Marina Sagona is an Italian and American artist working in a variety of media whose practice is concerned with exploring family ties, and communication in interpersonal relationships.
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.

2021

COUSCOUS
Essay by Kosme de Barañano
Food performance by Oreste Sagona
Chiquita Room Gallery/Loop Festival, Barcelona

2021

Ubi Consistam
Essay by Kosme de Barañano
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Madrid

2021

Ubi Consistam
Essay by Kosme de Barañano
Chiquita Room Gallery, Barcelona

2020

Self-Portrait

Curated by Laura Gonzales Palacio
Loop Festival/Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Barcelona

2019

Self-Portrait

Curated by Elena Salza
Palazzo della Cultura, Galatina

2019

Self-Portrait
Curated by Giorgio De Finis

MACRO Museum, Rome

2018

La Prigioniera/The Prisoner
Essay by Claire Messud

Fondaco Gallery, Rome

2017

Eden

Ierimonti Gallery, New York

2016    

Eden
La Nuova Pesa Gallery, Rome

2016

The Comedy of Women

Essay by Colum McCann

Ierimonti Gallery, New York

2012

Less and More

Curated by Paola Quintavalle

Generation Gallery, New York

2011  

Amour Fou
Essays by Olga Gambari and Mario Desiati
Tricromia Gallery, Rome

2009

Coincidence
Curated by Olga Gambari
41artecontemporanea, Turin

2008  

At Home
Curated by Lea Mattarella and Nicoletta Leonardi
Marte Gallery, Rome

2007

Punti Fermi
Curated by Lea Mattarella
Le Nuvole Gallery, Palermo

2022

Daria Irincheeva Marina Sagona Noa Charuvi UNSETTLED
Curated by Sibilla Maiarelli

New Collectors Gallery, New York 

2021

Dreamers
Curated by Maurita Cardone and Laura Mega

Urban spaces around NYC, New York

2020

#chezmaddalena
Curated by Romina De Novellis

179 Rue Saint-Maur, Paris

2019

Red and Reds
Curated by Maurizio Pellegrin

The Hub Center for the Arts, New York

2019

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

2018

L’infinito Presente: 29 Poeti e 29 Artisti per il Bicentenario de l’Infinito di Leopardi
Curated by Simona Marchini

WeGil, Rome

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

2015

Premio Fabbri Quinta Edizione
Curated by Lea Mattarella

Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna

2011

La Recherche
Curated by Michele von Buren

RvB Arts, Rome

2009

Lungara 18
Curated by Lucianella Cafagna

Stanze Segrete, Rome

2009

Le parole per dirlo: Gregorio Botta, Denis Pondruel, Sylvie Romieu, Marina Sagona
Curated by Lea Mattarella

Marte Gallery, Rome

2007    

Bratislava Biennial
Curated by Barbara Brathová
Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava

2000

Videotrip 01
Curated by Caudio Di Biagio

Teatro Vascello, Rome

2000

I Live Here
Curated by Owen Phillips

California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco

→ Select film festivals and screenings

2023
Stabat Mater Semi-finalist, New York International Women Festival, New York US (upcoming)

Stabat Mater Semi-finalist, Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest, Chicago, US (upcoming)

Stabat Mater MoPOP Matinee Takeover, Museum of Popular Culture, Seattle US (upcoming)

2022
Stabat Mater Semi-finalist, Dublin World Film Festival, Dublin Ireland 

Stabat Mater Semi-finalist, Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Stabat Mater Honorable Mention, Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, New York US

Stabat Mater Official selection, London Rocks Film Festival London UK

COUSCOUS Official selection, London Rocks Film Festival, London UK

Stabat Mater Honorable Mention, Art Film Awards, Skopje Macedonia

→ Select books and publications

2021

The Comedy of Women

Texts by Colum McCann, Martino Marazzi, Judith Thurman, Sophie Gee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Carol Muske-Dukes, Nicole Krauss, Alice Sebold, Leslie Jamison, Claire Messud, Anna Funder 

published by Longo Editore in collaboration with Ravenna Festival

2021
Ubi Consistam
Text by Kosme de Barañano published by Chiquita Ediciones

2013 

My Inner Witch
Text by Giovanna Calvinopublished by Mondadori
2011 Amour Fou
Texts by Mario Desiati, Olga Gambari published by Italic Arte

2008
At Home
Texts by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Lila Azam Zanganeh, Giovanna Calvino, Antonio Monda, Lea Mattarella
published by Orecchio Acerbo



→ Awards/Residencies/Nominations

2022
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award Nomination, New York US

2022
Cadence Video Poetry Film Festival Artists Award, Seattle US

2021
Chiquita Room Gallery Artist Residency, Barcelona Spain

2019
Domus Artist Residency, Galatina Italy

Stabat Mater Official selection, Experimental Film Guanajuato, Guanajuato Mexico

Stabat Mater Official selection, Desenzano Film Festival, Desenzano sul Garda Italy

Stabat Mater Semifinalist, BIDEODROMO Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao Spain

Stabat Mater Nominee, LA Indipendent Women Film Awards, Los Angeles US

Stabat Mater Award Winner, Cadence Video Poetry Film Festival, Seattle US

COUSCOUS Official selection, On Art Film Festival, Warsaw Poland

2021
COUSCOUS Official selection, Prague International Indie Film Festival, Prague Czech Republic

COUSCOUS Official selection, Non-Syntax Experimental Image festival, Taipei Taiwan

COUSCOUS Official selection, Loop Festival, Barcelona Spain

2020
Self-Portrait Official Selection, Loop Festival, Barcelona Spain