Immersione Libera
curated by Giovanni Paolin
Lavanderia
Via Lamarmora 26, Milan
Alfredo Aceto, Benni Bosetto, Campostabile, Giovanni Chiamenti, Lucia Cristiani, Alessandro Fogo, Francesco Fonassi, Valentina Furian, Antonello Ghezzi, Raluca Andreea Hartea, Lisa Dalfino & Sacha Kanah, Calori & Maillard, Beatrice Marchi, Ornaghi & Prestinari, Marta Spagnoli, Agreements to Zinedine - ATZ
The group exhibition featured 12 young Italian and international artists. Immersione Libera is an invitation to immerse body and mind in the narrative of the works, to sharpen the senses and cultivate mindfulness.
Curiosity and excitement fill our bodies before the dive. Standing still, facing the surface we’re about to cross, a thought springs to mind: are we properly equipped? In the end, you don’t need much for a free dive; all we need is ourselves and a certain strength to guide us down into the depths.
(Turin, 1991) lives and works in Lausanne. He trained at the ECAL - École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne and
the MSA - Mountain School of Art in Los Angeles.
(Milan, 1987), lives and works in Milan. She graduated from the Brera Academy in Milan and studied at the
Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. She received the 2018 Termoli Prize.
Campostabile is an artistic duo created in 2012 by Mario Campo (Alcamo, 1987) and Lorena Stabile
(Alcamo, 1989). Both studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo, where Lorena graduated in painting
and Mario in graphic design.
(Verona, 1992) currently lives and works between Milan and Verona. He earned his master's degree in
painting in 2017 at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan.
(Milan, 1991), lives and works between Milan and Sarajevo. A visual artist, she completed her degree in
Painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and subsequently completed Postgraduate studies in Visual Arts
at the same Academy.
(Thiene - VI, 1992) lives and works in San Benedetto del Tronto (AP). After a three- year degree in visual
arts at the IUAV in Venice, he earned a master's degree in painting in 2017 at the Royal Academy of Fine
Arts in Antwerp.
(Brescia, 1986) is an Italian artist and musician.
(Dolo - VE, 1989) holds a degree in Visual Arts from the IUAV University of Venice.
Antonello Ghezzi is a collective of artists created in 2009, comprised of Nadia Antonello (Cittadella, 1985)
and Paolo Ghezzi (Bologna, 1980). Both have attended the three years of painting at the Academy of Fine
Arts in Bologna, where Nadia earned her second level academic diploma in art communication and teaching.
Before moving to Bologna, Paolo studied at the Academy of Bergamo under Eva Marisaldi.
Special Thanks to Technogym for the Run Personal treadmill by Antonio Citterio, a design icon by
Technogym.
(Bucharest, 1985) lives and works in Milan, where she studied visual arts at the NABA - New Academy of
Fine Arts. After obtaining a second level academic diploma at the Institute of Analogical Psychology and
Dynamic Hypnosis in Milan, she attended specialisation courses on colour under Max Loescher.
Lisa Dalfino (Como, 1987) and Sacha Kanah (Milan, 1981): their work explores the expressive and cognitive
limits of language through the sculptural genesis of imaginative natures.
Calori & Maillard is an artistic duo formed in 2009 by Letizia Calori (Bologna, 1986) and Violette Maillard
(Bourg-la-Reine, 1984). Letizia studied design at the Polytechnic University of Milan, while Violette studied
cinema at the DAMS in Bologna. Both attended the master's degree course in visual arts at the IUAV in
Venice, and later the Stäedelschule in Frankfurt in the sculpture class of Tobias Rehberger.
(Gallarate, 1986) lives between Italy and Germany where she completed a master’s at the Hochschule fur
Bildende Kunste in Hamburg.
Valentina Ornaghi (Milan, 1986) and Claudio Prestinari (Milan, 1984) live and work in Milan. They both
graduated from the Polytechnic University, with one in industrial design and the other in architecture. Both
studied at the IUAV University of Venice.
(Verona, 1994) lives and works in Venice. She obtained a first level academic diploma in painting at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Venice in 2017, where she is currently earning a two-year degree. She is a member
of the Malutta Foundation.
ATZ is an artist agency founded in Milan in 2015. It is currently comprised of Giampaolo Algieri (Florence,
1990), Dario Bitto (Messina, 1989), Sofia Bteibet (Milan, 1990) e Antonio Gramegna (Bari, 1990), who
studied together at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.