VIRGINIA RUSSOLO 

(born 1995, Venice, Italy)
Lives and works in Crete, Greece

Education

2014-2017     
Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours) The Ruskin School of Art, Univer- sity of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2014      
Summer Foundation Programme, The Slade School of Art, University College of London, London, UK 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019    
Amazonomachia, Museo di Casa Gaia, Portobuffolé, Italy

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023     Contorl group: In a prism-like sight, CLC Gallery Venture, Beijing

2022     The Tending of the Otherwise, curated by Simone Frangi and Alessandro Castiglioni, a project by BJCEM – Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs de l’Euro- pe et de la Méditerranée in the frame of Procida Capitale della Cultura 2022, Procida, Italy
            Break-in. Temporal Displacement, curated by Arnold Braho at The Address Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2021     Heavy Centre, part 2 of final exhibition of the Alternative Education Program at Rupert, curated by Tautvydas Urbelis, Podium Gallery, Oslo, Norway

            Heavy Centre, part 1 of final exhibition of the Alternative Education Program at Rupert, curated by Tautvydas Urbelis, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
            Premio Francesco Fabbri, 10ma edizione, curated by Carlo Sala, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo, Italy
            Authority Incorporeal - Rupert Alternative Education Programme’s Participants Respond, curated by Adomas Narkevicius, Baltic Triennale, Vilnius, Lithuania
            Hyperbole, curated by Domenico de Chirico, Nicola Pedana Gallery, Caserta, Italy
            School of Waters - Mediterranea 19 Young Artists Biennale, curated by A Natural Oasis, Republic of San Marino (BJCEM)
2020     Sleeping with a Tiger, curated by Nicolas Vamvouklis, K-Gold Temporary Gallery, Lesvos, Greece

2019     Just a Bowl of Cherries, 7th Thessaloniki Biennale, curated by Nicolas Vamvouklis, MOMus Experimental Centre for the Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

            Healing: The Mind, the Body and the Image, Bloomsbury Gallery, London
            I Woke with a Marble Head in my Hands, curated by Nicolas Vamvouklis, K-Gold Temporary Gallery, Lesvos, Greece 

            Diari tra Diari, end-of-residency exhibition at Fondazione Spinola Banna and GAM Torino - Civic Gallery of Contemporary Art in Turin), curated by Elena Volpato, Fondazione Spinola Banna per L’Arte, Turin, Italy
2018     Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize Exhibition, The Ingram Collection, curated by Jo Baring, The Cello Factory, London, UK
            Predatory Behaviour, T293 gallery, Rome, Italy
2017     Ruskin Degree Show, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, UK
            Opinio, Sinolink Gallery, Oxford, UK
            New College Arts Week, New College, University of Oxford, UK
            The Pitt Rivers Museum LGBT Late Nights, The Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, UK 

            Edgar Wind Society and The Ruskin School of Art, The Kendrew Barn, St. John’s College, University of Oxford, UK
            Saint Catherine’s Dream, St. Catherine College, University of Oxford, UK

            Penicillin, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK

2016     Future Late, Tate Modern, London, UK
            Made to Destroy, The Jam Factory, Oxford, UK
            Drawings, Dolphin Gallery St. John’s College, University of Oxford, UK

            Leone/Russolo, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, UK
            Ruskin Shorts, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
            Apiary, St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, UK
            What is Love? LoveAnthro, The Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, UK

            ANIMA Ensemble 2016, Jaqueline Du Pre, St. Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, UK 

            Ruskin Performance Club Evening, Ruskin Centre for Performance, University of Oxford, UK
            William Rees, Virginia Russolo, Dolphin Gallery, St.John’s College, University of Oxford, UK 

            Minotaur in Venice, Dolphin Gallery, St. John’s College, University of Oxford, UK

2015     Prelims Show, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, UK
            St.Catherine’s College Arts Week, St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, UK 

            Blue, St. Peter’s College, University of Oxford, UK
            ANIMA Ensemble, 2015, Jaqueline Du Pre, St.Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, UK 

 
Prizes and Residencies

2021     Rupert Alternative Education Program at Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019     Diari tra Diari, Residency Programme, Fondazione Spinola Banna per L’Arte, GAM Torino (Civic Gallery of Contemporary Art in Turin), compagnia di San Paolo, Turin, Italy
2018     Menabrea Art Prize, nomination by Untitled Associations and CURA magazine, Rome, Italy
2017     Bullock Travel Award, (from the University of Oxford) Sydney, Australia
2016     Sir William Dunn School of Pathology Award, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK
            St.Catherine’s College Travel Award, (from the University of Oxford) Florence, Italy
            Artist in Residence The British School at Knossos, Oxford Undergraduate Research Programme Award, The British School at Knossos, Knossos, Greece The British School at Rome Curatorial Internship, The British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
            Ruskin Shorts Finalist, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK

2013-2014   Artist in Residence, Yokohama International School, Tokyo, Japan
2012     Candybrissima Workshop and Performer for artist SISSI, CandyBrissima, Fondazione Furla, Tokyo, Japan 

Selected Exhibition Catalogues

2021     School of Waters Mediterranea 19 Young Artists Biennale, published by Ar- chive Books, Italy
2020     Sleeping with a Tiger, published by K-Gold Temporary Gallery, Lesvos, Greece

2019     7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Stasis/Taking a Stance, Published by Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
            I woke with a marble head in my hands, published by K-Gold Temporary Gal- lery, Lesvos, Greece
            Diari tra Diari, curated by Maria Morganti and Elena Volpato. Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte and GAM Torino. Published by Via Industriae publications, Torino, Italy 

Press

2021     Intervista a Virginia Russolo, interview by Camilla Boemio for Hybrid Archipelago, FormeUniche, Italy 

            Γιατί η Κρήτη γίνεται πόλος έλξης για μια καλλιτέχνιδα με διεθνείς καταβολές; article by Vicky Tsirou for The Art Newspaper Greece, Athens, Greece

2020     Virginia Russolo, interview by Ariana Kalliga, One after Another, Space52, Athens, Greece
            Brigantia #1, article by Giulia Penta for Brigantia, a newsletter by Annika Pettini, Milan, Italy 

2017     The Mays Anthology XXV, Varsity Publications, Oxford and Cambridge University, Oxford, UK
2016     Industry Magazine Yearbook ’16, Industry Magazine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
            ISIS Magazine, ISIS Magazine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
2015     Notes Magazine, Notes Magazine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK