Elena Vijoli

"In this new series Vijoli remains faithful to her inquisitive nature, keeping up with her recent research and creating a new object, which indicates in its own particular way a radical reversal in the usual relationship between an audience and an artistic event: the portable painting. It is designed using the essential forms of an exclusive leather handbag, entirely handmade, which frames a little original painting. Each bag is a unique piece, exactly like the portable painting itself; and the bag too is not only carrying a painting, but its colours --both inside and outside-- are conceived in harmony with the chromatic structure of the painting itself. Through these special bags Vijoli is able to take --and not only virtually-- the picture off the ideal wall on which it traditionally hangs, in order to hand it directly over to collectors, and to create a chance to put her work in motion, while having it experienced in a more personal and perpetual way. Concepts like personality and uniqueness are the basis of these works and can be easily found in their meticulous craftsmanship, highlighting the relation between the artisanal skill and the innovative conception where the small, intentional imperfections are a clear example of tha...

2003 M.A. in Art: Specialization in Conservation and Restoration
Plastic and Decorative Arts and Design Faculty, Iasi, Romania

1997 Plastic Arts Diploma (Monumental Art Certificate)
The Art High School, Brasov, Romania

2017
– Group exhibition #WUNDERKAMMER01, the first leg of 1st CLASS ARTERY, Cademario, NELLIMYA ARTHOUSE, Switzerland.
– Group exhibition #WUNDERKAMMER02, NELLIMYA ARTHOUSE, Lugano, Switzerland
http://nellimya-arthouse.ch/category/artisti/elena-vijoli/
– Il mondo delle meraviglie… - series of works made in order to sustain the project imagoRevolution initialized by the artist Mya Lurgo, NELLIMYA ARTHOUSE, Swizerland. http://imagorevolution.info/elena-vijoli-mondo-delle-meraviglie/

2016
– “White Night”, personal exhibition, Villa Sofia, Sirtori, Italy.
– From 2016 the portable painting named "Dentro la memoria / Inside the memory" is part of the permanent collection of Tassenmuseum in Amsterdam.

2015
– Group exhibition, Arte in Corso Gallery, Chiasso, Switzerland

2012
– “Mettere in luce - Elena Vijoli”, personal exhibition at Mya Lurgo Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
– “Lo stile incontra l’arte” – painted shoes exhibition in collaboration with Toma Style at MICAM fair, Milan, Italy
– "Portable paintings", personal exhibition in occasion of National Romanian Day organized by Romanian Consulate, Milan, Italy

2011
– “Portable paintings”, personal exhibition at Gabriele Cappelletti Gallery, Milan, Italy

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