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          MANUELA TOSELLI

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               MANUELA TOSELLI
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“In my research, I find inspiration in everyday life and in everything that catches my
attention.
The concepts I want to convey are revised through an abstraction process and a
personal coding. I use silk combined sometimes with other materials.
This expressive medium holds a great conceptual value because, in order to be
produced, the silkworm is killed before it completes its metamorphosis from
chrysalis to butterfly, towards life. All my work is divided into cycles.”

                                                                    Manuela Toselli

Manuela Toselli was born in Turin in 1971, she currently lives and works in the
province of Udine, Italy.

Interview to Manuela Toselli at the Nocivelli Award 2017

Could you analyse the themes and the contents of the work that you have
presented at the Nocivelli Award? And could you please illustrate the modus
operandi that led to the creation of your artwork?

The work that I have presented at the Premio Nocivelli is a painting realised
by the overlaying of different types of natural silk. It is called “Presenze Sottili
#7”. It’s part of a cycle of artworks in which I analyze a specific action, which is
usual in our daily life, even if we are not fully aware of it. In a symbolic and con-
ceptual way, I observe the weight that a person, a gesture or a situation takes
on from the moment in which it begins to manifest itself, without being able to
perceive its presence, until the point in which it is too late. In order to realise
that, I use the silk, the medium that characterizes all my work. In fact, layer by
layer, the silk becomes more and more consistent and takes shape. “Presence
Sottili” represent all those things, circumstances or people, that are beyond our
control just because actually we do not give them the right weight and impor-
tance. Given the lightness and impalpability of individual meetings, we never
measure until the moment in which we feel oppressed by their burden. It is a
tacit assent of our reason that we remain victims.

“In attesa che qualcosa cambi #8”, 2018

“In attesa che qualcosa cambi #13”, 2018

“In attesa che qualcosa cambi #7”, 2018

“Senza Senso #5”, 2017

Solo exhibitions:

2017, “Il decifrabile languore della trasparenza” – Villa Contemporanea Gallery, Mon-
za. Italy. Curated by Matteo Galbiati
2016, “Rose e Spine”, part of the “Assaggi ad Arte”,Literary Cafe of Villa Varda, (PN).
Curators: Elisabetta Di Sopra and Chiara Tavella
2016, “Attraverso la mia pelle”, Aldo Moro Cultural Center , Cordenons (PN), Italy. Or-
ganized by the Cultural Association Medianaonis (PN). Curator: Chiara Tavella.
2014, “Memento Vivere”, at Le Radici e le Ali, (formerly St. Mary’s Church in Braida)
Via San Rocco 48, Cuggiono (MI), Italy organized by the Cultural Association Labo-
ratorio Alchemico in collaboration with Ecoistituto della Valle del Ticino, AmaMi part-
ners and Mauro Mariani.
2014, “Deep White”, solo exhibition, Sala della Torretta, Municipal Center for Art and
Culture “Exmà” , Cagliari, Italy. Curator: Roberta Vanali.

Group exhibitions:

2016, “Arteam Cup 2016”- Finalists’ show – Palazzo Monferrato Alessandria.
2016, “La bellezza resta” – Heart Spazio Vivo – Via daniele Manin, 2 – Vimercate (MB).
Curated by Simona Bartolena and Armando Fettolini.
2016, “Freezer – Transumarte”, Castello Malaspina Fieschi Doria, Santo Stefano
d’Aveto, Genova, Italia. Curators Elisa Cella and Ivano Sossella.
2016, “Il mondo numero Zero” – Artasylum Gallery, Fermo. Italia.
2016, “/a.stràt.to/” – Riccardo Costantini Contemporary – Turin. Italy
2016, “Innaturalismi”, MUST, Museo del Territorio di Vimercate (MB). With the col-
laboration of “Heart cultural pulse” (Vimercate – MB). Italy. Curators Simona Bartolena
and Armando Fettolini.
2016, “Art in the box”, Fuorisalone del Mobile 2016, inside the Project of Andrea Cas-
trignano “Color Inside”, Milan, Italy.
2015, “Arteam Cup 2015”, exhibition of finalists, Officina delle Zattere, Fondamenta
Nani, Dorsoduro,Venice, Italy. Curators: Antonio D’Amico, Matteo Galbiati, Luca Bo-
chicchio, Anna Lisa Ghirardi, Livia Savorelli.
2015, “Air” – last section of the project Elements, “Heart – CULTURAL PULSE”. The
project ELEMENTS in collaboration with the Consortium of Villa Greppi, Monticello,
Brianza, Italy. Curators: Simona Bartolena and Armando Fettolini.
2015, “Darkkammer” group exhibition, Sala delle Volte, Municipal Center of Art and
Culture “Exmà”, Cagliari, Italy. Curators: Roberta Vanali and Efisio Carbone.
2014, “Contemporary Mind”, group exhibition, Gallery E3 artecontemporanea,
Brescia, Italy.

2013, “Gallery W @ The Whit” – group exhibition, Whitney Center for the Arts, 42
Wendell Ave. Pittsfield MA 01201 USA. Curator: Nayana LaFond Glazier.
2013, “Contemporary Landscapes” Church of Santa Maria dei Battuti, Cividale del
Friuli, Udine, Italia. Curators: Alessandro Fontanini and Chiara De Santi
2012, “OutArt”, Piazza della Vittoria, Cordenons – (PN), Italy. Curator: Chiara Tavella
2012, “Idrografie”, Ex convento di San Francesco, Pordenone, Italy. Curator: Chiara
Tavella
2012, “Progetto Colori – Rosso”. Centro Civico Sandro Pertini, Osnago, Lecco, Italy.
Curator: Simona Bartolena (president of the Cultural Association “Heart”)
2012, “Nel futuro presente”, Barchessa Rambaldi, Bardolino, Verona, Italy. Curator:
Patrizia Lovato.
2012, “Temperaturambiente”. Magazzini del Sale 3, Dorsoduro 264, Venice, Italy.
Curator: Prof. Aldo Grazzi.
2011, “Pavesiamo Portogruaro” on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the
foundation of the Italian State, art installations will be displayed in the centre of
Portogruaro, Venice, Italy. Event sponsored by the Cultural Association “Porto dei
Benandanti”. Curators: Renzo Cevro Vuckovic and Chiara Tavella.
2011, Collective exhibition “Essai(y) – Giovani artisti diplomati all’Accademia di Belle
Arti di Venezia 2010/2011”. Magazzini del Sale 3, Dorsoduro 264, Venice, Italy. Cura-
tor: Prof. C. Di Raco.
2011, Collective exhibition “Ma dici a me? Non ci sono che io qui!”, SPAC (Public
Spaces of Contemporary Art), Udine, Italy. Curator: Paolo Toffolutti.
2010, “Orchestrazione 18”, Town Gallery of Contemporary Art “Ai Mulini”. Portogrua-
ro, Venice, Italy. Event sponsored by the Cultural Association “Porto dei Benandanti”.
2010, Collective exhibition “Be’ sotto la pelle”, 15th Master of Art Exhibition Man-
agement. Gallery A + A, Slovene Public Exhibition Area. Magazzini del Sale 3, Dor-
soduro 264, Venice, Italy.
2010, Collective exhibition “Arte e Scienza”. Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Venice,
Italy. Curator: Prof. A. Grazzi.
2010, Collective exhibition “I Fumetti? Roba da bambini…ovvero: l’importanza del
disegno nell’arte”, Gallery A + A, Slovene Public Exhibition Area. San Marco, Venice,
Italy. Curator: Francesca Colasante.
2009, Collective exhibition “Libri Di-versi ‘09” during the event ”Notturni di-versi”, a
little poetry and night arts festival sponsored by the Cultural Association “Porto dei
Benandanti”. Town Gallery of Contemporary Art “Ai Mulini”. Portogruaro , Venice,
Italy.

“Segni”, 2015

“Due pagine del mio diario”, 2012

“Tessuto Precario (disegni 17/18/19/20)”, 2018

“Tu non sai chi sono io (detail)”, 2012

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