SARA BENAGLIA
Living and working in in Bergamo, Italy.
I am an artist with a practice based on the critic of the ideo-logics in visual disciplines.
I am a writer of essays and interviews with a focus on the relation between art and politics. I write for ATPdiary, Doppiozero and Art&Dossier.
I run the no-profit space BACO_BaseArteContemporaneaOdierna together with Mauro Zanchi since 2016.
I completed my training with an MA in Art Praxis at the DAI Roaming Academy. The thesis I wrote, The Mobility of the Matrix, was written with the mentorship of Ana Teixeira Pinto.
EDUCATION
| 2018-20 | MA Art Praxis, DAI Roaming Academy – ArtEZ University, Arnhem |
| 2010-12 | BA+2, Pittura, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano Visiting student, Academia de Bellas Artes, ULL, Tenerife |
| 2007-09 | Theory and technics of contemporary art, Accademia di belle arti G. Carrara, Bergamo |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2021 | Something went wrong, Il Crepaccio Instagram show. Curated by Caroline Corbetta |
| 2019 | Pink Rust, CCA Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Curated by Nobuo Nakamura |
| 2015 | Il Bagno di Diana, Cripta della chiesa di S. Michele al Pozzo Bianco, Bergamo. Curated by Mauro Zanchi |
| 2014 | Reverse running, BACO, Bergamo. Curated by Stefano Raimondi and Mauro Zanchi |
| 2012 | Barbara, Galeria Espacio F, Madrid. Curated by Intercambiador |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2021 | Open Studio, Accademia Reale di Spagna, Roma. Curated by Leire Vergara The Families of Man, Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aosta. Curated by Elio Grazioli e Walter Guadagnini |
| 2020 | Aeroponic Acts: Bend it! , Radio Kootwijk, Apeldoorn. Can an ideology be detached from its predecessor? Answered by Flavia Dzodan, Adam Szymszyk, Amal Alhaag |
| 2019 | The Green Wave (performance lecture), Silent Green, Berlin |
| 2018 | Human Capital (performance lecture), Arnhem |
| 2016 | Fine con fine, Fondazione Merz, Torino. Curated by Stefano Riba Open Studio, PROGR, Bern |
| 2015 | Mayo 2015, La Ira de Dios, Buenos Aires Art@Tell, HSG, St. Gallen iennale di Monza, Palazzo dell’Arengario, Monza. Invited by Elio Grazioli |
| 2014 | BG3, Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna e Museo di Rimini. Curated by Renato Barilli, Guido Bartorelli and Guido Molinari Uno Sguardo Italiano, Daegu Photo Biennal, Daegu. Invited by Elio Grazioli Open Studio, Ogura Gallery, CCA Kitakyushu. Curated by Akiko Miyake |
| 2013 | SO FAR, Ogura Gallery, CCA Kitakyushu Ogni cosa a suo tempo, BACO, Bergamo. Curated by Stefano Raimondi and Mauro Zanchi MOLT! Speculative identities, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin Portas Abiertas, Fundação Eugénio de Almeida Talouselämä / Financial times, Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi Open Studio, V.I.R., Milano NEW ENTRY > Archivio Video [VIDEOZERO 2012] Careof DOCVA, Milano |
| 2012 | PROYECTOR20 International video art festival, 14-23 Dec, Madrid-Coimbra. Curated by Mario Gutierrez Cruz Ti Racconto. Curated by Giulia Viceconte and Cecilia Guida Arthub + UnDo e CRAC, Cremona Agenti Autonomi e Sistemi Multiagente. Curated by Xing, Museo della Storia di Bologna Videoart Yearbook 2012, Chiostro di santa Cristina Bologna, Arte Boccanera Contemporanea, Trento Your LAST work, Casa Bianca, Zola Pedrosa, Bologna. Curated by Darth |
| 2011 | Officine dell’Arte, Careof-ViaFarini. Curated by Chiara Agnello, Careof, Milano Ikas-art, Bilbao El Cuarto Oscuro. A cura di Emilio Ramal, TEA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| 2010 | Arte Laguna, Tese di San Cristoforo, Venezia Young European and Mediterrean Artist Biennal, Bari Postumi, TICA– Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art, Albania. Curated by Stefano Romano |
| 2009 | Alberi d’artista, GAMeC, Bergamo |
GRANTS AND AWARDS
| 2014 | MOVIN’UP, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and GAI Giovani Artisti Italiani |
| 2013 | CCA Kitakyushu Scholarship by CCA Kitakyushu Committee |
| 2012 | Artist Research Scholarship, Brera Academy, Milano |
| 2011 | EU Erasmus ULL University |
RESIDENCIES
| 2016 | PROGR, Bern |
| 2015 | Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte |
| 2014 | CCA Kitakyushu |
| 2013 | V.I.R. Via Farini In Residence, Milano Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi ACSA2, Autocenter, Berlin |
| 2012 | Accademie Eventuali, Fondazione Furla, Bologna |
PUBBLICAZIONI
| 2021 | Gigliola Foschi, Telepatia: Arte o solo fantascienza, Doppiozero, Milano |
| 2020 | VISIONI. Conversazione con MAuro Zanchi, ATPdiary |
| 2016 | C41 Magazine n°2 |
| 2015 | Silvia Ferrari Lilienau, Sara Benaglia in mostra, Pizza Digitale Ginevra Bria, Sara Benaglia e il nuoto sincronizzato sugli autobus di Bergamo, Artribune Mauro Zanchi, Casting the Circle, Fortino Editions, Miami |
| 2014 | Elio Grazioli, Casting the Circle, Doppiozero, Milano Elio Grazioli, Daegu Photo Biennal, Daegu. Catalogo della mostra. Stefano Raimondi, Mauro Zanchi, Ogni cosa a suo tempo, Mousse Publishing, Milano. Catalogo della mostra. Research Program CCA Kitakyushu |
| 2013 | Simone Frangi, Ultime da Viafarini DOCVA, Artribune, Nov 2013 Elena Bordignon, 6 artisti in Via Farini. Open Studio, Art*Texts*Pics |
| 2012 | Officine dell’Arte, Chiara Agnello e Milovan Farronato, Silvana Editoriale, Milano. Catalogo della mostra |
PUBLIC PANELS
| 2021 | L’ex museo coloniale di Roma, Accademia di Spagna, Roma (upcoming) Metafotografia, Spazi Fotografici. Con Mauro Zanchi, Carlo Sala e alcuni autori di Metafotografia |
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| 2020 | Lecture, LABA, Brescia [invited by Francesca Lazzarini] Metafotografia, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma |
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| 2019 | Lecture Metafotografia, with Mauro Zanchi, Accademia di Belle Arti G.Carrara [invited by Claudio Musso] | |
| 2018 | Lecture L’Africa in giardino, with Mauro Zanchi, MACRO, Roma | |
| 2017 | The Book is on the Screen, SPRINT, Milano. Curated by Valeria Raho | |
| 2016 | Contribution for I Femminismi e i Postumanismi Via Farini, Milano. With Mauro Zanchi, Simone Frangi and Vittoria Broggini | |
| 2015 | Casting the Circle, Artissima Fair, Torino. With Elio Grazioli e Mauro Zanchi | |
| 2012 | Effetto Venturi, Peep-Hole, Spazio Oberdan, Milano. Invited by Eva Marisaldi Barbara, Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
WORKING EXPERIENCES
| 2014 | Assistant of Joan Jonas for the preparation of the exhibition It blew right in my ear like the wind, CCA Kitakyushu | |
| 2012 | Assistant of Chiara Fumai for the preparation of The Moral Exhibition House, dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel |