Alessandra Pozzuoli is an emerging interdisciplinary artist. Using painting, sculpture, and printmaking her work explores how sacred meaning is communicated through ritual spaces, objects, and narratives. Inspired by the material language developed by Italian immigrant women and their descendants, her practice focuses on women's labor as caretakers and keepers of cultural knowledge within the context of religious devotion, family, ageing and death.
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alessandrapozzuoli@gmail.com
@alessandra_pozzuoli
CV- Alessandra Pozzuoli
Education
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, USA.
Solo Exhibitions
Whippersnapper Gallery. Not all cleaning is false, Toronto, ON, Canada. Spring 2022.
Meridian Arts Centre. Who is Lady York, Anyway? Presented by North York Arts. North York, ON, Canada. Spring 2019.
Group Exhibitions
Galería Nueva. Three Obsessions, Presented by Ladies Drawing Club. Madrid, Spain. Fall 2021.
Ladies Drawing Club. A Studio, Somewhere, Half a Century Away, virtual exhibition. Spring 2021.
Artsteps. Looking Forward and Looking Back, virtual exhibition. Winter 2021.
Scarborough Arts. 35th Annual Juried Exhibition: Beloved Community, virtual exhibition. Fall 2020.
Machines with Magnets. Community Ties, Providence, Rhode Island. Summer 2019.
그 집: The House. Proper Farewell, Incheon, South Korea. Fall 2018.
Gallery 1313. Sanctuary: Home Is, Toronto, Canada. Summer 2018.
Memorial Hall Gallery. The Last Show. Providence, Rhode Island. Spring 2018.
Andrew Edlin Gallery, Et Tu, Art Brute? New York, New York. Fall 2017.
Benson Hall Gallery, Cars and Trees. Providence, Rhode Island. Spring 2017.
Imago Gallery, International Mixed Media Show (Honorable Mention), Warren, Rhode Island. Fall 2016.
Gelman Gallery, New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) Accreditation Show, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Spring 2016.
Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Nebraska National Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Fall 2015.
Temporary Public Artworks
Vaughan City Hall. COVID 19 Social Bubble. Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. Summer 2021.
Open Letters 2020. Interactive installation. Schomberg, ON, Canada. Fall 2020.
Collections
Warren Preservation Society. Warren, Rhode Island, USA.
Curatorial Projects
Memorial Hall Gallery. The Machine Works Because We Do. Providence, Rhode Island. Spring 2018.
Memorial Hall Gallery. Ritual Mania Part 2! Providence, Rhode Island. Spring 2018.
The Drawing Room, Ritual Mania. Providence, Rhode Island. Fall 2017.
Residencies & Mentorships
Alchemy Artist Residency. Prince Edward County, Canada. Summer 2022.
Art Gallery of Ontario. AGO x RBC Emerging Artist Exchange, Toronto, Canada. 2021.
York Region Arts Council. Arts Mentorship Program. Mentee'd by artist Erika DeFreitas, 2021.
Officina Stamperia del Notaio. Tusa, Sicily. Summer 2019.
Awards & Grants
Ontario Arts Council. Career Catalyst: Project Grant for New Generation Artists, 2022.
Eliza Gardiner Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Foundation Year, 2014-15.
Spalter Teaching Fellowship, RISD Museum, 2016-18.
Publications
AGO Next. Artist Spotlight: Not all cleaning is false, 2022.
HAMAM Magazine. Issue 5: Strange, 2022.
The Capilano Review. ti-TCR 19: on ritual, 2021.
Mélange Creative Arts Journal. Volume 3: Seeding Justice & Deepening Our Roots, 2021.
Ladies Drawing Club Magazine: First Edition, 2021.
Big Art Book: Issue 7, Beloved Community: Reflecting on Methods of Care in Times of Need. Scarborough Arts, 2020.
Related Professional Experience
Assistant Curator of Public Art, City of Markham, February 2022 - ongoing.
Lead Education Coordinator, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, November 2019- February 2020.
Assistant Education Coordinator, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, October 2018- April 2019.
Museum Educator, RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design. September 2016- May 2018.
