PAOLA CITTERIO was born in 1964 in a small village close to Milan, Italy. She received her Master of Fine Art in Scenografy from Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, NABA, in Milan 1986. For the next fifteen years she build her career as a Production Designer. Working for theater, movies and commercial productions, under directions of Giuseppe Tornatore, Gabriele Salvatores, Bob Giraldi, Tarsem and Frederic Planchon, culminating with the artistic directions of Survivor, in Bocas Del Toro Panama.
In 2001, Paola moved to New York City and found artistic inspiration in her family life, creating sculptures that blend the traditional craftwork she learned from the women in her childhood home, with found metal objects from the city.
There is always an element of surprise in Paola’s work, as she likes her audience to engage with her pieces and discover them inside and out.
“La trama non compare perche’ l’efffetto voluto e’ di stupore, ma lento molto lento e’ lo scorrere del tempo necessario alla sua risoluzione.” Vittoria Mazzoni
EDUCATION
1986 MFA at NABA, Nuova Accademia di
Belle Arti, Milan, Italy
1982 BFA Visual Art, Liceo Artistico
Interculturale, Monza, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 LA STANZA DI VENERE
Lecce, Italy
2020 MONICA CASTIGLIONI ATELIER
268 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY
2019 WOMEN - Showcase
Malo + Paola Citterio
La Tenda, Via Solferino 10 Milano
2019 VISCERE
Fondazione Kenta
via Sasetti 31 Milano
2019 MONICA CASTIGLIONI ATELIER
268 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY
2018 CAPSULA
Lato 1
Viale Tibaldi 18 Milano
Lato 2
Discosizer
Via Toffetti 25 Milano
2018 PIP-SQUEAK CHAPEAU
99 Franklyn street
Brooklyn, NY
2016 CELEBRATING BIRTH
Weylin Gallery
Brooklyn NY
2016 MEN AT WORK
Picture Farm Gallery
Brooklyn NY
2014 SOLOFIFTY+VIRALCOLONIZATION
Picture Farm Gallery
Brooklyn NY
2013 VIRALCOLONIZATION2013
a year Residency (Bathroom)
Jonathan Levine Gallery
529 West 20th Street
NYC
2018 AIR@4HEADS, art residency
Governors Island, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 GO FIGURE: The Female Gaze
The Hewitt Gallery of Art
221 E 71th Street, NY
2019 WAC2019 AWARDS
WELLS ART CONTEMPORARY
Wells Cathedral, Somerset UK
2019 EVERY WOMAN BIENNIAL
LaMaMa Galleria
47 Great Jones Street, NY
2019 #IONONSONO ROBA TUA
Tbs Via Pestalozzi 4
Milano
2018 IF YOU HEAR ME YOU CAN SEE ME…
4HEADS. GIAF 2018
Governors Island
Art Fair, NY
2018 M—-THE MENOPAUSE PROJECT
370 Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn, NY
2018 BOMBAY SAPPHIRE ARTISAN SERIES
New York Finalist
White Space Gallery
530W 25TH street, NY
2018 ALLOW TO INTRODUCE MY SELF
Cigar Factory
35th street Long Island City, NY
2018 WOMEN AT WORK
Ground Floor Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
2017 4HEADS, GIAF 2017
Governors Island
Art Fair, NY
2017 SUPER STARS,
The Black Sheep Gallery
Milano
2013 CREST ART SHOW, Brooklyn NY
2011 METROPOLITAN BUDDHA
hosted by MICHELA MARTELLO
Cappelletti Arte Contemporanea, Milano
2011 EATART MANGIA L'ARTE
Italian Cultural Institute, Los AngeleS
Wook & Lattuada Gallery, NYC
2011 NUOVI TALENTI
Wook & Lattuada Gallery, NYC
2011 IMAFESTIVAL NYC -First Prize
La MaMa Theater, The Club, NYC
2011 ART ESTATE IMAfestival & Corcoran
Gramercy Park, NYC
2006 LA QUERCIA DAI RAMI D'ORO
Visioni En Plain Air
Villa Salvati, Jesi AN
