Exhibitions
Group exhibitions
selected
2026 Hommage à Monet. Hiramatsu Reiji, Thierry Huau, Monica Gorini. Scultures, paintings, multi sensorial installations made in collaboration within Italian Perfumery Insitute and Pietro Vinci, creator of “Senti che colore” project, a system that converts images into sound sequences, ensuring accessibility for the blind. One Sensorial installation designed with the assistance of blind and visually impaired people, made of wood and eco-sustainable fabrics, perfumes created with the collaboration of the internationally renowned perfumer Christopher DiCas. Musée de Gajac. Villeneuve sur Lot. Conceived by Thierry Huau and curated by Thierry Huau and Marlyse Courrech, director of the Museum
2024-2025 Synthèse visuelle. Installations, paintings, sculpture, videoart. Maison-Musée Latour-Marliac. Un cabinet de curiosites. Le Temple sur Lot, New Aquitaine. Curated by Thierry Huau
2024 The garden inside. Poetic of freedom. Immersive, inclusive, sensorial installation designed with the assistance of blind and visually impaired people. Eco-sustainable fabrics, plant elements, sound, LED lights: tactile-olfactory installations created in collaboration with perfumer Christopher DiCas. CONNEXXION, Widespread festival of contemporary art. Former prison St. Augustine Savona. Conceived and curated by Livia Savorelli
2023-24 Sine Fine. Installation. Commissar’s Palace, Priamar fortress, Savona. Curated by Matteo Galbiati, Livia Savorelli
2023 Painting. Libreria Bocca, Vittorio Emanuele Gallery, Milan. curated by Giorgio Lodetti
2022 Déconstruction en rose. Painting. Group exhibition, Commissar’s Palace, Priamar fortress, Savona. Curated by Matteo Galbiati, Livia Savorelli
2022 Prototype Utopy / Design in Transition. Synthèse visuelle. The diary of a quest. 5VIE Design Week, Milan Design Week. Curated by 5Vie
2022 Synthèse visuelle. Metropolitan Jungle. Paintings. Group exhibition. Haute couture Atelier Bassani. Curated by Angela Florio and Milan 5 Vie. Milan historic center
2021-22 Essences Chromatiqués. Paintings. DIALOGHI SICILIANI. Abstract dimension, a sensitive horizon. Palace of Santo Stefano Dukes, Taormina, Catania art gallery, in collaboration with Academy of Fine Arts HDEMIA, Brescia Santa Giulia and Academy of Fine Arts Catania
2021 La porta. Land art installation. Finalist’s exhibition Arte Laguna Prize. Arsenal of Venice
2019 La porta. Land art installation. Finalist’s exhibition Arteam cup. Villa Nobel, Sanremo, Italy. Curated by Livia Savorelli
2019 Giverny: Last Paradise connected to painting. Photography Gala Awards Exhibition. Galeria Valid Foto Barcelona. Curated by Julio Hirsch Hardy
2018 International 5th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography. The wrong body. Space Nau Bostik, Barcelona. Curated by Julio Hirsch Hardy
2018 Towards the sky, photographic show. Chiostri dell’Umanitaria, Milan. Curated by the artist
2017 Photography Gala Awards Exhibition. Galeria Valid Foto, Barcelona. Curated by Julio Hirsch Hardy
2017 The other view, photographic exhibition. Società Umanitaria, Chiostro dei Glicini, Milan. Curated by the artist
2016 Berlin Foto Biennal. 4th Biennal of fine art & Documentary Photography. Italia Palace, Berlin. Curated by Julio Hirsch Hardy
2016 Dreams from Karim to Lin, photographic exhibition, Villa Forno, Milano. By invitation and in collaboration with Uiversità Bicocca, Milan
2016 Dreamland, photographic exhibition, The Se Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina, USA. Curated by Michael Pannier
2014 The Way and Touchsenses, multisensory sculptures, By invitation and in collaboration with Uiversità Bicocca and Municipality of Milan. Milan
2013 The places of imaginary, photographic exhibition, Spazio O.C.A Officine Creative Ansaldo, Milan
2012 Collective screening of works. Time Square, New York
2011 The other view. Photographic exhibition. A project focused on blind and visually impaired people. In collaboration with The Institute of the Blind, Milan
2009 The way, multisensory sculpture. Multi-modal approaches to learning, creativity and communication. Curated by Art Beyond sight. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
2009 Signs. Photographic exhibition. Superstudio 13, via Forcella 13, Milan. Curated by Superstudio 13
2008 Kaleidoscopio, theater performance and multisensory works for an integrated audience of blind, sighted and visually impaired people. In collaboration with The Institute of the Blind, Milan
2007 Discovering the invisible, sculptures. Multi-modal approaches to learning, creativity and communication. In collaboration with Art Beyond sight and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2007 Multisensory performances, photographic works and sculptures. Circolo culturale P. Bentivoglio, U.I.C., Italian Union of the Blind, Milan
2007 Photo exhibition. Paris Photo Prize, Px3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris
Personal exhibitions
selected
2026 Ad Infinitum, Museo Mineralogico Luciano Dabroi, Palazzo Tagliaferro, Andora. Curated by Christine Enrile
2025 Cunabula, Gilda Contemporary art, Milan. Curated by Cristina Gilda Artese
2023 Decodificare la natura. Interconnessioni sensoriali. Gallery Vico Spinola, Savona. Curated by Livia Savorelli
2023 I codici del giardino, Casa Badanelli Donati, Armeno. Project curated by the artist
2023 Synthèse visuelle, Sculptures and installations, photographs, video. Gilda contemporary art. Curated by Cristina Gilda Artese, Milan
2021 Variations sensibles. Sculptures. Ditta Cesare Crespi, via Brera 28, Milan. Curated by Milano Design Week
2020 Harmonies chromatiques. Sculptures, design and paintings. 5 Vie D’N’A, Design for a better world. Milan design city. Curatet by 5 Vie
2019 ONLY STRIPS. ONLY COLORS. Photographs. Spazio Espositivo Secondopiano, Libreria Hoepli, Milan. Curated by the artist
2018 Acqua e materia. Paintings and installations. Bi-personal with Gorini Lorenzo. Sala della Gran Guardia, Portoferraio, Elba Island
2012 Sogni da Karim a Lin. Photographic exhibition. Bi-personal. Triennale Design Museum, Milan. In collaboration and curatet by Università Bicoccca, Milan
2011 L’altro sguardo. Photographs. Bi-personal. Project realized with blind people. In collaboration with Milan Blind Institute, curated by the artists and Erica Monteneri, President UIC Unione Italiana Ciechi, Milan
2008 Le corps et la poésie. Photograps. Bi-personal. Galerie Corrado Bortone, Paris
Performance, Installations
2019 Land Art, Installation La porta, Mottarone, Piemonte, Italia
2017 Non una di meno, Shared Work and Performance. Construction of a large colored salt mandala. With the participation of 100 women artists. On the occasion of International Women’s Day. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Milan. Curated by Tiziana Tacconi, Academy of Fine Arts “Brera”
2017 Reflecting on war, Installation of artist’s books. Woman’s essence. Espace Comminees, Paris. Curated by Francesca di Trapani
2016 White books, Installation of artist’s books. Sale del Bramante, Roma
2016 War to war, Installation of artist’s books, Finalista Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale di Venezia
2015 L’albero della vita, Performance with the participation of blind people. Chiostri della Società Umanitaria, Milano
2015 White books, Installation of artist’s books. Finalist selected by Paratissima, Hit Parade, Mauto, Museo dell’Automobile, Turin. Curated by Francesca Canfora
2014 Travelers all together, Performance. Event for the Third Intercultural Day : MOVING TOWARDS. Places of the city, intercultural dialogues. By invitation of University Bicocca, Milan
2013 Star’s Labyrinth, Performance, Creation of an installation of artist’s books. Spazio. O.C.A, Officine Creative Ansaldo, Milan
2013 Con-ta-ci , Performance. Construction of a large colorful salt mandala. Padiglione del Tibet. Collateral event at the 55 Biennale of Venice, in collaboration with “Brera” Academy of Fine Arts. Curated by Roberto Maggi and Tiziana Tacconi
2008 Discovering the Invisible, Installation. Reconstruction of an artwork in the dark. Center for art and creativity Edu-art, Milan
Fair
2023 BAF, Modern & Contemporary Art Fair, Bergamo
2022 Expoarte Montichiari, Modern & Contemporary Art Fair, Brescia
2018 Paratissima Art Fair, Caserma La Marmora, Turin
2018 Paratissima Art Fair, Spazio_Base, Milan
2015 Ordine o Caos? Paratissima, XI ,Turin
2012 Carrousel du Louvre, Salon Art Shopping, Paris
Awards
selected
2023 Special Award magazine Segno – Arteamcup 2023
2020 Finalist Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenal of Venice
2019 Finalist Arteamcup 2019. Special Award Vanillaedizioni
2019 Award Winner Contest Gutemberg Edizioni
2016 Finalist Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenal of Venice
Photographic Awards
2018 Contemporary Photography Award, Barcelona Foto Biennale
2017 11th Edition JMCA, Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers.
Winner with Diana Nicholette Jeon, United States and Isabela Pacini, Brazil.
https://www.thegalaawards.com/
For other awards and honorable mentions: write to the artist
National and international magazines and sites
https://www.lensculture.com/monica-gorini
https://artelaguna.world/artist/monica-gorini/
International conference educational field
2009 – 2007 Conference : MULTI-MODAL APPROACHES TO LEARNING, CREATIVITY AND COMMUNICATION. Sponsored by Art Education for the Blind and the Teachers College Columbia University, workshops. Talking about the sculptures: “ The way ” and “ Touchsenses ” multimodal and multisesory art. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, NY
Collections
Foto Nostrum Gallery, Barcelona