Born in 1970 in Turin, Italy, lives and works in New York.
Education
1988 Diploma at Liceo Artistico, Turin, Italy
1989-1992 Studio Assistant of Gilberto Zorio, Turin, Italy
Master at Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Turin, Italy
Grants/awards/residencies
2007 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, artist in residence. May 2007 The Drawing Center, New York. Slide registry.
2004 The Drawing Center, New York. Slide registry.
2002 Artist Residency at Artomi, New York
2001 Selected for Torino incontra…l’arte, sponsored by Arte Giovane Association, Turin, Italy
2000-2001 Artist Residency at International Studio Program (ISCP), New York
1999 Italian representant at THAI-EU Contemporary Art Project: Alter ego, Silpakorn Art Gallery, Bangkok ,Thailand
1996 Prize Modernita’ Progetto 2000, Young Artist International Competition. Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy
Selected solo exhibition
2008 Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella. Scrapbooks 1883/2008, curated by Pieranna Cavalchini,
Isabella Stewart, Gardner Museum, Boston
2007 Yesterdaytodaytomorrow, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston
Together, Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Milan, Italy
Luisa Rabbia, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
2006 Luisa Rabbia, Marta Cervera Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2005 Island, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Galleria di arte Moderna e Contemporanea Raffaele de Grada, S. Gimignano (SI), Italy
Special project Arte all’Arte X, Associazione Continua, S. Gimignano (SI), Italy
Anywhere out of the world, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy
2004 The last Resort. Luisa Rabbia- David Krippendorff, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
Up and Coming: Luisa Rabbia-Monika Bravo curated by Jose’ Rocha, Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2003 La Sala degli Specchi, curated by Guido Curto, Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy
A matter of life, Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Milan, Italy
2002 Luisa Rabbia, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
1999 Luisa Rabbia, Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Milan, Italy
A pillow to talk to yourself, Performance curated by Francesco Bernardelli in collaboration with the Castello di Rivoli and GAM, Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Artissima Art Fair, Turin, Italy
1998 Luisa Rabbia, Perugi Arte Contemporanea, Padova, Italy
1997 Nuovi rumori di fondo, Galleria Rossana Ciocca, Milan, Italy
1995 Proposte X: Ansie Luisa Rabbia-Daniele Galliano curated by Riccardo Passoni. Galleria S.Filippo, Turin, Italy
Luisa Rabbia, curated by Marco Noire. Studio d’Arte Recalcati, Turin, Italy
Selected group exhibition
2009 Hopes and Doubts, curated by Costantino D’Orazio, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
2008 Hopes and Doubts, curated by Costantino D’Orazio, The Dome, Beirut, Lebanon
XIII Biennale Internazionale. Nient’altro che scultura. Nothing but sculpture, Le nuove Statue, curated by Francesco Poli, Centro Arti Plastiche Internazionali e Contemporaneo, Carrara, Italy
15 Quadriennale di Roma, curated by Chiara Bertola, Lorenzo Canova, Bruno Corà, Daniela Lancioni, and Claudio Spadoni, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
2007 Apocalittici e Integrati, curated by Paolo Colombo, MAXXI , Rome, Italy
2006 Italy made in art: Now, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Capolavoro, curated by Angelo Capasso, Palazzo Primavera Centro per l’arte contemporanea, Terni, Italy
Fresco Bosco Padula, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Certosa di Padula, Padula (Sa), Italy
2005 Il bianco e altro e comunque arte, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Palazzo Cavour, Turin, Italy
The Berkus Collection, curated by Dane Goodman, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara (CA), Italy
Proposte XX, curated by Guido Curto, Alberto Farinella, Palazzo Bolaffi, Turin, Italy
2004 Special Project Arte all’Arte IX Il riposo del Tempo (Time’s respite), curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, James Putnam. Associazione Continua, S. Gimignano (SI). Fonti Medievali, S. Gimignano, Italy
The Flag Project, at the invitation of the Museo e di Kiki Smith, Rubin Museum of Art, New York
2003 Makeover, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
2002 Artomi at 9W, Paul Rodgers 9 W Gallery, New York
Ballpoint, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Keep your distance, GSIS Museum ng Sining, Pasay city, Malaysia
Next-Art 20 musei scelgono l’arte di domani, curated by Ludovico Pratesi, Sala Murat-Fortino S. Antonio, Bari, Italy
Assab-one, curated by Laura Garbarino e Roberto Pinto, Spazio Ex-Gea, Milan, Italy
Amor Vacui, curated by Milovan Farronato e Laura Garbarono, Open Space, Milan, Italy
2001 La GAM costruisce il suo futuro, GAM, Turin, Italy
The freight elevator, curated by Ombretta Agro’. In collaboration wirìth the Downtown Art festival, NY. The Viewing Room Gallery, New York
Keep your distance, Le Credac, Centre d’Art, Ivry-Sur-Seine, France, Moris Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Random access memory, curated by Silvia Rocciolo, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York
2000 Where are all the people? De Chiara-Stewart Gallery, New York
Sui genesis, curated by Alessandro Riva, PAC, Milan, Italy
Open Studios, curated by Dennis Elliot, International Studio Program, New York
Fabulaefabularum, curated by Ombretta Agrò, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York
Keep your distance, Tadu Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Plastique KineticWorms, Singapore, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NA.TO, curated by Ombretta Agrò, Gale Gates Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Biennale dei giovani artisti del Mediterraneo, Ex mattatoio, Rome, Italy
THAI-EU Contemporary Art Project: Alter ego Italian exponent in Bangkok, curated by A. Somporn Rodboon, Silpakorn Art Gallery, Bangkok (Thailand)
1998 Gate 4, Galerie Clark, Montreal, Canada
Now Boarding, Galerie Oeil de Poisson, Québec, Canada
Bello impossibile, curated by Alessandra Galasso, Viafarini, Milan, Italy
1997 Studi Aperti, curated by Beatrice Merz e Maria Centonze, Docks Dora, Turin, Italy
In fuga, curated by Riccardo Passoni, PAC, Ferrara, Italy
1996 Grant from Palazzo Bricherasio (To) – Young artists. International Competition, Ex Lanificio Bona, Carignano (To), Italy
Fotografia, curated by Marco Noire, Studio d’Arte Recalcati, Turin, Italy
F4: Fantastic Four, Galerie des Arts Visuels, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
