Margherita Manzelli

Margherita Manzelli (born 1968 in Ravenna) is an Italian artist whose practice is centered on the exploration of three elements: painting, performance, and writing. Manzelli's desire to connect these seemingly disparate areas of interest has allowed her to develop a body of work unique in Italy. In her subjects, the female body—along with the exploration of her own visionary obsessions—becomes a pretext for delving into painterly experimentation and for indiscriminately pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic genres. Ultimately, it allows for a playful engagement with the ambiguity of the artist's condition, suspended between the need to expose and circulate her work and the desire to withdraw to protect herself on a human and personal level.