Ra di Martino

RA DI MARTINO

Ra di Martino (b. 1975, Italy) is heavily inspired by her background in theatre, oscillating between reality and fiction, permeating her cross-disciplinary practice. Theatrical sets, actors and props are used to interrogate subjects such as human relationships, cinematographic traditions, the theatre of war, and the fabrication of history. The empty film sets often become a stage in which Di Martino questions the ‘realness’ of what we see and our perceived realities.

Di Martino has expanded her artistic practice into performance art, installation and film, developing themes around the art of acting and the perils of fame and Hollywood. Martino’s photography also explores digital manipulation and its effect on the perception of reality throughout history. Di Martino is a graduate of Chelsea College of Art and holds an MA from the Slade School of Art. She currently lives in Turin, Italy.

In 2019, she developed the project AFTERALL with the MIBAC Italian Council Award in collaboration with Fondazione Volume, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen and Mostyn Contemporary Art Gallery in Wales.

Selected Exhibitions

Tate Modern, UK; MoMA, USA; Forte Belvedere, Italy; Matatoio, Italy; Museo del ‘900, Italy; Fondazione Volume, Italy; Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Italy; Museo Del 900, Italy; Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Italy; Marsèlleria, Italy; Galleria A+A, Italy; Ca’ Foscari, Italy; Galleria Il Capricorno, Italy; Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Italy; MALI, Peru; Mardin Biennale, Turkey; Samstag Museum, Australia; Museion (Museo d’Arte Contemporanea), Italy; Quartier 21, Austria; Patrick Ebensperger Galerie, Germany; MAXX Project, Switzerland; 3rd Nanjing International Art Festival, China; The High Line, USA; Mission Afterviews, USA; Artissima, Italy; Copperfield Gallery, UK.

Selected Collections

MoMA-PS1, USA; Tate Modern, UK; MCA, USA; Macro, Italy; Palazzo Grassi-Punta della Dogana, Italy; Artists Space, USA; Museion, Italy; Magasin, France; The Busan Biennial Manifesta, South Korea; Torino International Film Festival, Italy; Kino der Kunst, Germany; Viper Basel, Switzerland; Transmediale, Germany; MAXXI Museum, Italy; MACRO Museum, Italy; Snaporazverein, Switzerland.