Serena Gamba
Visual artist, she works on the theme of memory and oblivion through word, sign and form. Her research moves around the meaning of Painting and its declinations in relation to other visual and applied arts.
The images of the History of Art, emptied of their original meaning, are reworked to bring out their essential nature, far removed from flawed and pre-constituted forms. The genres and materials of painting, the foundations of spoken and written language, the constituent elements of drawing and geometry are condensed into new structures and primary signs, at the same time activating a process of negation and reconstruction of a new image. These structural elements, be they sculptural or pictorial, define an architecture, a visual alphabet, address and leave full freedom of interpretation and reworking.
Thus, he draws on the things of the world, be they classical works or primordial forms, to redefine a personal imagery, to generate an aesthetic and formal sensitivity towards the inexplicable mystery of Painting. He has exhibited in the group shows "Sollazzo Ottico" (Roccatre Gallery, Turin), "Appunti di sociologia urbana" (Alessio Moitre Gallery, Turin), "Dell'origine e delle sue variazioni - Serena Gamba/Alessandro Gioiello" (Isolo17 Gallery, Verona), "Serena Gamba, Autos - Eleonora Manca, Catessi" (Alessio Moitre Gallery, Turin), exhibits in the circuit "Art Site Fest" (Castello di Govone / Govone (CN)), at the exhibition "Lacerto" (Galleria Alessio Moitre), "Esercizi di scrittura" (BI-BOx Art Space / Biella), "La Camera delle Meraviglie" (Isolo17 Gallery, Verona), "Visione d'Interno" (Galleria Alessio Moitre - Burning Giraffe, Turin), "IncontrArTi - Simboli e riflessi verso l'Oltre" (Vercelli). She exhibited in solo shows 'Datum - Dida' (Van Der Gallery, Bolzano), 'Monologue' (Galleria Alessio Moitre, Turin), 'Opera al Nero' (Isolo17 Gallery, Verona). Winner in 2021 of the "A Collection" Prize (Art Verona), in 2019 she wins the Artkeys Prize in the painting section and is a finalist in the Nocivelli Prize and the Yicca Contest. Finalist in 2018 at the Combat Prize, in 2017 he wins the Tina Prize Beijing edition, participates in 2016 at the Lissone Prize. In 2021 he founded Spazio PPP, a space for confrontation and real exchange aimed at creating new relationships between visual artists, curators and poets within a reality uncontaminated by typical city times and dynamics together with artist Alessandro Gioiello.
![Serena Gamba, Lettura de la Gioconda, 2015, grafite su tela, 77 x 53 cm]()
![Installation view, Dialogo 1, Corso Monforte 23, Milan (detail)]()
![Installation view, Dialogo 1, Corso Monforte 23, Milan]()
![Installation view, Dialogo 1, Corso Monforte 23, Milan (detail)]()
The images of the History of Art, emptied of their original meaning, are reworked to bring out their essential nature, far removed from flawed and pre-constituted forms. The genres and materials of painting, the foundations of spoken and written language, the constituent elements of drawing and geometry are condensed into new structures and primary signs, at the same time activating a process of negation and reconstruction of a new image. These structural elements, be they sculptural or pictorial, define an architecture, a visual alphabet, address and leave full freedom of interpretation and reworking.
Thus, he draws on the things of the world, be they classical works or primordial forms, to redefine a personal imagery, to generate an aesthetic and formal sensitivity towards the inexplicable mystery of Painting. He has exhibited in the group shows "Sollazzo Ottico" (Roccatre Gallery, Turin), "Appunti di sociologia urbana" (Alessio Moitre Gallery, Turin), "Dell'origine e delle sue variazioni - Serena Gamba/Alessandro Gioiello" (Isolo17 Gallery, Verona), "Serena Gamba, Autos - Eleonora Manca, Catessi" (Alessio Moitre Gallery, Turin), exhibits in the circuit "Art Site Fest" (Castello di Govone / Govone (CN)), at the exhibition "Lacerto" (Galleria Alessio Moitre), "Esercizi di scrittura" (BI-BOx Art Space / Biella), "La Camera delle Meraviglie" (Isolo17 Gallery, Verona), "Visione d'Interno" (Galleria Alessio Moitre - Burning Giraffe, Turin), "IncontrArTi - Simboli e riflessi verso l'Oltre" (Vercelli). She exhibited in solo shows 'Datum - Dida' (Van Der Gallery, Bolzano), 'Monologue' (Galleria Alessio Moitre, Turin), 'Opera al Nero' (Isolo17 Gallery, Verona). Winner in 2021 of the "A Collection" Prize (Art Verona), in 2019 she wins the Artkeys Prize in the painting section and is a finalist in the Nocivelli Prize and the Yicca Contest. Finalist in 2018 at the Combat Prize, in 2017 he wins the Tina Prize Beijing edition, participates in 2016 at the Lissone Prize. In 2021 he founded Spazio PPP, a space for confrontation and real exchange aimed at creating new relationships between visual artists, curators and poets within a reality uncontaminated by typical city times and dynamics together with artist Alessandro Gioiello.
