MONICA MAZZONE (1984) is a visual artist, lives and works between Milan and New York. EDUCATION 2005 - 2010 Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Milan, Visual Arts - Painting (MA - BA)
2011 Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), Milan, Management Cultural Events (Specialization Course) SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024, Supersostanziale, Studio la Linea Verticale, critic text by Pierluigi Nardoni (with Mattia Barbieri)
2023, Sono l’aquila che apre le porte, Subplace, Milan, curated by Rossella Moratto and Joykix 2022, Secret Passage, Manuel Zoia Gallery, Milan, critic text by di Domenico de Chirico 2022, Spaccacuore, Spazio contemporanea, Brescia, curated by Gloria Pasotti, critic text by Luigi Presicce (with Mattia Barbieri) 2021, Space Hurts, NARS Foundation, New York 2021, Le buone intenzioni, Manuel Zoia Gallery, Verona, critic text by Cristina Cuttica 2019, Non appena fuori di me, Museo Temporaneo Navile, Bologna, critic text by Rossella Moratto 2019, Regular Dreams, la rada Foundation, Locarno, curated by Valentina Negri (with Marta Ravasi) 2018, Versioni Standard, Mars, Milan (with Mattia Barbieri) 2018, ZZ, Riss(e), Varese, curated by Ermanno Cristini, critic text by Rossella Moratto (with Aldo Mozzini)
2016, L'intenzione di una retta, Studio Maraniello, Milan, curated by Rossella Moratto
2014, The Perfect Universe, Merkur Gallery, Istanbul, curated by Sabiha Kurtulmus
2009, Per un quasi infinito, Formentini Gallery - Nuovo CIB -, Milan, curated by Diego Esposito and Matteo Fontana 
2008, Arte al Centro, Cultural Center “La Chiocciola”, Rivolta d’Adda SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023, Orthogonal Landscape, Manuel Zoia Gallery, Milan 2023, Tendente Infinito, Studio la Linea Verticale, in collaboration with Fondazione Saffaro, Bologna, curated by Tatiana Basso, critic text by Bruno D’Amore 2023, Contestabile, Contemporary Cluster, Rome, curated by Davide Silvioli 2023, Affascinante, Varoli Civic Museum, Cotignola, curated by Luigi Presicce and Gioele Melandri 2022, Il Grande Brivido, Palazzo Doria, Borgomaro, curated by Anna Angelica Ainio
2022, Parallel Lifeforms, Jumbo Group, Milano, curated by Alberto Zanchetta and Thanos Zakopoulos 2020, Guiding Principles, NARS Foundation, New York, curated by Elisa Gutiérrez 2020, Noccioline, Casa al mare, Yellow, Tortoreto, curated by Davide Serpetti 2020, Gardenship Art House Drive-In, Gardenship Art Residency, Kearny, NJ, curated by Wavelength - Gianluca Bianchino and Jeanne Brasile 2020, Pandemic Projection, Night #7, Singac, New Jersey, curated by Wavelength - Gianluca Bianchino and Jeanne Brasile
2019, Making Time, Index Art Center, Newark, curated by Wavelength - Gianluca Bianchino and Jeanne Brasile
2019, Venire per avere / Come to have, Arcos - Sannio Contemporary Art Museum, Benevento, curated by Bustos Domenech 2018, Borderwalls, The Border, New York, curated by Jamie Martinez 2018, Fluid Currency, NARS Foundation, New York, curated by Adele Eisenstein 2018, 1000 Eventi, Galleria Giuseppe Pero, Milan 2018, Darsi, Palazzo Lombardia, Milan, curated by Bustos Domenech 2017, In accumulo o in sospeso ma in equilibrio #2, Bandera Art Foundation, Busto Arsizio, curated by Rossella Moratto
2017, 906090, Giuseppe Pero Gallery, Milan, curated by Nicoletta Castellaneta and Giuseppe Pero
2017, Estetica Matematica, Villa Contemporanea, Monza, curated by Leda Lunghi
2017, Studio Freud|Studi Festival#3, B&G Studio, Milan, curated by Fabio Carnaghi
2016, No Place3, Suzzara Prize Gallery, Suzzara, curated by Umberto Cavenago and Ermanno Cristini
2016, Palomar, Dimora Artica, Milan, curated by Patrizia Emma Scialpi 2016, Soprasotto, Ex Bottegone Supermarket, Sesto Calende, curated by Ermanno Cristini and Luca Scarabelli, critic text by Rossella Moratto
2016, Empatema|Studi Festival #2, Studio AlbertoAperto, Milan, curated by Alberto Mugnaini, Corrado Levi, Yari Miele 2016, No Place2, Fombio Castle, Fombio, curated by Umberto Cavenago and Ermanno Cristini
2015, Vasi Comunicanti, MIDeC (International Museum of Ceramic Design), Laveno, curated by Lorenza Boisi
2015, Trailer, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, curated by Città Ideale
2015, Pomerium, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, curated by Laura Vittoria Cherchi
2015, Vetrina di Studi/01, Soap, Milan, curated by Soap Gallery
2015, Les Sublimes, Arthur Cravan Foundation, Milan, curated by Cose Cosmiche (Helga Franza and Silvia Hell)
2014, Red Letter Home Edition, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, curated by Mattia Barbieri
2014, Extradelicato 2, Studio Corfone, Milan, curated by Claudio Corfone
2013, Ira Tra I Tartari, Satzyor Gallery, Budapest, curated by Dorka Kaposi
2013, Tomorrow is now!, Galleria Cart, Monza, curated by David Glanton and Giorgio Viganò
2012, Extradelicato, Studio Corfone, Milan, curated by Claudio Corfone
2010, Creatività e Sostenibilità, Spazio Thetis, Arsenale, Venice, curated by F. De Filippi, A. Occhipinti, R. Semprini, A. Grandesso
2008, Pangea, Palazzo Re, Giulianova, curated by Diego Esposito 2008, Pazzi per l’Arte, Conservatory of Milan - Verdi Hall Foyer, Milan, curated by Cristina Muccioli
2005, Jesus, where is the sugar? Ex San Carpoforo Church, Milan, curated by Diego Esposito AWARDS Upcoming 2024, Premio VAF, Stadtgalerie, Kiel, curate by VAF Foundation (finalist) 2024, Cramum Prize, Reti Campus, Busto Arsizio, curate by sabino Maria Frassá 2020, Premio Nocivelli, Parco Nocivelli, Verolanuova, curated by Associazione Culturale Techne 2017, Cairo Prize, Palazzo Reale, Milano 
2016, Combat Prize, G. Fattori Museum, Livorno 
2012, Premio Lissone, Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone, curated by Alberto Zanchetta 
2009, PNA (Premio Nazionale della Arti/National Arts Award), Le Ciminiere, Catania 
2008, Salon Primo, ex San Carpoforo Church, Milan  RESIDENCIES 2023, Frees – Progetto Contemporaneo, curated by Cristina Meloni and Paolo Carta 2023, Simposio, Lac o le Mon Foundation, Lecce – Italy, curated by Luigi Presicce 2022, Landina, Omegna - Italy, curated by Lorenza Boisi 2022, Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia – Italy, curated by Gloria Pasotti
2020, MASS MoCA, North Adams - MA 2019, Lac o le Mon Foundation, Lecce – Italy, curated by Luigi Presicce and Davide Serpetti 2018, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn - New York 2014, Run/Spazioperartistidipassaggio, Lerici - Italy, curated by Jaya Cozzani INTERSHIP PROGRAM 2012, April-May, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice CURATORIAL PROJECTS 2017, Rosso Freddo| Studi Festival#3, via Piranesi 25, Milan
2016, Oblequeness, via Piranesi 25, Milan
2015, ANTONIO & ANTONIO, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
2015, Agostino, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
2015, They hung a picture over the fireplace, via Piranesi 25, Milan MASTERCLASS FOR PUBLIC WORK 2019, Ecoismi, Borromeo Island, Cassano d'Adda, curated by Grazia Varisco and Ylbert Durishti WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES 2018, Monica Mazzone – The emotional geometry, IUFFP, University Federal Institute, Lugano, Switzerland 2018, Art and Math, IUFFP, University Federal Institute, Lugano, Switzerland 2017, Art and Math, CSIA, Centre for the Artistic Industry, Lugano, Switzerland SPECIAL PROJECTS Active member of the editorial staff of the art magazine “E IL TOPO” (www.eiltopo.org)
Collaboration with the art association Progetto Città Ideale for EXPO 2015 (www.progettocittaideale.com)
Collaboration with the contemporary art network Undo.Net / FRUIT SOUP art column (www.undo.net) THE FAIRWAY, traveling project in collaboration with Mattia Barbieri (www.mattiabarbieristudio.com): 2015, The Fairway, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
2015, Il Numero Mille, Wat Yai Chaya Mongkol, Ayutthaia,Thailand
2013-2014, Ikebana Layers, Suimoncho garden, Nara, Japan
2013, Flaggalf, Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy