The Prize has received the merit medal from the President of Italian Republic
The Prize has received the augural message of the President of Ministers Council
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Ministry for Foreign Affaires
Ministry for Economic Development
Ministry for the Youth Policy;
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Regione Lazio
Provincia di Roma
Comune di Roma
Gianluca Marziani, Art curator, curator of the Terna Prize 02.
He is attentive to linguistic contaminations and to innovative creative forms, he was curator of hundreds of exhibits and of just as many catalogues. His most important projects include "Scala Mercalli" (2008) at the Auditorium in Rome, "Matteo Basilé Apparitions" (2007) at the Mart in Rovereto, “Mimmo Rotella Antologica” (2007) at the Mucciaccia Gallery in Rome, "Marc Quinn" (2006) at the Projectb in Milan, "Zhang Huan" (2005) at the Capitoline Museums in Rome, “Pablo Echaurren” (2004) and the “Hyperrealists” (2003) at the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome, Adrian Tranquilli (2003) at the Macro Mattatoio in Roma, “Melting Pop” (2003) at the Palazzo delle Papesse in Siena and the Masnago Castle in Varese, “3nds Roma” (2001) at the GAM (Salara) in Bologna, “Dalla Mini al mini” (2001) and “welcHome” (2000) at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. He has published the books “Nuovo Quadro Contemporaneo” and “Melting Pop”. He collaborates with Il Riformista, GQ, Style Piccoli. In the past, he has also written for Panorama, La Stampa, Specchio, Time Out and the most important art journals. He teaches visual arts at the IED in Rome. For years he has been cultural advisor for companies and multinationals.
Cristiana Collu, Director of the MAN Museum_ Art Museum of the Province of Nuoro.
After graduating in Modern Literature, majoring in Art, from the University of Cagliari, and various specializations and master courses in museum studies and museum management at the Complutense University in Madrid, Cristiana Collu has held various different positions and collaborated with many important public authorities and galleries.
Since 1997, she has been Director of the MAN, Art Museum of the Province of Nuoro, planning and organizing museum exhibits and activities, in charge of administrative management and artistic-cultural planning.
Cristiana Collu was awarded in 2004 the ABO Silver prize as best young director of an Italian museum. Member of the Board of AMACI- Associazione Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani, in 2006 she received an award from the Minister of Cultural Heritage as director of the MAN for being an outstanding venue within the Italian museum scenario. In the past few years, she has held various positions.
From 2006 to 2007, she was visiting Professor of Contemporary Art History at the La Sapienza University in Rome, at the Department of Architecture Ludovico Quaroni, Degree program in Industrial Design. Since 2007 to the present, she has been Visiting Professor of Museum Studies at the University in Sassari, Department of Architecture in Alghero and of Architecture and Museum Studies Degree program at the University in Cagliari, Department of Architecture.
Chairman of the Gallery Owners’ Committee: Francesco Cascino
Since 1990 he has held high level positions in Human Resources and Organization in the industrial groups of Montedison, SNIA-FIAT and in the multinational insurance group ACE International. Since 1999 he has been an independent Contemporary Art Advisor and upon specific requests, also within an International network that operates in the visual arts sector and in consulting for planning and purchasing modern and contemporary art collections.
His activities are involved in the private sector and in the business investments of companies. As part of his activities focused on the contemporary art market and on latest generation expressive language, he is a cultural communication advisor for companies and banking groups linked to the partnership between the business world and the system of visual culture. He collaborates with several current event magazines and specialized journals on the above mentioned topics. He is also a consultant with various bodies on art development issues.
Paolo Curti, Galleria Curti e Gambuzzi (Milano)
Alberto Peola, Galleria Alberto Peola (Torino)
La galleria è stata aperta nel 1989 da Alberto Peola, dopo un’esperienza quindicennale in precedenti gallerie. Si trova nel centro della città, in un palazzo ottocentesco nelle vicinanze del fiume; lo spazio espositivo si articola in tre ampi ambienti.
La galleria segue il lavoro di artisti italiani e stranieri contemporanei, emergenti e già affermati. È particolarmente attenta alle nuove tendenze che trovano personali soluzioni narrative nell’impiego dei diversi mezzi espressivi, dalla fotografia alla pittura ai video alle installazioni. Ha presentato personali di Martin Creed, Andisheh Avini, Lala Meredith-Vula, Daniela Rossell, Perino&Vele, Hiraki Sawa, Botto e Bruno, Thorsten Kirchhoff, Candida Höfer, Sophy Rickett, Emily Jacir, Yuko Murata, Laura Pugno, Marguerite Kahrl, Paola De Pietri.
Partecipa a fiere italiane e internazionali, tra le quali Artissima a Torino, Arte Fiera a Bologna, Art Cologne a Colonia, ArtForum a Berlino, Paris Photo a Parigi.
Hélène De Franchis, Galleria Studio La Città (Verona)
Laura Trisorio, Galleria Trisorio (Napoli)
Laura Trisorio è nata a Locarno (Svizzera) nel 1967.
Si è laureata in Lettere Moderne presso l’Università Federico II di Napoli (votazione 110/110) con una tesi in Storia dell’Arte Contemporanea sull’artista tedesco Joseph Beuys.
Ha collaborato con l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York e ha lavorato nelle gallerie d’arte Sonnabend e Leo Castelli a New York e presso la galleria Hans Mayer a Düsseldorf.
Dal 1994 al 1996 ha insegnato Storia dell’arte presso il Liceo Linguistico di Pineta Mare (Caserta).
Dal 1993 dirige la galleria d’arte Studio Trisorio e dal 1996 è direttore del Festival Internazionale di Film sull’Arte Contemporanea Artecinema, di cui è l’ideatrice.
Ha curato per il Comune di Napoli le mostre degli artisti: Carlo Alfano, Umberto Manzo, Lucia Romualdi, Alfredo Maiorino realizzate al Castel dell’Ovo, la mostra Le forme delle donne presso la Basilica di San Francesco di Paola, la mostra di Studio Azzurro presso il Museo di Villa Pignatelli.
Ha curato inoltre diverse rassegne di film sull’arte e l’architettura contemporanee: OIKOS Centro studi per l’abitare, Bologna (2001), Circuito Cinema Venezia (2003), MACBA Barcellona (2003), Museo PAN Napoli (2007), Comune di Brescia (2008).
Marina Covi Celli, Galleria Oredaria (Roma)
MARINA COVI, bolzanina di origine, ha trovato a Roma il terreno ideale per esprimersi come operatrice culturale e di comunicazione, sviluppando attività di promozione internazionale del ‘Made in Itay’, prima, e di ampliamento del mondo dell’arte contemporanea, poi.
Ha aperto sei anni fa la sua galleria Oredaria, realizzando complessivamente 28 mostre, in prevalenza con grandi maestri italiani, ma offrendo uno spazio qualificato anche a giovani artisti in via di affermazione.
Grande attenzione viene dedicata all’attività editoriale. Una collana specifica SKIRA/OREDARIA è dedicata a testimoniare i vari progetti che gli artisti hanno voluto realizzare in galleria.
La galleria Oredaria dispone di uno spazio espositivo di 300 mq nel quartiere Nomentano a poca distanza dal MACRO (Museo di Arte Conteporanea di Roma) ed è spesso punto di incontro: vi hanno luogo dibattiti, presentazione di libri, eventi musicali.

