Valentina D’Amaro

Valentina D’Amaro (Massa, 1966) lives and works between Milan and Lunigiana.

She graduated in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera, Milan. She has exhibited in numerous national and international public and private spaces, including: Guang Dong Museum of Art, Canton, China; Prague Biennale, Prague; Sovereign European Art Prize, Barbican Centre, London; Hangart-7, Salzburg, Austria; 54th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Te, Mantua; MMKK, Klagenfurt, Austria; Royal Palace, Milan; PAC, Milan; Triennale, Milan; Palazzo della Permanente, Milan; MAC, Lissone; Villa Reale, Monza; PAC, Ferrara; GAM, Udine; Palazzo della Ragione, Verona; Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi; Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare; Palazzo Parasi, Cannobio; Visconteo Castle, Legnano; Palazzo Ducale, Massa.
She won the 6th Cairo Prize in 2005, Cairo Communication.

In 2016, her work was included in the prestigious publication Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting by Phaidon.

Selected solo show:

2019 Simon Callery l Valentina D’Amaro (bi-personal), Galleria 1/9unosunove, Rome

2016 Viridis. Variazioni in Verde, Yellow space, Varese. Text by R. Moratto and A. Lacarpia

2015 Vespro, Dimora Artica, Milan. Curated by A. Lacarpia

2014 Naturale Irrealtà, Palazzo Parasi, Cannobio (VB). Critical essay by A. Lacarpia
2014 Landscape Portraits, Spazio Transiti, Marina di Scarlino (GR), curated by M.C. Valacchi

2013 Diàlogo entre paisajes (bi-personale), Valentina D’Amaro & Miguel Angel Iglesias, N2 Galerìa, Barcelona
2013 Oltre il paesaggio, Marcorossi Artecontemporanea Gallery, Verona

2012 Oltre il paesaggio, Gallery Eventinove, Borgomanero (NO), Marcorossi Artecontemporanea Gallery, Monza (MB) Galleria Ghetta, Ortisei (BZ). Text by C. Guidi

2011 Mars (Space for artists in Milan), Milan

2010 Trees, bushes and Fields, Galleria Astuni, Pietrasanta. Text by Michele Robecchi

2006 Shizen Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milano. Text by Luca Beatrice

2005 Landscapes, Galeria Jorge Shirley, Lisbon

2004 Senza Titolo (Untitled), Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milano. Testo di Gianni Romano

2002 Kunstadapter Gallery, Francoforte

2001 De March-Solbiati Contemporary Art Gallery, Legnano, Milan. Text by Gianni Romano

Selected group show:

2025 Intorno alla stella, Nashira Gallery, Milan, curated by Andreas Zampella and Luigi Presicce

2024-2023 Pittura italiana oggi, Triennale Milano, curated by Damiano Gulli

2019 Scivias. Conoscere le vie, Valentina D’Amaro / Debora Hirsch / Devis Venturelli, Galerie Lisi Haemmerle, Bregenz, Austria. Text by K. Pichler

2018 Panorama. Approcci e derive del paesaggio in Italia, Foundation of Monte di Bologna and Ravenna, Bologna. Curated by C. Musso

2018 Reazione a catena, gallery Unosunove, Rome

2017 Locus Amoenus, Museo Tornielli, Ameno (NO), Italy

2017 Vasi comunicanti, Triennale Milano and former Church of San Pietro in Atrio, Como, Italy

2017 Disegni dal fulmine, Madeinbritaly, London

2017 Pathosformel, Spazio Corrente, Milan

2017 Studio Freud, Studi Festival, Milan

2016 Into the Woods, Villa Contemporanea, Monza, Italy

2016 Imparare da Lascaux, Florentine Museum of Prehistory ”Paolo Graziosi”, Florence

2016 Noplace 2, Castello di Fombio, Lodi, Italy

2016 Noplace 3, Price Suzzara, Suzzara (MN)

2016 Katten Kabinet, Marte, Milan

2015 Synopsis II, Dimora Artica, Milan

2015 Pitture di Paesaggio, Museo Biumi Innocenti, Verbania, Italy

2015 Tra terra e cielo, il Banco di lavoro, Milan

2015 Acqua è, Padiglione Aquae, Expo Venezia, Venice

2015 Décimo Aniversario, N2 galerìa, Barcelona

2015 Pro-so-po-pè-a, a cura di F. Fontana, Festival Studi, Milan