2024-2025
Temple University Rome was pleased to present an exhibition of works by Temple University Rome Visual Arts and Architecture Faculty. This exhibition took place from September 27 through October 9 in the Gallery of Art.
Finissage Oct. 9 from 6-8PM.
Titled "Conversations”, the exhibition featured the works of the Visual Arts and Architecture faculty, together with an invited guest artist/architect of their choice, to establish a lively dialogue between works of art, mediums and techniques, ways of expression and fields of exploration.
The participating artists, paired with their guests, are: Cinzia Abbate + Ljubodrag Andric, Marina Buening + Valeria Gasperrini , Lucy Clink + Ingrid Vera Slater, Anita Guerra + EliZabeth Frolet, Andrew Kranis + Maryann Fennimore Kranis, Katherine Krizek + Laura Federici, Liana Miuccio + Luca Padroni, Devin Kovach + Giorgia Mascitti, Roberto Caracciolo + Maurizio Pierfranceschi, Roberto Mannino + Elisabetta Diamanti, William Pettit + Marta Pettit, Carolina Vaccaro + Nicole Salnikov, Pola Wickham + Antonello Bulgini.
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Temple University Rome e' stata lieta di presentare una mostra con i lavori dei docenti di Arti Visive e Architettura che ha avuto luogo dal 27 settembre fino al 9 ottobre.
Finissage il 9 ottobre dalle 18:00 alle 20:00.
Intitolata "Conversazioni", la mostra ha presentato le opere dei docenti di Arti Visive e Architettura, insieme a un artista/architetto ospite di loro scelta, per stabilire un dialogo vivace tra le opere d'arte, i media e le tecniche, modi di esprimersi e diversi territori da esplorare.
Gli artisti partecipanti, abbinati con i loro ospiti, sono Cinzia Abbate + Ljubodrag Andric, Marina Buening + Valeria Gasperrini , Lucy Clink + Ingrid Vera Slater, Anita Guerra + EliZabeth Frolet, Andrew Kranis + Maryann Fennimore Kranis, Katherine Krizek + Laura Federici, Liana Miuccio + Luca Padroni, Devin Kovach + Giorgia Mascitti, Roberto Caracciolo + Maurizio Pierfranceschi, Roberto Mannino + Elisabetta Diamanti, William Pettit + Marta Pettit, Carolina Vaccaro + Nicole Salnikov, Pola Wickham + Antonello Bulgini.
Imago Refracted
Curated by Stefania Marino
Exhibition Opening
Tuesday, October 15th
6:00 pm- 8:00 pm
"Imago Refracted" explored the intricate processes of reshaping and recontextualizing identities and perceptions. The term "imago" represents an idealized or fully realized image, while "refraction" refers to the bending and scattering of light, revealing layers of hidden meanings. This exhibition critically assesses the continuous transformation of images and identities through the prisms of time, experience, and perception. By delving into these refracted images, the exhibition prompts viewers to contemplate the fluidity and complexity of self-perception and identity.
Emily Foster, also known as Lemon, believes that objects achieve permanence through the subjective experience of the spectator, viewing the act of looking as both sacred and transformative. Her work, characterized by subtle shifts in color, tone, shadow, and texture, explores complex philosophical concepts and the interplay between Object and Subject, making viewers aware of their role in perception.
Jes Gamble, inspired by personal reflections and experiences, creates artworks that express the human journey. Gamble's exploration of the human form delves into the subconscious, capturing emotions and memories from different walks of life. Her art invites introspection and empathy, portraying the vulnerability and beauty of the human experience.
"Imago Refracted" encourages viewers to reflect on how identities are constructed and perceived, highlighting the fluidity of self-perception. It prompts a deeper engagement with art and an understanding of the observer's role in shaping meaning.
As the curator Stefania Marino explains, “I met Emily Foster at the Barnes Foundation, when we worked closely together. Our shared empathy for human struggle and mutual appreciation for
Italian culture—rooted in her exchange program through Temple University—formed the basis of a lasting friendship.
While in Philadelphia, a short time after having left the Barnes, I encountered Jes Gamble at the opening of the Artemis Contemporary. Our immediate connection and deepening admiration for her evocative art added another layer to my curatorial vision for the exhibition in Rome.
It felt like an easy decision to include these two artists in an exhibition; I recognized that Emily and Jes, though approaching similar themes from different perspectives, would create a compelling dialogue. Their combined works offer a profound exploration of the human experience, inviting viewers to engage deeply with themes of identity, perception, and existence.”
Bios
Stefania Marino was born in Colombia, and moved to the United States with adoptive Italian parents. Growing up between the United States and Italy, she was immersed in a vibrant blend of cultures that profoundly shaped her world view. This diverse upbringing, combined with the profound influence of her mother nurtured her love for art. Her studies in art and her time with fellow creatives led her to a place where art became a sanctuary, allowing her to fully express herself and find solace in the complexities of the experiences of others. Stefania Marino studied at the University of the Arts London. She worked briefly at the Barnes Foundastion in Philadelphia, and later collaborated on a project to open a new Gallery in Philadelphia in Oct. 2023.
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Jes Gamble is an interdisciplinary artist known for exploring the intersections of various mediums. They graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from Penn State University in 2006 and went on to receive a Master of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2011. Jes Gamble has exhibited at a number of prestigious galleries and museums including exhibiting at, The Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, 2018. Drawing inspiration from a range of sources, including personal reflections and human experiences, Jes Gamble creates artworks that serve as visual expressions of the human journey. Their exploration of the human form goes beyond the physical, delving into the realms of the subconscious and the intangible aspects of our existence
Emily Foster, aka Lemon, is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in Philadelphia, PA, USA. She studied abroad at Temple University Rome in Spring 2019. While there, she frequented Piazza Navona to play chess. She currently works at the Barnes Foundation as a Gallery Specialist, where she researches and gives talks to the public on the collection.
Her work is born out of the explosive enthusiasm she feels when making sense of a new way to explain the experience of being alive in a self-conscious body. This body of work is made up of quiet spectacles, with subtle shifts in color, tone, shadow, and texture. The concepts for these pieces were derived from grasping at text and video on phenomenological and feminist philosophy and critical media studies.
For more information: Shara Wasserman, Director of Exhibitions: shara@temple.edu
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"Imago Refracted" esplora gli intricati processi di rimodellamento e ricontestualizzazione di identità e percezioni. Il termine "imago" rappresenta un'immagine idealizzata o completamente realizzata, mentre "rifrazione" si riferisce alla curvatura e alla dispersione della luce, rivelando strati di significati nascosti. Questa mostra valuta criticamente la continua trasformazione di immagini e identità attraverso i prismi del tempo, dell'esperienza e della percezione. Addentrandosi in queste immagini rifratte, la mostra spinge gli spettatori a contemplare la fluidità e la complessità dell'autopercezione e dell'identità.
Emily Foster, nome d’arte Lemon, ritiene che gli oggetti raggiungano la permanenza attraverso l'esperienza soggettiva dello spettatore, considerando l'atto del guardare sia sacro che trasformativo. Il suo lavoro, caratterizzato da sottili cambiamenti di colore, tono, ombra e consistenza, esplora complessi concetti filosofici e l'interazione tra Oggetto e Soggetto, rendendo gli spettatori consapevoli del loro ruolo nella percezione.
Jes Gamble, ispirata da riflessioni ed esperienze personali, crea opere d'arte che esprimono il viaggio umano. L'esplorazione della forma umana di Gamble si addentra nel subconscio, catturando emozioni e ricordi da diversi percorsi di vita. La sua arte invita all'introspezione e all'empatia, ritraendo la vulnerabilità e la bellezza dell'esperienza umana.
"Imago Refracted" incoraggia gli spettatori a riflettere su come le identità vengono costruite e percepite, evidenziando la fluidità dell'autopercezione. Stimola un coinvolgimento più profondo con l'arte e una comprensione del ruolo dell'osservatore nel dare forma al significato.
Come spiega la curatrice Stefania Marino, "Ho incontrato Lemon alla Barnes Foundation, quando abbiamo lavorato a stretto contatto. La nostra comune empatia per le lotte umane e il reciproco apprezzamento per la cultura italiana, radicati nel suo programma di scambio presso la Temple University, hanno costituito la base di un'amicizia duratura.
Mentre ero a Philadelphia, poco tempo dopo aver lasciato il Barnes, ho conosciuto Jes Gamble all'inaugurazione dell'Artemis Contemporary. Il nostro immediato legame e la crescente ammirazione per la sua arte evocativa hanno aggiunto un altro strato alla mia visione curatoriale per la mostra a Roma.
Mi è sembrata una decisione facile quella di includere queste due artiste in una mostra; ho riconosciuto che Emily e Jes, sebbene affrontassero temi simili da prospettive diverse, avrebbero creato un dialogo avvincente. Le loro opere combinate offrono una profonda esplorazione dell'esperienza umana, invitando gli spettatori a impegnarsi profondamente con temi di identità, percezione ed esistenza".
Biografie
Stefania Marino è nata in Colombia e si è trasferita negli Stati Uniti con genitori adottivi italiani. Cresciuta tra gli Stati Uniti e l'Italia, è stata immersa in un vivace mix di culture che ha profondamente plasmato la sua visione del mondo. Questa educazione diversificata, unita alla profonda influenza di sua madre, ha nutrito il suo amore per l'arte. I suoi studi in arte e il tempo trascorso con altri creativi l'hanno portata in un luogo in cui l'arte è diventata un santuario, consentendole di esprimersi pienamente e trovare conforto nelle complessità delle esperienze altrui. Stefania Marino ha studiato alla University of the Arts di Londra. Ha lavorato brevemente alla Barnes Foundation di Philadelphia e in seguito ha collaborato a un progetto per l'apertura di una nuova galleria a Philadelphia nell'ottobre 2023.
Originaria di Memphis, Tennessee, Jes Gamble è un'artista interdisciplinare nota per esplorare le intersezioni di vari media. Si sono laureati in Belle Arti in Pittura e Disegno presso la Penn State University nel 2006 e hanno continuato a ricevere un Master of Fine Arts dalla Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts nel 2011. Jes Gamble ha esposto in numerose gallerie e musei prestigiosi, tra cui il Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, nel 2018. Traendo ispirazione da una serie di fonti, tra cui riflessioni personali ed esperienze umane, Jes Gamble crea opere d'arte che fungono da espressioni visive del viaggio umano. La loro esplorazione della forma umana va oltre il fisico, addentrandosi nei regni del subconscio e negli aspetti intangibili della nostra esistenza
Emily Foster, nome d’arte Lemon, è un'artista e un'educatrice interdisciplinare che vive a Philadelphia, PA, USA. Ha studiato all'estero alla Temple University di Roma nella primavera del 2019. Mentre era lì, frequentava Piazza Navona per giocare a scacchi. Attualmente lavora alla Barnes Foundation come Gallery Specialist, dove fa ricerche e tiene conferenze al pubblico sulla collezione. Il suo lavoro nasce dall'entusiasmo esplosivo che prova quando cerca di dare un senso a un nuovo modo di spiegare l'esperienza di essere vivi in un corpo autocosciente. Questo corpus di opere è costituito da spettacoli silenziosi, con sottili cambiamenti di colore, tono, ombra e consistenza. I concetti alla base di questi pezzi sono stati ricavati dall'analisi di testi e video sulla filosofia fenomenologica e femminista e sugli studi critici sui media.
2023-2024
An exhibition curated by Anna Maria Panzera and Shara Wasserman, with the collaboration of Lucilla Catania
September 13 - September 30, 2023
Artists: Simone Bertugno, Lucilla Catania, Bruno Ceccobelli, Giulio De Mitri, Andrea Fogli, Ines Fontenla, Licia Galizia, Paolo Garau, Pino Genovese, Paolo Grassino, Vittorio Messina, Veronica Montanino, Maki Nakamura, Claudio Palmieri, Roberto Pietrosanti, Luigi Puxeddu, Renzogallo, Cloti Ricciardi, Fiorella Rizzo, Alberto Timossi, Tito, Francesca Tulli.
Temple University Rome was very pleased to present the exhibition Ideas for Sculpture, a display of projects and drawings for the sculptures installed in the Sculture in Campo Sculpture Park in Bassano in Teverina. The Park, created by Lucilla Catania in 2017, is an important cultural and artistic venue, fully recognized by the Regione Lazio political administration, and figures prominently among the several similar gardens in Lazio. The Park’s mission is to make a significant and transformative impact on the landscape. As the website, https://scultureincampo.it/en/ states, the Park actively responds to the European Cultural Program, which foresees among the most important activities the sustainable promotion of the cultural patrimony, to better integration and well being, to create an ecosystem able to support the artists and the professionals involved in culture and creativity, and to encourage international culture.
From this year, the Sculture in Campo has a presence in Rome at the studio of Daniela Perego, where artists, critics, curators and art lovers meet for discussion. During one of these encounters, and in a flash of inspiration, we recognized the great potential of displaying the steps that precede the creation and presentation of the work, focusing on the preliminary drawings, models, sketches, written word. Curated by Anna Maria Panzera, a member of the Park’s curatorial commission, and the important support of Lucilla Catania, the idea of the exhibition emerged, to reveal the artist’s move out of the studio space and into the environment, in relationship with nature and with the public.
Tiber re-FOUND
The Tiber Project | Multidisciplinary Proposal
October 5-8, 2023
Exhibition Opening
Thursday October 5, 6:00 pm
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“FOUND” is an exhibition representing the outcome of a short, but intense workshop, involving different courses within the academic program of Temple University Rome Campus.
The goal of this multidisciplinary workshop is to rediscover (re-FOUND) a new centrality of the Tiber in the life of the city with a plurality of actions aimed at re-establishing/recovering the centrality of the river in its relationship with Rome, through the observation of the existing and the design of a new plan for the Tiber that would allow a greater permeability of the river corridor, thanks to a system of regeneration paths connected to the surrounding neighborhoods and new access infrastructures able to overcome the topographic variables between the river and the city.
The term “FOUND”, in architectural and artistic practice, was introduced by British architects Alison & Peter Smithson (Independent Group) in the 1950s, and has since inspired many generations to come. Recently, Jacques Herzog (Herzog & de Meuron) titled a lecture “FOUND”, explaining how in the embryonic phase of the design and creative process exists a deep research related to what expresses the place itself, its specificities and potentialities.
In a broader perspective, the exhibition aims to emphasize and imagine an ecological system that evokes an idea of a more horizontal relationship between things, a wide perspective on what we do and realize, broadening our horizon of interest beyond the "here and now" to include the "there and after," in order to also enhance the lives of other human and non-human beings, often invisible, present in this millennial and singular context that witnesses the birth and evolution of this city.
Read the article in "art a part of cult(ure) webmagazine": https://www.artapartofculture.net/2023/11/22/giorgio-benni-larte-di-fotografare-larte/
Giorgio Benni: Photographing Contemporary Art. A work method.
The Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, presented the exhibition Giorgio Benni: Photographing Contemporary Art. A work method.
October 24 - November 22, 2023.
A very well-known person in Rome’s contemporary art scene, for over 30 years Giorgio Benni has photographed every work of art in every exhibition, from artist studios, museums and private collections. With this exhibition, from an idea of Temple University Rome faculty member Katherine Krizek, we honor an art photographer and an important figure for us in the trade, for the public who view the artwork through publications, and all the artists who enriched their archive with marvelous photographs of their works.
As the Maestro states, “Photographing an exhibition means the use of one medium to describe another. It’s a bit like a dance. And it’s not easy, but this is the challenge that I accepted 35 years ago.”
In explaining the motivation for this exhibition, Giorgio says, “that in the limited context of this exhibition I will try to underline the main points of my way of documenting contemporary art. This profession of art photographer has led me to many different worlds. I like to think that one day, perhaps in 100 years, students and professors will use also my images and I hope that they will recognize them as authentic and not retouched as is the current fashion.
It is difficult to work in a simple and easy way; to photograph what is necessary and important without transforming the image. This should be the job of the art photographer, although I prefer the definition “photographers for art.” Our photography exists because art exists. Where there is art is where we are needed. This is true where images fly by like thoughts. To photograph art is to spread culture. And why shouldn’t we give a hand to better the world.
The exhibition is divided into three sections. The first refers to the lighting of three-dimensional works. I always use simple, soft and non-invasive lights.
The second section presents the documentation of performances where I usually photograph from the same point of view as the public.
The third section features photographs of interiors. I love to walk through an exhibition as a spectator and look for the relationships between the works, and the architectural elements that contextualize the images and insert them into their natural context for art: that is to say, everyday life.”
"Poxoes: glow, bones, root"
Recent Works by BFA and MFA Candidates at Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Temple University, Philadelphia (PA)
Exhibition Opening
Tuesday November 28th
6:00-8:00 pm
On display through December 2, 2023
The Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, was pleased to present the exhibition “Poxoes: glow, bones, root” on Tuesday November 28th from 6:00-8:00pm. The show was on display through Saturday December 2, 2023.
Poxoes is a show of six artists who question and explore personal experience, the power of language, and the slipperiness of meaning. It is a culmination of works spent bridging their personal experiences and relationships while engaging with the deep historical environment that Rome provides. Poxoes is almost a lot of things; sprung from a game of chance, it emphasizes the magic that happens when put in a place of fierce unknowing and trust.
The participating artists are BFA and MFA candidates at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) who spent a term at Temple University Rome Campus, exploring their creativity in a new environment. The artists, Deejay Bosca (printmaking), Jodi Canfield (painting), Francesca Lally (printmaking), Olivia Musselman (printmaking), Alessandra Puglisi (sculpture) and Katharine Suchan (painting), will present their very recent work, produced during these months in Rome.
Fall 2023 Student Exhibition
The Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, was pleased to present its Fall 2023 Student Exhibition which took place on Thursday December 7th from 6:00 to 8:00pm.
The Gallery of Art was very pleased to present the exhibition What the Future Holds, a selection of young up and coming black artists, as the inaugural event for our celebration of Black History Month. Arranged over the month of February in the United States and in Canada, and in October in Great Britain, BHM honors the contribution of the African diaspora to the world’s creative culture, from music and dance, fashion and design, language and literature. Our theme for this year’s program looked to showcase a possible understanding of what the future holds for young black creators within the Black community in Rome. A rich schedule of events honored young black designers, singers, writers, poets and other creatives.
The Gallery of Art opened on Tuesday, February 6, from 6-8 p.m., with What the Future Holds, an exhibition of young artists who are studying or recent graduates of the prominent art schools in Rome: Havily Nwakuche, Katana King, Giggs Kgole, Boris Akeem Aka and William Mistouflet. The show was on display through Friday, February 23, 2024.
The lively selection of artists and works allowed for a glance into the magical world of Creativity, with paintings, prints, photographs, and installations that will dialogue together with an exciting program of events.
Timeline of Events
All events begin at 6:00 p.m.
February 6th - Gallery Opening and DJ set with DJ Kgole and DJ Velia
February 13th – Renata Di Leone, Film Producer and makeup artist; she told us her story and demonstrated her talent + Catering by Le Bantú Roma Ristorante Bar Pub.
February 21st - Tevin Muendo performed a poetry reading accompanied by his musical compositions + Creative selection of hand-made items by fashion designers Afropolitana.
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La Temple Gallery of Art è stata lieta di presentare la mostra What the Future Holds, selezione di giovani artisti neri emergenti, evento che inaugura la nostra celebrazione del Black History Month. Organizzato nel mese di febbraio negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, e nel mese di ottobre in Gran Bretagna, BHM onora il contributo della diaspora africana alla cultura creativa mondiale, dalla musica e dalla danza, alla moda e al design, alla lingua e alla letteratura.
Il tema del programma di quest’anno aveva come scopo quello di mostrare quello che il futuro riserva ai giovani creatori neri all’interno della comunità nera di Roma. Un ricco programma di eventi ha onorato i giovani designer, cantanti, scrittori, poeti e altri creativi neri.
La mostra What the Future Holds ha inaugurato martedì 6 febbraio, dalle 18 alle 20, ed è stata una mostra di giovani artisti studenti o neolaureati delle più importanti scuole d'arte romane: Havily Nwakuche, Katana King, Giggs Kgole, Boris Akeem Aka e William Mistouflet. La mostra è rimasta aperta fino a venerdì 23 febbraio 2024.
La vivace selezione di artisti e opere ha permesso di gettare uno sguardo nel magico mondo della creatività, con dipinti, stampe, fotografie, installazioni che hanno dialogato tra loro e con un entusiasmante programma di eventi.
Calendario degli eventi
6 Febbraio - Inaugurazione Galleria e DJ set con DJ Kgole e DJ Velia
13 febbraio – Renata Di Leone, produttrice cinematografica e truccatrice; ha raccontato la sua storia e dimostrato il suo talento + Catering a cura di Le Bantú Roma Ristorante Bar Pub.
21 febbraio - Tevin Muendo ha eseguito una lettura di poesie accompagnata dalle sue composizioni musicali + Selezione creativa di oggetti fatti a mano dai designer di moda Afropolitana.
Gli eventi avranno inizio alle ore 18:00.
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Artist biographies:
Boris Akeem Aka (Ivory Coast, 1995). Akeem Aka, known as Bobo, received his BA in Fine Arts from American University in Rome in 2018 and his MA in Graphic Art Language from the Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata in 2020. He is a fine artist based mainly in Rome. His figurative work addresses introspection, women and mental health.
Boris Akeem Aka (Costa d'Avorio, 1995). Akeem Aka, noto come Bobo, ha conseguito la laurea in Belle Arti presso l'American University di Roma nel 2018 e il master in Linguaggio dell'arte grafica presso l'Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata nel 2020. È un artista con sede principalmente a Roma. Il suo lavoro figurativo affronta l'introspezione, le donne e la salute mentale.
Katana King (USA, 2002) is a visual arts student at the University of North Carolina, with an expected graduation in 2025. Authentic and experimental, their work is a celebration of themselves, their identity in the spaces that they navigate.
Katana King (USA, 2002) è una studentessa di arti visive presso l'Università della Carolina del Nord, con laurea prevista nel 2025. Autentico e sperimentale, il loro lavoro è una celebrazione di se stessi, della propria identità negli spazi in cui navigano.
Giggs Kgonamotse Kgole (South Africa, 1997) will receive his BA from John Cabot University in 2024. A versatile artist celebrated for his innovative use of Anaglyphs, Giggs Kgole uses diverse mediums such as collage, ceramics, prints, oil paintings, digital art, and sculpture. Through his impactful artwork, he advocates for social issues, with a vision to inspire the youth of his South African village.
Giggs Kgonamotse Kgole (Sud Africa, 1997) conseguirà la laurea presso la John Cabot University nel 2024. Artista versatile celebrato per il suo uso innovativo degli anaglifi, Giggs Kgole utilizza diversi mezzi come collage, ceramica, stampe, dipinti ad olio, pittura digitale arte e scultura. Attraverso le sue opere d'arte di grande impatto, sostiene le questioni sociali, con la visione di ispirare i giovani del suo villaggio sudafricano.
William Mistouflet (France, 1999). William will graduate from the Rome Academy of Fine Arts (RUFA) in 2026. An artist who works with both photography and printmaking, William Mistouflet’s work stems from different emotional responses inspired by expressionist characteristics; his photography focuses on urban scenes from his commutes, captured on a mobile camera.
William Mistouflet (Francia, 1999). William si diplomerà all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (RUFA) nel 2026. Artista che lavora sia con la fotografia che con l’incisione, il lavoro di William Mistouflet nasce da diverse risposte emotive ispirate a caratteristiche espressioniste; la sua fotografia si concentra sulle scene urbane dei suoi spostamenti, catturate con una fotocamera mobile.
Havily Nwakuche (USA, 2003) is a visual arts student at Cornell University, with an expected graduation in 2025. A Nigerian American artist, Havily works with fabrics, digital photography, and landscape to explore concepts of domestic space, identity and cultural heritage.
Havily Nwakuche (USA, 2003) è uno studente di arti visive alla Cornell University, con una laurea prevista nel 2025. Artista nigeriano-americano, Havily lavora con tessuti, fotografia digitale e paesaggio per esplorare concetti di spazio domestico, identità e patrimonio culturale.
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For additional information:
Shara Wasserman, Director of Exhibitions shara@temple.edu;
Raei Yohannes Megerssa, Student Life Coordinator, raei.megerssa@temple.edu.
The annual Faculty Exhibition was presented in the Gallery of Art on Tuesday March 5 from 6-8pm (through March 27).
Titled "Conversations”, the exhibition featured the works of the Visual Arts and Architecture faculty, together with an invited guest artist/architect of their choice, to establish a lively dialogue between works of art, mediums and techniques, ways of expression and fields of exploration.
The participating artists, paired with their guests, were: Cinzia Abbate + Ljubodrag Andric, Marina Buening + Valeria Gasperrini , Lucy Clink + Ingrid Vera Slater, Anita Guerra + EliZabeth Frolet, Andrew Kranis + Maryann Fennimore Kranis, Katherine Krizek + Laura Federici, Liana Miuccio + Luca Padroni, Devin Kovach + Giorgia Mascitti, Roberto Caracciolo + Maurizio Pierfranceschi, Roberto Mannino + Elisabetta Diamanti, William Pettit + Marta Pettit, Carolina Vaccaro + Nicole Salnikov, Pola Wickham + Antonello Bulgini.
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L'annuale Faculty Exhibition (Mostra dei Docenti), è stata presentata alla Gallery of Art martedì 5 marzo, dalle 18 alle 20 (e fino al 27 marzo).
Intitolata "Conversazioni", la mostra ha presentato le opere dei docenti di Arti Visive e Architettura, insieme a un artista/architetto ospite di loro scelta, per stabilire un dialogo vivace tra le opere d'arte, i media e le tecniche, modi di esprimersi e diversi territori da esplorare.
Gli artisti partecipanti, abbinati con i loro ospiti, sono Cinzia Abbate + Ljubodrag Andric, Marina Buening + Valeria Gasperrini , Lucy Clink + Ingrid Vera Slater, Anita Guerra + EliZabeth Frolet, Andrew Kranis + Maryann Fennimore Kranis, Katherine Krizek + Laura Federici, Liana Miuccio + Luca Padroni, Devin Kovach + Giorgia Mascitti, Roberto Caracciolo + Maurizio Pierfranceschi, Roberto Mannino + Elisabetta Diamanti, William Pettit + Marta Pettit, Carolina Vaccaro + Nicole Salnikov, Pola Wickham + Antonello Bulgini.
"Just like a Book we can read also a Rock"
This exhibition opened Tuesday April 2, 2024, and was on display through April 13, 2024.
Francesca Lally is working towards her MFA in Printmaking at Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University Philadelphia. This exhibition presented the works produced during her year residency at Temple University Rome.
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Francesca Lally studia per un Masters in Grafica presso la Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University Philadelphia. La mostra ha presentato i lavori creati dall'autunno 2023 alla primavera 2024, durante la sua residenza presso la Temple University Rome.
The Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, was pleased to present the Spring 2024 Student Exhibition which took place on Thursday April 18th from 6-8 PM.
The show featured the works of art created by the students in Visual Arts classes during their Study Abroad semester at Temple Rome. The public enjoyed examples of sculpture and painting, printmaking and drawing, digital and black and white photography and papermaking.
Since 1966, Temple University’s Rome Campus offers one of the most longstanding and prestigious U.S. university programs in Italy for students studying abroad for a semester or a full academic year in addition to MFA and BFA candidates. Programs include the Temple Rome Entry Year (TREY) for first-year students, pre-college workshops, for-credit internships and the Adulty Study Abroad program for mature learners in addition to various activities that put the Campus in relation to the City of Rome.
The Gallery of Art is just one of the important vehicles in a vibrant exchange between the Temple University Rome Campus, other university programs, Roman and Italian institutions, students, art professionals and art lovers, and friends.
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La Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, è stata lieta di presentare la mostra Spring 2024 Student Exhibition che si è tenuta giovedì 18 aprile dalle ore 18 alle ore 20.
La Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, ha avuto il piacere di presentare la mostra degli studenti che hanno frequentato l’Universita’ nella primavera 2024, con i lavori creati dai giovani artisti nei loro corsi di Arti Visive. Il pubblico ha avuto l’occasione di apprezzare esempi di scultura e pittura, grafica e disegno, fotografia in bianco e nero, e digitale, e la fabbricazione di carta fatta a mano.
Dal 1966 Temple University Rome offre uno dei programmi universitari americani più longevi in Italia. Tra i suoi programmi di studio spicca il Temple Rome Entry Year (TREY) per studenti del primo anno, programmi di studio universitari semestrali, stage con crediti universitari, laboratori di studio pre-universitari per studenti delle scuole superiori, e corsi di studio per adulti (Adult Study Abroad program). L’università ospita inoltre candidati per la laurea e per il Masters in Belle Arti, e vari programmi che mettono il Rome Campus in relazione alla Città di Roma.
La Gallery of Art è solo una delle importanti veicolazioni di uno scambio vivace tra la Temple University Rome Campus, altre realtà didattiche a Roma, istituzioni romane ed italiane, studenti, professionisti nel campo dell’arte, amanti dell’arte, e amici.
Spes (Third Present)
Spes (Terzo Presente)
Temple University Rome presented the exhibition Spes (Third Present), with the recent works of Heather Roach and Pierre Peroncini, curated by Monet Murphy, in the Gallery of Art from Tuesday May 21, 6-8pm to Wednesday June 19, 2024.
The show continued our mission to research and exhibit young and emerging artists present in Rome.
Through these works the artists Heather Roach and Pierre Peroncini combine the time of narration to the simultaneous interaction of the three presents as stated in the XI book of the Confessions of S. Agostino: the present of the past (memory), the present of the present (intuition) and the present of the future (expectation). Therefore, meaning memory is a display of simultaneity of the environments we experience.
The dynamics between subjects and environments is constantly mutable. The artwork then becomes a vessel of subjectivation for the viewer, who has an active role in reassembling the image's significance.
Heather Roach is a visual artist from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania who currently lives and works in Rome, Italy. She has received her BFA in Painting and Drawing with an Art History minor from Temple University studying at all three campuses starting in Philadelphia to Tokyo and graduating in Rome in 2023. Her artistic practice involves combining memories, routines, and everyday sensations expressed through oil painting. She has exhibited at Harrisburg Arts Center (2018); Temple Rome (2023).
Pierre Peroncini (Pisa, 2000) is a visual and sound artist. He lives and works in Rome, where he is currently attending his BFA in Painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. In his artistic practice, he overlays shapes to build together an environment and present a dissimulated subject. He exhibited collectively at Società Dante Alighieri, Valletta, Malta (2022); Forte Antenne, Rome (2022); Kon Forme (2022); Apertura Studio (2023).
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La Temple University Rome ha presentato la mostra Spes (Terzo Presente), di Heather Roach e Pierre Peroncini, a cura di Monet Murphy, che si è tenuta presso la Gallery of Art, martedì 21 maggio, dalle 18 alle 20, fino a mercoledì 19 giugno 2024. La mostra continua la nostra missione di ricercare ed esporre artisti giovani ed emergenti presenti a Roma.
Attraverso queste opere gli artisti Heather Roach e Pierre Peroncini uniscono il tempo della narrazione all'interazione simultanea dei tre presenti come affermato nell'XI libro delle Confessioni di S. Agostino: il presente del passato (memoria), il presente del presente (intuizione) e presente del futuro (aspettativa). Pertanto, la memoria di significato è una dimostrazione della simultaneità degli ambienti che sperimentiamo. La dinamica tra soggetti e ambienti è costantemente mutevole. L'opera d'arte diventa quindi un veicolo di soggettivazione per lo spettatore, che ha un ruolo attivo nel ricomporre il significato dell'immagine.
Heather Roach è un'artista visiva di Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, che attualmente vive e lavora a Roma, Italia. Ha conseguito il BFA in Pittura e Disegno con una specializzazione in Storia dell'Arte presso la Temple University studiando in tutti e tre i campus, da Philadelphia a Tokyo e laureandosi a Roma nel 2023. La sua pratica artistica prevede la combinazione di ricordi, routine e sensazioni quotidiane espresse attraverso la pittura a olio. Ha esposto all'Harrisburg Arts Center (2018); Temple Rome (2023).
Pierre Peroncini (Pisa, 2000) è un artista visivo e sonoro. Vive e lavora a Roma, dove attualmente frequenta il BFA in Pittura presso l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. Nella sua pratica artistica, sovrappone forme per costruire insieme un ambiente e presentare un soggetto dissimulato. Ha esposto collettive presso Società Dante Alighieri, Valletta, Malta (2022); Forte Antenne, Roma (2022); Kon Forme (2022); Apertura Studio (2023).
Works by students from Summer Session 2024 were presented at the Gallery of Art on Tuesday June 25, 6-8 p.m.
Past Exhibitions
2021
Mapping a Friendship: Joyce Kozloff and Simonetta Moro: Temple University Rome presented Mapping a Friendship on Tuesday May 18 at 7:00pm CET/1:00pm EST. Mapping and friendship are the key words that define the relationship of these artists, who met at the American Academy in Rome in 1999, during their respective residencies. Born on different continents and separated by a generation, they found a common ground as artists and as friends, and this relationship has persisted throughout the years.
Politically active since the 1970s with the feminist art movement, by the 1990s Joyce Kozloff addressed geopolitical issues, in public commissions and private works through books, paintings, and sculptures. The works are complex iterations of fabricated maps; the places are hybrids, woven together from memories and imagination as the artist explores a world view of nostalgia and her concerns for the barbarity of aggression and expansion. This exhibition presents a selection of new works by the artist.
Painting, drawing and printmaking are at the root of Simonetta Moro’s practice; mapping is her conceptual search. Her works layer past and present, detail and overview, real and imaginary, memory and observation, in an exploration of the politics and poetics of places, to evoke the idea of a journey.
We thank the American Academy in Rome for their support.
Mission (Im)possible: Disegno Interno with Stephen Talasnik, TYL '79: Temple University Rome announced the launch of Mission(Im)Possible, a virtual exhibition series devoted to established artists who received their BFA/MFA from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture of Temple University, and who attended Temple University Rome or who have a relationship with Rome. We inaugurated with NY-based artist Stephen Talasnik, and his exhibition Disegno Interno, on March 23, 2021, at 2:00pm ET/7:00pm CET. The artist was present on zoom and discussed his work in conversation with curator Shara Wasserman.
Stephen Talasnik (TYL ‘79) participated in the Graduate Painting Program at Temple University Rome in 1977/78, and his connection with Temple University continued through the 1980s, when he taught at Tyler School of Art, and at Temple University Japan. During his MA studies at the Temple University Rome campus, he continued this study of drawing, this time through architecture, as he explored and sketched the monuments. Stephen later spent 3 years teaching at Temple University Japan in Tokyo, a time he refers to as his exclusive drawing period. He travelled extensively throughout South East Asia, studied indigenous buildings and their natural building materials. This eventually translated into large-scale ephemeral projects where architecture, engineering, sculpture and drawing fuse together to create marvelous hand-woven constructions that recall invented cities and otherworldly designs, set in evocative landscapes. A dialogue with Japan and Rome continues to inform his work.
For the Mission Impossible exhibition, Talasnik presented three installations, two independent series of sculptures, and a selection of drawings created during lockdown.
The exhibition was introduced by a video interview between Stephen Talasnik and Prof. Jeffrey Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at TUJ and a friend of the artist since 1987.
Crafting a Narrative with Renato Ferraro: The Gallery of Art of Temple University Rome presented Crafting a Narrative: The Teatrini of Renato Ferraro, an exhibition of handmade theatre boxes by the masterful craftsman Renato Ferraro. A film documentary Ezio Frigerio 50 anni di teatro con Giorgio Strehler, produced by Renato Ferraro for the exhibition of the same title, and commissioned for the Triennale di Milano in 2016 was screened.
Renato Ferraro studied stage design at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, and architecture at the University of Torino, which he interrupted after earning a placement at the prestigious Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, conferring his degree in 1971 in film direction studying under Roberto Rossellini. His professional life saw him work as a film director with the RAI Italian Television Station for over 40 years, and during his spare time his love for marionette theaters was expressed in the creation of his teatrini, elaborate, detailed and poetic renderings of stages, with scenes, props and characters. Following his retirement, Ferraro continued full time to create these delightful hand crafted masterpieces, along with ceramic objects illustrating a similar passion for historical, mythological, theatrical subjects, “for his playful enjoyment.”
This exhibition featured 12 teatrini, to include scenes from the Italian Commedia dell’Arte, period views of Italian cities, a capriccio inspired by the Italian 16th century architect Andrea Palladio, and an homage to Gustav Wunderwald, the early twentieth century German painter and theatre set designer, among others. Installed at eye level, the theatre boxes invite the spectator to explore Renato Ferraro’s world of fantasy and narrative.
Imagery as Activism: Blacks in Italy and the Art of Taking Space: ountless distant and recent injustices and atrocities against the Black psyche and form that have been documented, filmed and disseminated to the world have given rise to the largest civil rights movement in history. As multicultural groups continue to gather globally and take to the streets in support of “Black Lives Matter”, Italy, too, must reconcile with its complicated history with race. Art holds a powerful and unique role in highlighting and changing antiquated and erroneous images and narratives that are often attributed and assigned to Black people in Italian art, literature, and society. What role does the art children see in books have in the awakening, evolution, and progress of racial dynamics and justice in today’s Italian society?
Curated by Tamara Pizzolini with accompanying oil paintings by Elena Tommasi Ferroni, this exhibitions proves that what we’ve all heard could quite possibly be true: a picture is worth more than a thousand words. It is high time for the stories that are told, both verbally and visually, to reflect all of the beauty, brilliance and bounty that the Black experience and form truly is.
2020
Tres Patrias: Born in Cuba, raised in the United States, and resident in Italy, the show traces the artist Anita Guerra’s personal voyage across three homelands, through paintings, photographs, drawings, aerograms, prints and video. From an idyllic childhood in Havana, Cuba, to the Castro Revolution and her ensuing escape to the United States, where she was placed in an orphanage until she was reunited with her parents in Philadelphia, to her studies of art at Temple University’s prestigious Tyler School of Art, and finally to Rome, Guerra shares her memories with courage and tenderness. She weaves her story with that of her father, the modernist architect Juan Ignacio Guerra, moving from memories to research, returning to the sites of her childhood over the course of several years.
Torn, Layered, and in Decay: The Gallery of Art of Temple University Rome is presented the exhibition William Graebner, Torn, Layered, and in Decay, which opened on the virtual platform Kunstmatrix, on Tuesday September 29 at 7:00pm CEST. The artist was present at the inauguration, and led the audience through the show with a conversation about his work.
Rome Art Week: Temple Rome Faculty Exhibition: As part of Rome Art Week, the Gallery of Art presented its annual Faculty Exhibition featuring artists Cinzia Abbate, Marina Buening, Roberto Caracciolo, Lucy Clink, Anita Guerra, Devin Kovach, Andrew Kranis, Katherine Krizek, Roberto Mannino, Liana Miuccio, William Pettit, and Carolina Vaccaro.
The Lives of Everyone: Photographs from the Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection: A Virtual Photographic Exhibition Tour and Conversation in partnership with the NYU Alumni Club of Italy.
A Word That Troubles: The Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, presented the exhibition A Word that Troubles, curated by Gaia Bobò. The show features the works of Alessia Armeni, Edoardo Aruta, Emanuele Becheri, Francesco Carone, Alessandra Draghi, Filipe Lippe, Agnieszka Mastalerz and Benyamin Zolfaghari, and poses a dialogue between Italian and international artists from different generations. The exhibition proposes to investigate the interaction between the verbal and the visual in the context of contemporary artistic production, focusing on the capacity of the word to complicate the image: to enter into the image, thus expanding its limitations, possibilities and contradictions, and demonstrating its ability to open new ways of seeing.
2008/2020: The Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, presented 2008/2020: Gretchen Bacheller, Benny Fountain, Ai Krasner, Fabian Lopez, Ryan Parker, an exhibition of five Alumni in the Visual Arts from Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University (Philadelphia, PA), who spent their 2007-2008 academic year at the Rome Campus. The artists were present and led the audience through the exhibition, comment on their work and on their life-changing experience. This exhibition is part of our ongoing series featuring TUR Alumni who spent a year in Rome, studying with the local faculty and learning about Italian artistic culture, and then returning to Philadelphia to complete their education. The years since receiving their MFA has seen them become distinguished artists and educators; exhibiting in the US and abroad; and bringing their memories of this early formative experience into their work. The five artists in this exhibition came to Rome in the Fall of 2007, and remained through the Spring of 2008. They forged a lasting friendship based on their shared experience and artistic exchange. At the end of their stay, they exhibited in a group exhibition Tutti eccetto Gus… . They are reunited here for the first time with a selection of works from the 2008 exhibition, along with a representative synthesis of their artistic production over the years.
Spring 2020 Student Exhibition: From Rome to Home: The Gallery of Art was pleased to present the Spring 2020 Student Exhibition featuring the works of our visual arts and architecture students at Temple University Rome. Although Spring 2020 was a very unusual semester, with students starting in Rome in January and completing their semester in the US due to Covid-19, we were very proud as a Faculty and as a University to share the creativity and positivity that they communicated with their works. Viewers were invited to take the time to explore each work, and to enjoy the variety of artistic styles and mediums.
The Night of Total Calm: Introducing Temple University Rome’s first ever virtual 3D exhibition, MFA candidate in Printmaking at Temple University’s Tyler school of Art, Gilberto López Elías completed a year at Temple Rome. This body of work is the culmination of his Roman experience.
Tiny Biennale VII edizione: Theme 2020: Tiny Biennale, a curation by Susan Moore, began exhibition on Tuesday, February 18 at the Gallery of Art at Temple University Rome. The Tiny Biennale is a collection of miniature works no bigger than 8 cm that is arranged throughout the gallery space. This year’s theme for the exhibition was “2020” and anyone was welcome to contribute to the show. Each piece of art was available for sale for a donation of 50 Euro to support the Temple Rome scholarship fund.
When Green Turns Red: This exhibition showcased a sound installation, icons on wood, and a continuous ink drawing by Roman artist Roberta Sanges. A self-declared “artisan,” Sanges spends a great deal of time in her studio, keeping her doors open to the public, eager to have the attention of the local community. This direct communication with the people allows her to carry on a type of cultural workshop, collaborating with children in the realization of street-art installations, informal workshops in mosaic, painting and furniture restyling.
The exhibition presented a wide selection of her work, from the endless drawing, created by pouring black ink, and then bleach, onto paper to pull out the spontaneous images, to the icons, where pure pigments, and fire, allow the natural images to emerge from the raw wood. January 28–February 12, 2020.
2019
Fall 2019 Student Exhibition: The exhibition showcases the many wonderful works created by our talented visual arts and architecture students during their semester at Temple University Rome. December 12–19, 2019.
A Jug, a Glove and Things That Are Still: The Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome, presented A Jug, A Glove and Things That Are Still, an exhibition of the works of Cynthia Bassan, Rena Effend, and Patricia Glee Smith. The show pairs three women artists who focus their work on the careful investigation of the world around them, through the shared qualities of the mediums of painting and photography. Linked by their interest in the observation of the real, the quotidian, the monumental, the three artists elevate their subjects to a realm beyond our everyday, in search of an emotion or state of mind, realized by means of the basics of art making: subject, light, color, the artists’ eye. For Bassan, the camera allows her to transfer the image onto the canvas, to capture the minute details of the source material. Through pure oil paint, and her generous eye, the artist shows the magic and poetry in everyday reality. Although the camera does not have a place in the works of Patricia Smith, who paints directly from life, we might identify a connection to the manipulation of the photographic image in the clear lines, the dramatic light effects, the moment captured in time. Rena Effendi, a photographer, does the opposite. Following a period of study in painting, she took her first photograph in 2001. The painterly use of light gives the photographs the look of the Dutch masters. Her work is a collection of stories, of people and places, of small village life in her native Azerbijan, gathered during years of travels, taken with the camera but with the emotional connection that defies the interruption of the camera lens. Linked by their interest in the observation of the real, the quotidian, the unmonumental, the three artists take their subjects and elevate them to a realm beyond our everyday, in search of an emotion or state of mind. This is realized by means of the basics of art making: subject, light, color, and the artists’ eye.
Patricia Smith was born in Illinois (USA), and received a BFA from the University of Illinois. She came to Italy to study etching at the Scuola del Libro in Urbino. She was a contributing artist for the New Yorker Magazine; an expedition artist in Italy, Turkey, Yemen and Tibet; arts director of the National Museum of Oriental Arts in Rome; a fellow of the MacDowell Foundation for writers and artists and of the Ragdale Foundation, USA. She has exhibited extensively in Italy and internationally since 1977 and her works are featured in private and public collections.
Cynthia Bassan is a Rome-based painter. Classical studies and a degree in literature and foreign languages are the basis of her formal studies. A self-taught, she has devoted herself to painting from a very young age, learning her technique from the classical painters. The still life and in particular the portrait, often of her daughters, are her subjects. She has exhibited in Italy, and her works are in several private collections.
Rena Effendi was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. Concerned with small village life in her native country, through an observation of people’s intimate connection to their homes and to spaces that link them to their history and traditions. She has produced two books, Pipe Dreams: A Chronicle of Lives along the Pipeline in 2009 and Liquid Land in 2013; she is the recipient of several international photography awards; her work has been exhibited worldwide including at the 52nd Venice Biennale, the 2009 Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Saatchi Gallery in London, Breda Museum in the Netherlands and other venues. Effendi is a finalist in the prestigious 2019 Prix Pictet prize with her series Built on Grass and her work will be on display at the Victoria & Albert from November 13th.
Courtesy of ILEX Gallery for the loan of the photographs. Nov 5th-27th 2019.
Faculty Exhibition: The exhibition presents the recent works of the professors of visual arts and architecture at Temple University Rome. The various artistic disciplines — black and white and digital photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and architecture, are respresented in the show, and reflect the principal areas of art teaching at Temple Rome. The classroom teaching labs are modern studio spaces, with state of the art equipment; in addition, the professors frequently bring students into the city — Rome becomes the classroom — in order to highlight the students’ understanding of the city. Oct. 15th 2019 to Oct. 30th, 2019.
All’interno del barattolo: Curated by Porter Ducrist – A project of Tiziana Musi and Shara Wasserman.
Following the 2018 exhibition Assurdita’ Contemporanea, the Gallery of Art of Temple University Rome presented a new project by Spazio In Situ, an artist run space in the neighborhood of Tor Bella Monaca, which has recently emerged as one of the most interesting art spaces in Rome. In this last year, this co-working studio has grown, with the addition of six new young artists, Sveva Angeletti, Alessandra Cecchini, Francesca Cornacchini, Federica di Pietrantonio, Daniele Sciacca andGuendalina Urbano. The exhibition “All’interno del Barattolo”, is the first time that these artists are exhibiting together in a public space. The exhibition underlines the mission of Spazio In Situ to remain in constant dialogue with the work space as a source of artistic experience, a type of generator able to put in dialogue artists of very different mediums and styles (photography, installations, painting), but linked by their reflection on their daily existence, between container and contained, media and message,reality and art, in a relationship that also involves the spectator. Sep. 24th – Oct. 9th, 2019.
Safe Travels/Interrupted Flows: Curated by Marta Bordignon, Camilla Lai e Lorenzo Rinelli in collaboration with Shara Wasserman.
Through 55 photographs, Safe Travels offers an intimate view into the life of the hundreds of immigrants who leave Africa for Italy, along a so called “African Way”: from the misery and threat of their home life, to their difficult and dangerous voyage, by land and sea, to their arrival in Italy, and finally, their often marginalised daily life, as they seek integration and hope. June 4th 2019 – June 24th 2019
Intrecci d’arte&d’amicizia: The exhibition presented the works of 4 artists, Uberti, Mattia, Fogli and Cafagna, who lived and worked in a co-working space on Via della Lungara 18; in turn, these artists were asked to invite one artist each, who had a particular importance to their work, with Cantisani, Eustachio, Frolet and Azeez. Although these 8 artists do not form a group, they are connected by a common use of traditional materials, such as drawing, painting and sculpture, and by their imagery based on imagination and symbolism. May 9th-24th, 2019
Student Exhibition: The exhibition showcases the many wonderful works created by our talented visual arts and architecture students during their semester at Temple University Rome. April 18-25, 2019.
MFA Student Exhibition: The show presented the works that the three first year graduate students produced during their year at Temple Rome. April 9-12, 2019
Faculty Exhibition: Our Visual Arts and Architecture faculty presented their recent works to include painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, video, photography. In addition we inaugurated our new Student Lounge and Photography Lab, designed by Architecture faculty member Cinzia Abbate and Carlo Vigevano, with their architecture studio A&V Studio Associato. This featured the works of Rome-based artists Georgina Spengler, Barbara Salvucci, Jonathan Hynd. March 26-April 4, 2019.
Tiny Biennale: Miniature works by Italian and international established and emerging artists: This 7th edition of the Tiny Biennale presents miniature works measuring no more than 8 x 8 cm, created by artists varied in their style and medium, and in response to a different theme each year. This year the theme is Light. Curated by Susan Moore, March 12-21, 2019.
2018
Los Angeles is, Once Again: Dani Dodge, Ed Gomez, Sean Noyce, Pietro Golia, Max Presneill, Ty Pownall, Curtis Stage, Alison Woods, Gul Cagin, Roni Feldman and Joe Davidson, Curated by Camilla Boemio, October 30-November 22, 2018.
Assurdita’ Contemporanea: Christophe Constantin, Marco De Rosa, Chiara Fantaccione, Roberta Folliero, Andrea Frosolini, Francesco Palluzzi, Elisa Selli, InSitu co-working space, curated by Porter Ducrist, September 25-October 12, 2018.
Incontro di colori: Tony Esposito, Mark Kostabi, Nora Maccoby, an exhibition in support of hummustown, September 17-20, 2018.
Alter Ego, Artisti per passione, Antonio Barlett, Ariel Genovese, Cynthia Bassan, Greesi Desiree Langovits, Andrea Puccetti, Paolo Mangano, Valerio Rivosecchi, Anna Padovani, Annele Giovanetti, Ottavia Ciacerti, June 2-21, 2018.
Impronte Romane: Nuove Direzioni nella Stampa: curated by Sarah Linford and Devin Kovach, organized on the occasion of the Think Print symposium, Temple University Rome, May 3-25, 2018.
Barriera: Anthony Coplan Katherine Lam, Maren Less, Jae Eun Park, MFA Exhibition, curated by Eleonora Ambrosini, Valentina Matticari, Alessandra Monaco, April 10-13, 2018.
Faculty Invite: The visual arts and architecture faculty at Temple Rome invite their artist colleagues, March 20-April 5, 2018.
Tiny Biennale: Miniature works by Italian and international established and emerging artists: Night (6th ed.), curated by Susan Moore, March 21-April 3, 2018
Strutture Aperte: Artists Books: curated by Devin Kovach and Shara Wasserman, February 20-March 1, 2018.
Now and Forward, Emerging Artists in Rome: an expanding field, with are Dario Agati, Giulia Cabassi, Claudia Capone, Milica Cirovic, Mattia Cleri Polidori, Maria di Stefano, Meletios Meletiou, Lorenzo Modica, Cristina Piciacchia, Alice Ruzzettu, Simone Valente and Ellen Wolf, curated by Tiziana Musi and Shara Wasserman, January 30-February 15, 2018.
2017
M.U.T.A. co-working space: This show continues our interest in documenting and exhibiting the many co-working spaces in Rome. November 7-30, 2017.
Savage Architecture: Gian Piero Frassinelli, Supersudio and 2A+P/A, traveling show produced by the London Architectural Association (Kent State, Florence; Politecnico di Milano), October 24-November 3, 2017.
Il meglio del meglio: una selezione di opere dalle principali mostre dalla stagione espositiva 2016/17, September 18-October 5, 2017. This exhibition presents a group of works selected from the best gallery shows of the 2016-17 season.
50 x 50 x 50: an exhibition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Temple University Rome. Includes a selection of 50 artists who have had a continuous and important relationship with the Gallery and the University Program since its foundation in 1966, May 15 – June 3, 2017.
Tiny Biennale: Miniature works by Italian and international established and emerging artists: Yellow (5th ed.), curated by Susan Moore, March 21-April 3, 2017.
Poesia o economia? L’Arte nel tempo della guerra: Giancarlo Savino, Nicola Spezzano, Francesco Filincieri, part of the ongoing series of exhibitions devoted to co-working spaces in Rome, curated by Shara Wasserman and Tiziana Musi, February 28-March 14, 2017.
I Martedì Critici in mostra: Year Zero – 2016. Painting, video, sculpture, photography, performance, installation. The multidisciplinary aspect of contemporary art, part 2, curated by Alberto Dambruoso, February 7-23, 2017. The last edition of a series of exhibitions celebrating the I Martedì Critici artist lecture series, developed by Alberto Dambruoso. The exhibitions have surveyed Italian artists from the 1960s to the present.
2016
I Martedì Critici in mostra: Year Zero – 2016: Painting, video, sculpture, photography, performance, installation. The multidisciplinary aspect of contemporary art, part 1, curated by Alberto Dambruoso, November 8-December 1, 2016.
Grand Hotel: curated by Serena Fineschi and Marco Magni, Fuori Quadriennale: collateral exhibition to the 16° Quadriennale di Roma, October 11-November 3, 2016. An exhibition that focuses on the moment of artistic inspiration, through a selection of artists’ objects, photographs, notes and sketches.
Dall’Angelica alla Temple: runners up in the competition Oltre I libri: l’arte del presente incontra i libri del passato at the Biblioteca Angelica will be presented at Temple University Rome, September 13-30, 2016. I cieli di Roma: Photographs of Srdja Mirkovic, Upstairs Gallery, June 27-July 1, 2016.
Gretchen Batcheller: New Works, June 27-July 1, 2016.
India: Rupa Chordia-Samdaria and Simone Pellegrini, May 25-June 10, 2016.
Duplice Generazione: Performance Event with Francesco Impellizzeri and Bianca Menna, alias Tomaso Binga, April 5, 2016.
Tiny Biennale: Miniature works by Italian and international established and emerging artists: Mythology (4th ed.), curated by Susan Moore, March 8-18, 2016.
I Martedì Critici in Mostra: Year Zero: Narratives, Alterations, Contaminations. Beyond Reality, curated by Alberto Dambruoso and Helga Marsala, February 16-March 4, 2016.
I Martedì Critici in Mostra: 1980s and 1990s: Objects, Processes, Relationships. The Enchantment with Daily Life, curated by Alberto Dambruoso and Helga Marsala, January 26-February 12, 2016.
Jason Scuilla: Bianco e nero, Upstairs Gallery, May 2016.
2015
I Martedì Critici in Mostra: 1970s and 1980s. Space, Form and Materials. A Return to the Body of Art, curated by Alberto Dambruoso, Guglielmo Gigliotti and Helga Marsala, November 10-December 5, 2015.
I Martedì Critici in Mostra: 1960s and 1970s. Beyond Art and In Real Life, curated by Alberto Dambruoso, Guglielmo Gigliotti and Helga Marsala, October 7-November 5, 2015.
Studio 54 co-working space: September 22-October 2, 2015.
Mark Kostabi, Tony Esposito and Paul Kostabi present an evening of art and music: Wednesday September 16, 2015.
Dall’Angelica alla Temple: runners up in the competition Oltre I libri: l’arte del presente incontra i libri del passato at the Biblioteca Angelica will be presented at Temple University Rome, September 1-15, 2015.
Colore Inciso: Giovani artisti dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma: curated by Tiziana Musi and Anna Romanello, June 23-26, 2015.
Slow Wave: Recent Works by Fabian Lopez, June 16-21, 2015.
Vernal Pools: Zdenko Krtic, June 3-15, 2015.
Tiny Biennale: miniature works by international artists in Rome: Portraiture (3rd edition), curated by Susan Moore, March 24-April 3, 2015.
Arte e Design Docenti Talenti: faculty from Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) Rome and Temple University Rome, March 18-26, 2015.
Tough-Skinned Angels: Outsider Art from the Collection of David Lane, American Ambassador to the UN Missions in Rome, March 9-14, 2015.
Stanze: Alice Pasquini, Gio Pistone, Pax Palosica, Urban artists intervene on the Temple Gallery space, curated by Jessica Stewart, February 17-March 4, 2015.
Confusione: Artisti iraniani nei labirinti romani: Sara Alavi, Leila Mirzakhani, Neda Shafee Moghaddam, Solmaz Vikachi, Navid Azimi, Arash Irandoust, Maziar Mokhtari, Ardalan Nabavi Nejad, with a special screening of Iranian Video Art from Parking Gallery Archive, Iran, curated by Helia Hamedani, January 27-February 13, 2015.
2014
Moda Ispirata dall’Arte, Arte Ispirata dalla Moda: collaborative exhibition with Koefia Accademia di Alta Moda fashion students and Temple University Rome sketch book students, November 18-28, 2014.
RAW….GOODS mulinomarrana co-working space, October 14-November 11, 2014.
Gabriel Feld: Scherzi sulla Centuria, Upstairs Gallery at TUR, September 23-October 9, 2014.
Off1c1na, al Quadraro: (artist collective) Annabella Cuomo, Anahi Mariotti, Germano Serafini, Paolo Assenza, Paolo Dore, Daniele Villa, September 23-October 9, 2014.
Benny Fountain: The Piero Project – In person Meditations in Color and Composition, curated by the artist and with an intervention by Frank Dabell, June 25-July 3, 2014.
Tiny Biennale: miniature works by international artists in Rome, (2nd ed.), curated by Susan Moore, March 25-April 3, 2014.
Tra di Noi: art and architecture faculty at Temple University Rome and at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, March 11-21, 2014.
La grande illusione/The Great Illusion: 128 love books x 128 disillusioned artists, curated by Manuela De Leonardis, February 18-March 6, 2014.
Assonanze: Un incontro di due artisti, un pittore e una fotografa, sul tema della natura (An encounter between a painter and a photographer on the theme of nature), Maurizio Pierfranceschi and Karmen Corak, January 28-February 15, 2014.
2013
Equilibri Instabili: sette artiste verso una nuova didattica: Adele Lotito, Stefania Fabrizi, Licia Galizia, Claudia Peill, Emanuela Fiorelli, Anna Romanello, Barbara Salvucci, November 6-29, 2013.
Fiber Art Again: When fiber and intertwining turn into art/Quando la fibra e l’intreccio divengono arte, curated by Lydia Predominato, with Elisabetta Diamanti, Federica Luzzi, Noushin Moghtader, Lydia Predominato, Franca Sonnino, October 8-25, 2013.
Romance 2: (2nd ed.), young and emerging women artists in Rome, curated by Tiziana Musi, exh. cat. with texts by Tiziana Musi and the artists, September 17-October 3, 2013.
The First Tiny Biennale: faculty and students from Temple University Rome and Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program, curated by Susan Moore, March 12-20, 2013.
Trasparenze: John David O’Brien, Gregorio Botta, Linda Hudson, Barbara Salvucci, curated by the artists, February 12-March 1, 2013.
UNISONO: Leonardo Petrucci, Josè Angiolillo, Alessandro Vizzini, January 23-February 8, 2013.
2012
In ognuno di noi: Pietro Fortuna, Vincenzo Franza, Diego Miguel Mirabella and Mauro Vitturini, November 7-22, 2012.
De Pictura: graduate students at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in the painting class of Prof. Giuseppe Modica, exh. cat. with texts by Giuseppe Modica, Francesco Gallo, October 22-November 5, 2012.
Romance 1: young and emerging women artists in Rome, curated by Tiziana Musi, exh. cat with texts by the artists, September 25-October 19, 2012.
Gianicolense 420: artist co-working space: Silvia Codignola, Teresa Merolla, Luis Serrano, Enrico Becerra, Flavia Dodi, Sabrina Ortolani, Michel Pellaton, Marcello Toma, Stefano Bolcato, February 7-24, 2012.
2011
8 Meters of Rome: workshop and exhibition curated by Marco Raparelli, with advanced drawing students, November 15-25, 2011.
Maestro-discepolo: dalla Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma a Torpignattara, Celestino Ferraresi, Andrea D’Aguanno, Moreno Pette, Alessio Vaccari, curated by Patrizia Quaranta, October 25-November 14, 2011.
Il mondo é delle donne: artiste a Roma tra anni ’70 e oggi, Carla Accardi, Marilù Eustacchio, Cloti Ricciardi, Suzanne Santoro, Rosanna Cattaneo, Giosetta Fioroni, Elisa Montessori, Ida Gerosa, curated by Laura Iamurri and Greg Smith, September 22-October 14, 2011.
Via Arimondi: artists in residence at the industrial spaces of the Peugeot factory: Gianni Dessi, Mauro Di Silvestre, Claudio Abate, Alessandra Amici, Veronica Botticelli, Marco Colazzo, Angelo Cricchi, Sebu Migone, Caterina Silva, Francesca Romana Pinzari, February 15-March 4, 2011.
Genius Loci: John Cascone, Francesco Ozzola, Gian Maria Tosatti, curated by Francesca Ganzenua and Gianluca Brogna, January 25-February 4, 2011.
2010
Rome Sketchbook: appunti, schizzi, taccuini , curated by Patrizia Quaranta, November 9-25, 2010.
Brutti ma buoni: tra l’estetica e il sociale nelle fotografie di Glen Sacks e una installazione di Gaia Scaramella (photographs of Glen Sacks and an installation by Gaia Scaramella), October 5-27, 2010.
Quattro Passi: Maurizio Pierfranceschi, Claudio Givani, Alfredo Zelli, Vincenzo Scolamiero, exh. cat. with text also by Maria Letizia Bixio, February 16-March 5, 2010.
Rome as Studio: Visual Arts Faculty at American University Programs in Rome, January 26-February 11, 2010.
2009
Christian Bonnefoi: Membra disjecta, curated by Pia Candinas, exh. cat. with text by Pia Candinas, November 3-26, 2009.
Da vicino…da lontano: a retrospective of five-years of window art of Mondello Ottica, October 7-29, 2009.
The Silent Space Between and Around Words: Two painters and four writers — Georgina Spengler and Edith Urban; Bruce Comens Rosa Pierno Beatrice Talamo Luigi Trucillo, exh. cat., September 22-October 2, 2009.
CHE STAI FACENDO?: students in painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, curated by Costantino Baldino, February 23-March 5, 2009.
Parlami d’amore Mariù: Felice Levini, in collaboration with Galleria De Crescevo & Viesti contemporary art, Rome, February 3-17, 2009.
2008
Alessandro Poli: lezioni americane dall’utopia radicale ad oggi, curated by Katherine Krizek, November 4- 28, 2008.
Cafè VIII: The Journey of Cuban Artists, curated by Leandro Soto, with Anita Guerra, October 2008.
England 1, Germany 1: recent paintings by Elke Zauner, fellow at the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo and John Walter, fellow at the British School in Rome, June 2008.
Esplorazioni nell’arte contemporanea a Roma: curated with Lexi Eberspacher, February 2008.
SPainters: Recent Paintings by Alexandru Nicolescu and Dina Dancu, curated with Mirela Pribac, January 2008.
2007
Mississippi 1964 “Freedom Summer:" Joel Katz Photographs, November 2007.
Media Alert: the documentary photography of Olivier Menanetau, October 2-29, 2007.
Emilio Leofreddi: Voyage Diary, a display of tapestries woven in Tibet from Leofreddi’s travel drawings in India, September 19-30, 2007.
Tiber Hawks: for FotoGrafia International Festival of Photography (fellows from the British School at Rome, Spanish Academy, Swiss Institute, The American Academy in Rome, German Academy Rome Villa Massimo), exh. cat., June 2007.
Body and mind: exclusively drawings, Antony Gormley and Oliviero Rainaldi, curated by James Putnam, February 2007.
2006
Il Bestiario:drawings by Giuseppe Salvatori, October 2006.
Inspired by Dante: drawings by Jennifer Strange, September 2006.
Urban/Suburban: Contemporary Photography from the Foreign Academies in Rome, for FotoGrafia International Festival of Photography (fellows from the Egyptian Academy, Spanish Academy, the British School at Rome, Swiss Institute, The American Academy in Rome, German Academy Rome Villa Massimo), exh. Cat., June 2006.
Marco Delogu: Italianità, 24 large format portrait photographs, curated by Pia Candinas, February 2006.
Aqua, History of the Roman Fountain: a photography and architecture exhibition with the works of Paula Cagli and Maria Cristina Tullio, January 2006.
2005
LINK: Gabriele Basch e Alfredo Pirri, November 2005.
Il silenzio nell’arte: opere di Adami, Mottola, Romualdi, Turco, exh. cat., in collaboration with Pino Casagrande Contemporanea gallery, October 2005.
Giuseppe Gallo: Memorio Iconoclasta, curated by Pia Candinas with Christopher Davison, Austin Heitzman, Alex Nutini, Anna Ortiz, Rebecca Sack, 2004-2005 MFA students at Temple University Rome, February 2005.
WOP: cultura e segno underground nel contesto dell’arte underground a Roma, curated by Barbara Martusciello, February 2005.
Sandro Chia: curated by Pia Candinas, January 2005.
2004
Artists Collect: Contemporary Art in the Collections of Roman Artists, November 2004.
La Quotidiana Scoperta: curated with Arnaldo Romani Brizzi and Massimo Caggiano, exh. cat. with text by Marcello Pezza, in collaboration with Il Polittico gallery, September 2004.
Monsters & Other Creatures: Works of Peter Rockwell, exh. cat., February 2004.
Prints: curated by Mario Teleri Biason, January 2004.
2003
Senza Obiettivo: Exhibition of Pinhole Photography, curated by Lucy Clink, in collaboration with the Video Festival Internazionale Visionaria, November 2003.
Lorenzo Cardi and Silvia Codignola: Paintings, October 2003.
Planespotting: Manifesti Aeronautici italiani 1910-1943 dal Massimo & Sonia Cirulli Archive, New York, September 2003.
Jonathan Hynd Paintings: Arthur Simms (AAR ’03) Sculptures, February 2003.
2002
Fiabe De la Fontaine: curated by Christopher Carsten and Constantin Christofides, November 2002
Judy Moonelis and Jeff Mongrain: Summer 2002.
Art Files: Frontiere dell’Arte Digitale: curated by Sabrina Vedovotto and Ludovico Pratesi, exh. cat. with texts by Sabrina Vedovotto and Ludovico Pratesi, February 2002.
2001
Gea Casolaro: Remembering Watteau: November 2001.
Fabrizio Passarella: Worlds in a Small Room: curated by Armando Porcari, exh. cat. with text by Peter Weiermair, October 2001.
Saints and Sinners: Observations on the Sacred and the Profane, prints by 25 contemporary international artists, curated by Georgia Deal, with the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, D.C., September 2001
Contemplations on the Spiritual: Therese Chabot, Alan Greenberg, Nick Krippal, Jeff Mongrain, Jo Yarrington, with Sala 1 gallery, Rome, June 2001.
Delle Cose Mute: Tiziano Campi, Sauro Cardinali, Aldo Grazzi, Maurizio Pierfranceschi, curated by Carlo Alberto Bucci, February 2001.
2000
La S.V. e’ invitata: Francesco Impellizzeri, Mark Kostabi, exh. cat., October 2000. Furnishings provided by Trento Arredamenti, Frosinone (IT).
Oeuvres d’etre…works of being…opere d’essere: curated by Jacopo Benci, exh. cat. with text by Hélène Cixous, October 2000.
Colori contro il tempo: opere realizzate dai detenuti della Casa di Reclusione di Rebibbia, curated by Maria Ponce de Leon and Daniela de Robert, exh. cat., September 2000.
Camera della Donna: coordinators for the United States Carol Jacobsen and Joanne Leonard, exh. cat., February 2000 (travelled to Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, summer 2000).
Massimo Livadiotti, Venditori di Sogni: exh. cat. with texts also by Edward Lucie-Smith, January 2000.
1999
YOO (YearZEROZERO): Peter d’Agostino, November 1999.
Paola Gandolfi: Frammenti di Orestiade, per il Teatro S. Agostino di Rimini, curated by Pia Candinas, exh. cat. with texts by Pia Candinas and Ludovico Pratesi, October 1999.
Luigi Billi: Hombres, exh. cat. with texts by Paolo Balmas and others, New York University, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and Temple University Rome; Alberto Vannetti: Ore, exh. cat. with texts by Renato Mambor, September 1999.
Il meridiano: Accardi, Capaccio, Castellani, Grillo, Lombardo, Sanna, Sordini, curated by Antonio Capaccio, February 1999.
1998
Michele Cascarano: la città onirica, October 1998.
Dal Volto al Ritratto: exh. cat. with texts also by Ludovico Pratesi, February 1998.
1997
Insistenze: Incontro tra incisori italiani e americani, curated with Federica di Castro and Daniel Dallmann , exh. cat. with text by Federica di Castro, October 1997.
Dal Reale al Virtuale: paesaggi e visioni, exh. cat. with texts also by Ludovico Pratesi, October 1997.
Luce Delhove: Segni della Memoria, opere grafiche 1986-1997, June 1997.
Travel Diary: exh.cat. with text by Viviana Gravano, in collaboration with Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia, Rome, February 1997.
1996
Textile Sculpture in Rome: exh. cat., October-November 1996.
All’Ombra del Vesuvio: L’arte contemporanea a Napoli negli anni Novanta, exh. cat. with text by Ludovico Pratesi, October 1996.
Displacements: Botta, Corteggiani, Predominato, Giegerich, O’Brien, Wedemeyer, June 1996.
Marina Haas, Georg Hallensleben: February 1996.
1995
Licia Galizia: configurazione di un mutamento, exh.cat. with text by Cecilia Casorati, in collaboration with Associazione Mara Coccia, Rome, November 1995.
Camera Invisibile: a survey of contemporary photography in Rome, exh. cat. with text by Viviana Gravano, October 1995.
Oscar Turco: Riflessione sullo spirito, exh. cat., March 1995.
Una Giornata Particolare: Tra Cielo e Terra, January-February 1995.
1994
Maggie Cardelus: Self Portrait and Colored Threads, Installation No. 9, November 1994.
Ruth Weisberg: Emulations/Aemulatio, Opere recenti su carta e tela, June-July 1994.
La Sonnambula: Lucilla Catania and Fiorella Rizzo, exh. cat., February 1994.
Ruth Weisberg: Emulations/Aemulatio, Opere recenti su carta e tela, June-July 1994.
1993
Felix de la Concha: Paesaggio di Passaggio, November 1993.
Il Tredicesimo Apostolo: Omaggio a Majakovskij, exh. cat. with text by Enrica Torelli Landini, in collaboration with Galleria la Nuova Pesa, Rome, October 1993.
In Rag: installation and performance by Lucia Romualdi, February 1993.
1992
Lutti: Ceccobelli, Levini, Rossano, Salvatori, Bre, Del Colle, Lodoli, Magrelli, Veronesi, September 1992.
Architettura Contemporanea alle Accademie a Roma: American Academy in Rome, British School of Rome, Reale Accademia di Spagna, Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo, February 1992.
1991
Elizabeth Frolet: November 1991.
Fotografia Contemporanea 1970-1990: works from the collection of Pino Casagrande, October 1991.
1990
Francesco Impellizzeri and Didier LeGrand: exh. cat. with texts also by Ludovico Pratesi and Amy Weiskopf, October 1990.