Norberto Spina
Drawing from archival images, old family photographs, moments of daily life, historical and religious iconographies of Italian culture, Norberto Spina’s practice explores autobiographical and collective memory. Like fragmented memories which prove difficult to visualise with clarity, Spina’s imagery presents oblique lashings, sharp and material strokes of oil, acrylic and marker pen that build and at the same time conceal the image in a continuous act of formulation and negation. His layered cross-hatching technique gives the picture plane an idiosyncratic gestural texture.
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Text by Federico Montagna
Norberto Spina (b. 1995, Milan, Italy) is an artist living and working in London where he is currently attending the final year at the Royal Academy Schools (Class of 2024). He previously completed a BFA in Painting at the Brera Academy. Recent exhibitions include Solo booth at NADA, New York with Cooke Latham Gallery (2024); ‘After Reminiscence’, Cassina Project, Milan (2024); ‘Vanitas’, Night Cafè Gallery, London (2023); ‘Premiums: Interim Projects 2023’, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2023); ‘Look mum no hands’, French Place, London (2023).
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B. 1995, Milan, Italy. Lives and works in London.
Education
2021-2024, Post graduate course, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2014-2017, Bachelor of Arts in painting, Brera Academy, Milan
2016-2017, Erasmus, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Fairs
2024, NADA New York, Cooke Latham Gallery
Selected Exhibitions
2024 The Future of Loneliness, Guts Gallery, London
2024 After Reminiscence, Cassina Project, Milan
2024 Field of difference, Palmer Gallery, London
2023 Vanitas, Night Cafè Gallery, London
2023 Premiums: Interim Projects 2023, Royal Accademy of Arts, London
2023 Look mum non hands, French Place, London
2022 Y1 Royal Academy School Show, Sadie Coles HQ store, London
2022 A path with heart, The Split Gallery, London
2021 Impronte, Fondazione Giacomo Lercaro, Bologna
2020 Residency, Impronte, Fondazione Giacomo Lercaro, Bologna
2020 Residency, Percorsi di riavvicinamento, Sanctuary of La Verna, Tuscany
2020 Frammenti di storia, Group show with the winners of San Fedele Prize, Fondazione San Fedele, Milan
2019 Third prize in the ‘Premio San Fedele’ and winner of the Martini Inernational Award, Fondazione San Fedele, Milan
2019 Poetiche a Confornto, MO.CA, Brescia
2019 Residency at the San Fedele Foundation, Milan
2018 October, group show with the winners ‘X Premio Nocivelli’, Academy of Fine Arts, Brescia
2018 Second prize ‘X Premio Nocivelli’ Verolanuva