Alessandra Pierelli was born in Ancona, she attended the Brera Academy with painting address. She attended a course of decoration and trompe l'oeil at the Academy of superfluous in Rome directed by Prof. Lucifero. From 1996 to 1999 she attended the course of the “International Art School of New York” directed by master Nicolas Carone abstract espressionist painter and sculptor. From 2003 till 2005 she was assistant and collaborated (in his umbrian residence) with American Abstract expressionist painter Al Held .
In June 2004 she organized with Giuliana Dorazio and Giorgio Bonomi the exhibition “All'ombra di Bramante sculture nel parco”. Since 2006 she has participated and curated numerous group show and prestigious solo shows.
She worked and lived in Todi (Perugia) Umbria till 2015. Actually she lives and works between Trieste and Milan and collaborates with bG gallery in Los Angeles, Ca d’oro gallery Miami, New York, Rome, Spazio CIMA gallery Rome, Vik Galleria Townhouse Milan, ROKA art gallery Padova.
Photo by SERGIO COPPI
Solo Exhibitions
-December 2024 “VIK Christmas tree” christmas decoration, suite 514 enterely dedicated to my sweets artworks at Galleria Vik townhouse galleria hotel in galleria Vittorio Emanuele Milan
-February 2024 “SWEETS FACTORY” bG gallery Santa Monica Los Angeles
-March 2023 “ICONS” (When a law firm becomes an art gallery) Gealex lawyers studio Turin
-February 2023 “ RESEARCH FOR LOVE” Fondazione ricerca Molinette Turin
- December 2021 “X-MAS” factory solo show at Spazio Cima art gallery Rome curated by Roberta Cima.
-October 2019 “BODY’s PART’s“ curated by Walter Vallini at the Fusion Art Gallery Turin.
-May 2019 personal "Pop Food" (on the occasion of Milan Food Week) Design Boutique Italia Via De Cristoforis, 5 / Corso Como Milan curated by Walter Vallini.
-October 2018 “POP LAND" at the Caffè Letteraio via Ostiense 95 Rome. Event organized by RAW 2018 (Rome Art Week) during the week of contemporary art in Rome.
-April 2018 “The Breathing Art" Alessandra Pierelli for the Breath by Anemotech, curated by Angelo Crespi Milano Design week 17/22 April (Fuorisalone event).
-February /March 2018: "I LOVE POP FOOD" at Mondadori Megastore Milano curated by Angelo Crespi.
-February 2014: "So sweet so passionate", curated by Claudia Bottini, artistic project at Marco Hair Passion salon, Castiglione del lago Perugia.
-December 2013: “Comics and Songs”,Mini Gallery Assisi, double solo show with Stefano Chiacchiella, curated by Andrea Baffoni.
-January 2013: "Emotional fragility Solstices"curated by Andrea Baffoni, “L’Officina “cultural association Perugia.
-April 2012 "Tribute to Design" Milan Design Week event at Spazio Bigli curated by Raffaella Gabetta.
-February 2010: "Rossobastardo d’Amore” Montignano Castle, Massa Martana, Perugia.
-September 2009: "Echo", Gryphon contemporary Art Gallery, Lecce, curated by Monica Taveri and Alessandro Turco.
-September 2008: "Echo’ rooms” double solo show with Silvia Ranchicchio at Palazzo degli Atti, Todi (Pg) curated by Paolo Nardon (artworks on catalogue).
-February 2008: "Frammenti di un discorso amoroso", Curated by Raffaella Gabetta at Torre Almonte Frontignano Todi.
-October 2007 “Coco Art” (Fine Painting in Art Chocolate ) Alessandra Pierelli for Eurochocolate 2007, Corso Vannucci, 30 Perugia.
-March 2007: "Junger Anger", double solo with Michele Toppetti at Atelier dell'arco Amoroso, Ancona.
Group Show
-June 2024 “Graffitismo italiano” John Reed fitness club Trieste curated by Samuele Frosio (work on catalog).
-December 2024 Art Miami with Ca d’oro art gallery.
-December 2024 Context art Miami with bG gallery.
-October 2024 “ We are all Superheroes” John Reed fitness club Trieste curated by Alessandra Pierelli and Francesca Baboni.
-February 2024 Los Angeles Art Show at LA Convention Center with bG gallery Santa Monica LA.
-February 2024 “Art & food - Mangiare con gli occhi” TEL AVIV Beit Ha’ Omanim center curated by Vera Pilpoul and Ermanno Tedeschi with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tel Aviv and the Italian embassy in Israel.
-December 2023 “GENERATION X FOREVER” at bG gallery Santa Monica Los Angeles.
-December 2023 “ ITALIAN GRAFFITI “ Museum of mad genius Lodi Milan.
-October 2023 PICASSO CELEBRATION 1973-2023 JOHN REED Fitness TRIESTE curated by Samuele Frosio (artworks on catalog).
-July 2023 “UNCLASSIFIABLE” group show stone’s room Piazza del Popolo Todi (Perugia).
-16 November - 23 December “WONDERLAND” at Spazio Cima Gallery Rome.
-November 2022 ‘’Love Bombing, Gaslighting’’ at Videoinsight Foundation Torino curated by Rebecca Russo works in the catalog.
-November 2022 “PARATISSIMA CIRCUS” Torino, Jeune Project curated by Flavia Rovetta.
-June 2022 "SAVE THE ENERGY" Fuorisalone event for Gobbetto resin Milan Design Week 2022.
-April 2022 “Addiction” at the nhow hotel Milano works in the catalog.
-January 19-22 (2022) Los Angeles Art Show Los Angeles Convention Center with bG Gallery.
- November 2021 "HEROES" at bG gallery Bergamot Station Art Center Santa Monica (LA).
- September 2021 "Peek a boo" Fuorisalone event Milan Design Week 2021 at nhow hotel Milan works in the catalog.
- 29 July 1 August Los Angeles Art Show with bG Gallery (LA).
- 21 June 31 -August "IM / POSSIBLE LOVE" Spoleto in the covid Palazzo Mauri Spoleto curated by Franco Troiani.
- 5 June -1 August 2021 "The Amazon forest must survive" Diotti Museum Casalmaggiore (CR) curated by Ruggero Maggi.
- March 2021 "SET ME FREE" Spazio Cima Art Gallery curated by Roberta Cima.
- Rome -February 2021 curated by Roberta Cima -"LOVE" Collective exhibition from February 14th to April 12th curated by Roberta Cima SPAZIO CIMA art gallery Rome.
- November 2020 MORE FUN collective (virtual) exhibition at the BG Gallery in Los Angeles from 7 November to 7 February 2021 curated by Kate Stern and Om Bleicher.
- April 2020 "CovidArt 2020 from home" collective exhibition of urban art-public art at the time of the quarantine from COVID-19. Art exhibition from home or from your own studios. Curated by Christian Gangitano.
-March/April 2020”LOVE IN TIME OF CORONA” virtual group show at bG Gallery Los Angeles
-February 4-9 - 2020, LOS ANGEL ART SHOW(Los Angeles Convention Center) group show with bG Gallery.
-December 7-15 “EX-VOTO” Marino Marini Museum Florence curated by Angelo Crespi, sponsored by Chantecler, Maimeri Foundation,( catologue edited by Mondadori).
-November -April 2020 “OH MY POP” NHOW Hotel Milan, curated by Elisabetta Scantaburlo, (artworks on catalog).
-4-6 October 2019: “EX-VOTO Per Arte Ricevuta” curated by Angelo Crespi at GrandArt Fair Milano (catalog edited by Mondadori ).
-September 2019 “ The Room” group exhibition ot the artist of BG Gallery who celebrates the 10 th anniversary and the opening of the new Location in Bergamot station Santa Monica (Los Angeles).
-March 2019 “ Internal Biennale of the woman” curated by Barbara Fornasir, Warehouse 26, Old Port Trieste ( artwork in catalog).
-January 23-27 exhibition at “LOS ANGEL ART SHOW”with BG Gallery Los Angeles.
-June 2018 “ Circular” exhibition at BG Gallery Los Angeles.
-November 2017 April 2018: “International Female Biennal”Warehouse 26 Porto Vecchio Trieste curated by Barbara Fornasir (paintings on catalogue).
-June 2012: "+ 50 Sculptures in the city of Spoleto,between memory (1962) and passed (2012)”curated by Gianluca Marziani, PalazzoCollicola arts, Spoleto (sculptures on catalogue).
-October 2011: "Enveloped painted for festival delle lettere", Oberdan space in Milano, organized by the Dep Art Gallery Milan ( artwork on catalogue).
-November 2009: "The Berlin wall" 13 August 1961-9 November 1989, curated by Federica Di Stefano, 196 Rome Art Gallery.
-December 2008: "Mater Dulcissima", Gallery of Modern Art Spoleto,curated by Michele Santi.
-March 2008: "Venus ... senses ... feelings ...", Terni, Palazzo Gazzoli, curated by Marinella Caputo.
-November 2007 “ Ex-voto acts of faith in the name of art ", San Carlo Borromeo, Spoleto, curated by Studio A87 and Franco Troiani.
-September 2007: "Trespassing", tribute to Piero Dorazio, Palazzo Landi Corradi, curated by Graziano Marini and Alessandra Pierelli ( painting on catalog).
-June 2006 “The places of the soul” curated by A. Datanasio Lucrezie Convent (Eagle’s Nest) ( painting on catalog).
POETICS
"Art, for me, is pure passion and, therefore, the essence of life. It is what allows me to enter an imaginary world, the gateway to my inner universe."
In my imaginary world, I wear my mask, just as superheroes wear theirs to become invulnerable. In the same way, I dress in my artwork, I hide behind it, and through it, I gain the power necessary to interact with others. As an artist, I become like a superhero, offering the world my work, which is both my suit and my mask. This allows me to stage a parallel reality, separating me from the ordinary world.
What fascinates me is the fragility of human existence, which has often led me to use industrial packing tape, making this need explicit—a metaphor for my emotional state, expressed without concealing the evidence of a tormented condition. My works reveal this reality, transmitting the thrill of emotions through art.
In recent years, my work has been strongly characterized by the use of the heads of push pins, which, together with resin and polystyrene, define the two-dimensional or three-dimensional nature of my pieces. Push pins have a dual nature: externally, they appear colorful and playful, like Smarties, but their hidden metal tip pierces the surface below.
I use push pins precisely because of this duality: on the surface, they are bright and playful, but beneath, they are sharp and piercing. Experimentation is a necessity for me; I am constantly searching for new forms of expression that allow me to freely manifest my personality and emotions.
Like many artists, I started with figurative art (and I still create murals and trompe-l’œil upon request), but for many years now, I have shifted towards abstraction, though always maintaining a certain readability. Lately, I prefer sculpture over painting and have embraced the Pop Art movement. I feel that figurative art binds me too much with its rigid technical structures (I might even say I find it boring), which is why I love to experiment and evolve—moving from figurative to material abstraction, from painting to sculpture, from the classical to the bold, fun, and colorful world of "Pop."
Despite the variety of techniques and styles I explore, there is always a constant thread in my works: the use of matter.