Benedetta Panisson (1980, Venice)
benedettapanisson@gmail.com
mobile phone: 0039 3471630952
OPR Gallery | Milan https://officeprojectroom.com/
Durham University: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/benedetta-panisson/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benedettapanisson/
EDUCATION
PhD at Durham University (UK), Visual Culture Department (2020-ongoing).
BA in History of Arts at Ca' Foscari University, Venice.
MA in Performing and Interactive Arts at Brera Academy, Milan.
AWARDS
2014
Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti International Award, Venice. Winner.
2013
COAL PRIX, curated by UNESCO and COAL, Coalition pour l'art et le developpement durable, Maison de l'UNESCO, Paris, with Contingent Movements Archive, curated by Hanna Husberg, finalist.
La Guarimba International Film Festival, Amantea, Italy. Documentary section. Winner.
2007
Premio Furla per l'Arte, nominated by Camilla Seibezzi. Candidation.
2005
International Prize For Performance, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Centrale Di Fies, in collaboration with Marina Abramovic, Trento. Finalist.
89ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa,, curated by Angela Vettese, Venice. Finalist.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
(upcoming) People do Water, solo show, OPR Gallery, Milano.
2021
Excess Island, solo show, OPR Gallery, curated by Francisco J. Hernandez Adrian and PHROOM, Milan.
2011
Rotation F to M, curated by Federica Tattoli and Mauro Mattei, Frigoriferi Milanesi, Milano, Italy.
2004
Aspetta Il Mare, curated by Francesca Bertolotti and Olivia Verona, Scalodieci, Milan.
EXHIBITIONS / COLLABORATIONS
2024
Arcipelaghi, group show curated by Sistema3, Villa ALbrizzi Marini, Treviso.
Feminist Porn section at Caribe Atomico (La Guarimba International Short Film Festival), curatorship, Caracas, Venezuela.
2023
Feminist Porn section at La Guarimba International Short Film Festival, curatorship, Italy.
Volcanic Attitude, Naples-Volcano Island, curated by Cose Cosmiche, Centro Itard, Thatscontemporary, Eolian Islands, Italy.
2022
The Sexuality of the Uncontacted on a Video Tape, Cambridge University, Indigenous Studies Discussion Gruop, Cambridge, UK.
So Contemporary, Fondale: dai margini, negli abissi, curated by Caterina Benvegnù, invited by Stefano Volpato and Alfred Agostinelli, Padova, Italy.
11th European Feminist Research Conference, AtGender.
2021
Excess Island, solo show, OPR Gallery, curated by Francisco J. Hernandez Adrian and PHROOM, Milan.
2021
Odesa Photo Days Festival, Zapping the Archive, Bleschunov Museum, curated by PHROOM, Ukraine
2020
GetxoPhoto, Festival Internacional de Imagen, Zapping the Archive, video screening curated by PHROOM, Basque Country, Spain.
Odesa Photo Days Festival, Zapping the Archive, exhibition curated by PHROOM, Ukraine
2019
Horizonte, Mar, Exceso, Exorbitancia, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, curated by TEA and Francisco J. Hernandez Adrian, Canary Islands, Spain.
TEA, Museum of Contemporary Art of Tenerife, Ciclo Gonzalo Gonzalez: desplazamientos, aperturas, miradas, desde el cine, curated by Prof. Francisco J. Hernandez Adrian, Canary Islands, Spain.
Phroom, Hydrophylia, Authorials, curated by Phroom, Milan.
2018
Family of No Man, exhibition, curated by Brad Feuerhelm and Natasha Christia, Cosmos Arles.
2017
Annual Conference, Città, cittadini, conflitti. Il Diritto alla prova della dimensione urbana, School of Law, University of Milano-Bicocca.
Liberi Passaggi, curated by Annalisa Cattani e Cantiere Corpo Luogo, Meta Forte, Venice.
2016
Structure of Revenge, curated by Theatrum Mundi and Adam Kaasa, Aristide Antonas, Yoke Sum Wong, Christos Carras, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens.
2015
Stage for the (im)possible, curated by Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Project Space Festival Berlin, Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt University, Berlin.
2015
Structures of Feelings, curated by Adam Kaasa and Yoke-Sum Wong, Royal College of Art, London.
Bibe Vivas, project by Barbara Biscotti and University of Milano-Bicocca, Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano.
Come to Venice, Arsenale Aperto, curated by Amerigo Nutolo in collaboration with Comune di Venezia and Forum Futuro Arsenale, Torre di Porta Nuova, Venice.
Come to Venice, curated by Amerigo Nutolo, in collaboration with FAI, Italian National Trust, screening at Negozio Olivetti.
Come to Venice, screening at Cinema Beltrade, Milan.
2014
A process, exhibition curated by Der Greif, Neue Galerie im Homannhaus, Augsburg, Germany.
Salon chez Ligne Roset, curated by Art:I:curate, with Tommaso Cotroneo, at Ligne Roset, London.
Curated by Paul Smith and friends, curated by Paul Smith and art:icurate, Frieze Art, London.
Stazione eretta, exhibition curated by Mario Gorni in collaboration with Careof, P.A.V., Progetto Arti Visive, Berchidda, Sardegna, Italy.
Come to Venice, curated by La Guarimba International Film Festival, Spectacle Theater, New York.
Come to Venice, curated by La Guarimba International Film Festival, Institute of Italian Culture, San Francisco, California.
2013
S'adapter a l'Anthropocene, curated by UNESCO and COAL, Coalition pour l'art et le developpement durable, Maison de l'UNESCO, Paris.
International Sarajevo Winter Festival, Sarajevo.
Contingent Movements Archive | curated by Hanna Husberg and Laura McLean | Maldives Pavillion, 55th Venice Biennale, 2013 (web platform participation).
La Guarimba International Film Festival. Winner, Documentary Section.
Videholica, International Video Art Festival, Varna, Bulgaria.
Videotheque, Apartment Project Berlin, curated by Berlinerpool, Berlin.
Out Of Place. An Ongoing Archive, curated by 22:37 and Berlinerpool, Corpo 6 Galerie, Berlin.
2012
Fondazione Gianfranco Ferre',curated by Federica Tattoli And Alessandro Jumbo Manfredini in collaboration with Pizza Magazine, Milan.
Ecology Of The Mind, curated by Cantiere Corpo/Luogo, Forte Marghera, Venice.
2011
Anteprima 89, Spazio Teatro 89, Milano.
2009
Focus, curated by Stefano Elena And Chiara Erika Marzi, MLAC, Rome.
2008
Il Rimedio Perfetto, curated by Marco Tagliafierro, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan.
Gender Bender, curated by Nosadella.Due, Bologna, Italy.
Italian Factory, curated by Chiara Canali, Fabbrica Del Vapore, Milan.
Re:Public, curated by Amerigo Nutolo, Tese dell'Arsenale, Venice.
2007
Poetroniche. Video e Cinema Oltre, Invideo 2007, Edition XVII , Spazio Oberdan, Milan.
Hybrids. When Art Meets Porn, curated by Virginia Sommadossi, Centrale di Fies, Trento, Italy.
Visuale 1.0, curated by Matteo Chini And Daniela Lotta, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze, Italy.
Cristallino Video Festival., Museo Nazionale Villa Pisani, Stra, Venice.
Quotidiana 07, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Teresa Iannotta, Stefania Schiavon, Cattedrale Ex-Macello, Padova, Italy
2006
Dissident Display Gallery, exhibition in collaboration with Valentina Loi, Washington.
Unimovie 06, Festival Internazionale del Video e del Cortometraggio, section curated by Mario Gorni, Care Of, Pescara.
Talk To The City 2006, curated by Care Of, Milan.
Via-Lab 06, Laboratorio De Arte en la via publica, Don Benito, Spain.
Videominuto 06, Centro Per L'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato.
Dissertare/Disertare, curated By Start, section curated By Camilla Seibezzi, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Castello Colonna, Rome.
Salon Primo 2006, Museo Della Permanente, Milan.
Bienal De Valencia, Videoart section curated by Stefano Elena, Spain.
Transport non Communs, in collaboration with Valentina Loi, curated by Eric Perier, Dena Foundation, Centre International des Recollets, Paris.
La Donna Oggetto. Miti e emtamorfosi al femminile 1900-2005, curated by Luca Beatrice, Castello Sforzesco di Vigevano, Milan.
2005
Galleria Dell'amore, project by Marina Abramovic & Ipg, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento.
International Prize For Performance, curated by Galleria Civica di Arte Conteporanea di Trento and Centrale Di Fies, in collaboration with Marina Abramovic, Centrale di Fies, Italy.
89 Collettiva Giovani Artisti, curated by Angela Vettese, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice.
Phatspace Gallery, Videolibrary Section, Sidney, Australia.
Videominuto 05, Centro per l'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato.
Videoart Section, Aurora Bar, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice.
ACADEMIC COLLABORATIONS
2024
- (upcoming) Queering the Marriage of the Sea, at Materiality at the Intersection of Ecologies and Religious Studies, organized by Giorgio Cini Foundation, Harvard University (Harvard Divinity School), NICHE, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University College Dublin, Venice.
2023
Sexual Display from the Abyss: Octopuses between Heteronormativity and Exorbitance published on Matter Journal, Vol. 7 (2023): Situating research on art, technological practices and literature.
2022
The Sexuality of the Uncontacted on a Video Tape, Cambridge University, Indigenous Studies Discussion Gruop, Cambridge, UK.
11th European Feminist Research Conference, AtGender.
2020-ongoing
PhD Research, Durham Unversity (UK), supervisors Prof. Francisco J. Hernandez Adrian and Prof. Marc Schachter, Visual Studies Department.
2017
Annual Conference, Città, cittadini, conflitti. Il Diritto alla prova della dimensione urbana, School of Law, University of Milano-Bicocca.
2016
Structure of Revenge, curated by Adam Kaasa, Aristide Antonas, Yoke Sum Wong, Christos Carras, Theatrum Mundi, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens.
Come to Venice case study in a reaserch by Prof. Laura Burocco | Universidade do Rio de Janeiro | published in Concinnitas | Revista do Istituto de Artes da UERJ
2015
Structures of Feelings, curated by Adam Kaasa and Yoke-Sum Wong, Royal College of Art, London.
Bibe Vivas, project by Barbara Biscotti and University of Milano-Bicocca, Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano.
2014
Narratives for change: the united power of people, stories and technology to induce change, participation coordinated by European Centre for Living Technology/Ca’ Foscari University, Bozar, Palais des Beaux-Art, Bruxelles.
Narration and communities: building communities for making citizenship, INSITE workshop, a curated by European Centre for Living Technology/Ca’ Foscari University, Officina Emilia/ Modena University and Margherita Russo, Modena.
Designing a more sustainable Europe: Stories for Change and Innovation", organised by European Centre for Living Technology/Ca' Foscari University, Venice.
INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS
2014
Frieze Art, selected by Paul Smith and art:i:curate, London.
2012
Art Verona, Indipendents, presented by Cantiere Corpo Luogo.
2009
Kunstart, with Artmbassy Gallery, Berlin, Bozen, Italy.
PUBLICATIONS/MAGAZINES/PRESS
2024
Sexual Exorbitance in island and sea scapes in Queering Nature, issue #63, Antennae Journal, curated by Giovanni Aloi. https://www.antennae.org.uk/
2023
La Repubblica | https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2023/07/31/news/la_rassegna_in_spiaggia_di_notte_dei_corti_porno_femministi_benedetta_panisson_esperienza_inclusiva_che_riguarda_tutt-409572057/
Sexual Display from the Abyss: Octopuses between Heteronormativity and Exorbitance published on Matter Journal, Vol. 7 (2023): Situating research on art, technological practices and literature | https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/matter/article/view/42245/39307
2020
Vice Italy | https://www.vice.com/it/article/wxq395/venezia-crisi-climatica-turismo
2014
A Process, curated by Der Greif, special edition book
2011
Pizza Magazine, The Potlach Island, curated by Federica Tattoli, N.3.
2009
Drome Magazine, Re:Public, curated by Cecilia Guida, N.14.
2008
Premio Italian Factory, curated by Chiara Canali, catalogue.
2008
Flash Art, Dizionario della Giovane arte veneta, N.270.
2007
Dissertare/Disertare, Plug_In, curated by Gaia Cianfaneli and Caterina Iaquinta, catalogue.
2007
Drodesera Fies, Centrale Di Fies, catalogue.
Poetroniche. Video E Cinema Oltre, Invideo 2007, XVII Edizione, catalogue.
Quotidiana 07, catalogue.
On Mobility, Premio Furla per l'Arte, Giovani Artisti Italiani, Charta, catalogue.
2006
La Donna Oggetto, Allemandi & Co, catalogoue.
2006
Territorio, Uomini, Idee, Milano Made in Design, ContrastoEdizioni, catalogue.
Urban Magazine, interview.
Flash Art, N.258, 2006.
2005
Work Art in Progress, Premio Internazionale Della Performance, periodico Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, N.14.
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, 89ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti, catalogue.
WEB
Phroom: https://phroommagazine.com/hydrophilia/
Der Greif: https://www.dergreif-online.de/artist-features/benedetta-panisson/
Contingent Movements Archive: http://www.contingentmovementsarchive.com/
Unframe London: https://unframe.london/search/?keyword=BENEDETTA+PANISSON
Arthub: http://arthub.undo.net/index.php?action=artista&ida=31&idart=Benedetta+Panisson
INTERVIEWS/CONFERENCES/TALKS
- (upcoming) Queering the Marriage of the Sea, at Materiality at the Intersection of Ecologies and Religious Studies, organized by Giorgio Cini Foundation, Harvard University (Harvard Divinity School), NICHE, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University College Dublin.
- Feminist Porn at La Guarimba International Film Festival @LaRepubblica (2023): https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2023/07/31/news/la_rassegna_in_spiaggia_di_notte_dei_corti_porno_femministi_benedetta_panisson_esperienza_inclusiva_che_riguarda_tutt-409572057/?ref=RHLM-BG-I387773630-P3-S8-T1
- The Sexuality of the Uncontacted on a Video Tape, Indigenous Studies Conference, Cambridge University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNRRlkBxhzY
- Sexual Display from the Abyss, 11th European Feminist Research Conference, organized by AtGender (NL) and Milano-Bicocca University, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps09qpP_pOk
- Rooftop Talk @ OPR Gallery with Tommaso Cotroneo (2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-dmmdaoujs
- Unframe London (2021) https://unframe.london/escapist-photography/
- Analog Landscapes (2020) https://analoglandscape.altervista.org/benedetta-panisson-brivido-bagnato/
- Horizonte, mar, exceso, exorbitancia | Benedetta Panisson @ TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes | coordinated by Francisco-J. Hernández Adrián (2019): https://vimeo.com/363515538
- Annual Conference, Città, cittadini, conflitti, School of Law, University of Milano-Bicocca (2017): https://vimeo.com/263304436
- The Excess Island / The Excess Community - Benedetta Panisson at "Structure of Revenge" - Onassis Cultural Center - Athens, curated by Theatrum Mundi (2016): https://vimeo.com/184305085
- Artist Salons at Ligne Roset, curated by Art:I:curate (2015): https://vimeo.com/113469599
- INSITE Workshop, Universita' di Modena, ECLT project: https://vimeo.com/104402612
- Fondazione Gianfranco Ferre': https://vimeo.com/39045995
- Essen a Taste Magazine: http://www.essentaste.com/food/arte/ecologia-del-corpo/
- Absolut coolshaker: https://vimeo.com/40351058
- Pizza magazine: http://www.pizzadigitale.it/main/?p=1140
- Re-mood (2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHCyP_re1W0
- Radio Ca' Foscari (2008): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ble8hO_VNv0
- Shareradio (2011): https://vimeo.com/36981943
- Lifesharing, Bonsai tv (2007): http://vimeo.com/28591762
- Re-mood (2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHCyP_re1W0,