PIGMENTS – ALISSA MARCHENKO
PIGMENTS – ALISSA MARCHENKO
opening
11 September 2024
6 p.m.
C/O SuperOtium
via Santa Teresa degli Scalzi, 8 – 80135 Napoli
On 11 September 2024, at 6 p.m., we will open the exhibition ‘Pigments’ by the artist Alissa Marchenko, named after her residency of the same name at SuperOtium.
The exhibition will gather works already realised by the artist in recent years and works created during her stay in Naples. The Ukrainian-born artist, who lives between Italy and Poland, seeks to crystallise through her works the different relationships, cultural references and experiences of the places that make up her identity. The artist collects natural elements and stories of the places where she lives from which she creates the ‘pigments’ as the basic elements for the creation of her works.
The exhibition is part of SuperOtium’s residency programme, which received the Matronage of the Donnaregina Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
The residency and the exhibition are developed in collaboration with the BIANCHIZARDIN gallery.
The event is part of the cultural program curated by Nicola Ciancio for SuperOtium (a project conceived by Nicola Ciancio and Vincenzo Falcione) and aligns with this season’s theme, “Look Closer,” inviting audiences to examine things closely to discover their details, depths, and imperfections.
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Alisa Temchenko, known in art circles as Alissa Marchenko, was born in 1989 in Kyiv, Ukraine, and currently lives and works in Milan, Italy. After graduating with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in her hometown, Alissa furthered her studies and completed a Master’s degree in New Media Art at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Poland in 2021. Her artistic journey began in Italy, where in 2020 she presented her first performance, ‘ORIGINE’, at the acclaimed Accademia di Belle Arti in Verona during a cultural exchange programme. In the same year, she exhibited her works in the first edition of the REA Art Fair in Milan, Italy. In 2021, Alissa was honoured with the Grand Prize for her project ‘NOWhere’ at the ARSLATRANS art festival in Krakow, Poland. Motivated by her artistic aspirations, she made the decision to move to Milan in 2022 to further develop her creative career. Currently, Alissa Marchenko collaborates with the Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea BianchiZardin in Milan, as well as being involved in projects with Nicoletta Rusconi Art Projects, exhibiting her works both in Italy and Switzerland, including the Engadin Art Weekend.
Through her art practice, Alissa explores the interaction between her inner and outer worlds. She investigates the impact of emotional memories acquired through experiences in space and time on consciousness and the formation of individual identities. Her works embody metaphors for feelings, enabling her to communicate pure, clear and intense emotions to viewers. With her interdisciplinary approach, Alissa often combines photography with sculptural and performance installations, offering a unique interpretation of the distinctive.
SuperOtium is a house in the heart of Naples, founded by Nicola Ciancio and Vincenzo Falcione, designed to welcome tourists, artists, travelers, and creatives. A meeting place where artist residencies, events, exhibitions, and accommodation coexist to inspire artists and creatives and challenge the assumptions of travelers, proposing new perspectives through which to view the city. The SuperOtium residency program has hosted, among others, Kensuke Koike, Pietro Gaglianò, Massimo Uberti, Hypereden, Bianca Felicori (Forgotten Architecture), Paz Ortùzar (in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute of Naples), Giovanna Silva (in collaboration with Lorenzo Xiques), Nuvola Ravera (in collaboration with Made in Cloister), Blase (in collaboration with ShowDesk), Yasser Almaamoun (in collaboration with the Goethe Institut), Khaled El Mays (in collaboration with Edit Napoli).
