Enza Monetti

Born in 1957

Italy

date of insertion in W.A.D. 12/2023

http://www.enzamonetti.it/

Biography

I am an Italian artist, I live in Naples, I started to escape the fixed rules very early and despite the impediments, I chose to be an artist since I was a little girl, a choice that I still support today, making art with my deep feeling. I attended the Faculty of Architecture and also worked at the MANN (Archaeological Museum) and then decidedly diverted to my real
interest in contemporary visual arts.

Self-taught, non-conformist, free-thinking, I handle my work with care which comes from intellect, passion, intuition and technical knowledge. I talk about the restlessness of the world I breathe and despite the extreme difficulties, I look for visions within myself to elevate them to an artistic language and merge social motive and interiority. My gaze acts on the recovery and regeneration of Nature.

Through cuts and reconstructions, I create energetic spaces, where art and life converge dialectically on the sharp edge of a precise, direct way of doing things, always poised between transience and restlessness. I experience a perennial state of precariousness, so much so that I make this impulse a reason for investigation, translating it into artistic language through an archetype: a tree.
Swinging. Unstable like territories, forests, glaciers, analyzing the minimum distance, I dare say nothing, between the internal abyss and the universal symbol, which has a curve in the place of the roots, and the roots upside down upwards like branches, like arms, like maps of existence, they ideally extend to the mystical design of infinity.

The tree, without roots, is visionary free to go, to move in every direction, to encounter that small, fragile point of balance that gives meaning to existence. Straight on the curve, the tree swings in the consolatory cradle, and like a hypnotic mantra, chases the allegory of
man’s incessant pursuit of inner peace.

The immersive environment in which I project my projects is pervaded by a spirituality that suggests a vision of the world animated by clear references to daily life, to the human psyche, to the natural world, bringing back the necessary dialogue between man, technology, and a more attentive, to the hope of finding each other again.
All my artistic research follows an apparently heterogeneous trend but in reality developed along several coherent paths, numerical control is often insinuated into my projects, in the need to express concepts of substantial ethical and poetic emergency, always projected to the thought of the design of future life, as numbers like the sky never end.

I am present on the artistic scene with exhibitions, to name a few: One Thousand Billions of Trees, an artistic project in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture of the Federico ll University of Naples in the figure of Prof. Giovanna Aronne and doctor Leone Ermes Romano for the scientific research of the Wolffia Globosa, a plant presented in the exhibition, the subject of studies within the Super Food for Space project financed by the European Space Agency-ESA, SciSpaceETeam, the Thousand Billion Trees project curated by Loredana Troise it was presented at the Monumental Complex of San

Domenico Maggiore, (Naples 2022); Under the Sign of San Gennaro/Strategie dello Sguardo, S. Domenico Maggiore cloister (Naples 2021); Re-Generate yourself, at the Saib S.p.A. company. (one of the main Italian companies producing RPB – Regenerated Particle Board, by virtue of the Rewood production process which, implementing the principles of the circular economy, recovers, transforms and regenerates approximately 580 thousand tonnes of wood at the end of its life every year), edited by Barbara Martusciello, catalog on display (Caorso, Piacenza 2019/2020); Passione Bi-polar, project of the Albertina Academy of Turin at the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, edited by Edoardo Di Mauro, Gabriele Romeo, Laura Valle, catalog on display Albertina Press (Venice 2019); To_form a collection, curated by the Director Andrea Viliani and S.Salvati, Museo Madre (Naples 2018); Nourishment, Custody, Self-knowledge, environmental installations at the Momu Molino Museum (Montenero Val Cocchiara, Isernia, Molise 2019); La Rosa dei 20/projectlab, Hermann Nitsch Museum, edited by Loredana troise, catalog on display with texts by Giuseppe Gaeta, Giuseppe Morra, Guglielmo Gigliotti, Loredana Troise, ed. Artem (Naples 2017); Swinging, solo exhibition at the Palazzo delle Arti, catalog on display with texts by Adriana Rispoli (Naples 2016); Fake, Castel dell’Ovo, catalog on display ed.Treves (Naples 2010); Mater Insula, curated by Massimo Bignardi, former church of San Giacomo Apostolo, island of Procida, exhibition catalog by La Tipolitostampa (Naples 2002).

I am present with my works in various collections and publications: the private collection of Maria Pia Incutti (since 2019) and the Plart Museum Foundation of which she is President (since 2024), in the collection of the Madre Museum, Naples (since 2018); in the Banco di Napoli Foundation (from 2019 to 2023); in the volume San Gennaro Devotion and Popular Worship in Naples and the World, published in support of the request to UNESCO for San Gennaro intangible heritage of humanity, promoted by the Ministry of Culture, Archdiocese of Naples, Campania Region, Municipality of Naples, University of Naples Federico ll (Elio de Rosa publisher 2022); in the Atlas of Contemporary Art in Naples and Campania 1966/2016 edited by Vincenzo Trione and Museo Madre, Donnaregina Foundation for Contemporary Arts (ed. Electa 2017); in the Passione bi-polar catalogue, Accademia Albertina Torino (ed. Albertina Press 2019); in the book 31 Artists self-portraits/Living in Naples by Loredana Troise, (Rogiosi editore 2020). I have received recognition and prizes: The Artists and collectors Artpot, Bilndarte contemporary art auctions, selected work present in the catalog (Milan 2019); Masaniello Award Neapolitan Protagonists for Fine Arts, Naples (2009); 1st Biennial of Contemporary Art, selected work, Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Perugia, Italy (1998); Imaginaria 94′, selected work, Milan, Italy (1994); Bleu Blanc Rouge Prize, Trente Artistes Dans Le Rue curated by Jean Digne, qualified work, Brest, France (1989); The Means of Communication, Telecommunications Competition, stamp issued by the Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy (1986); Agricoltreno, best
photography, Rome (1987).

Curriculum

Exhibitions
2021 – A Thousand Billions of Trees, solo exhibition curated by Loredana Troise (technical sponsor SAIB S.p.A. with the patronage of the Municipality of Naples and the Plart Foundation) Monumental Complex of San Domenico Maggiore, Naples, Italy.

2021 – Under the Sign of San Gennaro/Strategies of the Gaze curated by L. Troise, Cloister of San Domenico Maggiore, Naples, Italy.

2019 – Ri/Generarsi, solo exhibition curated by Barbara Martusciello, at SAIB S.p.a. (space five A) Caorso, Piacenza, Italy.

2019 – Bi-polar passion, Accademia Albertina di Torino at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito, curated by Edoardo Di Mauro, Gabriele Romeo, Laura Valle, Venice, Italy.

2019 – Nourishment, Custody, Self-knowledge, solo exhibition, Land Art, curated by Daniela Ricci, Momu Molino Museo, Montenero Val Cocchiara, Isernia, Molise, Italy.

2019 – Collection of the Banco Napoli Foundation, Thirteen unpublished works of art hosted in the Foundation headquarters, Naples, Italy.

2019 – Trampoline – The artists and collectors Artpot, Blindarte – Milan, Italy.

2019 – Maria Pia Incutti Collection, Plart Foundation, Plastic Museum, Naples. Italy.

2018 – To_form a collection, curated by Andrea Viliani and Silvia Salvati, collection of the Madre Museum, Donnaregina Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Naples, Italy.

2017 – La Rosa dei 20/projectlab edited by Guglielmo Gigliotti and Loredana Troise, catalog text by Giuseppe Morra, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Naples, Italy.

2017 – Homage to Mondrian, the Clairvoyant curated by Luigi Paolo Fartigianato, Movimento Aperto by Ilia Tufano, Naples, Italy.

2016 – Swinging, solo exhibition, catalog text by Adriana Rispoli, Palazzo delle Arti catalog ed. Savarese, Naples, Italy.

2015 – Art Hotel Gran Paradiso, creation of room n. 406, Sorrento, Naples, Italy.

2015 – In Labore Fructus, Vittoria Colonna Museum of Contemporary Art, Pescara, Italy.

2014 – A Basso Tasso Alcolico, WineandtheCity by Donatella Bernabò Silorata, urban contamination, Naples, Italy.

2010 – Fake, solo exhibition, Castel dell’Ovo, catalog ed. Treves, Naples, Italy.

2007 – In The Wind, Clear Energy, solo exhibition, University Consortium of Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Faculty of Political Studies Jean Monnet, Giambattista Vico Foundation, Benecon Regional Center of Competence, Salerno, Italy.

2006 – Artissima, PAN Archive (d), the artists first, Turin, Italy

2006 – S.I.T.U. video production of integrated tourism system, seven Campania sites for tourism, direction, texts, post-production, Campania Region, European Union, Province of
Naples, Idis Città della Scienza Foundation, Ass. Mecenate 90, Naples, Italy.

2006 – Mangiare Esser Mangiati, solo exhibition, Paestum, Salerno, Italy.

2004 – Rosso Carne, solo exhibition, Monserrato arte 900 gallery, Rome, Italy.

2004 – Turismo Nautico, experimental format for TV, assistant director and texts, island of Procida, Naples, Italy.

2002 – Mater Insula, solo exhibition curated by Massimo Bignardi, former church of S. Giacomo Apostolo, island of Procida, Naples, Italy.

2002 – Il Mare, Sala dei Templari, curated by Luciana Cataldo, Molfetta, Bari, Italy.

1999 – O.B.A. Original Book Art, Folini gallery, Lugano, Switzerland.

1998 – Corto Circuito, European Short Audiovisual Festival, Palazzo Reale, Naples, Italy

1998 – O.B.A. Original Book Art, Studio Oggetto gallery, Milan, Italy.

1998 – 1st Biennial of Contemporary Art curated by Giancarlo Politi and Paolo Nardon, Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Perugia, Italy.

1997 – Sequenze Labili, Video review curated by Francesca Capriccioli, Claudia Colasanti, Bruno Di Martino, Sala Uno gallery, Rome, Italy.

1996 – Corto Circuito, European Audiovisual Festival. short, Mercadante theatre, Na, Italy

1996 – Scenes, Academy of Fine Arts, Vera Vita Gioia gallery, Naples, Italy.

1996 – Send a Video, Vera Vita Gioia gallery, Naples, Italy.
1995 – Aesthetic Container, Situationaples, gall. Umberto I, Naples, Italy.

1995 – The Ideal City, Fiumara Arte edited by Patrizia Ferri and IV Edition Chilometro di Tela, Domestic Museum, Antonio Presti, Pettineo, Messina, Italy.

1995 – Stories, Vera Vita Gioia gallery, Naples, Italy.

1994 – Imaginaria 94′, selected work, Milan, Italy.

1989 – Bleu Blanc Rouge curated by Jean Digne, Premio Trente Artistes Dans Le Rue, Brest, France.

1988 – Outrage Noir, solo exhibition, gall. G. Mancini, S. Gimignano, Siena, Italy.

1987 – La Ceramica Firmata, Ganzerli gallery, Naples, Italy.

1987 – Ritmi Alfa Ritmi, solo exhibition, la Gradiva gallery and CIDAC, Rome, Italy.

1986 – The Means of Communication, Telecommunications, stamp issued by the Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy.

1985 – The Charm of Pompeii, Vesuvian Scientific Museum, Pompeii, Naples, Italy.

1985 – Expo Arte, S. Carlo gallery, Bari, Italy.

1984 – Le Tavole Nere, solo exhibition, with Unicef pro Ethiopia curated by Margherita Dini
Ciacci, Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy.