About the Artist
Luigia Martelloni received an MFA from the prestigious Academia di Belle Arti di Roma, in Rome, Italy. There, she developed her unique visual aesthetic, which, rooted in the modern avant-garde, is largely ascribed by detachment from convention. Enlisting material as her narrator, Martelloni captures the ephemeral and affixes the transient into enduring works that transcend artistic subjectivity and find new meaning within a spectator. Aiming to achieve intimate reciprocity between artist and the viewer, she focuses on process and tactility, and is increasingly concerned with the space-object relationship, and the richness of perceptual experience. Recognized for her frame of concept and multidimensional expression, Martelloni’s work has been exhibited across the United States and Europe: in one person exhibitions by Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, University of Rome La Sapienza and Spazio Italia Gallery; in group presentations by Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, CA, XII Quadriennale Nazionale d’Arte di Roma, Italy; and featured in the Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea, Italy, (2003), and at the “Italian Pavilion of the World” during the 54th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (2011). Furthered by her post graduate training in Film and Photography, Martelloni’s multidimensional oeuvre encompasses performance, still images and video. With the cross-disciplinary reach, the artist’s repertoire includes creative collaborations with Francis Ford Coppola, Dean Tavoularis and Luigi Comencini among many others, and reflects a roster of acclaimed theater productions and documentary films. Today, Luigia Martelloni works and resides in Los Angeles, where she continues her pluralistic practice of subverting conventions in the strive towards new discoveries. For complete CV and Collections: www.luigiamartelloni.com
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