Artist

Maria Positano

Works BiographyCV

Born

Italian, b. 1995

Education

2020 - 22 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Arts, London
2015 - 18 First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art, City and Guilds London Art School, London, UK

Awards

2020 Selected for the ING Discerning Eye
2019 Finalist, the Bankley Gallery Open Call Prize
2019 Shortlisted, the ACS Studio Prize
2019 Finalist, The Signature Art Prize
2018 Finalist, The Ingram Collection Purchase Prize, London, UK
2018 Winner, The City and Guilds London Art School Sculpture Prize
2018 Selected, the Clyde and Co Art Award Scheme
2018 Shortlisted, the Acme City & Guilds of London Art School Studio Award
2018 Shortlisted, the Clyde and Co Blank Canvas Award
2017 Winner of The Merlin Entertainments' Madame Tussauds Project Fund Award
2017 Shortlisted, The Fishmongers' Company Beckwith Sculpture Scholarship and Travel Award
2017 Shortlisted, The Idun Ravndal Travel Award
2017 Shortlisted, the Artists' Collecting Society Award

Commissions

2018 Outdoor Mural, awarded public commission for Haringey Arts, London, UK
2017 Illustrations on paper for book publication, for Editorial Autografia
2017 Outdoor Mural on wood panel, awarded public commission for Haringey Arts, London, UK
2015 Digital design for online product for Pandamonium Creative Agency, Napoli, IT
2015 Indoor Mural 'La liberta' e' uno stato mentale' for residential area, Napoli, IT

Residencies

2019 PADA Studios, 1-month Residency, Barreiro, Portugal
2019 RUC - Rural Residency for Contemporary Art, Short Residency, Val Camonica, Italy
2017 Short exchange residency in partnership with City & Guilds of London Art School, organized by artist Helen Frik, in collaboration with Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
2015 Istituto Suor Orsola Benincasa, Artist in residence at Incontri 'A scuola D'arte', Naples, Italy

Solo Exhibitions

2020 Take me somewhere nice, curated by Georgia Stephenson, Lockbund Gallery
2019 I Tread on the steps you left me, Maria Positano & Gabriel Carucci, The Rectory Projects, London
2018 Making Meaning, curated by Natalia Gonzalez Martin, Subsidiary Projects, London

Group Exhibitions

2022 One by One, Fiumano Clase, Pall Mall, London
2021 Start, Start, Rear Window Gallery, curated by Zhixun Ye, Hangzhou, China
2021 The Running Water Takes me to a Father Lake, Meisyakan Contemporary Gallery, curated by Zhixun Ye, Ningbo, China
2021 Summer Show, curated by Karen Tronel, Tronel Gallery, London
2021 First Impressions, Safehouse 1 & 2, curated by Liza-Rose Burton & Matilds Silva Fry, London
2021 Brighten up the Night, Yuan Art Museum, curated by Zhixun Ye, Hangzhou, China
2021 Together it Seems, Standpoint Gallery, curated by Emma Kelly & Denise De Cordoba, organised by The Prick & Stitch Alliance, London
2021 Royal College of Arts WIP, online
2020 The Discerning Eye, proposed by Jo Baring, online
2020 Summer Exhibition, Fiumano Clase, online
2020 The Potion Room, Subsidiary Projects, curated by Georgia Stephenson X Subsidiary Projects, London
2020 Discoveries: The Biting Point, Fiumano Clase, London, UK
2019 PADA Studios end of residency exhibition, PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal
2019 Bankley Gallery Open Call Shortlist Exhibition, The Bankley Gallery & Studios, Manchester, UK
2019 The Feeling's Mutual, Sculpture Park, The Rectory Projects, London, UK
2019 ODDS, Toma Project Space, The Royals Shopping Centre, Southend, UK
2019 Rawlinson & Hunter, London, UK
2019 The Take Courage Gallery Re-Launch Party, The Take Courage Gallery, London, UK
2019 The Signature Art Prize, Trinity Art Gallery, London, UK
2018 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, UK
2018 Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize, The Cello Factory, London, UK
2018 The Clyde and Co. Art Award, Clyde and Co, London, UK
2018 BA Degree Show, City and Guilds London Art School, London, UK
2018 Dimensions, Menier Gallery, London, UK
2018 UNFRAMED, Arena Business Centre, London, UK
2018 One Need Not Be a Chamber, Exposed Art Project, London, UK
2016 Interim Show, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
2015 Interim Show, Old Diorama Arts Centre, London, UK
2015 Intermediaries, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
2015 C'Arte, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Napoli, IT
2015 Mostra Collettiva G30, SpazioUnderG, Napoli, IT

Interviews, Press & Publication

2020 Directory Artist, Floor Magazine
2020 Take me somewhere nice, curated by Georgia Stephenson, Lockbund Gallery. Publication release featuring content by Georgia Stephenson, Maria Dolfini, Natalia Janula & Christopher Dorsett
2020 Long Range Studio Visits, Maria Positano & Nicole Shaver, PADA Studios
2020 In Conversation with Maria Positano, Interview during Covid 19, Assemblage Magazine by Megan Elliot
2020 Fad Magazine, Features the Potion Room, by Hector Campbell
2020 Assemblage Magazine, Features the Potion Room
2020 Evening Standard, Features Discoveries at Fiumano Clase
2019 Interview by Isabel Sachs, Issue 20, Floor Magazine
2018 Degree Shows 2018: a kitsch juxtaposition and an amazing installation, a-n The Artists Information Company
2018 Introducing Maria Positano, Artpiq, Katharina Wenzel

Other

2021 Online Panel Discussion, Launch event for Together it Seems, Standpoint Gallery, London