Elisabetta Di Maggio

My research focuses on a metaphorical reflection on our human condition as part of a whole that tends to repeat certain laws of fractal growth, from which it is difficult to itself, but at the same time provide us with a sense of motion and fertility of the world.

works

In primo piano

Untitled, 2024, Fabriano paper, graphite and Eringium Marittimum leaves dried and cut by hand with scalpel, balsa, glass, green Japanese paper, 47 x 38.7 x 8 cm

Spine, 2001, soap cut by hand with scalpel, 10,5 x 31,5 x 9,5 cm

Rape, 2001, Marseille soap cut by hand with scalpel, variable dimensions

Vuoto d'aria #06, 2022, leaded glass, Hedera Helix leaf, branch and leaves of Eucalyptus stabilized and cut by hand with scalpel, wire, string, 30 x 60 x 30 cm

Untitled, 2021, leaded glass, Acer rubrum leaves, stabilized and hand-cut with scalpel, 30 x 30 x 30 cm

Pie in the sky, 2023, glass, polyethylene, 102 x 134

Traiettorie di volo di farfalle #14, 2023, entomologist's pins and plastozote acetate, 200 x 300 x 3 cm

Cosmographie, 2023, medical gauze, thread, wax, 35 x 210 x 1 cm

Cosmographiae, 2023, medical gauze, thread, wax, 26 x 55 x 3 cm

Untitled, 2012-2022, hand-cut tissue paper with scalpel, 60 x 50 x 50 cm

Vuoto d'aria #03, 2021, leaded glass, dried Eringium Maritimum leaf, Physalis Akekengi caliches, branch and leaves of Eucalyptus stabilised and hand-cut with scalpel, wire, string, white coral, 60 x 30 x 30 cm

Vuoto d'aria #02, 2021, leaded glass, Hedera Helix leaf, branch and leaves of Eucalyptus stabilised and hand-cut with scalpel, wire, 30 x 30 x 30 cm

Vuoto d'aria #01, 2020, leaded glass, branch and leaf of Gaultheria Shallon (Salal), chalice of Physalis Akekengi stabilised and hand-cut with scalpel, white coral, 30 x 30 x 30 cm

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Elisabetta Di Maggio (Milan, 1964) lives and works in Venice.
She has taken part in the XLV Biennale of Venice (1993), the first edition of the Premio Furla per l’Arte (2000), the XV Quadriennale d’arte in Rome (2008). She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including: Perchè questo è un tempo duro, CIRCOLO, Milan (2023); Naturalis historia, Studio Trisorio, Naples (2022); Andature II, Museo Marino Marini, Florence (2022); ASTRATTE donne e astrazione in Italia 1930-2000, Villa Giulia, Como (2022); Paper Routes, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC (2020); Della materia spirituale dell’arte, Museo MAXXI, Rome (2019); Words are Very Unnecessary, Arter Museum, Istanbul (2019); Women in Italian Design, Triennale, Milan (2016); Elective Affinities, NCCA, Moscow (2015); Autoritratti, Museo MAMbo, Bologna (2013); Terre Vulnerabili, a growing exhibition, Hangar Bicocca, Milan (2010); Hopes and Doubts, Fondazione Merz, Turin (2008); Space for Your Future, MOT Museum, Tokyo (2007); Apocalittici e integrati, Museo MAXXI, Rome (2007); Il potere delle donne, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento (2006); Donna Donne, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (2005). Her solo exhibitions include: Greetings from Venice, Event Pavilion DFS Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice (2018); Natura quasi trasparente, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice (2017); Disnascere, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2012).
Elisabetta Di Maggio (Milano, 1964) vive e lavora a Venezia.
Ha partecipato tra l’altro alla XLV Biennale di Venezia (1993), alla prima edizione del Premio Furla per l’Arte (2000), alla XV Quadriennale d’arte di Roma (2008). Ha preso parte a numerose mostre collettive, fra cui: Perchè questo è un tempo duro, CIRCOLO, Milano (2023); Naturalis historia, Studio Trisorio, Napoli, (2022); Andature II, Museo Marino Marini, Firenze (2022); ASTRATTE donne e astrazione in Italia 1930-2000, Villa Giulia, Como (2022); Paper Routes, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC (2020); Della materia spirituale dell’arte, Museo MAXXI, Roma (2019); Words are Very Unnecessary, Arter Museum, Istanbul (2019); Women in Italian Design, Triennale, Milano (2016); Elective Affinities, NCCA, Mosca (2015); Autoritratti, Museo MAMbo, Bologna (2013); Terre Vulnerabili, a growing exhibition, Hangar Bicocca, Milano (2010); Hopes and Doubts, Fondazione Merz, Torino (2008); Space for Your Future, MOT Museum, Tokyo (2007); Apocalittici e integrati, Museo MAXXI, Roma (2007); Il potere delle donne, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento (2006); Donna Donne, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze (2005). Fra le sue mostre personali: Greetings from Venice, Event Pavilion DFS Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venezia (2018); Natura quasi trasparente, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia (2017); Disnascere, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia (2012).