Biography
Eleonora Roaro is a visual artist and art writer born in Varese (IT) in 1989. She lives and works in Milan.
Her practice involves images in motion, with a particular focus on video and archaeology of cinema. She often revisits ancient devices and iconographies in order to reflect on how technologies influence the way we see and shape our vision. Therefore display and duration are key elements, especially in video-art.
Many projects are on loops, as she considers repetition not only a constitutive thing of life, both in biological, historical and existential terms, but also an important concept in media studies, as Lev Manovich states in his “The Language of New Media” (2001).
Through her practice – which consists of different media such as video, photography, performance, installation and sound – she tries also to investigate the ephemeral and fragility of humankind, and the way meaning is created through narrative, which is often connected to illusion.
EDUCATION
MA | Plymouth University | Contemporary Art Practice | Plymouth (UK)
MA | NABA | Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies | Milano (IT)
BA | IED | Photography | Milano (IT)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 | 00:00:01:00 | Plymouth University, Plymouth (UK)
2014 | Instabilità, equilibrio ed infinito. Forma, ripetizione, differenza e movimento | with Pietro Reviglio | curated by Roberto Mastroianni | Studio Dieci, Vercelli (IT)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2017 | Il tempo indeciso | curated by Sabrina Drigo, Sara Gilomena, Sofia Girelli, Stefano Roberto Mazzatorta e Tiziana Coluccio | CURRENT project, Milano (IT)
2016 | Stoner. Landing Pages | curated by Cinzia Compalati and Andrea Zanetti | FLA – Festival delle Letterature, Pescara (IT)
2016 | Normali Meraviglie – La Mano | curated by Alessandro Guerriero | Triennale, Milano (IT)
2016 | Art Team Cup 2016 | Palazzo del Monferrato, Alessandria (IT)
2016 | F/10 | Castello dei Paleologi, Casale Monferrato (IT)
2015 | 28th Festival Les Instants Vidéo | Friche La Belle De Mai, Marseille (FR)
2015 | No Food’s Land – Mediterranea 17 Young Artists Biennale | Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (IT)
2014 | Erotic Glaze | Sabrina Raffaghello Arte Contemporanea, Milano (IT)
2013 | Il corpo solitario. Self portrait – photography & video | curated by Giorgio Bonomi | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Torino (IT)
2013 | Photissima, More Words | Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Torino (IT)
2012 | MostraMI, “Dialoghi e monologhi” | curated by Occhiomagico | Spazio concept, Milano (IT)
2011 | Biennale di video-fotografia di Alessandria, “Regarde Moi” | curated by Occhiomagico | Ex cittadella, Alessandria (IT)
VIDEO SCREENINGS
2017 | IN|DUST|REAL Video Art Event VIIIth Edition | The Museum of Ţării Crişurilor, Oradea (RO)
2016 | INTERCAMBIOS – muestra internacional de videoarte | Pereira (CO)
2016 | INTERCAMBIOS – muestra internacional de videoarte | Quito (EC)
2016 | FILE 2016 – Electronic Language International Festival, “FILE GIF 2016” | Fiesp Cultural Center – Ruth Cardoso, Sao Paulo (BR)
2015 | Miami New Media Festival | Wynwood, Miami (US)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2016 | Forever Yours. The Wedding | Galleria Menhir, Milano (IT)
2016 | Muybridge recall. Tra scienza e arte | Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese, Milano (IT)
2016 | Color Inside – Fuori salone 2016 | Studio Andrea Castrignano, Milano (IT)
2015 | Glissements Progressifs du Plasir | Altalen, Milano (IT)
ART FAIRS
2017 | OFF COURSE Young Contemporary Art | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Palais de la Dynastie, Brussels (BE)
2017 | MIA | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | The Mall, Milano (IT)
2015 | Arte Fiera | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Bologna (IT)
2014 | MIA | Sabrina Raffaghello Arte Contemporanea | SuperStudio, Milano (IT)
2013 | Photissima | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Area Vega, Venezia (IT)
2013 | Off | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Tour & Taxis, Brussels (BE)
2013 | Arte Fiera | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Bologna (IT)
2012 | Photissima | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Torino (IT)
2012 | Cutlog | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Bourse du Commerce, Paris (FR)
2012 | Fotofever | Riccardo Costantini Contemporary | Tour & Taxis, Brussels (BE)
CATALOGUES
Bonomi, Giorgio. Il corpo solitario: l’autoscatto nella fotografia contemporanea vol. II. Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino Editore (9, 212-213)
Arteam Cup 2016. Edited by Arteam Associazione Culturale. Albisola Marina: Vanilla Edizioni, 2016 (100-104)
Eadweard Muybridge. Muybridge recall. Edited by Leo Guerra, Cristina Quadrio Curzio. Milano: Libraccio editore, 2016
W. Women in Italian Design . Edited by Annichiarico Silvana. Mantova: Corraini, 2016 (317)
Mediterranea 17 Young Artist Biennale, 2015 (178)
Masbedo: Todestriebe. Edited by Olga Gambari. Torino: Fondazione Merz, 2014 (78, 81)
Biennale di Alessandria Videofotografia contemporanea 2011. Edited by Sabrina Raffaghello. Milano: Arti Grafiche Fiorin (356-357)
