was born in 1975 in San Marino, where she lives and works. Having graduated in Psychology, she is known for her fluid and instinctual approach to painting, which she uses to portray the psychopathology of everyday life. Her figurative paintings are set in oppressed and oppressive spaces with osmotic and unusual colours, and depict situations, things and people that are both unsettled and unsettling. In 2018, she joined Scouting, a group of artists led by Eleonora Frattarolo. Frattarolo asked her to take part in the film show CHILD ABUSE, a European project combining Art and Medicine to raise awareness about child abuse, with a focus on contemporary art.
Main solo exhibitions
2023 – Eleonor. I mondi delle donne sono tanti. Curated by Eleonora Frattarolo. The rooom – Bologna.
2021 – Casa di bambola – Curated by Tentativi d’Arte association – Roma.
2017 – Vite di plastica – Curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei – Held at the Modena Festival of Philosophy – Artekyp OpenStudio –- Modena.
2016 – Turba grama – Curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei – Sala Putti at “Il Correggio” Museum – Palazzo dei Principi – Correggio.
2015 – 56th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale. Eleonora Mazza and Zang Hong Mei – Curated by Vincenzo Sanfo – Ateneo Veneto – Exhibition hall of the Republic of San Marino – Friendship Project China.
Main collective exhibitions
2021. CHILD ABUSE – Film show promoted by Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, by S. Orsola General Hospital (IRCCS Research Hospital) and by Genus Bononiae – Musei nella Città (Museums in the City). Developed as part of the European project PROCHILD. Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan, Elisabetta Di Sopra, Giosetta Fioroni, Luciano Leonotti, Eleonora Mazza, Paolo Migliazza, Gianni Moretti, Rufoism, James Rielly, Edoardo Sessa, Vanni Spazzoli, Sandra Tomboloni, Massimiliano Usai, Nicola Vinci, and Silvia Zagni. From an original idea by Eleonora Frattarolo. Art direction and screenplay by Eleonora Frattarolo. Directed by Davide Mastrangelo.
2020. Glaces – Sguardi – Bertozzi & Casoni Willie Bester Conrad Botes Alberto Castelli Sandro Chia Greta Frau Eleonora Mazza Massimo Pulini Ayano Yamamoto – L’Ariete Contemporary Art Gallery – Bologna.
2019. Scouting – Curated by Eleonora Frattarolo – Elysia Athanatos|Eleonora Mazza|Federico Murgia|Massimiliano Usai – L’Ariete Contemporary Art Gallery – Bologna.
2017 – INFERNO – ELEONORA MAZZA+KIYOMI SAKAGUCHI EXHIBITION Gallery Sicoh -Tokyo -Japan.
2017- Prompts and Wonders of Everyday -Featuring works by Eleonora Mazza, Jakov Pinto and Dave Walsh – Curated by Hitomi Iwasaki, Director of Exhibitions at the Queens Museum, NY – The Center for Emerging Visual Artists – Philadelphia, USA.
