Bio

Maria Pina Bentivenga was born in Stigliano (Italy) in 1973.
In 1991 she moved to Rome where she graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1995.
Since 1999 she has participated in numerous art exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
She is a founding member of the Insigna Association, which is committed to the production
and dissemination of printmaking and original editions.
In 2014 the Albertina in Vienna has acquired its own graphics Deux , and the National Institute for
Graphics in Rome , has acquired seven prints , four drawings and one Artist’s book.
His works are in many public collections in Italy and abroad:
National Institute for Graphics in Rome ; Collection of the Albertina Gallery in Vienna;
Cabinet of Ancient and Modern of the City of Bagnacavallo ( Ravenna ) ; Collection of Prints
Alberto Sartori – Mantova ; Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Croce – Genova ; Museum of
the Cultural Foundation The Pelican Trasanni – Urbino ; Bertarelli Civic Collection of Milan ;
Municipal collection of Modern Art of the municipality of Cavaion Veronese ; Collection of
Prints of Caixanova , Ourense – Spain ; Collection of prints of Acqui Terme (AL ) . She is a
member of the Incisori Contemporanei Association. Since 2000 she teaches Graphic
Techniques and Special Art Print at RUFA (Rome University of Fine Arts) – University of Fine
Arts in Rome, Laboratory of Engraving and Painting Disciplines at the Art Institutes and art
schools of Rome. Furthermore, since 2010, she teaches engraving at the “San Giacomo”
School of Ornamental Arts of the City of Rome.
She organizes workshops of engraving and letterpress in Italy and abroad and she has
participated in artist residencies and international symposia.
An archive of Maria Pina Bentivenga’s shows and exhibitions

2012

• II Artist’s Books Biennial
  Castel dell’Ovo, Napoli
• Sette, Artist’s Books and engravings
  La LIneaartecontemporanea, Roma
  
• Coincidenze
  Casa degli Stampatori, Soncino (CR)
• XI  Biennial of engraving and arts
  città di Castelleone (CR)
• VII  Biennial of contemporary italian engraving
  Campobasso
• VII International Graphik Tiennial
  Bitola – Macedonia
• 150 Noise
  291 Es Galley, Roma
• Libriste
  Classense Librery, Ravenna
• Carte 2012
  ideas, progects, works  TRART Gallery – Trieste
• Naturalia Animalia
  International exibition of Artis’s Books – Sannicola (LE)

2011

• Limen Arte Internazional Prize 2011
  Enrico Gagliardi’s Bilding – Vibovalentia
• Third Engraving Prize Maria Pina Bentivenga XV MASSENZIO ARTE Prize
  ISA Istituto Superiore Antincendi – Rome
• XXXVIII edition International exibition of contemporary art – Sulmona
  Museum complex – Sulmona
• Attraversamenti
  Lombardi Gallery – Rome

2010

• “20 x 20″
  La Tartaruga Gallery – Rome
• A.R.G.A.M. I Maestri e le Margherite
  Venanzo Crocetti Fondation Museum – Roma
• Altri Luoghi
  Ercoli Contemporary Art – Rome
• IV National Biennial of engraving G. Polanschi
  Space Gallery Corte Torcolo, via Vittorio Veneto, 1 – Cavaion Veronese
• Pittura e Fotografia (segno e scatto)
  Venanzo Crocetti Fondation Museum – Roma
• Oltre le mura
  Cappella Orsini – Roma
• IX International Biennial of engraving
  Acqui Terme (Alessandria) – Italy

2008

• VIII Annuale of Engraving
  Agello – Perugia, Italy
• V International Biennial of Mini Prints
  Tetovo – Macedonia

2007

• Incisioni
  Music House – Trieste – Italy
• Superfici, Personal Peinting Exibition
  Trart Gallery – Trieste – Italy
• 7e Triennale Mondial de L’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale
  AMAC – Chamalieres (Francia)
• Generarte, Painting Exibition
  Clinica Sant’Anna – Lugano
• Signum V – International Exhibition of Contemporary Engraving
  Cittadella dell’Oasi, – Troina (Italy)
• L’arte e il torchio – 5th International small engraving exhibition
  Museum “Ala Ponzone” – Cremona (Italy)
• Biennal of Contemporary Italian Engravings
  Villa Giustiniani Morosini – Mirano (Italy)
• Generarte
  Clinica Sant’Anna – Lugano (Switzerland)

2006

• International Biennal of Engraving – “Nespereira Prize”
  Caixanova Banca de Galicia – Ourense (Spain)
• Pittura per quattro
  Rufa Art Gallery – Rome (Italy)
• Art for Africa
  Sant’Antonio portughese institut – Rome (Italy)
• Artisti Emergenti Italiani
  Opera Theatre Gallery – Cairo (Egypt)

2005

• Generazionalmente, Contemporary Art Exhibition
  Le Terrazze – Velletri (Italy)
• XII Biennale Internationale de la Gravure et des Nouvelles Images
  Ville de Sarcelles (France)
• Painting and Etching personal exhibition
  Stigliano (Italy)
• Confini, Painting and Etching personal exhibition
  BluOrg Gallery – Bari (Italy)
• Signum IV International engraving exibition
  Troina (Italy)
• Personal Exhibition “Incisioni”
  Galleria La Scaletta – Matera (Italy)

2004

• International Biennal of Engraving
  Caixanova Banca de Galicia – Ourense (Spain)
• Repertorio degli Incisori Italiani – 4th Edition
  Gabinetto Stampe Antiche e Moderne – Bagnacavallo – Ravenna (Italy)

2003

• 2nd Engraving Biennial “Giuseppe Polanschi”
  Cavaion Veronese (Italy)
• XI Biennale Internationale de la Gravure et des Nuvelles Images
  Sarcelles (France)
• VI International Biennial of Engraving “Premio Acqui”
  Acqui Terme (Italy)

2002

• Honorable Mention at “VII Biennal Internacional de Grabado Julio Preito Nespereira”
  Caixanova – Ourense (Spain)
• 8th Edition of Graphical Biennal “Aspetti dell’incisione oggi in Italia”
  Gaiarine (Italy)
• II Biennal of Contemporary Italian Engravings
  Campobasso (Italy)

2001

• “Fragmenta”, personal Etching and Painting exhibition
  Centro di Documentazione d’Arte Contemporanea “L. Di Sarro” – Rome
• 1st Engraving Biennial “Giuseppe Polanschi”
  Cavaion Veronese (Italy)
• Repertorio degli Incisori Italiani
  Gabinetto delle Stampe Antiche e Moderne – Bagnacavallo (Italy)
• “Segni incisi – Accademie di Roma” (as artist and organizer)
  RUFA Art Gallery – Rome
• Collective Engraving touring Exhibition “Nel Segno dell’Incisione”
  Rome, Madrid, Lisbon, Mexico City
• Selection of the International Water Painting Prize “Sinaide ghi”
  San Luca Academy – Rome

2000

• Pictorial Panel in “Gli Artisti la strada, il Giubileo”
  City of Marino, Rome
• Printmaking Exhibition “La cultura dell’Apparire”
  Galleria Linati, Milano – Galleria Il Quadrato, Torino

1999

• 1st Italian Contemporary Art Exhibition “Itinerari del Senso”
  Trasanni – Urbino
• Collective Engraving Exhibition “Segni di Roma”
  S. Giacomo in Augusta – Rome
• Recommendation in 3rd edition of “Giovani Incisori Italiani” Engraving Triennal
  Contemporary Art Museum of Villa Croce – Genova (Italy)
• Personal Exhibition of Engravings
  Atrio del Pio IX all’Aventino – Rome
• “Premio Giovani, Biella for Engraving”
  Biella (Italy)
• “I Trofei del Colore”
  Lefranc e Bourgeois – Paris

1998

• Collective Engraving Exhibition “Una pietra per Assisi”
  Palazzo Vellamani – Assisi (Italy)
• Contemporary Italian Engraving Biennial
  City of Mirano, Venice (Italy)
• I Graphics Triennial Exhibition “City of Brescia”
  Brescia (Italy)
• Collective Painting Exhibition “Premio la Portella”
  Carsoli (Italy)
• 1st prize extemporaneous painting exhibition “Art’estate”
  City of Castro dei Volsci (Italy)

1997

• Collective Painting Exhibition “Artimmagine” – Italia Nostra
  Palazzo del Monte – Stigliano (Italy)

1995

• Graphic Projects in “Cammin di nostra vita” review, Year 1, n.1 Ed. Martina Grasso
• 5th National Graphics competition “Ugonia-Morselli”
  Brisighella (RA)
• 4th Chalcography competition
  city of Gorlago (Bg)

1993

• Students Exhibition “L’uomo e il lavoro”
  Art Centre S. Giuseppe Artigiano – Rome