Marina Sagona is an Italian and American multimedia conceptual artist. Her practice is concerned with exploring interpersonal relationships and dynamics of control.
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.
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2023
Stabat Mater Official selection, LOOP Festival, Barcelona Spain
COUSCOUS Official selection, Sirene Wave, Sesto San Giovanni (Mi) Italy
Stabat Mater Official selection, Lecce Film Fest, Lecce Italy
Stabat Mater Bogotá Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsia, Bogotà Colombia
Stabat Mater Official selection, Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo Italy
Stabat Mater Official selection, Harlem Film Festival, New York US
Stabat Mater Nominee, New York Arthouse Film Festival, New York US
Stabat Mater Official selection, 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 Semi-finalist, New York International Women Festival, New York US
Stabat Mater Finalist, Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest, Chicago, US
Stabat Mater MoPOP Matinee Takeover, Museum of Popular Culture, Seattle US
2022
Stabat Mater Semi-finalist, Philadelphia Arthouse Film Festival, Philadelphia, US
Stabat Mater Semi-finalist, International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan
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
Stabat Mater Official selection, Experimental Film Guanajuato, Guanajuato Mexico
Stabat Mater Official selection, Desenzano Film Festival, Desenzano sul Garda Italy
Stabat Mater Semi-finalist, 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 Award winner, 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 Loop Festival, Barcelona Spain
2020
Self-Portrait Loop Festival/Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Barcelona Spain
2019
Self-Portrait Palazzo della Cultura, Galatina Italy
Self-Portrait MACRO Museum, Rome Italy
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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
Ierimonti Gallery, New York US
2016
Eden
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
Essays by Olga Gambari and Mario Desiati
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
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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 Lucianella Cafagna
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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2021