Valeria Nuzzo

Architect, Valeria Nuzzo lives and works in Salerno, combining her art practice with her professional life in various fields.
Always fascinated by art, she began to study it passionately as a child, and to experiment with its techniques. She was a self-taught, and when, much later, she dealt with children's drawing, she rediscovered in children's graphic gesture the spontaneous expressiveness long sought after by Picasso, Klee, Mirò. Her planning of educational workshops focused on the creative reassembly of modern works of art; this had a powerful impact on her imagination, feeding into the creation of her work.
For her PhD in Urban Design at the Federico II University of Naples, she worked on the theme of architectural typology. Subsequently she dealt with children's drawing, examining some crucial questions that it raised.
Several books resulted from these interests. She has taught at the University of Salerno. And focusing her attention on teaching through art and about art, she has also created workshops to develop the natural creativity of children, with a constant search into the languages and nature of the creative processes of modern and contemporary art. She currently teaches in secondary schools and conducts graphic-p...

Degree in Architecture

PhD in Urban Design at the Federico II University of Naples

12 August- 21 September 2018 - Collective "Capitombolando", Buccino, Antica Volcei, Salerno.
10-25 March 2018 - "Arkeo reperti" collective exhibition, curated by Mario Diegoli and Mario Quadraroli in the Conventino di Lodi Vecchio.
24 April- 2 May 2018 - Collective "Far sentire l’arte", at dell’Angelo Church, promoted by Unione Italiani dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti ETS – APS, Lodi.
7- 21 December 2019 - selected for the 24th SATURARTE International Competition of Contemporary Art curated by Mario Napoli, Palazzo Stella Genova.
14-17 February 2020 - Fiera Arte Genova, Blue Pavilion, 16th Edition.
29-13 June 2020 - Collective "Rinascenza", at Palazzo Stella Genova, Satura.
27 June-11 July 2020 - GENOA ART EXPO 2020, 6th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Genoa, Palazzo Stella.
6-21 November 2021 - IV edition of the Salerno Biennale 2020
16 to 25 July 2022 - Group exhibition "IKIGAI – Arte la ragione per vivere" at the Antiquarium of Merì (Messina).
20 October -20 November 2022 - Bienal De Arte Contemporaneo Internacional Armenia Colombia BIARCO.

12 – 26 November - Collective exhibition for the context “Il Giocattolo” promoted by Galleria Zero Purificato (ROMA), Castello Theodoli (Sambuci, TV)
November 2022 Selected...