Recchia Iva

Biography

Born in Verona in 1972, she attended the artistic high school (liceo artistico) in her hometown and the Academy of Fine Arts (from 1990 to 1992 in Venice and from 1992 to 1994 in Verona), majoring in painting. She graduated with a thesis titled “Ambiguity in Art”, supervised by Professor Roberto Sanesi.

Following her studies, she worked as an assistant to the painter Vincenzo Balsamo (1996–2003) and the sculptors Miguel Berrocal (1998) and Sergio Capellini (2001).

In addition to her work as a painter, she has been teaching a life drawing course at the P. Brenzoni Art Institute (Sant’Ambrogio di Verona) since 2005. She also served as a teaching assistant at the Cignaroli Academy of Fine Arts in Verona (Painting and Painting Techniques, under Professor Davide Antolini, 2009–2010).

In 2017, she published “FATTO AD ARTE” (Made to Art), a creative workshop manual published by Edizioni Cervino.

Philosophy

The human world is an immense and falsely circumscribed field of action. Within it converge many aspects to which Nature itself, in its entirety and complexity, is subject. To confront it is an attempt to understand, both within and outside of ourselves, all the poetry and the terror that surround us. Its elusive nature coincides with a perennial lack of contours and a dissolving of the figure, where background and subject blend into a single, apparent consistency.

Techniques

Oil, acrylic, and mixed media on canvas, canvas board, and paper.

Publications

In addition to numerous collective exhibition catalogs, her solo publications include:

• RITRATTI AL BAC, published by Bac Art Studio Gallery, Venice, 2004

• CROSS AND BOX, LA MATITA series, curated by G. Segato, published by Grafiche Turato, Rubano (PD), 2005

• IVA RECCHIA 2005-2007, published by Grafiche Aurora, Verona, 2007

• PICCOLE GRANDI ANIME, published by Nova Lito, Carpendolo (BS), 2009

• IVA RECCHIA 2010-2013, published by Grafiche COM, 2013

• FACE ME, published by Libre Art Gallery, 2016

• FATTO AD ARTE, creative workshop manual, published by Cervino, 2017

Awards and Competitions

• First Prize (ex aequo), 1998: “Cartolina d’artista” (Artist’s Postcard) competition, 5th edition, organized by the Bac Art Studio Gallery (Venice).

• Bronze Medal, 2002: “Espoarte” Prize, organized by the Arteam Cultural Association, Civic Museum of Contemporary Art in Albissola Marina (Savona).

• 4th Prize (ex aequo, Painting section), 2002: Held during the “Culture Week”, organized by DLF at the Miniscalchi Museum, Verona.

• First Prize (ex aequo): “Un menù per la Colomba” (A Menu for the Colomba) competition, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation (Venice), organized by the 3D Art Gallery with the participation of Philippe Daverio.

• Selected four times (most recently in 2010) for the Premio Arte.

Art Critics

The following authors and critics have written about her work:

Elena Agudio, Jean Blanchaert, Jara Bombana, Vittorio Bustaffa, Angelo Calabrese, Milena Cordioli, Saverio Simi de Burgis, Isabella Dilavello, Enzo Di Martino, Enzo Fagiani, Giovanna Galli, Alessandra Galvani, Elena Gennai, Barbara Ghisi, Alessandro Giovanardi, Giovanni Magnani, Antonella Mallus, Eros Olivotto, Monica Saracino, Giorgio Segato, Fortunato Orazio Signorello, Giorgio Trevisan.