biography.

GAIA SCARAMELLA was born on 18 February 1979 in Rome, where she lives and works.
Also in Rome, she attended the arts high school and then the Academy of Fine Arts. 
Since 2000, her interest has been directed towards engraving and chalcographic printing; over the years painting, sculpture and installation have become her expressive language.

She has participated in numerous events, awards, talks, presentations, solo and group exhibitions, in Italy and abroad, including:

Solo exhibitions: L29 Art Studio, Rome (2019); Glen Sacks / Gaia Scaramella, Brutti ma buoni, Temple University, Rome (2010); Dio ed io, curated by Marco Tonelli, Galleria Z2O-Sara Zanin, Rome (2007); Gaia Scaramella, prints exhibition, Da Peraga’s castle, Vigonza; Aperto per lutto, Galleria André, Rome (2004).

Group exhibitions, talk and presentations: Gaia Scaramella, Roma Città Aperta – spazio collaterale, curated by Arianna Sera, project by Nomas Foundation curated by Raffaella Frascarelli and Sabrina Vedovotto (2021); Unwritten Structures, Racconti (in)visibili, curated by Micol di Veroli and Dominique Lora, travelling exhibitions organized by Glocal Project and promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Italy (2019-2021); Babies Are Knocking, curated by Veronica He and Pia Lauro, STUDIO STEFANIA MISCETTI, Rome (2021); Tempo liberato, curated by GMG and Francesca Romana Pinzari, Museo Civico di Palazzo Della Penna, Perugia (2018); Contempo, San Benedetto Monastery, Conversano (2017); Talk, curated by Almost Curators, Setup Art Fair, Bologna, (2014); Acthung! Achtung!, curated by Barbara Collevecchio and Micol Di Veroli, Spazio Ex Gil, Rome (2011); Intramoenia/extra art – Miraggi, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Giusy Caroppo, Castello Alfonsino, Bari (2010); SUPERECO, curated by Angelo Capasso, Emanuela Nobile Mino and Viviana Guadagno, Former San Sisto’s Seedbed, Rome (2010); Invito all’opera #5, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Galleria Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome (2010); Artifici contemporanei e difformità barocche, curated by Claudia Gioia, ARCOS – Museum of Contemporary Art, Sannio, Benevento (2010); Sant’Elena – La seduzione del segno, curated by Martina Cavallarin, Sant’Elena, collateral event, Venice Biennale (2009); Pre-Fazione, curated by Martina Cavallarin and Elena Forin, Galleria La Giarina, Verona (2009); Mediterranean, curated by Elena Lydia Scipioni and Vasif Kortun, Rospigliosi Palace, Rome (2009); Cose Mai Viste, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Palazzo Barberini, Roma (2009); MicroMega, l’arte della meraviglia, Musée des Halles Saint Géry, Bruxelles (2009); The Maddox Arts Summer Show, Londra (2008); INES MEYER-GAIA SCARAMELLA-SOPHIE USUNIER-LISA WADE, Galleria Z2O-Sara Zanin, Rome (2008); Riparte, for Galleria Z2O-Sara Zanin, Ripa Hotel, Rome (2007).

Prizes and awards: “Fabbri Prize for the Arts”, Pepoli Campogrande Palace, Bologna (2015); “Cairo Prize”, Permanente, Milan (2011); “San Fedele Prize”, L’uomo e il suo destino, Milan (2009).