Maddalena Tesser on Painting, Androgyny, and the Italian Art Scene
Maddalena Tesser, hailing from Vittorio Veneto and born in 1992, completed her studies in 2018 at the Biennio Specialistico in Visual Arts and Performing Arts at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, where she collaborated with AtelierF. Currently residing in Venice, she is affiliated with Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze and Fondazione Malutta. Her recent exhibitions include Simposio di Pittura at Fondazione Lac o Le Mon in 2019 and If it is untouchable it is not beautiful at Monitor Gallery, also in 2019, along with several others from 2017-2018. Influenced by Balthus and Titian, Tesser's artwork explores hybrid figures and the myth of the androgyne, focusing on drawing, color, and a contemplative approach, reflecting a vibrant Italian contemporary painting scene.
Key facts
- Maddalena Tesser was born in 1992 in Vittorio Veneto.
- She graduated in 2018 from Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia.
- She collaborated with AtelierF led by Carlo Di Raco.
- She lives and works in Venice.
- She collaborates with Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze and Fondazione Malutta.
- Exhibition: Simposio di Pittura at Fondazione Lac o Le Mon, 2019.
- Exhibition: If it is untouchable it is not beautiful at Monitor Gallery, Rome, 2019.
- Exhibition: Il gemello cattivo at Museo Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, 2018.
- Exhibition: La Torre Maluttona + Mercato babelico at Monitor Gallery, Rome, 2018.
- Exhibition: Brišit de bardò bardò/aiai caramba at Spazio Buonasera, Turin, 2018.
- Exhibition: Perpendicular at Parallel Wien Art Fair, Vienna, 2017.
- Exhibition: Laboratorio Aperto workshop at Forte Marghera, Venice, 2017.
- She cites influences: Balthus, Tiziano, Man Ray, Carlo Mollino.
- Her work Teoria delle Vergini references Virginia Woolf.
- She describes painting today as being a tightrope walker.
- She views the Italian painting scene as dynamic and flourishing.
Entities
Artists
- Maddalena Tesser
- Carlo Di Raco
- Balthus
- Tiziano
- Man Ray
- Carlo Mollino
- Virginia Woolf
Institutions
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
- AtelierF
- Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze
- Fondazione Malutta
- Fondazione Lac o Le Mon
- Monitor Gallery
- Museo Santa Maria della Scala
- Spazio Buonasera
- Parallel Wien Art Fair
- Forte Marghera
Locations
- Vittorio Veneto
- Italy
- Venice
- San Cesario di Lecce
- Rome
- Siena
- Turin
- Vienna
- Austria
- Marghera