003
Young Italian artists, Galerie Paolo Boselli, Brussels (BE) curated by T293
Anteprima- Quadriennale, Palazzo Reale, Napoli (IT) selected by M. Picone
Collaudi, Galleria d’Arte Moderna/Villa delle Rose, Bologna (IT) curated by M. Altavilla and D. Lotta
Start, Care/Of, Milano (IT) curated by L. Aiello and T. Fattaposta
Perspective, El Adelph, Roma (IT) curated by P. Capata and M. Bastante
Space is still the place, TPO, Bologna (IT) curated by M. Altavilla and A. De Manincor
2002
Doppiavù, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena (IT) curated by M. Tonelli
III Mostra d’Art Sonor y Visual, Convent de Sant. Augustì, Barcelona (ES)
2001
Tracce di un seminario, Viafarini /Care/Of, Milano (IT) curated by G. Di Pietrantonio and A. Vettese
2000
Mostra di fine corso, ex chiesa di San Francesco, Como (IT) curated by G. Di Pietrantonio and A. Vettese

Education
1998-2001 Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Naples (IT)

Award
2007 The City of Geneva Grand Prize (1st Prize) at the 12th Biennial of Moving Images. Centre pour l’image contemporain, Geneva (Switzerland).
2006 Premio NY 2006/2007, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Italian Academy and the Columbia University in New York, NY (USA).

Recidencies/workshops
2006 Selected for the Research Program in the Center of Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu (JP)
2004–2005 Artist in residence, B.a.d. Foundation, Rotterdam (NL)
2005 Artist in residence, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (NL)
2003 Prototipi 03, Fondazione A. Olivetti, Roma, curated by S. Chiodi and B. Pietromarchi
Master of film direction with Abbas Kiarostami, Scuola Holden, Torino (IT) curated by National Museum of Cinema and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
2000 Advance Course in Visual Art, visiting professor Ilya Kabakov, Fondazione A. Ratti, Como (IT) curated by G. Di Pietrantonio and A. Vettese
Grants
2006 Dienst Kunst en Cultuur, Rotterdam (NL)
2006 STEP, European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
2004-2005 Movin’up, Giovani Artisti Italiani, Torino (IT)

Selected press reviews / catalogues
L. Bruni, Rossell Biscotti, Flash Art Italy, October-November 2007, p.128
P. Nicolini, La nuova arte italiana? E’ a NY, GQ, April 2007, p. 256-257
K. van Braak, Cities of continuous lines, BK informatie, March 2007, p. 16 17
E. Gandolfi, S. Pilat, Cities of Continuous lines, catalogue, Netherlands Foundation for Art, Architecture and Design, Amsterdam 2007
L. Canova, M. C. Bastante, catalogue, On the edge on the vision, Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta / National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi / National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (INDIA) 2007
R. Fiorito, Amsterdam Archivio mentale, Pool Magazine, February 2007, p. 15-16,
A. Serino, Beautiful Nature. Premio Mauro Manara, catalogue, GAM, Castel San Pietro Terme 2006
A. Bruciati, A. Crippa, Video_report, catalogue, GAM, Monfalcone 2006.
M. van Oosterhout, Cascoland, catalogue, Cape Town (ZA) 2006
M. Margozzi, L. Martini, A.Negri, I costruttori, catalogue, Ed. SKIRA, Milano (IT) 2006
M. Moccia, Il grande teatro del mediterraneo, catalogue, Trevi Flash art Museum, Trevi 2005
M. Stamenkovic, Beograd nekad I sad, catalogue, Prodajna Galerija, Belgrade (CS) 2005
A. Serino, Adam, Arte e Critica 44, October/December 2005, Roma pp. 80
G. Massoni, Adam, Made 05, October 2005, Milano pp. 100-101
B. Pietromarchi, Italiaci vizi e virtù, Flash Art 253, August/September 2005, Milano pp. 72
C. Marfella, Dal fronte giovani, Flash Art 247, August/September 2004, Milano pp. 80
S. Chiodi and B. Pietromarchi, Prototipi 03, catalogue, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Roma 2004
R. Biscotti, Speciale Napoli, Flash Art 247, August/September 2004, Milano pp.71
M. Altavilla, Rossella Biscotti, Around Photography 00, February/March 2004 Bologna pp. 26-28
M. Picone, Anteprima- Quadriennale, catalogue, De Luca Editori d’Arte, Napoli 2003
C. Negherbon, Napoli piccola Russia, Urban 23, November 2003, pp. 17-19
P. Capata, Collaudi, www.exibart.com, September 2003
M. Altavilla and D. Lotta, Collaudi, catalogue, Galleria d’Arte Moderna/Villa delle Rose, Bologna 2003
R. Biscotti, self portrait, Tema celeste 99, September 2003, pp. 78-79
M. Altavilla, Interview-Rossella Biscotti, www.exibart.com, January 2003
G. Pietrantonio, A. Vettese , I. Kabakov, Quaderni del Corso Superiore di Arti Visive., catalogue CSAV Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Edizioni Charta, Milano 2000