Lina Bertucci

Born 1958, in Milwaukee, WI
Lives and works in Chicago, IL and New York, NY

Education

1976 The Aegean School of Fine Arts, Paros, Greece
1978 BFA Photography/Video, University of Wisconsin
1980 MFA Photography, Pratt Institute, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2023

Μystery 34 Faces of Elefsina, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, Elefsina, GR

2012

"Ethereal Wave", Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens

2011

"Dark Wave", Cardi Black Box Gallery, Mailand, Italy

2009

"The Women Tattoo Subculture", Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens

2007

Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY

2006

Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY

2002

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per l’Arte, Turin, Italy

2001

Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece

2000

Francesca Kaufmann Gallery, Milan, Italy
INOVA Institute for Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Project Room, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

1997

Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece

1996

Suite 303, Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY

1995

Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2021

Bodies at Stake. The Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, MO.CO - Montpellier Contemporain, FR

2017

"Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978–1983", MOMA, New York, NY
"Like a Moth to a Flame", Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin

2016

"Spring Show", Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens

2013

"Group Show", Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
"Lina Bertucci: Artist Portraits", Bleecker Street Arts Club, New York, NY
"NYC 1993", New Museum, New York, NY

2011

Sala de Arte Santander-Boadilla del Mont, Madrid

2010

H20 Collection, Pailas Lumiere, Evian, France
The Lesibian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center, New York, NY

2009

Cardi Black Box, Mailand, Italy
Miami International Film Festival, Miami, FL

2008

Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland

2005

Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland
Tribecca-Amazon Short Film Festival, New York, NY

2004

"Excess" Lives and works in Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Pitti Discovery, Florence, Italy

2003

Italian Collections, Foundation Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per’Arte. Turin, Italy
"Emergence: Women Artist in the New Millennium", Northern Indiana
Arts Association, Munster, IN

2002

"Here and Now", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Project Room, Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL

2001

Bienniale of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
"Uniforms/ Order and Disorder", PS1/MOMA, New York, NY; "Uniformi/Ordine e Disordine", Pitti Imagine, Florence, Italy
Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2000

Collection Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Center d’Art Contemporain de Kerguehennec, Bignan, France

1999

"Private/Space", Main Gallery, University of Wisconsin

1998

"Interferences", curated by Octavio Zaya, Caja Isabel
Seconda, Madrid, Spain

1997

"A Private View of Heaven", curated by Josha Decter, PS1
Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY

1996

"Photography Today", Saba Gallery, New York, NY
Pitti Immagine, Florence, Italy

1995

"Portrait", Janice Guy Gallery, New York, NY
Stadtishe Gallerie, Erlargen, Germany

1994

Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY
Forum Praterinsel, Munich, Germany

Bibliography (selected)

2008

Kramer, Daniel. "Magazine Tattoo You", White Hot, January 2008

2007

Cohen, David. "Body Language", The Sun, December 27 2007
Corburn, Tyler. "Art Reivew Painted Ladies", December 2007
Saltz, Jerry. "Critics Picks", New York Magazine, November, 2007

2006

Schwendener, Martha. “Lina Bertucci,” ArtForum, April 2006, pp 247-8.
Saltz, Jerry. "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Artist", Village Voice, January 18-24, 2006 p.72
Saltz, Jerry. “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Artist,” www.villagevoice.com/arts. Jan. 06.

2002

Yood, James. Teme Celeste review at Rhona Hoffman Gallery, December, p.85
Snodgrass, Susan. Art in America review at Rhona Hoffman Gallery, December
Camper, Fred. “Land. Lots of Land,” Reader. Oct. 4, pp. 32
Doroshenko, Peter. Flash Art International. Jan/Feb. pp. 87

2000

Scime, Giuliana. "… Encounter suspended in time…", Corriere della Sera, May 24.
Scardi, Gabi. "Ellipsis 5", Flash Art, June/July, p. 116.

1998

Neshat, Shirin. "Blue Passage", Interferences, Apr.

1996

Tsliberrdi, Monica. "Lina Bertucci", Diva, Jun, pp. 103-104.
Neshat, Shirin. "Project for Atlantica", Atlantica, June, pp. 80-86

1995

Tsigou, Emily. "Equivalents", Flash Art, Summer, p. 73.

Published books

Railroad Voices, Photographs by Lina Bertucci Narratives by Linda Nieman
Stanford, CA 1998: Stanford University Press, sixty duo-tones and twenty short narratives. A recorded experience of the declining America Railroad.

Published work

The Face, German Vogue, Emporio Armani, L’Uomo Vogue, Männer Vogue, MODA, Vogue Vanity, Time Flash Art International, Life, Entertainment Weekly, The Village Voice, Interview, LIFE Classics, The New Yorker, Columbia Records, SONY

Grants Fellowships Nominations

2010

Curitorial Invitation, Photography Next Generation, Athens Greece

2009

Curitorial Invitation, Newest New York, Prauge Biennale, Czech Republic
Swiss Institute, Curatorial Exhibition Benefit, Photography for the Next Generation

2007

Artist Project, Citta, Nepal

2005

Juried Selection, Filmmakers of the Present, Locarno Film Festival

2004

Columbia College Museum of Photography, Selected Artists Project
Illinois Council for the Arts, Juried Prize Cash Award Received, Chicago, Il

2003

Visiting Artist short term stay at the American Academy in Rome, Italy, project research

2001

Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, Juried Nomination

1999

Duke University Book Award Finalist
Arco Madrid, Juried Selection, Proposal Project Room

1997

Whitney Museum, Visiting Artist Program, New York, NY
Ford Foundation Grant, Artist Grant