Marina Sagona is an Italian and American multimedia artist.
Her practice is concerned with exploring shared identity and dynamics of communication and control.
Her projects are cycles based on several different works, each conveyed through a different medium, including video, sculpture and sound.
In Rome she was assistent to postmodern artist Mario Schifano and studied Art History at the University La Sapienza.
In New York she started her career drawing for The New Yorker and the New York Times.
She is represented by Chiquita Room Gallery.
Photo by Marco Anelli
- Select festivals and screenings:
2025
Your Dream is My Dream
Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art, Toronto, Canada (upcoming)
Couscous, Stabat Mater, Your Dream is My Dream
Rhinoceros gallery,
Rome Italy (upcoming)
Stabat Mater
Experiments in Cinema
Albuquerque US
Your Dream is My Dream
Festival Internazionale Segni della Notte Urbino Italy
Your Dream is My Dream
Cadavre Exquis Cinema
Palermo Italy
Your Dream is My Dream
Sirene Wave Movie
Sesto San Giovanni Italy
Your Dream is My Dream
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Vignola Italy
Your Dream is My Dream
Perchance to Dream
Spazio Supernova, Rome Italy
2024
Your Dream is My Dream
FLIGHT Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova, Genova Italy
Stabat Mater
FLIGHT Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova, Genova Italy
Your Dream is My Dream Award winner Cleveland Arthouse Film Awards, Cleveland US
Your Dream is My Dream
LA Underground Film Forum, Los Angeles US
Your Dream is My Dream
Trånas at the Fringe Experimental films and Videopoems, Trånas Sweden
COUSCOUS
Iperfestival Mattatoio/Palaexpo, Rome Italy
Your Dream is My Dream Award winner Geneva International International Film Festival, Geneva Switzerland
Your Dream is My Dream
Cadence Video Poetry Film Festival, Seattle US
COUSCOUS
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Vignola Italy
2023
Stabat Mater
Budapest International Film Festival, Budapest Hungary
Stabat Mater
LOOP Festival, Barcelona Spain
COUSCOUS
Sirene Wave, Sesto San Giovanni (Mi) Italy
Stabat Mater
Lecce Film Fest, Lecce Italy
Stabat Mater
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsia, Bogotà Colombia
Stabat Mater
Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo Italy
Stabat Mater
Harlem Film Festival, New York US
Stabat Mater
New York Arthouse Film Festival, New York US
Stabat Mater
Fisura International Festival of Experimental Film and Video, Mexico City Mexico
Stabat Mater Award winner
Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival, Manfredonia Italy
Stabat Mater Award winner
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Vignola Italy
Stabat Mater Award Winner
Sunworld International Film Festival, Sirkazhi, India
Stabat Mater
New York International Women Festival, New York US
Stabat Mater
Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest, Chicago, US
Stabat Mater
MoPOP Matinee Takeover, Museum of Popular Culture, Seattle US
2022
Stabat Mater
Philadelphia Arthouse Film Festival, Philadelphia, US
Stabat Mater
International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan
Stabat Mater
Dublin World Film Festival, Dublin Ireland
Stabat Mater
Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Stabat Mater
Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, New York US
Stabat Mater
London Rocks Film Festival, London UK
COUSCOUS
London Rocks Film Festival, London UK
Stabat Mater
Art Film Awards, Skopje Macedonia
Stabat Mater
Experimental Film Guanajuato, Guanajuato Mexico
Stabat Mater
Desenzano Film Festival, Desenzano sul Garda Italy
Stabat Mater
BIDEODROMO Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao Spain
Stabat Mater
LA Indipendent Women Film Awards, Los Angeles US
Stabat Mater Award Winner
Cadence Video Poetry Film Festival, Seattle US
COUSCOUS Award winner
On Art Film Festival, Warsaw Poland
2021
COUSCOUS
Prague International Indie Film Festival, Prague Czech Republic
COUSCOUS
Non-Syntax Experimental Image festival, Taipei Taiwan
COUSCOUS
LOOP Festival, Barcelona Spain
2020
Self-Portrait
LOOP FestivaL, Barcelona Spain
2019
Self-Portrait
Palazzo della Cultura, Galatina Italy
Self-Portrait
MACRO Museum, Rome Italy
→ Select solo exhibitions
2023
Stabat Mater/Obliterations
Curated by Sophia Ma
Chiquita Room Gallery, Barcelona Spain
2021
COUSCOUS
Essay by Kosme de Barañano
Food performance by Oreste Sagona
Chiquita Room Gallery/Loop Festival, Barcelona Spain
Ubi Consistam
Essay by Kosme de Barañano
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Madrid Spain
Ubi Consistam
Essay by Kosme de Barañano
Chiquita Room Gallery, Barcelona Spain
2018
La Prigioniera/The Prisoner
Essay by Claire Messud
Fondaco Gallery, Rome Italy
2017
Eden
Curated by Ierimonti gallery
Ierimonti Gallery, New York US
2016
Eden
Curated by Ierimonti gallery
La Nuova Pesa Gallery, Rome Italy
The Comedy of Women
Essay by Colum McCann
Ierimonti Gallery, New York US
2012
Less and More
Curated by Paola Quintavalle
Generation Gallery, New York US
2010
Amour Fou
Curated by Olga Gambari
Tricromia Gallery, Rome Italy
2009
Coincidence
Curated by Olga Gambari
41artecontemporanea, Turin Italy
2008
At Home
Curated by Lea Mattarella and Nicoletta Leonardi
Marte Gallery, Rome Italy
2007
Punti Fermi
Curated by Lea Mattarella
Le Nuvole Gallery, Palermo Italy
→ Select group exhibitions
2023
FotoNoviembre Bienal Internacional de Fotografía de Tenerife
Curated by Diana Padrón Alonso
TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes - Centro de Fotografia Isla de Tenerife,
Tenerife, Spain
Follow the Thread
Curated by Barbara Pavan and Maurita Cardone
Different venues in SoHo and the Meatpacking District, New York US
The Art of Access
Benefit exhibition curated by Sibilla Maiarelli
New Collectors Gallery, Vision Projects, New York US
2022
Daria Irincheeva Marina Sagona Noa Charuvi UNSETTLED
Curated by Sibilla Maiarelli
New Collectors Gallery, New York US
2021
Dreamers
Curated by Maurita Cardone and Laura Mega
Urban spaces around NYC, New York US
2020
#chezmaddalena
Curated by Romina De Novellis
179 Rue Saint-Maur, Paris France
2019
Red and Reds
Curated by Maurizio Pellegrin
The Hub Center for the Arts, New York US
L’infinito Presente: 29 Poeti e 29 Artisti per il Bicentenario de l’Infinito di Leopardi
Curated by Simona Marchini and Arnaldo Colasanti
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome Italy
2018
L’infinito Presente: 29 Poeti e 29 Artisti per il Bicentenario de l’Infinito di Leopardi
Curated by Simona Marchini
WeGil, Rome Italy
2017
Trame d’Autore—47 Years 1 Month 3 Days: Pizzi Cannella, Nagasawa, Pietrosanti, Sagona, Salvatori, Kounellis
Curated by Simona Marchini
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome Italy
2015
Premio Fabbri Quinta Edizione
Curated by Lea Mattarella
Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna Italy
2011
La Recherche
Curated by Michele von Buren
RvB Arts, Rome Italy
2009
Lungara 18
Curated by Fabio Campagna
Stanze Segrete, Rome Italy
Le parole per dirlo: Gregorio Botta, Denis Pondruel, Sylvie Romieu, Marina Sagona
Curated by Lea Mattarella
Marte Gallery, Rome Italy
2007
Bratislava Biennial
Curated by Barbara Brathová
Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava Slovakia
2000
Videotrip 01
Curated by Caudio Di Biagio
Teatro Vascello, Rome Italy
I Live Here
Curated by Owen Phillips
California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco US
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