Giovanna Noia

Born in Naples(Italy). Live and work in Rome.
Noia’s figurative works are typically painted from pre-existing imagery which includes photographs and video stills. Her paintings are characherized by an overall dreamlike atmosphere, by a combination of realism and surrealist abstraction.
Giovanna Noia’s paintings have a tendency to disorientate us, even when they depict recognisable imagery such as figures and buildings. We are often plunged into an unreliable world. In her canvases there is sometimes a darker undercurrent to what at first appear to be innocuous subjects.

1995-2000
Sociology - Federico II University, Naples
2004-2008
RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, Rome
2009
International School of Illustration S. Zavrel, Sarmede Treviso
2011
Ars In Fabula School of Illustration, University of Fine Arts, Macerata

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
(Nothing but) Flowers, Casa delle Culture, Milan (catalog)
2014
For Absent Friends, Spazio AQuadro Gallery, Rome
2007
Assenze, Santo Antonio Portuguese Institute , Rome
I figli di Caino, Bonifica Palace, Terracina – LT
2005
Le voci di dentro, Medici Clarelli Palace, Rome

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Blu, Castello dell’Abate, Castellabate (Salerno)
Tiny Biennale, Gallery of Temple University, Rome
2015
Undicesima Giornata del Contemporaneo, MICRO Gallery, Rome
2014
Beauty and the Beast, RVB Arts Gallery, Rome
Filo rosso, Pigneto Città Aperta, Rome
2013
Opera Prize 2013, Ravenna, (catalog)
ArtForeverYoung, 43° Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana (Salerno)
2006
L’Alchimia della Carta e dei Colori, Vertecchi for the Young Artists Prize, Rome
Art for Africa, Instituto Portugues De Santo Antonio , Rome,(catalog.)
La Donna come crocevia di culture. Sguardo sull'iconografia muliebre tra Oriente e Occidente, Embassy of Egypt, Rome
Dipingeremo Prize, Grancia dei Celestini, Sulmona
2005
Gli allievi e i Maestri, RUFA - Rome University of Fine Arts, Rome (catalog)