Artist
Maria Positano
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
- 2020Selected for the ING Discerning Eye
- 2019Finalist, the Bankley Gallery Open Call Prize
- Shortlisted, the ACS Studio Prize
- Finalist, The Signature Art Prize
- 2018Finalist, The Ingram Collection Purchase Prize, London, UK
- Winner, The City and Guilds London Art School Sculpture Prize
- Selected, the Clyde and Co Art Award Scheme
- Shortlisted, the Acme City & Guilds of London Art School Studio Award
- Shortlisted, the Clyde and Co Blank Canvas Award
- 2017Winner of The Merlin Entertainments' Madame Tussauds Project Fund Award
- Shortlisted, The Fishmongers' Company Beckwith Sculpture Scholarship and Travel Award
- Shortlisted, The Idun Ravndal Travel Award
- Shortlisted, the Artists' Collecting Society Award
Commissions
- 2018Outdoor Mural, awarded public commission for Haringey Arts, London, UK
- 2017Illustrations on paper for book publication, for Editorial Autografia
- Outdoor Mural on wood panel, awarded public commission for Haringey Arts, London, UK
- 2015Digital design for online product for Pandamonium Creative Agency, Napoli, IT
- Indoor Mural 'La liberta' e' uno stato mentale' for residential area, Napoli, IT
Residencies
- 2019PADA Studios, 1-month Residency, Barreiro, Portugal
- RUC - Rural Residency for Contemporary Art, Short Residency, Val Camonica, Italy
- 2017Short exchange residency in partnership with City & Guilds of London Art School, organized by artist Helen Frik, in collaboration with Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
- 2015Istituto Suor Orsola Benincasa, Artist in residence at Incontri 'A scuola D'arte', Naples, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
- 2020Take me somewhere nice, curated by Georgia Stephenson, Lockbund Gallery
- 2019I Tread on the steps you left me, Maria Positano & Gabriel Carucci, The Rectory Projects, London
- 2018Making Meaning, curated by Natalia Gonzalez Martin, Subsidiary Projects, London
Group Exhibitions
- 2022One by One, Fiumano Clase, Pall Mall, London
- 2021Start, Start, Rear Window Gallery, curated by Zhixun Ye, Hangzhou, China
- The Running Water Takes me to a Father Lake, Meisyakan Contemporary Gallery, curated by Zhixun Ye, Ningbo, China
- Summer Show, curated by Karen Tronel, Tronel Gallery, London
- First Impressions, Safehouse 1 & 2, curated by Liza-Rose Burton & Matilds Silva Fry, London
- Brighten up the Night, Yuan Art Museum, curated by Zhixun Ye, Hangzhou, China
- Together it Seems, Standpoint Gallery, curated by Emma Kelly & Denise De Cordoba, organised by The Prick & Stitch Alliance, London
- Royal College of Arts WIP, online
- 2020The Discerning Eye, proposed by Jo Baring, online
- Summer Exhibition, Fiumano Clase, online
- The Potion Room, Subsidiary Projects, curated by Georgia Stephenson X Subsidiary Projects, London
- Discoveries: The Biting Point, Fiumano Clase, London, UK
- 2019PADA Studios end of residency exhibition, PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal
- Bankley Gallery Open Call Shortlist Exhibition, The Bankley Gallery & Studios, Manchester, UK
- The Feeling's Mutual, Sculpture Park, The Rectory Projects, London, UK
- ODDS, Toma Project Space, The Royals Shopping Centre, Southend, UK
- Rawlinson & Hunter, London, UK
- The Take Courage Gallery Re-Launch Party, The Take Courage Gallery, London, UK
- The Signature Art Prize, Trinity Art Gallery, London, UK
- 2018Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, UK
- Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize, The Cello Factory, London, UK
- The Clyde and Co. Art Award, Clyde and Co, London, UK
- BA Degree Show, City and Guilds London Art School, London, UK
- Dimensions, Menier Gallery, London, UK
- UNFRAMED, Arena Business Centre, London, UK
- One Need Not Be a Chamber, Exposed Art Project, London, UK
- 2016Interim Show, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
- 2015Interim Show, Old Diorama Arts Centre, London, UK
- Intermediaries, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
- C'Arte, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Napoli, IT
- Mostra Collettiva G30, SpazioUnderG, Napoli, IT
Interviews, Press & Publication
- 2020Directory Artist, Floor Magazine
- Take me somewhere nice, curated by Georgia Stephenson, Lockbund Gallery. Publication release featuring content by Georgia Stephenson, Maria Dolfini, Natalia Janula & Christopher Dorsett
- Long Range Studio Visits, Maria Positano & Nicole Shaver, PADA Studios
- In Conversation with Maria Positano, Interview during Covid 19, Assemblage Magazine by Megan Elliot
- Fad Magazine, Features the Potion Room, by Hector Campbell
- Assemblage Magazine, Features the Potion Room
- Evening Standard, Features Discoveries at Fiumano Clase
- 2019Interview by Isabel Sachs, Issue 20, Floor Magazine
- 2018Degree Shows 2018: a kitsch juxtaposition and an amazing installation, a-n The Artists Information Company
- Introducing Maria Positano, Artpiq, Katharina Wenzel
Other
- 2021Online Panel Discussion, Launch event for Together it Seems, Standpoint Gallery, London