Caterina Silva

Aroundgreen, 2021, oil and oil pastel on canvas, 42×37 cm

Pittura, pittura, pittura (group show), Marignana Arte Project Room, Venice, November 2021 – January 2022

Forms of non-power, 2019, installation view,  Artissima Present-Future, Turin

Caterina Silva was born in Rome in 1983.

Caterina Silva è nata a Roma nel 1983.

SOLO SHOW

2021
MACTE Digital, curated by Marta Federici, Fondazione MACTE, Termoli
2020
Unpowered, Vortic London Collective, XR
2019
Present Future, curated by Ilaria Gianni, Emilie Villez, Juan Canela, Artissima, Turin
2018
Impressioni, Bosse&Baum Gallery, London
2017
Amor Proprio, performance, project curated by C.L. Pisano, Centrale Montemartini, Rome
2016
Münster, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome
Senza Sistema, Bosse&Baum, London
Sacrosanctum, curated by Adalberto Abbate, Oratorio di San Mercurio, Palermo
Miart 16, Milan, w/Riccardo Crespi Gallery
2015
tbc(august), Bosse&Baum, London
Paolo, Marco, Ashok…, RijksOpen, Project Space South, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
Soggetto.Oggetto.Abietto, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan
2014
Story of the City of Brass, RijksOpen, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
Fear Eats the Soul, the Soul Eats Fear, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan
2010
Subverting Dualities, curated by Aria Spinelli, VM21 Gallery, Rome
Group show | performance
2021
Rassegna Salvi, Palazzo degli Scalzi di Sassoferrato, (AN)
2020
Talent Prize, Museo Pietro Canonica, Rome (online)
Due quadri e un tavolo, Richter Fine Arts, Rome
Mistici Sensuali Contemplativi, curated by Nicola Nitido, Metodo, Milano
2019
TuttoApposto, Tutto Bene, performance, Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza, Cosenza
Summer exhibition, curated by  Eva Menzio, Francesco Pistoi, Claudia Zunino, Lunetta 11, Mombarcaro, Alba
Diari tra diari/Diaries among diaries, curated by Maria Morganti and Elena Volpato, Fondazione Spinola Banna, Poirino , Turin
2018
Graffiare il presente/Scratching the present, curated by Giuseppe Frangi and Daniele Capra, Casa Testori, Novate , Milan
Premio Francesco Fabbri VII, Francesco Fabbri Foundation, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso
Festa Franca curated by Adelaide Cioni, Fabio Giorgi Alberti and Marta Silvi, Franca, Cannara
La superficie accidentata curated by Gino D’Ugo, Fourteen ArTellaro, Tellaro (SP)
Combat Prize, winner of painting section, Museo Giovanni Fattori, Livorno
Storm II, performance in collaboration w/ Andrea Koch,  satellite event of Block Universe festival, Bosse&Baum, London
Storm I, performance in collaboration w/ Clover Peake, Bosse&Baum, London
Tunnel, Passetto del Biscione, Rome
Finite/Infinite, curated by Emma Van de Merwe, Everard Read-Circa, Cape Town (duo)
Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2018 , curated by Alessandra Atti Di Sarro, ARP_Cultural Platform section, Cape Town
Cold-Cold/ Rain-Rain/ Fsch-Fsch /Tic-Tic, performance in collaboration with Ruth Prowse School of Art, Fairview Park, Cape Town
De Lachende Cavalier, curated by Abstracte,Wijnstraat 119, Dordrecht
2017
Deposito d’arte italiana presente, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Vittoria Martini, Artissima, Turin
Herstories, curated by Juliette Desorgues, Protein Studios, London
SIC-Intertrashional, curated by Bea McMahon&Dan Walwin, performance/publication, Florijn, Amsterdam
The Best of the Best, Temple Gallery of Art, Rome
You see me like a ufo, curated by Marcelle Joseph, Ascot
Ssol/ap-Amsterdam, performance, The Family Gym, Rozenstraat-a rose is a rose is a rose, Project Space South-Rijkskademie, Vijzelvintage, Amsterdam
Ssol/ap, performance, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome
2016
A.P., performance, ACC, Gwangju
Anthropocene, Riccardo Crespi, Milan
Secret Society of Lovers, performance, Bosse&Baum, London
15Kg, Start Art fair, w/Bosse&Baum at Saatchi Gallery, London
Sacrosantum, curated by Adalberto Abbate, Oratorio di San Mercurio, Palermo
Jolly Joker with Maria Barnas, curated by L. Reitmeier, C. Biocca, B. Hipp, Amsterdam
2015
Painting Now, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan
16° Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan
Art 15, with Bosse and Baum, Olympia, London
Dynamo art factory, Pistoia
The reconfigured painting, curated by R. Gavarro, Canal 05 Gallery, Brussels
2014
Premio Francesco Fabbri, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso
2013
Room 8111, Cité des Arts, Paris
She views herself, curated by Doris Kloster, Air France, Paris
2012
Giorni Felici, invited by Enzo Cucchi, Casa Testori, Novate-Milan
Nero su bianco, project for Eni, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
Vetrinale, w/G. Pontrelli, Festival of Relational and Performative Arts, curated by C. Casorati, Rome
Premio Roma Centro Storico, curated by C. Casorati, Monte della pietà, Rome
Reality Show, curated by S. Di Giugno, Tiziana Di Caro Gallery, Salerno
Portonaccio, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Ex Magazzini di Via Arimondi, Rome
Tutto, 26cc space for contemporary art, Rome
Come una bestia feroce/No beast so fierce, curated by Federico Mazzonelli, Bonelli Lab, Canneto sull’Oglio, Mantova
2011
Non è facile/It is not easy, curated by C.L. Pisano, Palazzo Incontro, Rome
Brooklyn Boudoir, 400S2nd, NYC
Via Arimondi, Gallery of Art-Temple University, Rome
2010
Impresa Pittura, curated by C. Pisano&R. Gavarro, C. I. A.C. Museum, Genazzano, Rome
2008
Poetiche della precarietà, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Future Net Group, Milan
Scanning: Body-Project, Studio Soligo, Rome
The wedding über hosted for Black & Yellow, with H.Hedinge, Almhult, Sweden
2007
Viaggio in tempo reale, Roma Poesia ‘07, invited by S. Carella, Teatro Colosseo/Fondazione Baruchello, Rome
CoLab 07, Teatro Colosseo (Rome), Massma (Ronneby), Espacio 01 (Bogotà)
Human Solo Show, ESC Atelier Occupato, Rome

GROUP SHOW – PERFORMANACE

2021
Pittura, Pittura, pittura, Marignana Arte Project Room, Venice
Rassegna Salvi, Palazzo degli Scalzi di Sassoferrato, (AN)
2020
Talent Prize, Museo Pietro Canonica, Rome (online)
Due quadri e un tavolo, Richter Fine Arts, Rome
Mistici Sensuali Contemplativi, curated by Nicola Nitido, Metodo, Milano
2019
TuttoApposto, Tutto Bene, performance, Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza, Cosenza
Summer exhibition, curated by  Eva Menzio, Francesco Pistoi, Claudia Zunino, Lunetta 11, Mombarcaro, Alba
Diari tra diari/Diaries among diaries, curated by Maria Morganti and Elena Volpato, Fondazione Spinola Banna, Poirino, Turin
2018
Graffiare il presente/Scratching the present, curated by Giuseppe Frangi and Daniele Capra, Casa Testori, Novate , Milan
Premio Francesco Fabbri VII, Francesco Fabbri Foundation, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso
Festa Franca curated by Adelaide Cioni, Fabio Giorgi Alberti and Marta Silvi, Franca, Cannara

La superficie accidentata curated by Gino D’Ugo, Fourteen ArTellaro, Tellaro (SP)
Combat Prize, winner of painting section, Museo Giovanni Fattori, Livorno
Storm II, performance in collaboration w/ Andrea Koch,  satellite event of Block Universe festival, Bosse&Baum, London
Storm I, performance in collaboration w/ Clover Peake, Bosse&Baum, London
Tunnel, Passetto del Biscione, Rome
Finite/Infinite, curated by Emma Van de Merwe, Everard Read-Circa, Cape Town (duo)
Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2018 , curated by Alessandra Atti Di Sarro, ARP_Cultural Platform section, Cape Town
Cold-Cold/ Rain-Rain/ Fsch-Fsch /Tic-Tic, performance in collaboration with Ruth Prowse School of Art, Fairview Park, Cape Town
De Lachende Cavalier, curated by Abstracte,Wijnstraat 119, Dordrecht
2017
Deposito d’arte italiana presente, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Vittoria Martini, Artissima, Turin
Herstories, curated by Juliette Desorgues, Protein Studios, London
SIC-Intertrashional, curated by Bea McMahon&Dan Walwin, performance/publication, Florijn, Amsterdam
The Best of the Best, Temple Gallery of Art, Rome
You see me like a ufo, curated by Marcelle Joseph, Ascot
Ssol/ap-Amsterdam, performance, The Family Gym, Rozenstraat-a rose is a rose is a rose, Project Space South-Rijkskademie, Vijzelvintage, Amsterdam
Ssol/ap, performance, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome
2016
A.P., performance, ACC, Gwangju
Anthropocene, Riccardo Crespi, Milan
Secret Society of Lovers, performance, Bosse&Baum, London
15Kg, Start Art fair, w/Bosse&Baum at Saatchi Gallery, London
Sacrosantum, curated by Adalberto Abbate, Oratorio di San Mercurio, Palermo
Jolly Joker with Maria Barnas, curated by L. Reitmeier, C. Biocca, B. Hipp, Amsterdam
2015
Painting Now, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan
16° Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan
Art 15, with Bosse and Baum, Olympia, London
Dynamo art factory, Pistoia
The reconfigured painting, curated by R. Gavarro, Canal 05 Gallery, Brussels
2014
Premio Francesco Fabbri, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso
2013
Room 8111, Cité des Arts, Paris
She views herself, curated by Doris Kloster, Air France, Paris
2012
Giorni Felici, invited by Enzo Cucchi, Casa Testori, Novate-Milan
Nero su bianco, project for Eni, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
Vetrinale, w/G. Pontrelli, Festival of Relational and Performative Arts, curated by C. Casorati, Rome
Premio Roma Centro Storico, curated by C. Casorati, Monte della pietà, Rome
Reality Show, curated by S. Di Giugno, Tiziana Di Caro Gallery, Salerno
Portonaccio, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Ex Magazzini di Via Arimondi, Rome
Tutto, 26cc space for contemporary art, Rome
Come una bestia feroce/No beast so fierce, curated by Federico Mazzonelli, Bonelli Lab, Canneto sull’Oglio, Mantova
2011
Non è facile/It is not easy, curated by C.L. Pisano, Palazzo Incontro, Rome
Brooklyn Boudoir, 400S2nd, NYC
Via Arimondi, Gallery of Art-Temple University, Rome
2010
Impresa Pittura, curated by C. Pisano&R. Gavarro, C. I. A.C. Museum, Genazzano, Rome
2008
Poetiche della precarietà, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Future Net Group, Milan
Scanning: Body-Project, Studio Soligo, Rome
The wedding über hosted for Black & Yellow, with H.Hedinge, Almhult, Sweden
2007
Viaggio in tempo reale, Roma Poesia ‘07, invited by S. Carella, Teatro Colosseo/Fondazione Baruchello, Rome
CoLab 07, Teatro Colosseo (Rome), Massma (Ronneby), Espacio 01 (Bogotà)
Human Solo Show, ESC Atelier Occupato, Rome

curatorial | commission | teaching | lectures | collaboration

2020
T-shirt design for Open Arms Italia
Take Heart, Part for Spallanzani, artwork sale and donation in support of Spallanzani Hospital, Rome
Take Part-Save Art, multiple in support of the restoration of ancient artworks, Rome
2018
Ruth Prowse School of Art, guest lecturer BA Fine Arts, workshop and performance with students, Cape Town
Tunnel, group show, Passetto del Biscione, Rome
2015
Dynamo art factory, immersive painting workshop/art therapy for children, Pistoia
2013
RUFA, Rome University of Fine Arts, Guest Lecturer, Sculpture Class, Rome
2011-2013
The punk sister of Agnes Martin, project with dance maker Cristina Kristal Rizzo
2012
Ditelo con i fiori, installation&performance in collab. w/ Veronica Botticelli, curated by Claudio L. Pisano, CIAC Museum
IT: 10 Copies of Au Bal by Berthe Morisot by 10 artists, group show, Private Flat, Paris
Nero su bianco, commission, project for Eni, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
2011
I am not there and don’t live here anymore, Ex Magazzini di Via Arimondi, Rome
2010
E-picentro project, w/ G. Pontrelli, Arsenale Novissimo, 12° Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, la Biennale di Venezia
2007
Uh! with Kinkaleri, Palazzo Re Enzo, Netmage Festival, Bologna
Meninas Project, in collaboration with actors from FTII, Pune, India

SELECTED PUBLICATION | CATALOGUE

Present Future, Emilie Villez, cat. Artissima, 2019
Diari tra diari/Diaries among diaries, Elena Volpato & contribution of the artists, viaindustriae publishing, book 2019
Graffiare il presente/Scratching the present, Giuseppe Frangi and Daniele Capra, cat. 2018
Premio Francesco Fabbri VII ed., cat. 2018
Combat Prize 9°ed. , cat. 2018
Tunnel, il passetto del biscione si veste d’arte (al femminile), per una notte, L. Garrone, Il corriere della Sera-Roma, 2017
Finite-Infinite, Canale Arte, 2018
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Alessandra Atti Di Sarro, cat. 2018
SIC-Intertrashional, artist zine, 2017
Sacrosanctum, Adalberto Abbate, Maria Luisa Montaperto, Drago edizioni,  cat, 2016
Telegraaf – 26/11/2015 “Amsterdamse kunstwereld opent haar deuren voor publiek” (paper)
De Rijksakademie Open 2015, Lieneke Hulshof, Mister Motley, (online)
Rijksakademie Open, cat, 2015
L’astrazione decostruita di Caterina Silva, Arte Magazine, Sept. 2015 (paper)
Video Interview, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, 2015
16° Premio Cairo, Cairo Edizioni, cat., 2015
Secret Tongues : Caterina Silva shares her intuitive visual language, Siska Lyssens, Wallpaper Magazine, (online), 2015
Caterina Silva’s wild unruly paintings take inspiration from female artist forebears, Himali Sing Soin, Artsy , (online), 2015
Incorniciare una mancanza : Caterina Silva chez Riccardo Crespi, Giulia Meloni, Artribune(online), 2015
Oggetto. Soggetto. Abietto. , Mavi Mazzolini, Insideart, (online), 2015
Riapre la camera delle meraviglie di Riccardo Crespi, Roberto Spada, 2015
Ultime di Via Farini DOCVA, Giulio Verago, Artribune Magazine #25 (paper), 2015
Rijksakademie Open, cat. , 2014
Premio Francesco Fabbri, Carlo Sala, cat., 2014
Untitled (the punk sister of Agnes Martin), artist book, 2013
Artisti al Portonaccio, Carlo Alberto Bucci, La Repubblica, 23/5/12
Portonaccio, Achille Bonito Oliva, cat. Portonaccio-Artisti in condominio, 2012
Route tournante en sous bois, Federico Mazzonelli, cat. No beast so Fierce 2012
“Non è facile” con cinque artisti, Lilli Garrone, il Corriere della Sera, 2011
Smith, Spero, Di Fabio esporre “Non è facile “, La Repubblica, 2011
Non è facile. L’arte come eterno esercizio, Daniela Trincia, Espoarte, 2011
Fabbrica di pittori, Carlo Alberto Bucci, La Repubblica, 2011
Nuova Factory Portonaccio, Edoardo Sassi, Il Corriere della Sera, 2011
Orientamenti nell’arte romana d’oggi, Antonello Tolve, ArtKey Magazine, 2010
Gli spazi rivelati da Caterina Silva, Lilli Garrone, Il Corriere della Sera, 2010
Il corpo racconta. O tace, Claudio Libero Pisano, Gli Altri, 2010
Bianco-Valente/Silva, Francesca Orsi, Exibart n° 67, 2010
Impresa Pittura, Elena Bordignon, Flash Art n° 285, 2010
La sovversione della dualità, Aria Spinelli, 2010
Raffaele Gavarro, La pittura italiana oggi, 2010, cat. I mpresa Pittura
Claudio Libero Pisano, Un luogo incerto, 2010, cat. Impresa Pittura
Poetiche della precarietà, Francesca Alfano Miglietti ( FAM ), 2008