Rossella Biscotti | |
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| Born | Rossella Biscotti 11 December 1978 Molfetta, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli (IT), Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam (NL), Advance Course in Visual Art Fondazione A. Ratti Como (IT) |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Years active | 2003 - ongoing |
| Known for | Visual arts |
| Notable work | The Sun Shines in Kiev, 2006
The Heads in Question, 2009-2015 The Trial, 2010–2013 Title One: The Task of the Community, 2012 I dreamt that you changed into a cat… gatto… ha ha ha, 2013 The Prison of Santo Stefano, 2013 Clara, 2016 The City, 2018 Rubber Works, 2019-2022 The Journey, 2021-ongoing |
Rossella Biscotti (born 1978) is an artist whose practice cuts across sculpture, performance, sound works, and filmmaking.
She explores and reconstructs social and political moments from recent times through the subjectivity and experiences of individuals often in opposition to violent institutionalised systems. Stemming from extended research processes, conceptual excavations, personal encounters, interdisciplinary collaborations, and the subtle interrogation of sites and stories, her works encapsulate meticulous stratifications of materials and meanings.
She has taken part in major international exhibitions as After Rain, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, Diriyah-Riyadh (SA) curated by Ute Meta Bauer; Dhaka Art Summit (2020), Contour Biennale (2017), Sonsbeek 23th (2016), 55th Venice Biennale and 13th Istanbul Biennale (2013), dOCUMENTA 13 and Manifesta 9 (2012). Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Kunstinstituut Melly (2019), Kunsthaus Baselland and daadgalerie (2018), V–A–C Foundation at the Gulag History Museum in Moscow (2016), Museion Bolzano (2015), Wiels, Sculpture Center New York, and Secession (2013). Biscotti has received several international awards.