Marina Gasparini

Marina Gasparini was born in Gabicce Mare (Pesaro, Urbino). She lives and works in Bologna, Italy. After graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ravenna, she started her artistic activity in Bologna in the '80s. Her practice focuses on living places and is mostly based on drawing, embroynding, and installations. Since 2001, the employment of textiles has been constant in her works. She has exhibited her works in galleries and museums in solo shows and has also participated in group exhibitions and the international exhibition of textile art. She is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and has held workshops on the theme of cartography in art at the University of Salamanca (Mapping Salamanca); at the Universitade de Lisboa; at Mimar Sinan Universitesi in Istanbul, and at PXL Mad University in Hasselt, Belgium (Alfabetlanti); the Oulun Taidemuseo, Oulu, Finland (Archiscapes); the Civic Art Center in Galesburg, Illinois (String portrait of Galesburg); the Renovation Pro Art Center in Shinano-Omachi, Japan (Self- portrait as Otafuku); the Merano Children's Book Archive (Class Atlas). She has also participated in artist residency programs in Rajasthan, Japan, the United States, and Finland.