ELISA BERTAGLIA (1983, Rovigo, Italy) is an Italian visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York.

Bertaglia has presented her work internationally at various venues, galleries and museums

including: Hic Sunt Leones, solo show, Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy (2020); CAF - Nebula, Museum

of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan (2019); Cendriers, MZ Galerie, Augsburg, Germany (2019); Progetto

Borca, Borca, Italy (2014); 54ma Venice Biennale, Academy Pavilion, Arsenale, Venice, Italy (2011);

Art and Science, Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy (2010).

Her work has been selected for various awards including the Exibart Prize (Rome, Italy); Arte Laguna

Prize (Venice, Italy); Sunny Art Prize (London, United Kingdom); OTTN (Milan, Italy); Bevilacqua La

Masa (Venice, Italy). Bertaglia has participated in artist residencies such as Residency Unlimited

(Brooklyn, USA); ESKFF, at MANA Contemporary (Jersey City); Kunstraum LLC (Brooklyn); Dolomiti

Contemporanee and Progetto Borca (Italy).

Her works are in selected permanent collections such as the Collection City of Milan, Banca

Sistema and Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation.

EDUCATION

2009 MFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy

2006 BFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy

MAIN AWARDS

2023 Combat Prize, Livorno, Italy

2021 Exibart Prize, Exhibart, Rome, Italy

2021 ArteLaguna Prize, Arsenale, Venice, Italy

2020 Sunny Art Prize, London, United Kingdom

2020 Be the Difference, Civic Museum, Bassano, Italy

2020 OTTN, Milan, Italy

2019 Be the Difference, Torre delle Grazie, Bassano, Italy

2016 Espoarte—winner, Milan, Italy

2015 Espoarte—winner, Milan, Italy

2015 Casa Falconieri—winner, Cagliari, Italy

2014 Andrea Mantegna, Mantua, Italy

2009 Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2025

[Elisa Bertaglia], Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy

2024

Curses, Spells and Other Magics, two-person show, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Gianluca Ranzi

Du Bist die Sonne, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Carmen Roll

Fastentuch, San Peter am Perlach, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr

2023

A Dance, SARAHCROWN gallery, New York, USA, curated by Sarah Corona

Les Simulacres, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Rossella Farinotti

2021

Hic sunt Dracones, The Yard Columbus Circle, New York; curated by SARAHCROWN

Hic sunt Leones, Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy

SPOT, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Martina Corbetta

2019

Cendriers, MZ Gallery, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Carmen Roll

CONCERTO. Singing over the Bones, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy; curated by Rossella Farinotti

2016

Out of the Blue, Officine dell’Immagine Gallery, Milan, Italy, curated by Matteo Galbiati

Brutal Imagination, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy; curated by Stefano Suozzi

2015

Bindwood, Banca Sistema, Milan, Italy; curated by Chiara Serr

2014

Works, MZ Gallery, Augsburg, Germany; curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Carmen Roll

2011

Alma Venus et Venatrix Diana, CSArt, Reggio Emilia, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2024

Filo Doppio, Palatium Vetus, Alessandria, Italy; curated by Lia Lenti, Domenico Maria Papa

2023

Metaphor-mosis, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn; curated by Ru Marshall

Kiaf, Seoul, South Korea

Combat, Fattori Museum, Livorno, Italy

Urban Ecology, SAPAR Contemporary gallery; curated by Hayley Ferber

Bronx Museum Gala, Ziegfeld Ballroom, New York

2022

Untitled Art Fair, Miami Beach; curated by Sarah Corona

Group Show, The YARD, New York, USA

Lazy, Hazy, Crazy days of Summer, The YARD, New York, USA, curated by Sarah Corona

2021

Bertaglia, Paperina, Pinya, Scalco, Martina Corbetta Gallery, Giussano, Italy

Fragile Bellezza, Palazzo Valentino, Valenza, Italy, curated by Lia Lenti, Domenico M. Papa

Frammenti / Paesaggio, Banca Sistema, Milan, Italy; curated by Martina Corbetta

ArteLaguna, Arsenale, Venice, Italy

Ultraromanticismo, Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo, Italy; curated by Alessandro Mescoli

Inventario Varoli, Testi Exhibition Center, Cotignola, Italy; curated by Massimiliano Fabbri

Ligabue. La figura ritrovata, Bentivoglio Palace, Gualtieri, Italy; curated by Matteo Galbiati

2020

Sunny Art Exhibition, Sunny Art Center, London, United Kingdom

Art Site Fest. Mending the World, Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, Turin, Italy; curated by Domenico Maria Papa

Visitazioni | Rivisitazioni, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy

L’altra individualità, State of, Milan, Italy; curated by D. Russo, A. Tinterri, L. Zuccala

Be the Difference, Civic Museum, Bassano, Italy

2019

CAF - Nebula, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Saitama, Japan; curated by Shinichi Nagasawa

Selvatico [14], Luigi Varoli Museum, Cotignola, Italy; curated by Massimiliano Fabbri

2018

Rimini Drawing Biennale, City Museum, Rimini, Italy; curated by Annamaria Bernucci

2017

Field of Vision – Art Stays Festival, FO.VI. Gallery, Ptuj, Slovenia; curated by Marika Vicari

Biennale Giovani Monza, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy; curated by Daniele Astrologo Abadal

Works on Paper, Officine dell’Immagine Gallery, Milan, Italy

Sguardi, Galleria Weber & Weber, Turin, Italy

2016

Carte Sparse, Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy

Erranza, Atipografia Gallery, Arzignano, Italy; curated by Petra Cason

2015

Come sopra, così sotto, OpenLab Gallery, Parma, Italy; curated by Chiara Serri

2014

Plateau Project, Former ENI Village, Borca di Cadore, Italy; curated by G. D’Incà Levis

2013

Oceans: Under the Skin of the Sea, Kunstfabrik HB55, Berlin, Germany

2011

State of the Arts, 54ma Venice Biennale, Academie Pavilion, Tese di San Cristoforo, Venice, Italy

2010

Arte Scienza e Scuola, Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy; curated by Aldo Grazzi

93.ma Collettiva Bevilacqua La Masa, BLM Gallery, Venice, Italy

2009

Nuovi orizzonti in laguna, Borges Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina; curated by I. D’Agostino

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2023 Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, USA

2022 Kunstraum LLC, Brooklyn, USA

2017 Officine Saffi, Galleria Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy

2016 ESKFF, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, USA

2015 Atipografia, curated by Petra Cason, Elena Dal Molin, Arzignano, Italy

2014 Progetto Borca, Former ENI Village, Borca di Cadore, Italy

2012 Dolomiti Contemporanee, Museo di Casso, Pordenone, Italy