Rachele Maistrello (1986, Vittorio Veneteo) is a visual artist based in Bologna, Italy.
Interested in the relationship between reality and fiction, Maistrello works mainly with photography and installation to reveal small personal heroic acts, evoke marginal worlds, or imagine untold utopias.
Rachele Maistrello (1986, Vittorio Veneto) is a visual artist based in Bologna, Italy.
She has been trained at IUAV University, Venice, École nationale supérieure des beaux-Arts, Paris, and Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zurich.
In 2020 she is the winner of the Graziadei Award and artist in residence at MAMbo, Bologna. In 2019 the Inside-Out Art Museum of Beijing invited her to attend their residency program. In 2018 she is the winner of the Movin'Up Award and the nctm e l’arte Award, same year, is among the artists selected at Plat(t)form-Fotomuseum Winterthur and is the winner, in 2017, of ABITARE Grant, commissioned by the MiC - Italian Ministry of Culture, MUFOCO, Cinisello Balsamo, and Triennale Milano.
Her work has recently been exhibited at Palazzo Reale, Milan (2023); MAXXI, Rome (2022-2021), Benaki Museum, Athens (2022); Hamlet, Zurig (2020), Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing (2019), Triennale Milano (2018), PHotoEspaña, Madrid (2018), Parallel Vienna, Austria (2017), Mediterranea Young Artists Biennale, Tirana (2017), Galleria Civica di Modena (2015), Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice (2013), MSUM, Ljubljana (2013), MUFOCO, Cinisello Balsamo (2012), ZKM, Karlsruhe (2007).
Her works is in European private collections and museums collections, such as: MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (Rome), Galleria Civica di Modena, MUFOCO - Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea (Cinisello Balsamo).
(b.1986, lives and works in Bologna)
EDUCATION
2011-2012 ZHDK, (photography department), Zürich, Switzerland
2006-2009 IUAV University, B.A. in Visual Art, Venice, italy
2008-2009 ENSBA, atelier Annette Messager, Paris, France
RESIDENCES / GRANTS / PRIZES
2022 Lunigiana Call On-Site, IT (winner)
2022 PhMuseum Grant, (shortlisted)
2022 Lydia prize, IlLazzaretto Foundation (winner)
2022 Athens Photo Festival, GR (winner)
2021 Circulation(s) festival, Paris (winner)
2021 ESSENZIALE, Nctm e l’arte purchase award (winner)
2021 Images Gibellina Photofestival, IT/CH (winner)
2021 Art4future Unicredit prize, IT (winner)
2020 Emilia Romagna collection purchase award (winner)
2020 Nuovo Forno del Pane / Mambo Museum, Bologna, IT (artist residency)
2019 Inside Out Museum, Beijing, CH (artist residency)
2019 Movin’ Up prize, IT (winner, international section)
2018 I:project space, Bejing, CH (artist residency)
2018 Plat(t)form, Fotomuseum Winterthur, CH (nominated by Hester Keijser)
2017 ABITARE, commissioned by Triennale, MUFOCO and MiBACT, IT (winner)
2017 NCTM prize, IT (winner)
2016 Level 0, Fattori Museum, Artverona, IT (winner)
2015 Combat Prize, Livorno, IT (winner)
2014 6th European Month of Photography Berlin, DE (Honorable mention)
2014 Handle with care for pubic art project in Museum MG/MSUM, Ljubljana, SL (winner)
2013 Francesco Fabbri for contemporary arts, IT (shortlisted)
2013 Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, IT (artist residency)
2013 Prima Visione, curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Cosenza, IT (artist residency)
2012 Careof/ViaFarini, Milan, IT (artist residency)
2011 Dolomiti Contemporanee, curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Sospirolo, IT (artist residency)
2010 Spot, curated by Francesco Ragazzi and Francesco Urbano, Giudecca Island, Venice, IT (artist residency)
2010 Connected flows, Foundation Jarfo, Kyoto, Japan (Nominated)
PRIVATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
MAXXI Museum, IT
Regione Emilia Romagna Collection, IT
Galleria Civica di Modena, IT
Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea di Cinisello Balsamo, IT
Museo Giovanni Fattori, IT
Unicredit Collection, IT
NCTM e l’Arte Collection, IT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Gao Yue, Galleria Eugenia Delfini, Rome (IT)
2023 Rencontres de la jeune Photographie international, Villa Pérochon, Niort (FR)2023 2022 Blue Diamond (premio Graziadei), MAXXI Museum, Rome, IT
2021 Green Diamond (premio Graziadei), MAXXI Museum, Rome, IT
2019 Green Diamond, I: project space, curated by Antonie Angerer, Anna Eschbach, Beijing, CH
2019 The wonderful stories of Shijingshan park, Il Crepaccio Instagram show, curated by Caroline Corbetta, ONLINE
2018 Stella Maris, Pelagica gallery, curated by Laura Lecce, Milan, IT
2017 One of us, The cabinet, curated by Zoë De Luca, Museo Fattori, Livorno, IT
2016 Arcadia, Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna, IT
2015 Once were Warriors, curated by Samuele Menin, Milano, IT
2015 Beyond Reasonable Evidence, UPP gallery, Venice, curated by Inez Piso and Stephanie Noach, IT
2014 The History Within, MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, curated by Igor Spaniol, Ljubljana, SL
2013 Beyond Reasonable Evidence at Ca’ Rezzonico, curated by Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Ca’ Rezzonico Museum, Venice, IT
2012 This Side of Paradise, Parco Nord, curated by Matteo Balduzzi, Milan, IT
2010 Spot 3, curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Sala del Camino, Venice, IT
2008 Les cadres de l’apparence, curated by Carlo Werner and Bruno Dubreuil, IMMIX gallery, Paris, FR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 TRE-DI-CI Sguardi sui musei della Lombardia, Palazzo Reale, Milano (IT)
2022 Universo Giovane, Palazzo Lombardia / Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, IT
2022 Circulation(s), Centrequatre, Paris, FR
2022 Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, EL
2022 Vento, Festival Nomade di Film Immaginari, Filattiera (Lunigiana Land art), IT
2022 Productive Leisure, final project of Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Campo 21, Turin, IT
2022 Fotografia Italiana Contemporanea, Scalo Lambrate, Milano, IT
2021 The Edge Effect, curated by C.Bardelli Nonino and J. Anderson, Marsèll, Milano, IT
2021 Metafotografia (3), curated by M.Zanchi and S.Benaglia, Baco,Bergamo, IT
2021 Subterranean Virtualscapes, Virginia Bianchi Gallery, Milano, IT
2021 Fortuna instabile quasi possibile, curated by A. Tinterri, L. Zuccala, Rocca Malatestiana, Fano, IT
2020 In This Layered World, All Perception Is Real, Kunstverein Bielefeld, DE
2019 BAITBALL (01), curated by Pane project and more, Polignano a Mare, IT
2019 Breakfast on Ani Schulze, Hamlet, curated by Antonie Angerer and Anna Eschbach, Zürich, CH
2019 Open Studio, casa Masaccio, curated by Pietro Gaglianò and Serena Trinchero, San Giovanni Valdarno, IT
2019 Weird Domesticity (Gallery Delivery / Milan), Green Cube gallery curated by Silvio Lorusso, Milan, IT
2019 Stand by Me, Pelagica, curated by Laura Lecce, Milano, IT
2018 Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop, PhotoEspana, curated by Hester Keijser, Madrid, ES
2018 La torre maluttona, Monitor gallery, Rome, with Fondazione Malutta, IT
2018 Talpe. Well said, old mole, curated by Marta Cereda, Laura Lamonea, collateral event of Manifesta 12, Palermo, IT
2018 ArtcityPolis, curated by Angela Vettese with the coordination of Nicolas Ballario, spazio Carbonesi, Bologna, IT
2018 Artefiera, Metronom booth, PHOTO section curated by Andrea Pertoldeo, Bologna, IT
2017 Unseen fair, Metronom stand, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Parallel Vienna, Fondazione Malutta booth, Vienna, AU
2017 Artverona fair, Metronom booth, IT
2017 Alchimie Culturali, curated by Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, IT
2017 "Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze", public art project, Mediterranea 18 Young Artists Biennale, Tirana, AL
2017 Passengers that come and go, by Fondazione Malutta, Tulla art center, Tirana, Albania, AL
2017 Collezione Malutta and Black market, Monitor gallery, Roma, IT
2016 Fondazione Malutta meets the Albanian Pavilion, Albanian Pavillion , 15. Biennale di Architettura , Arsenale, Venice, IT
2016 Versus, curated by Daniele de Luigi and Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Civica di Modena, Modena, IT
2016 Demanio Marittimo km 278, performance curated by Andrea Bruciati, Senigallia, IT
2016 Vedo non Vedo, curated by Filippo Luini, the LoneT, Milano, IT
2016 Assula, curated by Zoe De Luca, The Workbench International, Milano, IT
2016 Memorie, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Villa Manin, Codroipo, IT
2016 Convivio, a cura di Caroline Corbetta, Fiera Milano City, Milano, IT
2016 Live studio#2, curated by Marcella Manni, Metronom gallery, Modena, IT
2015 Fourth edition of Francesco Fabbri prize for contemporary arts, Francesco Fabbri Foundation, Pieve di Soligo, IT
2015 Combat prize, Museo Civico G. Fattori ex Granai di Villa Mimbelli, Livorno, IT
2015 L'esprit de l'escalier, curated by Alice Ginaldi, Dimora Artica, Milan, IT
2015 ARTS, public art project curated by Francesca Lazzarini, Trieste, IT
2015 Sogni di Otello, curated by Tracy Kinnaly, photissima, Venice, IT
2015 Rob Pruitt's flea market, Finding Goran Gocic by Fondazione Malutta, AplusA gallery, Venice, IT
2015 Se a Milano ci fosse il mare!, Careof, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, IT
2015 Le gallerie veneziane e la fotografia, casa dei Tre Oci, Venice, IT
2014 Artsiders, curated by Massimo Mattioli and Fabio De Chirico, National Gallery of Umbria, Perugia, IT
2014 10 years of MUFOCO, curated by Roberta Valtorta and Matteo Balduzzi, Triennale, Milano, IT
2014 Handle with care, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, IT
2014 Evoluzione, curated by Marco Tagliafierro, Monotono gallery, Vicenza, IT
2013 Il crepaccio: da Venezia a Porta Venezia, curated by Caroline Corbetta, Milano, IT
2013 Second edition of Francesco Fabbri prize for contemporary arts, Francesco Fabbri Foundation, Pieve di Soligo, IT
2013 La Materia, curated by Marco Tagliafierro, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, IT
2013 Southernity, curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Giudecca Island, Venice, IT
2013 Performing oracolo, performance with Antonio Bigini, og9 Zürich, Switzerland, CH
2012 94ma collettiva, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, curated by Angela Vettese and Stefano Coletto, Venice, IT
2012 Alpenraum, curated by Andrè Gelpke, Galerie 201, Zurich, CH
2012 Io tu lui lei, curated by Francesco Ragazzi Urbano, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, IT
2012 Artaround, one year project of public art commissioned by Museo di Fotografia contemporanea of Cinisello Balsamo, curated by Matteo Balduzzi e Chiara Buzzi, supervisor Beat Streuli, in collaboration with city of Milano, IT
2011 Dolomitenhof resort, curated by Associazione E, Sospirolo, IT
2011 Byob, Padiglione Internet, curated by Rafael Rozental, 54. International Biennal of Venice, Venice, IT
2011 94ma collettiva, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, curated by Angela Vettese and Stefano Coletto, Venice, IT
2010 Les Recontres, curated by Francesco Ragazzi and Francesco Urbano, Venice, IT
2008 Jardin regassem, ENSBA Portes Ouvertes, curated by Annette Messager, Paris, FR
2007 Ephimeral, Curated by Lawrence Carrol, Magazzini Ligabue, Venice, IT
2007 How to look at Venice? Curated by Armin Linke et Elger Esser, Galleria Contemporaneo, Venice, IT/ ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
2006 La castellana. Un resoconto. Curated by Guido Guidi, Spazio Antonino Paraggi, Treviso, IT
SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
YOGURTH MAGAZINE, Green Diamond, IT
DE:FORMAL, Interview with Rachele Maistrello, US
SELF PUBLISH BE HAPPY, SBHN Ten Questions, UK
TZVETNIK ‘Green Diamond’ at I: project space 展览 绿钻, Beijing, 2019, RU
OFLUXO Green Diamond by Rachele Maistrello, 2019, UK
WALLPAPER The W* photography desk’s picks from Unseen Amsterdam, by Alex Milnes, UK
RAI ARTE video interview (fotografare l’invisibile), IT
VOGUE ITALIA, Interview by Chiara Bardelli Nonino, IT
MOUVEMENT MAGAZINE, cover and article, FR
ATP DIARY, New Photography by Mauro Zanchi and Sara Benaglia, IT
SKY ARTE, Beyond Reasonable Evidence at Upp gallery, IT
ZOE MAGAZINE, Beyond Reasonable Evidence at Upp gallery, IT
FEATURE SHOOT, Photo du Jour, US
URBANAUTICA, interview by Lucia Pedrana, IT
PANORAMA, The History Within, IT
ARTSLIFE, interview by Marta Cereda, IT
ARTRIBUNE, interview by Davide del Sasso, IT
EXIBART, interview by Andrea Bruciati, IT
ARTIST WRITINGS
CHE FARE, Appunti da una residenza d’artista a Pechino: l’incredibile storia di Green Diamond, 2019, IT
PUBLICATIONS ON PAPER
Artist books
2016 Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze, artist book, produced by studio Studio Cortellazzo Wiel - Zardet e Ass. in collaboration with TrevisoRicercaArte, Treviso
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
2021 Archivio Contemporaneo, Visioni Parallele, IT
2021 Metafotografia (3), Sxinnerbox, IT
2021 On Nature, NonFiction edition, Paris, FR
2021 Nuovo Forno del Pane, Mambo edition, IT
2019 AA.VV., Flexin, Iuav Edition, IT
2019 220 artisti su cui investire, curated by Exibart, Exibart editions, IT
2018 Massimo Fracaro, Stefano Righi (a cura di), La guida per investire, Corriere della Sera, RCS MediaGroup, IT
2018 AA.VV., Proxy Lovers, Link Editions, Brescia IT
2017 220 artisti su cui investire, curated by Exibart, Exibart editions, IT
2016 Giorgio Bonomi, Il corpo solitario (l'autoscatto nella fotografia contemporanea) Rubbettino editore, IT
2013 Roberta Valtorta, Luogo e identità nella fotografia italiana contemporanea, Einaudi, Torino, IT
CATALOGUES
2017 Alchimie, curated by Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, published by Comune di Venezia
2016 Arcadia, fogliaccio, Libri Tasso editore, Bologna
2016 Versus, La sfida dell'artista al suo modello in un secolo di fotografia e disegno, Silvana Editoriale
2016 “Memorie: Arte, Immagini e Parole del Terremoto in Friuli” Skira Editore, Italy
2015 Combat Prize, Sillabe, Livorno, Italy
2014 Handle with care, curated by BLM Foundation and Modernagalerija /Museum of Modern Art + MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova
2014 Artsiders, curated by Massimo Mattioli and Fabio de Chirico, Gangemi editore
2013 Moleskine Special Edition notebooks for BLM Atelier, Milan
2013 A.A.V.V., Artaround, published by Mufoco, Milan
2012 Artverona published by Veronafiere, in collaboration with Corriere del Veneto
2012 96ma Collettiva, Comune di Venezia
2012 Two in one, by Matteo Efrem Rossi, EAV association, credits of Università Ca Foscari
2012 Io tu lui lei, curated by Associazione E, Comune di Venezia
2011 Processing projects, curated by Matteo Efrem Rossi, credits of Università Ca Foscari, A+A Gallery, EAV association
2011 2002>2010 BLM, curated by Chiara Casarin, Mousse publishing edition, Milan
2011 Catalogue BLM, 94ma Collettiva, Comune di Venezia (exhibition catalogue)
2010 Catalogue BLM, 93ma Collettiva, Comune di Venezia (exhibition catalogue)
2009 Un Resoconto, curated by Guido Guidi, Iuav edition, Venice
2006 How to look at Venice, Galleria Contemporaneo, Dario De Bastiani, Venice
Magazines (paper)
2021 Vogue Italia, dec. issue, Fendi Family, Condenast, IT
2020 Artribune, Faces of the month, IT
2018 Vogue Italia, Il guardaroba magico by Raffaele Panizza, September issue, IT
2017 Unseen magazine, NL
2016 Vice annuale di narrativa, La lavanderia Sbagliata di Nadia Terranova, IT
2016 Vice international photo issue, volume #23, issue 5, US
2016 Flash Art Italia, Nuova Fotografia Italiana by Chiara Bardelli Nonino and Serena Pizzato, June, IT
2015 Vita magazine, "arte: può combiare il mondo?", by Marta Cereda, May, IT
2014 Mouvement Magazine 76 (cover), Les Éditions Secondes, Paris, FR
2014 Artribune n.17, IT
2014 Espoarte 86, Delle immagini ambigue e dello spazio del possibile by Valeria Barbera, November, IT
2011 Vogue Italia, August, scouting Venice, by M.Carboni, IT
SELECTED PANELS AND LECTURES
2021 Artist talk with Piero Percoco, Lago Film Festival, IT
2021 Cura, in conversation with Gabi Scardi, Francesco Bertocco, NCTM e l’arte, IT
2018 In conversation with Ted Whitaker, Gabriela Löffel and Johanna K Becker, I: project space, Beijing, CH
2018 Public Talk for B/Side Design Festival, Beijing, CH
2018 Un percorso attraverso la fotografia italiana: il lavoro di Rachele Maistello, istituto di cultura, Beijing, CH
2017 A TU per TU, moderator Eva Comuzzi, Artverona, IT
2017 Disegno VS Fotografia, with artist Matteo Fato, moderator Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Civica di Modena, IT
2016 Live studio, Metronom gallery, Modena, IT
2013 Artist’ talks, curated by Angela Vettese, Palazzetto Tito, Venice, IT
2012 Southernity, curated by Francesco Ragazzi Urbano, University of Cosenza, Cosenza, IT
2012 I Benandanti, curated by Andrea Bruciati, artist talk, ArtVerona Art Fair, IT
TEACHING / EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
2022 CANDALU’, Almanac, Torino, IT
2021 PIRELLI HANGAR BICOCCA, Artist workshop, Milano, IT
2021 SMART Foundation, Artist workshop, Rome, IT
2020 FACULTY OF APPLIED ART BIELEFELD, Artist lecture, Bielefeld, DE
2020 FONDAZIONE MODENA ARTI VISIVE, Artist lecture, IT
2019 CFP BAUER, Full Professor, Milano, IT
2018 MARIE CURIE SCHOOL, Special project for disability childrens, Savignano, IT
2018 ANDREA FERRI Secondary school, Workshop on Visual Education, Sala Bolognese, IT
Selected Artworks
