Monica Ragazzini

Monica Ragazzini (Forli, Italy 1967) studied photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
ever since she lives and works in Amsterdam. Ragazzini is known for her series of photographs
of flying clothes. Since then the artist has worked with clothing as attempt to portray
“the skin of our time”. By photographing her subjects on an iconic way she creates a strange
stillness. A frozen moment that is rather an indication of an era than a snapshot. In her work
it is not time itself that is represented but a reflection of it.
Her work has been published internationally in magazines such as Flash Art, Wallpaper,
Kid’s Wear, The British Journal of Photography, View on Colour. Her work was presented
at the ARCO Madrid 2009 and in the group exhibition ‘Against Nature’ at Luis Adelantado
Gallery in Valencia. In February 2012 she has presented her series Déjà Vu as second solo
show at Metis (Ron Lang Art), Amsterdam and she was one of the ten finalists artist in a TV
competition on Dutch television called “The New Rembrandt”.

2013-16 Academy of Fine Art in Education, AHK Amsterdam
1999-02 Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy, Amsterdam
1989-92 I.S.I.A ‘Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche’ (graphic-design) Urbino, Italy

Solo exhibitions
2023 'Elia', Lang Art Amsterdam.
2017 ‘Tra Cielo e Terra’, together with Harold Strak, Ron Lang Art, Amsterdam
2014 ‘Piazza Affari’, Ron Lang Art, Amsterdam
2012 ‘Déjà Vu’, Metis, Amsterdam
2009 ‘Las Ninas’, Metis, Amsterdam
2004 ‘Fractions’, Art Book, Amsterdam

Group exhibitions / Art Fair
2020 'Taboe of niet?' Works from the LUMC collections
2019 Biennale ‘Le Latitudini dell’Arte’ IV, Genova
2017 ‘Closer to the Sun’, Ron Lang, Amsterdam
2015 MIA Image Art Fair with Ron Lang, Milan Italy
2014 ‘La Grande Bellezza’, Stichting Culturissima and CBK Amsterdam
2013 RE Rotterdam, independent Art Fair
2012 ‘Secret Postcards’, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
PhotoPicht, video presentation Unseen photography fair, Amsterdam
‘De Nieuwe Rembrandt, Uitzending Gemist’
curated by Tanya Rumpff, Korenbeurs Schiedam
‘De Nieuwe Rembrandt,’ in collaboration with AVRO TV, Metis gallery
Salon 2012, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2011 Art Amsterdam with Metis gallery
2010 André Simoens Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Art Amsterdam with Metis gallery
MiArt Milano with Metis gallery, Italy
2009 ‘Higher Ground’, Metis gallery, Amsterdam
MiArt Milano with Metis gallery, Italy
2008 ‘Licht aan Zee’, Kunsthal 52, Den ...