LIUBA is a performance artist and video artist. She works with performance art, urban interactive public art works, video, video installation and mixed media works.
1972 Born in Milan. Lives and works in Milan and New York. Speaks Italian, English and Portuguese.
EDUCATION
1990-1996 Semiotics of Art degree at Bologna University (Italy)
1992-1997 Fine Arts degree at Fine Arts Academy of Bologna (Italy)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES (selection)
2011 “Senza parole” performance at 54 Venice Biennial, Venice (I)
2011 “Hunger International Performance Festival”, BLO Atelier, Berlin (D)
2011 “Jericho in Bremen” at Performance Festival, Bremer Kunstfrühling, Bremen (D)
2011 “The invisible web of italian art system” at NABA for MIArt, curated by M. Scotini and G. Di Pietrantonio, Milan (I)
2011 Site Fest ‘11, Unreal Exit, performance, Brooklyn, NY (US)
2011 The Slowly Project. Take your Time interactive urban performance for the 5th Global Day of Slow Living, NY (US)
2010 Artefiera, Artist for sale, performance, Bologna (I)
2010 Artissima, Untitled2010, performance,Turin (I)
2010 Spazio Thetis, performance, Venezia (I)
2009 Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, The Finger and the Moon #2 performance and live streaming
2009 Betta Frigieri Arte Contemporanea, solo show, Modena (I)
2009 Séquence, video show, Chicoutimi, Québec (CA)
2009 Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, video show, Paris (F)
2007 PAC Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, performance, Milan (I)
2007 52 Venice Biennal, The Finger and the Moon #1, performance, Venice (I)
2007 City center The Slowly Project – Take your time, performance, Modena (I)
2006 WeissPollack Galleries, solo show, New York (US)
2006 The Armory Show, I love to see the Armory, performance, New York (US)
2005 Spazio Ilop, solo show, Milan (I)
2005 City center The Slowly Project– Take your time, performance, NYC (US)
2005 Galerie Parisud, Les Amantes, performance, Paris (F)
2005 51 Venice Biennal, Side by side, performance, Venice (I)
2004 Art Basel, Art is long, Time is short, performance, Basel (CH)
2004 Villa Manin, Every-Body, performance, Codroipo (I),
2004 Milan Flash Art Fair, videoinstallation and performance, Hotel Una Tocq, Milan (I)
2004 Artefiera, Virus, performance, Bologna (I)
2003 Placentia Arte, solo show, Piacenza (I)
2003 Galleria Alidoro, solo show, Pesaro (I)
2003 50 Venice Biennial, Il cieco di Gerico, performance,Venice (I)
2002 Fine Arts Academy, AlphaOmega, performance, Bologna (I)
2002 Expo c/o Villa Serena,performance and video, Bologna (I)
2001 Salara, Polypolis, solo show videoinstallation, Bologna (I)
2001 Palazzo Marini, solo show, Rosignano Marittimo (I)
2000 City center of Brussels (B), Avignon (F), Prague (CK), Bologna (I), Polypolis, performances in the European Cultural Capitals 2000 and streaming internet
2000 Artissima Art Fair, S-catenarsi, performance, Torino (I)
2000 Fiorile Arte, solo show, Bologna (I)
2000 Zoom c/o Villa Serena, solo show, Bologna (I)
1999 Galleria Avida Dollars, solo show, Milan (I)
1999 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 and Teatro Out/Off, solo shows, Bologna (I),and Milan (I)
1995 Perfomedia, performance, Ponte Nossa (I)
1995 City center, Public Art Installation, Asti (I)
1995 Villa delle Rose, Public Art Installation, Bologna
1994 S.Luca’s Porticos, performance, Bologna
1993 Vicolo Bolognetti, performance, Bologna
1993 Centro d’Arte Masaorita, performance, Bologna
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2011 WonderArt, MLAC, Rome (I)
2011 Video lounge at Bremer Kunstfrühling, curated by Kunstlerinnenverband, Bremen (D)
2011 Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
2011 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY (US)
2011 King’s County, Brooklyn (US)
2010 S. Agostino Museum, Genova (I)
2010 Ex Aurum, Pescara (I)
2009 Straff Hotel, 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)
2007 Primo Piano LivinGallery "Story Tellers" II International Videoart Show, Lecce (I)
2007 Concepto Varteum, Puebla, Mexico
2007 Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Parigi (F)
2007 Chelsea Art Museum, [PAM] Installation, New York (US)
2006 Isola Tiberina, Video Island, Rome (I)
2006 Fitzcarraldo, I video Virus di Liuba, Milan (I)
2006 Primo Piano LivinGallery,Fiori di Loto, Vizi e Virtù, Lecce (I)
2005 La Sapienza University, Arte per tutti, Roma, (I)
2005 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)
2002 Chiesa e Castello di Andora, "IX Contemporary Art Biennial", Savona (I)
2002 Sala Benjamin, Exit 6, Bologna (I)
2001 Castello Visconteo, Arte giovane europea, Pavia (I)
2000 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)
1995 Galleria Avida Dollars, Milan (I)
1994 Galleria Avida Dollars, Milan (I)
FILM FESTIVALS/ ARTFAIRS/ VIDEOSCREENINGS
2011 3rd Ward, live video presentation, Brooklyn, NY (US)
2011 Ex Convento dei Minimi, a cura di Stefano Taccone, Roccella Jonica, RC (I)
2010 Art Paris & Guests, Grand Palais, Paris (F)
2010 I-Suite Hotel, live video presentation, Rimini (I)
2010 Fine Arts Academy, workshop and live video presentation, L’Aquila (I)
2009 Videoformes, video festival, Clermond Ferrand (F)
2007 Artefiera, Galleria Sei, Bologna (I)
2007 Videoformes, video festival, Clermond Ferrand (F)
2007 Art Brussel, Galleria Prometeo, Brussel (B)
2007 Festival di CuprArte Cupramontana, (I)
2007 Cinema - Scope New York, PAM Perpetual Art Machine, New York (US)
2006 Scope New York, PAM Perpetual Art Machine, New York (US)
2006 Scope Hamptons, Cinema Scope Perpetual Machine, Hamptons, (NY)
2005 Scope Miami, WeissPollack Galleries and Galerie Parisud, Miami (US)
2005 ScopeHamptons, WeissPollack Gallery, South Hampton, (US)
2005 Sofa Fair, WeissPollack Gallery, New York (US)
2005 ScopeLondon, featured artist for WeissPollack Galleries, London (UK)
2005 Videoformes, videoart festival, Clermont Ferrand, (F)
2005 Flash Art Fair, Milan (I)
2005 Flash Art Show, Bologna (I)
2004 Videoformes, videoart festival, Clermond Ferrand (F)
INTERVIEWS/TV
2010 Liuba, interview by L. Barillaro for seroxcult.com
2008 ilgiornale.ch, interview with the artist Liuba
2006 Artè TV, performance at Galerie Parisud, Paris
2005 RAI3, Passepartout
2004 RAI2, TV News
2001 ART TV, Matchmusic Satellite TV
2000 TeleNovara, Talk Show
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)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 Saint Liuba appears in the Piazza S.Pietro, by Mark Bartlett
Liuba. The Finger and the Moon Project, by Luca Panaro
2009 “Art-Radar by Exhibart”, Liuba - The Finger and the Moon Project, May 2009
“Eramoderna.it”, Liuba - The Finger and the Moon Project, May 2009
“ Exhibartmobile.it” Liuba, The Finger and the Moon, May 2009
“Flashartonline.it” Liuba, The Finger and the Moon, May 2009
“Il Domani”, Liuba - The Finger and the Moon Project, May 10, 2009
“Il Giornale. Ch” Liuba - The Finger and the Moon Project, May 6, 2009
“Le Bulletin Régional Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean “ En directe de Rome, May 7, 2009
“Lobodilattice”, Liuba, The Finger and the Moon, May 2009
“La Repubblica. Tutto Milano“ Elogio alla lentezza, April 23-29, 2009
“Abitare Pocket Milano“ Wunderkammern studio e Liuba, April 2009
“Corriere della sera“ Wunderkammern studio e Liuba, April 22, 2009
“Mymi Design Issue“ Wunderkammern studio e Liuba, April, 2009
“Vanity Fair“ Wunderkammern studio e Liuba, April 22, 2009
“Modem Design“ Wunderkammern studio e Liuba, April, 2009
2007 "Bac Babylon" International Festival Of Contemporary Art In Barcelona, cat. (Barcelona, Spain)
"Zero3 +3", catalogue, September (Livorno, Italy)
"Concepto Varteum, Muestra Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo", catalogue, (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
"Liuba, sense and sensibility" by Bruno Sullo, catalogue for the exhibition Polypolis, March
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
