Bruna
Esposito

Bruna Esposito, Rome 1960. She lives and works in Rome.
Graduated in 1979 from the IV Artistic Secondary School in Rome, where she studied with the painter Carmengloria Morales. She has lived in New York since 1980, where she studied aerial dance with Batya Zamir and was awarded the ISP Whitney Museum of American Art scholarship. She lived in West Berlin from 1986 to 1988, where the IBA Berlin awarded her two grants for her project and feasibility studies for two composting public toilets. She has taught sculpture and techniques for sculpture and performance at the Academies of Fine Arts in L’Aquila, Frosinone and Brera. She has lectured at Temple University and Cabot College and has been a guest professor at the Rhode Island School of Design in Rome.

Major national and international exhibitions: Quadriennale di Roma (1996 – 2008 – 2021), Documenta X, Kassel, Germany (1997), La Biennale di Venezia (1999 – 2005), Sonsbeek 9, Arnhem, Netherlands (2001); Istanbul Biennial, Turkey (2003), Gwangju Biennial, South Korea (2004), New Orleans Biennial, USA (2008), Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador (2016), Bienal de La Habana (2019).

Awards: 9th Edition of the Italian Council Prize, MIC, Rome (2021); 62nd Edition of the Termoli Prize, MACTE, Termoli (2021); Selection for the Chamber of Deputies Prize for the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (2011); National Prize for Young Italian Art, MAXXI, Rome / Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples (2001); P.S.1 Italian Program, New York, USA (1999); Golden Lion, 48th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Dapertutto group pavilion, Venice (1999).

The course encourages experimentation with multiple media and materials, using simple and non-polluting techniques.
Attendance, participation and the completion of individual and group reviews are essential.

Three-year course:
Theoretical lectures and practical exercises based on five quintessential elements inspired by bread.

Two-year course:
Each student outlines their own research and means of expression; profile of technical data sheets.

All students are required to participate in occasional visits to museums and exhibitions.
All students are encouraged to exhibit their work at the end-of-course exhibition.
For the examination: short dissertation/portfolio documenting the projects and artefacts produced during the year.

From the very first lessons, students should always bring:

• Notebook
• several pencils
• paper tape
• a positive attitude
• a spirit of inquiry.

Reference books:
Will be provided during the course.