Marina Gasparini
Italian. Born in 1966 in Gabicce Mare, Italy
Marina Gasparini is an artist working at the intersection of drawing, writing, installation, and conceptual representation. In her practice, objects and space are interwoven into a network of literary and imaginative relationships. Visual emblems and the use of textiles are recurring elements in her work, which ranges from site-specific installations to textile collages, embroidered canvases, and ceramics. In these pieces, iconographies from various eras and cultures are recontextualized into new narratives.
Gasparini draws from a vast archive of symbols—maps, words, and icons—not to validate the artwork itself, but to spark creative mental processes that often lie dormant beneath the surface of assumed meanings. She frequently adopts performative and meticulous manual techniques, particularly those involving textiles, as a way to develop a shared and accessible language. Her work raises questions about time, the body, and the labor embedded in artistic creation.
ART FAIRS
2024
Artissima Art Fair, Galleria Mazzoli, Turin, Italy.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Chora/Exchori, Vertical Gallery Collegio San Carlo Foundation, Modena (IT), curated by Chiara Albonico.
2023
Sewing the Empire, Linden Museum, Stuttgart; Nuke Mars, Galleria Mazzoli, Modena.
2022
Atlas X, Atelier Lavinia Turra, Bologna (IT)
2021
Transiti, 5 open-air installations in the territory of Quattro Castella (Reggio Emilia), curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei.
2019
The Dodder, with Serena Piccinini, Bagni di Mario, Bologna
2018
Chora Park, Fondazione Collegio San Carlo, Modena, curated by Antonella Battilani.
2016
The Fox and the Jewels, Rino Project Art- space, Shinano-Omachi (Japan), curated by Sosei Sato.
2014
Money is a Common Good, Musei Civici , Modena, curated by Cristina Stefani.
2013
Open Studio Residency Midwest Studios Art Civic Center, Galesburg (Illinois).
2012
Open Residency Kulttuurikauppila Art Center, Ii Oulu (Finland).
2011
Elegia, Galleria Maria Cilena, Milano (IT); Spaesaggio, Galleria D406, Modena (IT).
2009
Walking words, Galleria Corraini, Mantova. 2006: La muta, Galleria Vanna Casati, Bergamo.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Terra incognita curated by Mohamed Benhadj, Al-Tiba9 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2024
L’oro Blu, curated by Leonardo Regano, Museo dei Bronzi dorati di Pergola (PU) Italy.
Cantiere, Casa Novella Guerra Association, Imola, Italy.
Odradek Residence 10 ans d’asémie, Galerie Odradek, Bruxelles, Belgium.
2023
Utopiche seduzioni, from new material to recycled art, curated by Matteo Galbiati and Nadia Stefanel, Dino Zoli Foundation, Forlì, Italy.
2022
Text, texture, textile, curated by Simone Shuiten, Odradek Gallery, Brussels;
The Soft Revolution, curated by Barbara Pavan, Museo del Tessile, Busto Arsizio, (MI), Italy.
Epistéme, curated by Marcello Tedesco, Museo Temporaneo Navile, Bologna, Italy.
2019
B-Archive Biennale del Disegno Museo della Città di Rimini, Italy.
2016
TDM 9W Women in Italian Design, Triennale Design Museum, Milano, Italy.
15th International Triennial of Tapestry, Łódź Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź, Poland.
Teatro dei Prodigi, Museo Universitario di Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy
Profili del mondo, FAR, Fabbrica delle Arti, Rimini. Italy curated by M.Pulini, M.Paderni, A.Bigi Iotti.
2013
Non di solo pane, Spazio Oberdan, curated by Susanna Vallebona, Milano, Italy.
2012
Contextile, Trienal de Arte Têxtil Contemporânea, Casa da Memória, Guimarães, Portugal.
Siamo tutti greci, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.
2008
Miniartextil, Salon de l'Hotel de la Ville, Montrouge, Paris, France.
2007
Filare il tempo, curated by Luciano Caramel, ex Chiesa di S.Francesco, Como, Italy.
AWARDS
Arte Laguna Prize Finalists' Exhibition 16th Edition, Arsenale of Venice, Italy.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany.
Museo della Città di Rimini, Italy.
San Carlo Foundation, Modena, Italy.
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.
Museo MAGI’900, Pieve di Cento, Bologna, Italy.