Laura Pellegrinelli

Laura Pellegrinelli (b. 1974, Lugano, Switzerland) is a visual artist who lives and works between Lugano (CH) and Emilia-Romagna (Italy). She graduated in Visual Arts from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan (2005) and holds additional degrees in Graphic Design and Artistic Research from SUPSI, where she developed her own methodology for participatory art projects. Alongside her artistic practice, she works in art schools and museums as a teacher and art mediator.

Laura’s work explores the intersection between people, language, and creative process through participatory art projects and community-based residencies. She employs a wide range of media — including sculpture, performance, installation, video, and photography — to create spaces for dialogue, interaction, and shared meaning.

Her research focuses on language as an artistic material, using writing and spoken word to build collaborative narratives and ephemeral experiences that connect human emotion, thought, and physical presence.

Originally trained as a painter, Laura began her artistic journey working on large-scale canvases inspired by Abstract Expressionism. Over time, her practice evolved toward more intimate formats — exploring miniature painting and Japanese i...

M.S. Master of Arts Education (teaching), SUPSI University, Locarno, SWITZERLAND
M.S. Master of Arts in Artistic Research , SUPSI University, Lugano, SWITZERLAND
M.S. Children Illustration, Macerata University, Marche, ITALY
B.S. Fine Art School of Brera, Painting, Milan, ITALY
B.F.A. Graphic Design, Galileo Galilei Accademy, Milan ITALY
B.F.A. Diplome graphic/polygraphic, SPAI (Bellinzona, SWITZERLAND)

2023 A word for the soul – Herman Hesse museum, Ticino (Switzerland)
participatory art project – Installation and performance

2020 Leave a word Künstlerhaus S11, Solothurn (Switzerland)
Visual Art + participatory art installation exhibition

2019 Crash/Fragments Studio 1b, Lugano, Ticino (Switzerland)
Visual Art collective exhibition

The Growth participatory art project in Balerna, Ticino (Switzerland)
Performances, artistic object, artist’s book.

The Growth participatory art project in Boise community, Idaho (USA)
Performances, artistic object, artist’s book.

2017 The most beautiful word, participatory art project in Bardi
(small community, Parma, (Italy)
Performances, artistic object, artist’s book

2017 Ex San Francesco church, Bardi-Parma, (Italy)

2016 Dazio Grande Museum, Rodi-Fiesso (Switzerland)
Black Sheep Library, Udine - Italien
IBC - Insurance broking consulting, (Switzerland)
Walls’ Museum, Borgotaro, Parma, (Italy)
Bardi Castle, Bardi-Parma, (Italy)

2015 YES WE SELL, Visarte, Lugano (Switzerland)

2014 Casa dei Landfogti, Rivera (Switzerland)
Scarpetta d’Oro, Riviera del Brenta (Italy)
Anomali, Illustration Fair, Acquitermi (Italy)
Pictor Accademy, Torino (Italy)

2013 Torino B...