Contact
Galleria Studio G7
Via Val D'Aposa 4/A
40123 Bologna BO
(00)39 051 2960371
info@galleriastudiog7.it
www.galleriastudiog7.it
info (at) marilisacosello.com
IG: marilisacosello
Statement
My work investigates power and the apparatuses — collective and individual — through which it operates. At its centre is the disciplined, socially coded body: the site where authority becomes legible. Looking at society as a family and the private as collective, my practice moves between performance, film, photography and installation, merging investigations of power, public and private, family rituals and collective archetypes. I reproduce the choreographies, gestures and aesthetic codes of cultural mythologies with a precision that is itself the method. Under a slow, cumulative pressure, aspiration ends by exposing its own architecture, and what presented itself as emancipation reveals the discipline that has always constituted it.
Biography
Born in Eboli (Salerno, IT) in 1978. Works and lives in Milan, IT.
Marilisa Cosello holds a University Degree in Cinema History from IULM in Milan, a Master in Photography from Noorderlicht School in the Netherlands, and studied under François Cheval at Musée de la Photographie Nicéphore Niépce in France. Initially trained in photography, fine arts and cinema, she spent five years as a news photographer before shifting to a conceptual practice.
Her work investigates power and the disciplined, socially coded body as the site where authority becomes legible, moving between performance, film, photography and installation. Looking at society as a family and the private as collective, her practice merges investigations of power, public and private, family rituals and collective archetypes. Her photographs, films and performances stage the body and society's archetypes to articulate political ideas, personal struggles, women's conditions and collective expectations.
She has exhibited in Italy and abroad, including M9 Museum, Venice; Museo Riso, Palermo; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Musei di Santa Giulia, Brescia; Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany; Circulation(s) Festival and Central Dupon, Paris; Kunst Halle West, Lana; Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia; Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo; and Artissima, Turin. She is represented in Italy by Galleria Studio G7, Bologna.
Collections
- Museo del Palazzo Malatestiano, Fano, IT - permanent collection
-
- Try #1 (Untitled 1, Ex Chiesa di San Francesco, Fano), 2021, Sala Morganti
- Collezione Donata Pizzi, Milano, IT
- Collezione Clerici
- Collezione Gerry Bonetti
- Private collections, Italy and abroad
Awards
2023
- Ducato Prize
-
- shortlisted
2022
- Combat Prize, Special Gallery Prize
-
- winner
2018
- Digital Video Wall - Metronom, Modena, IT
-
- winner
- Premio Francesco Fabbri Fotografia Contemporanea, Pieve di Soligo (TV), IT
-
- shortlisted
- Gomma Grant, London, UK
-
- shortlisted
2017
- PDN Emerging Photographer Award
-
- winner
- Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, IT
-
- honourable mention
2016
- Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, IT
-
- 1st prize
- Lugano Photo Festival 2016, Lugano, CH
-
- 1st prize
- Descubrimientos Braga Photo Festival, Braga, PT
-
- finalist
- Emergentes Book Award Braga Photo Festival, Braga, PT
-
- finalist
- Descubrimientos PHotoESPAÑA, Madrid, ES
-
- finalist
2015
- Atelier DueGobbiTre Portfolio Prize, Reggio Emilia, IT
-
- 1st prize
2014
- Fotografia Europea Festival, Reggio Emilia, IT
-
- 1st prize
- Colorno PhotoFestival, Pavia, IT
-
- 1st prize
- Descubrimientos Braga Photo Festival, Braga, PT
-
- finalist
- 6th European Month of Photography, Berlin, DE
-
- honourable mention
Exhibitions
2026
-
- Siren, site specific performance & exhibition, curated by Mara Sartore/Lightbox
-
- VinoVero, Venezia, IT
-
- 9to5, site specific performance & exhibition, curated by Celeste
-
- Lavanderia LavaPiù, Teramo, IT
2025
-
- The New York Library for the Performing Arts & Merce Cunningham Trust, Research residency
- -New York City, USA supported by NCTM & l'Arte)
-
- Complex, exhibition, curated by Luca Panaro, produce by Spazio Contemporanea, Fondazione Clerici & Galleria Studio G7
-
- Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia, IT
-
- Try, performance, curated by Adriana Polveroni
-
- La Nuvola, Roma, IT
-
- Utopia Gym, performance, curated by Laura Lamonea, produce by VSA x ARTVerona 2025
-
- Palazzo Forti, Verona, IT
-
- Mise en Scène, immagini e libri dalla collezione Donata Pizzi, collective exhibition, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Palazzo del Duca di Senigallia, Senigallia, IT
- Metamorfosi Contemporanee, collective exhibition, curated by Silvia Mazzucchelli
-
- Monastero di San Pietro in Lamosa, Brescia, IT
2024
-
- Un discorso pubblico, workshop & performance
-
- Museo di Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Riso, Palermo, IT
- Utopia Gym, site specific performance, produced & curated by Video Sound Art - Laura Lamonea x Vidas
-
- Bagni Misteriosi, Milano, IT
- Try #7/American Dream, site specific performances & exhibition, curated by Gabi Scardi
-
- NCTM e l’arte, Milano, IT
- Opus Liber, collective exhibition, curated by Angela Madesani
-
- Building Gallery, Milano, IT
- Note di Sguardi, site specific installation, curated by Gino Gianuizzi
-
- Artcity public program 2024, Bologna IT
2023
- REPLICA, performance, curated by Laura Lamonea - Video Sound Art, MO.CA.,
Brescia IT - Studio for, site specific performance, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Milano Centrale Festival, Milano IT
- Note di Sguardi, Site specific installation, curated by Gino Gianuizzi
-
- Bologna-Berlino-Cervia, IT-DE
- American Dream, site specific installation & performance
-
- Materia Gallery, Roma IT
- Not yet titled, curated by Video Sound Art
-
- AplusA Gallery, Venezia, IT
- Try, public performances in public squares, curated by Pietro Gaglianò
-
- Scripta Festival, Firenze IT
2022
- American Dream, site specific installation
-
- ArtVerona, Verona IT
- 2 of 2, residency & public performance, curated by A. Cusumano & M. di Trapani
-
- BAM Biennale del Mediterraneo, Museo Palazzo Riso, Palermo IT
- 2 of 2, performance curated by Rossana Ciocca
-
- Non Riservato, Milano IT
- Try, solo show curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Galleria Studio G7, Bologna IT
- Try #5, performance curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Galleria Studio G7, Bologna IT
2021
- Try #4, performance curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Musei di Palazzo dei Pio, Carpi IT
- Try #3, performance curated by Rossana Ciocca
-
- Biennolo, Milano IT
- Try #2, performance, organized by Galleria Alberta Pane and Marina Bastianello Gallery
-
- M9 Museum, Venezia Mestre IT
- Esercizi Obbligatori atto III, photography installation
-
- Vicino Lontano Festival, Udine IT
- Try #1, performance curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Centrale Festival, Fano IT
- La Figlia Preferita, curated by Elisabetta Mero
-
- Trento Art Festival, Trento IT
2020
- Resistance & Sensibility – Collezione Donata Pizzi: Women Photographers from Italy
-
- FFF Fotografie Forum, Frankfurt DE
2019
- (before) Parade, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- T14 Contemporary, Milano IT
- Corpora, curated by Angela Madesani
-
- Il Pomo da DaMo, Imola IT
- Dietro l’obiettivo. Fotografe italiane 1965-2018, curated by Alessandra Capodacqua
-
- Museo Santa Giulia, Brescia IT
- Esercizi Obbligatori, curated by Francois Cheval and Audrey Hoareau
-
- Circulation Festival, Paris FR
2018
- Digital Video Wall, curated by Marcella Manni
-
- Metronom Gallery, Modena IT
- Premio Francesco Fabbri Fotografia Contemporanea, curated by Carlo Sala
-
- Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo (TV) IT
- Kunstalle West, curated by Angela Madesani
-
- Lana (BZ) IT
- L’altro sguardo – Fotografe Italiane 1965>2018, curated by Raffaella Perna
-
- Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma IT
- Corte Zavattini 31, Talk & Performance
-
- Cristallino, Cesena IT
2017
- Esercizi Obbligatori, curated by Niccolò Fano
-
- SiFest Off, Savignano sul Rubicone (FC) IT
- f/4 Un’idea di Fotografia, curated by Carlo Sala
-
- Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo (TV) IT
- Ape(x)Mentis, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Bottega Immagine, Milano IT
- La figlia preferita, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Festival Centrale Fotografia, Fano (PU) IT
- Modus Operandi, curated by Matilde Scaramellini and Elena Vaninetti
-
- T14Contemporary, Milano IT
- Matrimonio
-
- Gallery Vision Quest, Genova IT
- Matrimonio
-
- MIA Photo Fair, Milano IT
2016
- Compleanno, curated by Roberto Mutti
-
- Milano Photofestival, Milano IT
- Compleanno
-
- Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia IT
- Compleanno
-
- Lugano Photo Festival, Lugano CH
2015
- Compleanno, curated by Caroline Stein
-
- Central Dupon, Paris FR
2012
- Memories
-
- Copenhaghen Photo Festival, Copenhagen DK
2007
- Sarajevo, site specific installation
-
- Mediterranean Biennal of Art, Sarajevo BA
Residencies
2025
-
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts & Merce Cunningham Trust, research residency, New York City, USA (supported by NCTM e l'Arte)
-
Fondazione Orto Botanico di Palermo, Palermo, IT
-
Fondazione Pietro Barbaro, Palermo, IT
-
Non Riservato, Milano, IT
-
Novia Art School, Jakobstad, FI
-
Twenty14 Contemporary, Milano, IT
Published on
Aesthetica Magazine
Internazionale
D - la Repubblica
Artribune
Atpdiary
Hestetika Magazine
Foto Femme United
9lives Magazine
Generazione Critica
Modus Operandi
Private Magazine
YET Magazine
Agora
Gente di Fotografia
Fotografia Europea, Portfolio Europa (2014, 2016)
.
Design: Multiplo
Code: Iperstudio
Contact
Galleria Studio G7
Via Val D'Aposa 4/A
40123 Bologna BO
(00)39 051 2960371
info@galleriastudiog7.it
www.galleriastudiog7.it
info (at) marilisacosello.com
IG: marilisacosello
Statement
My work investigates power and the apparatuses — collective and individual — through which it operates. At its centre is the disciplined, socially coded body: the site where authority becomes legible. Looking at society as a family and the private as collective, my practice moves between performance, film, photography and installation, merging investigations of power, public and private, family rituals and collective archetypes. I reproduce the choreographies, gestures and aesthetic codes of cultural mythologies with a precision that is itself the method. Under a slow, cumulative pressure, aspiration ends by exposing its own architecture, and what presented itself as emancipation reveals the discipline that has always constituted it.
Biography
Born in Eboli (Salerno, IT) in 1978. Works and lives in Milan, IT.
Marilisa Cosello holds a University Degree in Cinema History from IULM in Milan, a Master in Photography from Noorderlicht School in the Netherlands, and studied under François Cheval at Musée de la Photographie Nicéphore Niépce in France. Initially trained in photography, fine arts and cinema, she spent five years as a news photographer before shifting to a conceptual practice.
Her work investigates power and the disciplined, socially coded body as the site where authority becomes legible, moving between performance, film, photography and installation. Looking at society as a family and the private as collective, her practice merges investigations of power, public and private, family rituals and collective archetypes. Her photographs, films and performances stage the body and society's archetypes to articulate political ideas, personal struggles, women's conditions and collective expectations.
She has exhibited in Italy and abroad, including M9 Museum, Venice; Museo Riso, Palermo; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Musei di Santa Giulia, Brescia; Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany; Circulation(s) Festival and Central Dupon, Paris; Kunst Halle West, Lana; Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia; Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo; and Artissima, Turin. She is represented in Italy by Galleria Studio G7, Bologna.
Exhibitions
2026
-
- Siren, site specific performance & exhibition, curated by Mara Sartore/Lightbox
-
- VinoVero, Venezia, IT
-
- 9to5, site specific performance & exhibition, curated by Celeste
-
- Lavanderia LavaPiù, Teramo, IT
2025
-
- The New York Library for the Performing Arts & Merce Cunningham Trust, Research residency
- -New York City, USA supported by NCTM & l'Arte)
-
- Complex, exhibition, curated by Luca Panaro, produce by Spazio Contemporanea, Fondazione Clerici & Galleria Studio G7
-
- Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia, IT
-
- Try, performance, curated by Adriana Polveroni
-
- La Nuvola, Roma, IT
-
- Utopia Gym, performance, curated by Laura Lamonea, produce by VSA x ARTVerona 2025
-
- Palazzo Forti, Verona, IT
-
- Mise en Scène, immagini e libri dalla collezione Donata Pizzi, collective exhibition, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Palazzo del Duca di Senigallia, Senigallia, IT
- Metamorfosi Contemporanee, collective exhibition, curated by Silvia Mazzucchelli
-
- Monastero di San Pietro in Lamosa, Brescia, IT
2024
-
- Un discorso pubblico, workshop & performance
-
- Museo di Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Riso, Palermo, IT
- Utopia Gym, site specific performance, produced & curated by Video Sound Art - Laura Lamonea x Vidas
-
- Bagni Misteriosi, Milano, IT
- Try #7/American Dream, site specific performances & exhibition, curated by Gabi Scardi
-
- NCTM e l’arte, Milano, IT
- Opus Liber, collective exhibition, curated by Angela Madesani
-
- Building Gallery, Milano, IT
- Note di Sguardi, site specific installation, curated by Gino Gianuizzi
-
- Artcity public program 2024, Bologna IT
2023
- REPLICA, performance, curated by Laura Lamonea - Video Sound Art, MO.CA.,
Brescia IT - Studio for, site specific performance, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Milano Centrale Festival, Milano IT
- Note di Sguardi, Site specific installation, curated by Gino Gianuizzi
-
- Bologna-Berlino-Cervia, IT-DE
- American Dream, site specific installation & performance
-
- Materia Gallery, Roma IT
- Not yet titled, curated by Video Sound Art
-
- AplusA Gallery, Venezia, IT
- Try, public performances in public squares, curated by Pietro Gaglianò
-
- Scripta Festival, Firenze IT
2022
- American Dream, site specific installation
-
- ArtVerona, Verona IT
- 2 of 2, residency & public performance, curated by A. Cusumano & M. di Trapani
-
- BAM Biennale del Mediterraneo, Museo Palazzo Riso, Palermo IT
- 2 of 2, performance curated by Rossana Ciocca
-
- Non Riservato, Milano IT
- Try, solo show curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Galleria Studio G7, Bologna IT
- Try #5, performance curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Galleria Studio G7, Bologna IT
2021
- Try #4, performance curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Musei di Palazzo dei Pio, Carpi IT
- Try #3, performance curated by Rossana Ciocca
-
- Biennolo, Milano IT
- Try #2, performance, organized by Galleria Alberta Pane and Marina Bastianello Gallery
-
- M9 Museum, Venezia Mestre IT
- Esercizi Obbligatori atto III, photography installation
-
- Vicino Lontano Festival, Udine IT
- Try #1, performance curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Centrale Festival, Fano IT
- La Figlia Preferita, curated by Elisabetta Mero
-
- Trento Art Festival, Trento IT
2020
- Resistance & Sensibility – Collezione Donata Pizzi: Women Photographers from Italy
-
- FFF Fotografie Forum, Frankfurt DE
2019
- (before) Parade, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- T14 Contemporary, Milano IT
- Corpora, curated by Angela Madesani
-
- Il Pomo da DaMo, Imola IT
- Dietro l’obiettivo. Fotografe italiane 1965-2018, curated by Alessandra Capodacqua
-
- Museo Santa Giulia, Brescia IT
- Esercizi Obbligatori, curated by Francois Cheval and Audrey Hoareau
-
- Circulation Festival, Paris FR
2018
- Digital Video Wall, curated by Marcella Manni
-
- Metronom Gallery, Modena IT
- Premio Francesco Fabbri Fotografia Contemporanea, curated by Carlo Sala
-
- Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo (TV) IT
- Kunstalle West, curated by Angela Madesani
-
- Lana (BZ) IT
- L’altro sguardo – Fotografe Italiane 1965>2018, curated by Raffaella Perna
-
- Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma IT
- Corte Zavattini 31, Talk & Performance
-
- Cristallino, Cesena IT
2017
- Esercizi Obbligatori, curated by Niccolò Fano
-
- SiFest Off, Savignano sul Rubicone (FC) IT
- f/4 Un’idea di Fotografia, curated by Carlo Sala
-
- Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo (TV) IT
- Ape(x)Mentis, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Bottega Immagine, Milano IT
- La figlia preferita, curated by Luca Panaro
-
- Festival Centrale Fotografia, Fano (PU) IT
- Modus Operandi, curated by Matilde Scaramellini and Elena Vaninetti
-
- T14Contemporary, Milano IT
- Matrimonio
-
- Gallery Vision Quest, Genova IT
- Matrimonio
-
- MIA Photo Fair, Milano IT
2016
- Compleanno, curated by Roberto Mutti
-
- Milano Photofestival, Milano IT
- Compleanno
-
- Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia IT
- Compleanno
-
- Lugano Photo Festival, Lugano CH
2015
- Compleanno, curated by Caroline Stein
-
- Central Dupon, Paris FR
2012
- Memories
-
- Copenhaghen Photo Festival, Copenhagen DK
2007
- Sarajevo, site specific installation
-
- Mediterranean Biennal of Art, Sarajevo BA
Collections
- Museo del Palazzo Malatestiano, Fano, IT - permanent collection
-
- Try #1 (Untitled 1, Ex Chiesa di San Francesco, Fano), 2021, Sala Morganti
- Collezione Donata Pizzi, Milano, IT
- Collezione Clerici
- Collezione Gerry Bonetti
- Private collections, Italy and abroad
Awards
2023
- Ducato Prize
-
- shortlisted
2022
- Combat Prize, Special Gallery Prize
-
- winner
2018
- Digital Video Wall - Metronom, Modena, IT
-
- winner
- Premio Francesco Fabbri Fotografia Contemporanea, Pieve di Soligo (TV), IT
-
- shortlisted
- Gomma Grant, London, UK
-
- shortlisted
2017
- PDN Emerging Photographer Award
-
- winner
- Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, IT
-
- honourable mention
2016
- Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, IT
-
- 1st prize
- Lugano Photo Festival 2016, Lugano, CH
-
- 1st prize
- Descubrimientos Braga Photo Festival, Braga, PT
-
- finalist
- Emergentes Book Award Braga Photo Festival, Braga, PT
-
- finalist
- Descubrimientos PHotoESPAÑA, Madrid, ES
-
- finalist
2015
- Atelier DueGobbiTre Portfolio Prize, Reggio Emilia, IT
-
- 1st prize
2014
- Fotografia Europea Festival, Reggio Emilia, IT
-
- 1st prize
- Colorno PhotoFestival, Pavia, IT
-
- 1st prize
- Descubrimientos Braga Photo Festival, Braga, PT
-
- finalist
- 6th European Month of Photography, Berlin, DE
-
- honourable mention
Residencies
2025
-
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts & Merce Cunningham Trust, research residency, New York City, USA (supported by NCTM e l'Arte)
-
Fondazione Orto Botanico di Palermo, Palermo, IT
-
Fondazione Pietro Barbaro, Palermo, IT
-
Non Riservato, Milano, IT
-
Novia Art School, Jakobstad, FI
-
Twenty14 Contemporary, Milano, IT
Published on
Aesthetica Magazine
Internazionale
D - la Repubblica
Artribune
Atpdiary
Hestetika Magazine
Foto Femme United
9lives Magazine
Generazione Critica
Modus Operandi
Private Magazine
YET Magazine
Agora
Gente di Fotografia
Fotografia Europea, Portfolio Europa (2014, 2016)
.
Design: Multiplo
Code: Iperstudio