Marta Valenti Biography

Marta Valenti was born in 1977 in Rome. She lives and works in Ibiza (Spain) as an artist and photographer, with her daughter and her husband. 2001 Degree in photography three years Master in Istituto Europeo di Design of Rome. 2001 Chosen by Zoneattive for “Enzimi 2001” festival. 2001 Scholarship from the City of Rome for a photographic workshop in TPW, Buonconvento (SI). 2001 Special mention from Biennale of Young Artists of Europe and Mediterranean. 2002 Worked for Edge magazine for “dreaminface”, images and text, published on issue 125, january 2003.
2003 Worked for Kult magazine as fashion photographer for “portaturchese”, published on issue of october 2003. 2004 Played in Blanche Neige, a project by Catherine Baÿ, La Notte Bianca, La Rinascente, Rome. 2004 Special mention from Biennale of Young Artists of Europe and Mediterranean, for the installation of the artwork“stealin turquoise”(2002). 2005 Interwied for Cult satellite channel in the show “La Biennale Adriatica di Arti Nuove”. 2005 Co-author of the book “Ipercorpo” curated by P.Ruffini (published by “Editoria&Spettacolo”). 2005 Special mention for the contest “Paginebianche d’autore 2005/2006” for Regione Lazio. 2005 Acquisition of the artwork “Deep turquoise breathe in yellow sun love”(2003) in the Collection Seat Paginebianche. 2007 Cover of the book “Hic sunt leones” (published by “Editoria&Spettacolo”). 2008 Special mention of Paginebianchedautore 2008/2009 for Regione Lazio. 2008 Radio interview in the transmission Laltrolato on air on Radio2 Rai on the 29th december 2008. 2009 Articles on the weekly magazines D la Repubblica delle Donne and Gente.

Solo exhibitions and public performances

2008 Marta Valenti, El Hall, Es Viver, Ibiza. 2005 Honey (performance), Spazi Aperti, Accademy of Romania, Rome. 2004 Domestica (performance), Galleria Soligo, Rome, curator R.Gavarro. 2004 Coloured, TAD concept store, Rome, curator R.Guidobono.
2000 Marta Valenti, Open Space, Zone Interdite, Rome, curator V.Gravano. 2000 Marta Valenti, Padova Foto, Galleria Estro, Padova Fiere, Padova. 2000 3 cornered vision (with M. De Marinis and E. De Nardis), Classico Village, Rome.

Group exhibitions

2009 Ruta del Arte, Club Diario de Ibiza, Eivissa. 2009 Adrenalina, Ex Jewish fish Market, Rome, curated by Zètema. 2009 Toni Pomar, Ramon Tur i Marta Valenti, Galeria Via2, Eivissa, Ibiza. 2008 Feminino y singular, Namibia Cafè&Lounge, Santa Eularia, Ibiza. 2008 III Mostra de Creativitat, Claustro de Ajuntament de Eivissa, Ibiza. 2008 Domingo del Arte, Paseo de S'Alamera, Sta. Eulalia. 2008 Ruta del Arte, Club Diario de Ibiza, Eivissa. 2008 Concurso de arte, Can Pou, Eivissa. 2006 Dissertare/Disertare, Centro Internazionale per l’Arte Contemporanea Castello Colonna, Genazzano (Rm) 2005 Hype, AssabOne, Milano. 2005 Phairy Tales, Galleria AKA, Rome, curator R.Guidobono. 2004 Primo amore - Festival di Blera, zero edition, Blera (VT), curator A.Arèvalo. 2004 Il corpo solitario, En Plein Air Arte Contemporanea, Pinerolo (TO), curator G. Bonomi. 2004 Di un solo mare, di tanti mari, ex Ospedaletto dei Crociati, Molfetta (BA), catalogue by L.De Venere.
2004 Biennale Adriatica di Arti Nuove, San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), catalogue by A.D’ Annibale. 2005 Retentiva, Italian Pavilion, Giardini di Castello, Venezia, curator R.Gavarro. 2004 L.Chiari, E.Percossi, M.Valenti, Galleria Marconi, Cupramarittima (AP), curator R.Bianchini. 2004 Woman, Casa Internazionale delle Donne, Rome, curator S.Broccatelli, I.Passetti and D.Virgili. 2004 Mimosa – donne per l’arte, Sala1 Galleria, Rome. 2004 XX identità femminile, Supperclub, Rome, curator moods connections. 2004 Signs of light, la fabbrica, Losone – Ticino, Switzerland, catalogue by S.Verri and P.Capata. 2003 Biennale Adriatica di Arti Nuove, San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), catalogue by A.D’ Annibale. 2003 Signs of light, Palazzo Parissi, Monteprandone (AP), catalogue by S.Verri and P.Capata. 2002 Biennale di Porto Ercole, Forte Stella, Porto Ercole (GR), invited by S.Cresci. 2002 New Genius, Casina Pompeiana, Villa Comunale di Napoli, catalogue by Melting Pot. 2002 Accento acuto, Centre for Visual Arts “ex-Pescheria”, Pesaro, curator A.Pieroni, catalogue by Charta. 2002 Happy Art for New Year, Foundation Ado Furlan, Pordenone. 2002 Arteinfiera 2002, Galleria Estro space, Bologna. 2001 Enzimi 2001, Campo Lanciani, Rome, catalogue by Zone Attive.
2001 Group Exhibition, Galleria Estro, Padova, curator O.Gambari. 2001 Intercity, Alice allo specchio, Ass. Cult. Futuro, Rome, curator A.Pieroni.
2001 Searching.it, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di Ciampino, Rome.
2001 Artissima, Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Galleria Estro space, Torino Esposizioni, Turin. 2000 in between, Intercultural Centre Laboratory of Contemporary Art Ararat, Roma, catalogue by V.Gravano.