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Laurina Paperina is a duck with a human head.
She paints, draws, creates installations, video animations and sometimes even photographs.
Paperina has over the past years created artworks especially about on the art world that present a ironic commentary in response to current events.
Laurina Paperina took part to several pubblications, exhibitions and art fair around the world.

She was born in 1980 in Rovereto, Italy; now She lives in Duckland, a small town in the universe.
She doesn't want to make serious art! :)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS | MOSTRE PERSONALI

2012
New Pollution, curated by L. Beatrice and text essay by L. Beatrice and Y. Wallin, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy *

2011
Hello Hell!, curated by V. Donnarumma, Lab_Comacina, Lugano, Switzerland
How to kill the artists, NKV extra/Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
The Volta Show, Perugi artecontemporanea Gallery, New York, Usa
Laurina Paperina/Video Project, Studio Trisorio, Roma, Italy

2010
Neither use nor ornament, Perugi artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova, Italy
Laurina Paperina, 18 Gallery, Shanghai, China

2009
Things, curated by Stefania Portinari, AB23, Vicenza, Italy *
Bad!, Rubicon Gallery, Dublino, Irlanda
Ridiculous Things, Lincart Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2008
Freak Show, Travesia Cuatro Gallery, Madrid, Spain
One Foot in the Grave, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
Wursteland, Siemens ArtLab / Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria

2007
BrainDead, Perugi artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova, Italy *
RO(T)FL, Freight + Volume Gallery, New York City, USA *

2006
Hot Drawings, curated by H. Erdmann, Erdmann Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2005
The Amazing Pape, curated by L. Vona, Perugi artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova, Italy
Che fine ha fatto Mr Stripes?, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Sala Celio, Rovigo, Italy *

GROUP EXHIBITIONS | MOSTRE COLLETTIVE

2012
Col-lectiva, Galeria Ferran Cano, Barcelona, Spain
MM Hasta la muerte, curated by A. Zanchetta, Galleria Miomao, Perugia, Italy
Nuova creatività italiana, curated by R. Barilli, G. Bartorelli, A. Borbogelli, P. Granata, S. Grandi, G. Molinari, Chiesa di San Carpoforo, Milano, Italy *

2011
Paris Forever, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
Words, Brand 10, Forth Worth, Texas (Usa)
Flashmob, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany
Videoart Yearbook, curated by R.Barilli, Crac, Cremona, Italy *
Space Exchange, Aid & Abet, Cambridge, Uk
Nuova creatività italiana, curated by R. Barilli, G. Bartorelli, A. Borbogelli, P. Granata, S. Grandi, G. Molinari, ALT Arte Contemporanea, Alzano Lombardo (BG) *
54th Biennale di Venezia - Padiglione Trentino A.A. Sudtirol, Palazzo Trentini, Trento, Italy *
Vulpes Pilum Mutare, curated by C.Lio + Infart collective, Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy *
Present History II, Erdmann Contemporary, Cape town, South Africa
Ombre di luce, curated by D. Gioia, Museo Genga (An), Italy
Comics make art - Art makes comics, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Wien, Austria
Tra il sublime e l’idiota. L’umorismo nell’arte contemporanea italiana, curated by L. Beatrice, Museo Napoleonico-Palazzo Perisani Bezzi, Tolentino (MC), Italy *
54th Biennale di Venezia - Padiglione Accademie, Tese di San Cristoforo, Venezia, Italy *
Artisti d’Italia, curated by I. Materazzi and G. Uzzani, Ex Chiesa della Madonna del Duomo, Arezzo, Italy
Nuova creatività italiana, curated by R. Barilli, G. Bartorelli, A. Borbogelli, P. Granata, S. Grandi, G. Molinari, Associazione Culturale La Fabbrica, Gambettola (Cesena), Italy *
Drawings Wall, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto (Tn), Italy
Videoart Yearbook, curated by R.Barilli, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (Italy)
Amateur, curated by G. Bartorelli, Galleria Perugi, Padova, Italy *
I like the art world and the art world likes me, curated by E. Doeringer, The Elisabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA *

2010
DeadPan - collateral show for the Liverpool Biennal, curated by K. Hunt, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK
Video Preview - Collezione Ernesto Esposito, curated by M. Savarese, Forum Universal De Las Culturas Valparaios, Ex Frigorifico Baron Valparaiso, Chile
Christmas Rodeo, Antonio Colombo Gallery, Milano, Italy
Nouveau Grotesque, curated by D. Capra + C. Sala, Palazzo Foscolo, Oderzo (TV), Italy
Premio Mario Razzano IV Edizione, Museo di Arte Contemporanea del Sanno, Benevento, Italy *
Drawing a video, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod Artists Village, Haifa, Israel *
Casanova Forever, École supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Nimes, France *
A sense of humor: finding the funny in contemporary art, J.M.Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan (WI), Usa
L’immagine del suono, curated by L. Beatrice, Villa Bottoni, Lucca, Italy
Back From Black, curated by David Vecchiato, Madre Museum, Napoli, Italy
Lumen, curated by Mara de Falco, Complesso Santa Sofia, Salerno, Italy
Sto disegnando #4, curated by M. Rotondi, Villa Sirtori, Olginate (LC), Italy *
Kinder Art, Ferrero Foundation, Alba (CN), Italy *

2009
Videodrome, curated by S. Conta and F. Mazzonelli, Upload Project, Trento, Italy
Remove Viewing, curated by P. Young, The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, USA *
Suspect Reason, Art Lexis, Brooklyn NY, USA
Kinder Art, Triennale Bovisa, Milano, Italy *
Art Foundation Mallorca Collection, CCA Kunsthalle C/ Estanyera, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Love me Fender, curated by L. Beatrice, Museo della Musica, Bologna, Italy *
Upupa, curated by G. De Palma, Galleria BLUorg, Bari, Italy *
Sguardi Multipli, curated by F.Londino, Imbarcadero Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy
The Hand That Draws By Itself, curated by M. Danysz, 18Gallery, Shanghai, China
Rendez-Vous 09/Biennale de Lyon, Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France *
Voyage Sentimental, Frac, Montpellier, France *
Editionen #3, Kunstlerhaus Bremen, Brema, Germany
Face, curated by M. Danysz - 18Gallery, Shanghai, China
Preview, Stene Project Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Sto disegnando #3, curated by M. Rotondi, Studio Arkema, Portogruaro (Venezia), Italy
Terrible Girls, Galleria Toselli, Milano, Italy
Sto disegnando #2, curated by M. Rotondi, D. Pairone, Project Room Spazio Terra, Perugia, Italy
Labirinto/Libertà, Forte Asburgico, Fortezza (Bolzano), Italy *
Sto disegnando #1, curated by M. Rotondi, Piscina comunale, Milano, Italy *
4 Young Famale Artists, Haas & Fisher, Zurich, Switzerland

2008
The drawing hand, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
Not too bad, Perugi Artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova, Italy
Provocazioni fra le nuvole, Fondazione Cà La Ghironda, Zola Predosa (Bologna), Italy *
Point of View, Trebisonda Centro per le Arti Visive, Perugia, Italy
Fuori Luogo/Out of Place - Manifesta 7, various place, Trento, Italy *
Allarmi, curated by I. Quaroni, A. Trabucco, A. Zanchetta, Caserma de Cristoforis, Como, Italy *
Toys R Us, Brändström & Stene gallery, Stoccolma, Sweden
Money Lisa, curated by D. Vecchiato, MondoPop, Roma, Italy
Blank Screen, curated by Mara De Falco e Not Gallery, Rising Mutiny Space, Napoli, Italy
V.A.I.!, curated by E. Tomaselli e Magmart, Trip, Napoli, Italy

2007
Inner Child:Good and Evil in the Garden of Memories, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, Usa
From & To, curated by V. Dehò, D. Isaia, Kunst Merano Arte, Merano, Italy *
Sticker art revolution!, curated by D. Dogheria, Biblioteca Civica Tartarotti, Rovereto (Trento), Italy
Bellavita, curated by C. Natalicchio, D. Isaia, New Chinatown Barbershop gallery, Los Angeles, Usa
Bord, curated by V. Grimaldi, Castello Svevo, Termoli, Italy *
Mulhouse 07, Parc des expositions, Molhouse, France *
Wars or Words, curated by L. Vona, A. Menesini, Fondazione Bartoli-Felter, Cagliari, Italy *
cARToons/comics in contemporary art, Castel Sant’Elmo, Napoli, Italy *
Conversation, Travecia Cuatro Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Scribbles, curated by D. Dogheria, Biblioteca Civica Tartarotti, Rovereto (Trento), Italy

2006
North South, curated by M.Danysz, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
Sound Zero (art and music from Pop Art to Street Art), curated by V. Dehò, Kunst Merano Arte, Merano (Bolzano), Italy *
40x40 circa, curated by S. Zanetti e F. Bonazzi, Pay and Dispay, Verona, Italy *
Another Thing / Enzimi, curated by L. Lombardi, Studio 14, galleria Bocca di Dama, Roma, Italy
Video Island, curated by G. Calò, L. Curci, M. Di Veroli e O. Spatola, Isola Tiberina, Roma, Italy
Venezia nel cuore, curated by O. Berlanda, Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Cavalese (Trento), Italy *
Rotary Container Art, promoted bypromoted by Rotary Club, Trento, Italy *
Videoart Yearbook 2006, curated by R. Barilli, A. Borgogelli, F. Fabbri, P. Granata, S. Grandi, F. Naldi, P. Sega, Chiostro S. Cristina, Bologna, Italy
Dissertare/Disertare, curated by Associazione StArt, Centro Internazionale per l'Arte Contemporanea, castello Colonna di Genazzano, Roma, Italy *
Collettiva,curated by B. Frigieri, PaggeriaArte, Sassuolo (Modena), Italy
Quartetto a Palazzo Wolkenstein, curated by M. Tomasini, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy *
Saluti da Monfalcone: 6 artiste per un territorio, curated by E. Comuzzi, A. Marzona, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (Gorizia), Italy *

2005
Delicate Kinship, curated by H. Fushihara, Hanna Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Yab-Yum, curated by L.Vona, Villa Magiorana, Rivoli (Torino), Italy
Hype, curated by Publicis Italia, Assab One, Milano, Italy *
Traffic Zone a Venezia, curated by C. Natalicchio, M. Tomasini, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia, Italy
Dalla Pittura alla Pittura, curated by S. Dell'Arte, StudioSei, Milano, Italy
Il Bosco dei Poeti, curated by L. Menguzzato, Bosco dei Poeti, Dolcè (Verona), Italy
Creative Soup, curated by ROTFL, Galleria Goethe 2, Bolzano, Italy
Departures,curated by F. Cavallucci, C. Natalicchio, M. Tomasini, Galleria Civica di ArteContemporanea di Trento, Trento, Italy *

2004
Coppi Picasso, curated by F. Toselli, Galleria Toselli, Milano, Italy
Young Trentino Artists, curated by F. Cavallucci, C. Natalicchio, M. Tomasini, Sesto Senso, Bologna, Italy
Check In 4, curated by C. Natalicchio, M. Tomasini, Centro polifunzionale dell'Opera Universitaria, promoted by Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Trento, Italy

2003
87ma Mostra Collettiva, curated by G. Di Pietrantonio, A. Galletta, A. Vettese, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venezia, Italy *

2002
Gemine Muse, curated by M. Rossi, evento promoted bypromoted by GAI (Giovani Artisti Italiani) e Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Museo Storico, Trento, Italy *

PERFORMANCES | EVENTS | PROJECTS

2011
Messa a fuoco - VII Giornata del Contemporaneo, promoted by MAN Museo d'Arte di Nuoro, Auditorium della Biblioteca S. Satta, Nuoro, Italy
Sento Freddo, curated by C. Lio, Spazio Paraggi, Treviso, Italy
Summer Session, video screening, organized by Everest Parisi, Rovereto, Italy

2010
ArteCinema Festival, Teatro Augusteo, Napoli, Italy
Brainstorming, Festival della creatività, Complesso Ex Carcere Murate, Firenze, Italy

2009
Premieren Tage 09, curated by M. Piffer, Stiller Speicher Space/Hypo Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria
Some Politics of Appropriation, curated by B. de la Torre, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland
The scientist, video festival, curated by Associazione Ferrara Video Arte, Sala Estense, Ferrara, Italy
Museion Summer Lab, workshop, Museion, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy

2008
Life Sharing, Bonsai Television - interview
Ex-Peterlini Ex-Privato, Manifesta 7, ex Peterlini, Rovereto (Trento), Italy
Hello my name is Mr Blanco, Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza), Italy
The scientist, video festival, curated by Associazione Ferrara Video Arte, Sala Estense, Ferrara, Italy

2007
White Cube: Swarovski Crystal Energy, Bread & Butter, Barcellona, Spain
Unlocked, Shift Gallery, second life/indire
A Scuola con gli Artisti, workshop promoted by promoted byGalleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Spazio Foyeur, Centro Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy
My mascotte ”Small Green Feet” for the Future Film Festival, Bologna, Italy

2006
International Prize for Performance (preselezioni), Centro Culturale Santa Chiara, promoted by Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Trento, Italy
Selected Works, contest promoted by Avision.it in collaboration with Assessorato alla Cultura di Bassano del Grappa, Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza), Italy
Play With Style, contest promoted by Nintendo and Tony & Guy, Milano, Italy – winner
Site Specific @ Web, curated by C. Mora, www.sitespecific.it

2005
web site project- www.pigpigpig.org
MURart, curated by F.Pagliuca, E.Vannini - Club 74, Bologna, Italy
Spamming – postal action
Infected Hotel, curated by F.Bonazzi, A.D'Agostino, V.Siviero, Flash Art Show, Bologna, Italy

2004
Supercartoon, special project curated by Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento in collaboration with Danish artists Superflex – Trento, Italy
Supersesso Night, special project curated by Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento in collaboration with Danish artists Superflex – Trento, Italy

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