LIUBA - videoartist and performance artist. She works with urban interactive performance, video, and videoinstallation.

1972 Born in Milan. Lives and works in Milan and Canada. Speaks Italian, English and Portuguese.

EDUCATION
1990-1996 Semiotics of Art with Umberto Eco at Bologna University (Italy)
1992-1997 Fine Arts at Fine Arts Bologna Academy (italy)

PUBLIC WORK
2008 Municipality of Modena, Public screening of the video "The Slowly Project,Take your time - Modena", Modena (I)
2007 City center "The Slowly Project", performance, Modena (I)
2005 City center, "The Slowly Project", performance, Manhattan (US)
2004 City center, "The Slowly Project", performance, Milan (I)
2004 Youth Center of Modena Municipality, interactive installation and performance, Modena (I)
2002 City center, performance against pollution, Milan.(I)
Civic Center, "AlphaOmega", performance, for Emergency, Marano S/P (I)
2000 City center of Brussels (B), Avignon (F), Prague (CK), Bologna (I), "Polypolis", performances in the European Cultural Capitals 2000 and streaming internet
1995 City center, Public Installation, Asti (I)
1993 Villa delle Rose, Public Installation, Bologna (I)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

2009 Betta Frigieri Arte Contemporanea, Modena (I)
Séquence, Chicoutimi, Québec (CA)
Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris (F)
2007 PAC Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, performance, Milan (I)
52 Venice Biennal, "The Finger and the Moon", performance, Venice (I)
Castello Pasquini, Zero3 +3, performance, Castiglioncello (I)
2006 WeissPollack Galleries, solo show, New York (US)
The Armory Show, "I love to see the Armory", performance, New York (US)
2005 Spazio Ilop, solo show, Milan (I)
ScopeLondon, featured artist for WeissPollack Galleries, London (UK)
Galerie Parisud, "Les Amantes ", performance, Paris (F)
51 Venice Biennal, "Side by side", performance, Venice (I)
2004 Art Basel, "Art is long, Time is short" performance, Basel (CH)
Old Fashion "Sold Out", performance, Milan (I)
Villa Manin, "Every-Body", performance, Codroipo (I),
Milan Flash Art Fair, videoinstallation and performance, Hotel Una Tocq, Milan (I)
Artefiera, " Virus", performance, Bologna (I)
2003 Placentia Arte, solo show, Piacenza (I)
Galleria Alidoro, solo show, Pesaro (I)
50 Venice Biennial, "Il cieco di Gerico", performance, Venice (I)
2002 Fine Arts Academy, "AlphaOmega", performance, Bologna (I)
Expo c/o Villa Serena,performance and video, Bologna (I)
2001 Salara, "Polypolis", solo show videoinstallation, Bologna (I)
Palazzo Marini, solo show, Rosignano Marittimo (I)
2000 Artissima Art Fair, "S-catenarsi", performance, Torino (I)
Fiorile Arte, solo show, Bologna (I)
Zoom c/o Villa Serena, solo show, Bologna (I)
1999 Galleria Avida Dollars, solo show, Milan (I)
C.R.T. PoetAzione, "Una mummia per la città", performance, Milano
1998 First Performance International Festival, performance, Viadana (I)
1997 Il campo delle fragole, "Passaggi", performance, Bologna (I)
1996 Teatro Dehon, solo show, Bologna (I)
Teatro Out/Off,solo show, Milan (I)
Praga Cafè, "Oltre il limite", performance, Bologna (I)
1995 Perfomedia, performance, Ponte Nossa (I)
1993 Spazio arti visive F.lli Rosselli, Bologna(I)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Straff Hotel, in collaboration with Wunderkammer studio, event for Enjoy Miart and Fuori Salone del
Mobile, Milan (I)
2008 Placentia Arte, Piacenza (I)
2007 BAC '07, CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contempooranea, Barcelona (E)
Primo Piano LivinGallery "Story Tellers" II International Videoart Show, Lecce (I)
Concepto Varteum, Puebla, Mexico
Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Parigi (F)
Chelsea Art Museum, [PAM] Installation, New York (US)
2006 Isola Tiberina, Video Island, Rome (I)
Fitzcarraldo, I video Virus di Liuba, Milan (I)
Primo Piano LivinGallery "Fiori di Loto, Vizi e Virtù", Lecce (I)
2005 La Sapienza University, "Arte per tutti", Roma, (I)
PrimopianoGallery, "Latte di mandorla", Lecce (I)
Villa Serena, Synapser#4, Conflitto e conflitti a Villa (poco) Serena, Bologna (I)
2004 Civic War Museum, Troubled Times, exhibition and performance, Trieste (I)
2003 Ex Ospedale Soave, "Controlled revolution", Codogno (I)
2002 ArtandGallery, Milan (I)
Casa Bonomi, Varese (I)
Chiesa e Castello di Andora, "IX Contemporary Art Biennial", Savona (I)
Sala Benjamin, Exit 6, Bologna (I)
2001 Castello Visconteo, Arte giovane europea, Pavia (I)
O Artoteca, Milan (I)
Circolo Cult. Bertolt Brecht, No stop video d'autore, videoscreening, Milan (I)
Contemporanea-mente, curated by Galleria Avida Dollars, Rivolta d'Adda (I)
Contropiani, Exit 5 - Roberto Vitali, Bologna (I)
2000 Fiorile Arte, Bologna (I)
Villa Serena, Arte Video Tv 2000, Bologna (I)
1998 Grotte di Rescia, installation and performance, Porlezza (I)
1996 Castello Pasquini, Poeti in visione, Castiglioncello (I)
Art Tunnel, Porlezza (CO),
Percorsi '96, installation and performance, Sant'Anna Arresi (I)
1995 Galleria Avida Dollars, Milan (I)
1994 Galleria Avida Dollars, Milan (I)

FILM FESTIVALS/ART FAIRS
2009 Videoformes, video festival, Clermond Ferrand (F)
2007 Artefiera, Galleria Sei, Bologna (I)
Videoformes, video festival, Clermond Ferrand (F)
Art Brussel, Galleria Prometeo, Brussel (B)
Festival di CuprArte Cupramontana, (I)
Cinema - Scope New York, PAM "Perpetual Art Machine", New York (US)
2006 Scope New York, PAM "Perpetual Art Machine", New York (US)
Scope Hamptons, Cinema Scope Perpetual Machine, Hamptons, (NY)
2005 Scope Miami, WeissPollack Galleries and Galerie Parisud, Miami (US)
ScopeHampton, WeissPollack Gallery, South Hampton, (US)
Sofa, WeissPollack Gallery, New York (US)
Videoformes, videoart festival, Clermont Ferrand, (F)
Milano Flash Art Fair, Milan (I)
Bologna Flash Art Show, Bologna (I)
2004 Videoformes, videoart festival, Clermond Ferrand (F)

WORKSHOPS
2003-05 Painting and Theatre Workshops for Children, Rimini Beach (I)
2003 Civic Women's Institute, Fine Arts Workshops for Women, Milan (I)
2001-03 Civic Women's Institute, Creative Writing Workshops for Women, Milan (I)
1998-02 Municipality of Milan, Art Workshop Programs for adults and Youngs, Milan
2000-02 Workshops and performances for Children at Centro Polivalente Villa Serena, Bologna (I)
1999 Milan Municipality Summer Program, Fine Arts workshop for Teenagers, Milan (I)
1993-95 Bologna Municipality Summer Program, Fine Arts and Theatre workshop for Children, Bologna (I)

INTERVIEWS/TV
2008 ilgiornale.ch, interview with the artist Liuba
2006 Tiscali Arte, web interview, http://arte.tiscali.it/atupertu/06/11/liuba.html
Artè TV, performance at Galerie Parisud, Paris
2005 RAI3, Passepartout
2004 RAI2, TV News
2001 ART TV, Matchmusic Satellite TV
2000 TeleNovara, Talk Show

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 "Flash Art" It Ed., Year XLII, n° 275
2007 "Bac Babylon", International Festival Of Contemporary Art In Barcelona (viii edition) catalogue, November (Barcelona, Spain)
"Zero3 +3", catalogue, September (Livorno, Italy)
"Concepto Varteum, Muestra Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo", catalogue, August (Puebla, Mexico)
2006 "ArtNet", The Armory Show, March 2006 (New York, NY)
2005 "Corriere della sera, Vivimilano" "Liuba Redux" 14th December, (Milan, Italy)
"Shift", Text and Photos: Sayaka Hirakawa, October (Japan-England)
"Pensiero Londinese", text by Romina Provenzi, Issue 3 (London, England)
"Panorama" n. 25,June 23, 2005 (Italy)
Flash Art International, July-September 2005
2004 Flash Art, "Milano Flash Art Fair: camere con vista", n° 246, June-July 2004
Flash Art international, "Milano Flash Art Fair: Rooms with a View", n°236, May-June 2004
Flash Art, "Speciale Emilia Romagna", n° 244, Feb.-March 2004
La Repubblica, Arte Fiera, 23 Jan. 2004
Undo.net, Exhibart, Teknemedia, Liuba's solo show at Placentia Arte
2003 La Libertà, "Placentia Arte: video di Liuba", 6 dic. 2003
Stefano Verri, catalogue of the exhibition Slow food fast mood, March
2002 Valerio Dehò, catalogue of the exhibition Lavori domestici, Varese, Dec.
Manuela Gandini, "Luoghi di concentramento", catalogue of the exhibition, April
Giorgio Bonomi, "Paraxo 2002", catalogue of the exhibition, June
Juliet, "Liuba" by Fabiola Naldi, n° 105, dec. 2001 - Jan. 2002
Tracce, "Liuba" year 5 n° 10 - 2002
2001 Titolo, "Il corpo messo a nudo, anche", by Giorgio Bonomi, n°36 - year XII - Autumn 2001
Il tirreno, "Le mummie vincenti di Liuba", September 27, 2001
"Le mummie vincenti" text by Bruno Sullo for the exhibition in Palazzo Marini, September - October 2001
"Il messaggio artistico delle giovani generazioni" by Rossana Bossaglia, catalogne, September 2001
"Liuba, sense and sensibility" by Bruno Sullo, catalogue for the exhibition Polypolis, March
Stefania Carrozzini, catalogue for the exhibition Polypolis, March 2000
Il Domani, "Vite inscatolate in un inutile valzer", Cultura e Spettacoli, March 15, 2001
Il Resto del Carlino, "Salara a tutta performance" March 15, 2001
La Repubblica, "Polypolis, i video di Liuba", March 15th 2001
"Mummie vincenti di una nuova metropolys" by Fabiola Naldi, ART TV, match music satellite, February 23
2000 "Polypolis" by Pierluigi Cappucci, Cafe9.net, September
Festival della performance, catalogue, July
"Via d'uscita" by Patti Campani, text for the exhibition, Bologna, May
1999 Zero in condotta, "Le mummie vincenti" by Roberto Vitali, December
Toscana delle culture, "Festival estivo dell'Arte Definit-iva", Summer 1999
1998 Il Corriere della Sera, "S-CATENARSI Arte e performance", December 23, 1998
La Repubblica, "Azione- performance", December 23, 1998
"ESPERIENZE - Parole, colore, materia" by Franco Migliaccio, text for the exhibition, March - April 1998
1996 La Repubblica, "Liuba Picini, teatro Out Off", February 20th 1996
Il corriere della sera, "Teatro Out Off - Liuba Picini", February 20th 1996
"Natura, gioco, sensualità, forme primitive" by Michela Mantovani, catalogue for the exhibition Art Tunnel , June - July 1996
"Liuba Picini. Le parole - le immagini- il sentimento" by Attilio Fortini, text for the exhibition, July 1996
"Liuba Picini" by Bruno Sullo, catalogue of the exhibition, Castello Pasquini, Castiglioncello, (LI), Jan.-Feb. 1996
"Blossom" by Paolo Badini, text for the exhibition, Teatro Dehon, Bologna, Jan.-Feb. 1996
La Repubblica, "Esposizione di Liuba Picini", Bologna, January 9th 1996
1994 Pandora, Andrea Sola "Milano: Cento Artisti sulla strada, contemporaneamente" October 1994
Il Resto del Carlino, "Pellegrinaggio poetico", September 8, 1994
1993 Il Cittadino, "L'arte? Un aspetto di questo mondo", December 4, 1993
Il Corriere della Sera, "Lissone - Harta", December 17, 1993
Harta, "Spazio Arti visive Fratelli Rosselli", n° 22, December 1993
Harta, "Bestie Uomini e Dei", n° 22, December 1993
Harta "Bologna, via Irnerio 53", n° 21, March 1993