Antonella Sigismondi

Antonella Sigismondi, born in Pescara, is an multi-disciplinary artist- painter and glass-metal sculptor, director, performance artist, and actress. At 2 months old her opera-singing parents and sister took her to Hamilton, Canada. She studied Art at OCAD in Toronto from 1987-1991, winning several awards as a painter and sculptor. Active in Toronto, LA and NY, her metal and sculptures and paintings are in many private collections. She has worked with David Bowie, Marilyn Manson,The Cure, Faith Hill, filmmakers Kathy Prosser and Floria Sigismondi and Don Allan. In 2009 Antonella participated in Fashionweek in Toronto where she designed 13 artistic costumes, directed a short film called Coochie Mondi, Then, exhibiting it in 2016, for the first time in Italy at the Museum d 'Arte Moderna V. Colonna (Pescara) with her three new painting collections pop-impressionistic style: "the Woman", "the Spirit " and "Coochie." Here she also added a performance piece using the models to protest in the streets for respect for the Female. Since then she has been focusing on her series called "Tree Portals", photographing trees and reassembling them claiming to have entered the Portal herself.

Ryerson Polytechnic University: Theatre/Acting,
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA 1996-1997

O.C.A.D.Ontario College of Art and Design Specialization in Glass General Studies/painting, sculpture, wood, metal, mould-making
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA 1987-1991

Architecturally Bent Neon: Instructor Robert Reichart,
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA 1990

York University: Faculty of Arts,
North York, Ontario, CANADA 1986-1987

Tibor Nylasi: Private instruction in Drawing 1984-1986

SOLO Show, Museum of Modern Art Vittorio Colonna, Exhibite Paintigs, Coochie Mondi art performance show, and Docufilm,curated by Doriana Vovola, Pescara, Italy, 2016
CORPO CORPO ESTRANEO? STRANIERO/STORIE DEL ARTI PERFORMATIVE IN ABRUZZO, curated by
Ivan D'Alberto, Sibilla Penerai, giovanni Di Iacovo, He5, Pescara, Italy, 2013
The Gladstone Hotel,Art installation, Toronto, Ontario 2009
The Cameron House, “The Butt Show”, group show, Toronto, Ontario 2009

Spin Gallery, sculpture installation, Queen St.,
Toronto Ontario 2006
The Canadian Sculpture Centre, new members exhibition, Toronto, Ontario 2002
The Art Centre, group exhibit, exhibited sculpture,
Toronto, Ontario 1999
University of Western Ontario, group exhibit of Hamilton artists, exhibited sculpture, London, Ontario 1999
The Whitehouse Gallery, solo exhibit of glass and metal sculptures, Toronto, Ontario 1998
The Drug Show, curator David O’David,
group showing of video installation, Toronto, Ontario 1998
The Latvian House, group show Apostasy projected video “I Love You”,Toronto, Ontario 1998
The Whitehouse Gallery, group show, displayed interactive video on paper, Toronto, Ontario 1997
Partner’s Film Co, solo exhibit of metal and glass sculptures,Toronto, ...