Barbara Agreste

About

Barbara Agreste Painter, photographer, filmmaker.

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www.repticula.net/BarbaraAgreste

e-mail: bambee@interfree.it

Barbara Agreste was born in Pescara, she first approaches art-making in the Art Lyceum of her town, and after completing the course she goes to Milan to attend a scenography course in the Academy of Arts. Not happy with the cultural atmosphere that surrounds her in Italy, at the age of 23 she moves to London where she begins working as a performer for "Rawhead Dance Theatre". In 1996 Barbara enrols in Kent Institute of Art & Design taking as her subject of study Film & Video Production. After graduating in July 2000 she proceeds to the MA course in 'Fine Art' at Central St. Martins College of Art & Design in London where she is awarded the 'Master of Arts' in September 2004. Since then Barbara has continued producing films and paintings, exhibiting and attending film festivals in UK, Italy and in the rest of the world. Barbara lives and works in London although her visits to Italy are very frequent. … Read More

Location: London, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.bambee.org
http://www.repticula.net/BarbaraAgreste

Education

• 2004: Master of Arts, Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK.
• 2000: Bachelor of Arts (with First Class Honours), Visual Communication, Kent Institute of Art & Design, University of Kent at Canterbury, Maidstone, UK.
• 1997: BTEC Diploma, Foundation Studies in Art & Design, Kensington & Chelsea College, London, UK.
• 1989: Diploma, Liceo Artistico “G. Misticoni” – Pescara, Italy.
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Oil Paintings 2011

7 Artworks

Spine Flowers

3 Artworks

Events & Exhibitions

Exhibitions

2012/13:

• 100×100=900 (100 Videoartists to tell a Century) international videoart project, http://www.9hundred.org/century.php
• VOTE ART, Cultural Art Movement, CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples/Strasbourg.
• La Video Arte nel Mondo del Software, curated by Giovanni Viceconte, Lino Strangis & Veronica D’Auria , MACRO Contemporary Art Museum of the City of Rome, Italy.
• On Videos for hours and hours, curated by Visual Container, Boccanera Art Gallery, Trento, Italy.
• Vagiti Ultimi, curated by Daniela Martella, cisterne romane del Palazzo Ducale, Atri, Italy.

2011:

• Women’s Glance, screening of videoart by women, curated by Enrico Tomaselli, Palazzo delle Arti, Naples.
• Metamorphose, South Haven Centre for the Arts, South Haven, curated by Melissa Warner-Talcott, Mitchigan, USA.
• A(r)T:Trazione, Poetry and VideoArt Festival, Chiostro Palazzo di Citta’, S. Severo, FG, Italy.
• La Condivisione della Differenza, curated by Silvia Cicoria, Palazzo Lannutti, Montesilvano Colle, Pescara.
• ALFABETOMORSO, Maionese Project, Virtual Exhibition, EnPleinAir Art-Gallery, Pinerolo, Turin.
• VIDEO IN FRAC – ViDea3 Rassegna di video art al femminile VideoCocktail II edizione, Frac, Sala delle Conferenze e Galleria dei Frati, Baronissi (Naples).
• CAMMovie Videoart Platform, CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, curated by Antonio Manfredi, Naples.
• Arakne, Primo Piano Living Gallery, curated by Dores Sacquegna, Lecce, Italy.
• Magmart Video Under Volcano VI edition, in partnership with CAM – Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, and the Foundation Universal Forum of Cultures, Naples.
• Language is a Virus, Primo Piano Living Gallery, curated by Dores Sacquegna, Lecce, Italy.

2010:

• ITALIAN CONTAINER The emerging Italian video art comes to Yerevan, curated by Carolina Lio.
ACCEA | Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia.
• “Art Shake Festival Berlin”, 91mQ Art Project Space, Berlin, curated by Emanuela De Notariis.
• “Pixelation V.7″, a showcase of digital media and interactive performance part of the FirstWorks Festival. Providence, Rodhe Island, USA.
• “Unbroken beat of soul”, International Video Art at Laity Festival, Ex Aurum, Pescara, Italy, curated by Antonio Zimarino.
• “Videococktails”, video art exhibition, fës showroom – Minori – Costa d’Amalfi, curated by Pasquale Ruocco and Marcella Ferro.
• “Jamis vu” (solo show), Rose es la Vie, Roseto degli Abruzzi, curated by Agnese Casolani.
• “Tracce 2010″, 7^ Young Artists’ Biennale, Castello Di Sarzano, Casina – ReggioEmilia.
• “Art Shake Festival”, Mondo Bizarro Gallery, Rome, curated by Emanuela De Notariis.
• “Contact-s, Luoghi dell’Arte Contemporanea”, Liceo Artistico Giorgio de Chirico, Torre Annunziata, NAPLES. Curated by: Raffaella Barbato.
• “31 Artisti Vs 20Mq“, Visualcontainer.box ProjectSpace, Via Federico Confalonieri 11, Milan. Curared by: Alessandra Arnò, Giorgio Fedeli.
• “RED: The Gendered Color in Frames”, International Videoart Exhibition, curated by Evelin Stermitz, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2009:

• Nigredo, Ex Lavanderia, Rome. Curated by Lori Adragna, Barbara Collevecchio, Micol di Veroli.
• Toys… What a pleasure. Atelier 777 Gallery, Pescara, Italy.
• Videholica 2009, International Biennial of Visual Arts, August in Art, Archeology Museum, Varna, Bulgaria.
• Crisis, creativity as a resort and crisis as a time of passage and change. Villa Comunale Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy, curated by Barbara Collevecchio.
• International Video Programme, Cepa Gallery, The Art of Photography, curated by Adriane Little – Buffalo, NY, USA.

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