Paola Citterio was born in 1964 in a small village close to Milan, Italy. She received her Bachelor of Art degree in Scenography from Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, NABA, in Milan 1986. For the next fifteen years she would work as a set designer for theater, film and commercial productions.
In 2001, Paola moved to New York City and found artistic inspiration in her family life, creating pieces that blend the traditional craftwork she learned from the women in her childhood home (knitting, sewing, felting and baking) with found objects from the city streets around her.
There is always an element of surprise in Paola’s work, as she likes her audience to engage with her pieces and discover them inside and out.
CV:
EDUCATION
1986 BFA at NABA
Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Sabarrosa, Isili Cagliari IT
2022 La Stanza di Venere, Acaia Lecce IT
2020 atelier MONICA CASTIGLIONI, Brooklyn NY
2019 WOMAN, showcase Malo+Paola Citterio, Milano IT
2019 VISCERE, Fondazione Kenta, Milano IT
2019 atelier MONICA CASTIGLIONI, Brooklyn NY
2018 Capsula Lato 1/ Lato2, Milano IT
2018 AIR@4HEADS, art residency at Governors Island , NY
2018 Pip-Squeak Chapeau
2016 CELEBRATING BIRTH Weylin Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2016 #SYA-NYC - NYC City-Wide Art Installation as Demonstration
2016 MEN AT WORK - Picture Farm Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2014 SOLOFIFTY+viralcolonization - Picture Farm Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 VIRALCOLONIZATION2013 a year Residency (Bathroom) Jonathan Levine Gallery, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 GO FIGURE: THE FEMALE GAZE, The Hewitt Gallery of Art NY
2019 WELLS ART CONTEMPORARY, Somerset UK
2019 EVERY WOMAN BIENNIAL, LAMAMA Galleria, NY
2018 BOMBAY SAPPHIRE ARTISANS SERIES, New York finalist, White Space Gallery NY
2018 ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, Cigar Factory LIC, NY
2018 WOMEN AT WORK, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 4Heads GIAF Governors Island, NY
2013 CREST ART SHOW, Brooklyn, NY
2011 METROPOLITAN BUDDHA, Cappelletti Arte Contemporanea, Milan-hosted by Michela Martello IT
2011 EATART. MANGIA ’ARTE, Italian Cultural Institute,
Los Angeles, CA
2011 NUOVI TALENTI, Wook & Lattuada Gallery, NYC
2011 EATART. MANGIA L’ARTE Wook & Lattuada Gallery, NYC
2011 IMAFestival, La MaMa Theatre- The Club, NY
2011 ART ESTATE, IMAFestival & Corcoran Group, Gramercy Park, NY