# Antonella Quacchia — Contemporary Visual Artist > Antonella Quacchia is an Italian contemporary visual artist whose work explores the interplay of matter, color, and emotion through mixed media on canvas, resin, and bohemian crystal installations. This website showcases her portfolio collections, exhibitions, events, critical reception, and press coverage. "I like to create fluid, atsmospheric works that explore silence, thresholds, and the trasformative potential of fractures." — Antonella Quacchia Key information about the artist and this site: - **Medium**: Mixed media on canvas, resin, bohemian crystal, three-dimensional installations - **Portfolio collections**: 6 series with 76 total artworks - **Events**: 10 documented events, exhibitions, and shows - **Languages**: English - **Site URL**: https://antonella-quacchia.com My journey began in the Italian city of Gorizia, in the shadow of a Wall that symbolized the Iron Curtain. From those border roots, life unfolded through an ocean crossing to Brazil, a new family, and the constant navigation of inner and external borders. This past, marked by migration and the rigor of a scientific career, allows me to perceive reality through multiple lenses: an invitation I extend to every spectator. Today, between Vienna and Barcelona, this global heritage is translated into visual art. The artwork is not a mere surface, but a celebration of life lived across diverse cultures: an alchemy where technical precision from a scientific background meets the luminous, unpredictable soul of matter. Her book “Orizzonti Sensibili / Sensitive Horizons”, published by Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, documents her artistic journey and philosophy. ### Creative Process 01. **Resonance**: Everything begins with a dialogue to capture the light and energy of the intended space. Rather than a simple consultation, this is a moment of shared vision, where the atmosphere of the environment and the aspirations of the collector are woven into a conceptual seed for the artwork. 02. **Visual Synthesis**: Drawing from a rich background of scientific precision and artistic intuition, the vision takes its first form. This stage involves a curated selection of pigments, textures, and materials — from metal dusts to earth powders — chosen specifically to harmonize with the unique soul of the setting. 03. **The Alchemy of Layers**: The artwork comes to life through a meditative process of accumulation and light. Layers of resin, acrylics, and mixed media are added with intentionality, allowing the materials to interact and reveal their inherent brilliance. It is a dance between technical mastery and the joyful unpredictability of the creative flow. 04. **Vital Presence**: More than a decorative object, the final artwork becomes a vital presence that radiates energy and beauty, transforming the space into a sanctuary of harmony and a celebration of a shared journey. The finished work is professionally photographed, documented with a certificate of authenticity, and carefully shipped or hand-delivered to your space. ### Philosophy - **Beyond Decoration**: A space should do more than host us; it should resonate with us. Art is the catalyst that turns a public or private space into a living sanctuary. - **A Soul for Your Environment**: Choosing a piece by Antonella Quacchia means bringing a soul to the environment. It is an investment in beauty that reflects the unique energy of those who dwell within. - **A Living Space**: Once an artwork is installed, the atmosphere shifts. Light, texture, and history converge to create an irreplaceable sense of harmony and possibility. ## Portfolio Collections - [Signs and Symbols](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols): What if the essential shapes of existence - the ones beneath language, beneath culture, beneath time - could be painted?. 17 artworks. *"Forms materialise as presences and thoughts, as references to Plato's Hyperuranium, which shows that what we perceive ar..."* — Fortunato D'Amico - [Floating Thoughts](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts): Some images do not belong to memory or imagination. They float somewhere between the two, and the only way to hold them is to paint them.. 16 artworks. *"Antonella Quacchia's artistic creations originate from an emotional core driven by a fascinating perceptive capacity, wh..."* — Fortunato D'Amico - [Sensitive Horizons](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons): Every border becomes a horizon, if you are willing to keep moving towards it.. 18 artworks. *"Quacchia investigates the theme of landscape and the sensible horizons of reality that become, in her artistic research,..."* — Chiara Ferella Falda - [Serendipity](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity): What happens when you surrender control, and the material reveals something more truthful than anything you planned?. 14 artworks. *"From the material with which she constructs works inhabited by a strong energy, the artist reveals visions driven by chr..."* — Fortunato D'Amico - [Stories](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories): Every object carries a memory. Every animal has a voice. These are the stories that needed to be told.. 9 artworks. *"In her three-dimensional bohemian crystal glass installations, Antonella Quacchia succeeds magnificently in combining na..."* — Chiara Canali, Curator of the XIV Florence Biennale - [Liquid Reflections](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/liquid-reflections): Waste transformed. Beauty restored. Responsibility revealed.. 2 artworks. *"Discarded plastic waste transformed into large-scale mirror works where the viewer's own reflection swims among the d..."* — Antonella Quacchia ## Artworks ### Signs and Symbols - [Composition #7](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/composition-7): Acrylic on canvas. 70x70cm. (2022). Available. - [Composition #8](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/composition-8): Acrylic on canvas. 70x70cm. (2022). Available. - [Composition #5](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/composition-5): Acrylic on canvas. 60x60cm. (2022). Available. - [Amo La Vita #5](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/amo-la-vita-5): Acrylic on canvas. 60x60cm. (2022). Available. - [Fragmented Harmony](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/fragmented-harmony): Acylics on canvas. 130x90cm. (2025). Sold. - [Night Flowers](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/night-flowers): Acrylic on canvas. 80x80cm. (2021). Sold. - [Amo La Vita #4](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/amo-la-vita-4): Acrylic on canvas. 70x60cm. (2022). Available. - [Amo La Vita #1](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/amo-la-vita-1): Acrylic on canvas. 50x50cm. (2021). Available. - [Amo La Vita #3](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/amo-la-vita-3): Acrylic on canvas. 80x80cm. (2022). Available. - [Amo La Vita #2](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/amo-la-vita-2): Acrylic on canvas. 50x50cm. (2021). Available. - [Amo La Vita #6](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/amo-la-vita-6): Acrylic on canvas. 60x60cm. (2022). Available. - [Composition #3](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/composition-3): Acrylic on canvas. 40x30cm. (2021). Sold. - [Composition #4](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/composition-4): Acrylic on canvas. 40x30cm. (2021). Sold. - [Composition #6](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/composition-6): Acrylic on canvas. 60x60cm. (2022). Available. - [Freedom](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/freedom): Acrylic on canvas. 50x50cm. (2021). Available. - [Norway 1](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/norway-1): Acrylic on canvas. 50x50cm. (2022). Available. - [Norway 2](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/signs-and-symbols/norway-2): Acrylic on canvas. 50x50cm. (2022). Available. ### Floating Thoughts - [Friends](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/friends): Mixe media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2021). Available. - [A New Era](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/a-new-era): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2021). Available. - [African Masks](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/african-masks): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2021). Available. - [Dream In White](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/dream-in-white): Mixed media on canvas. 100x80cm. (2021). Sold. - [La Baigneuse](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/la-baigneuse): Mixed media on canvas. 100x80cm. (2022). Sold. - [Lovers](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/lovers): Mixed media on canvas. 100x80cm. (2021). Available. - [Dream In Yellow](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/dream-in-yellow): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2021). Available. - [Marine Cave](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/marine-cave): Mixed media on canvas. 70x80cm. (2021). Available. - [The Hug](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/the-hug): Mixed media on canvas. 100x80cm. (2021). Sold. - [Echo Of Her](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/echo-of-her): Mixed media on canvas. 100x70cm. (2025). Available. - [Looking In The Same Direction](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/looking-in-the-same-direction): Mixed media on canvas. 70x80cm. (2021). Available. - [Woman In Red](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/woman-in-red): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2021). Available. - [Marrakesh](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/marrakesh): Mixed media on canvas. 70x80cm. (2021). Sold. - [On The River Mur](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/on-the-river-mur): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2021). Available. - [The Way Home](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/the-way-home-2): Mixed media on canvas. 100x80cm. (2021). Sold. - [Beloved One](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/floating-thoughts/beloved-one): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2021). Available. ### Sensitive Horizons - [Emerald](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/emerald): Mixed media on canvas. 70x100cm. (2023). Available. A powerful exploration of horizons and structural transformation from the Our Planet series. Emerald utilizes a golden ratio composition to balance th... - [Red](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/red): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2022). Available. - [Copper](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/copper): Mixed media on canvas. 100x100cm. (2023). Available. - [Ocra](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/ocra): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2022). Available. - [Blue](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/blue): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2022). Sold. - [Electric Green](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/electric-green): Mixed media on canvas. 80x100cm. (2023). Available. - [Beige](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/beige): Mixed media on canvas. 100x80cm. (2022). Available. - [Turquoise](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/turquoise): Mixed media on canvas. 80x100cm. (2022). Available. - [Indigo](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/indigo): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2022). Available. - [Dark Orange](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/dark-orange): Mixed media on canvas. 50x100cm. (2023). Available. - [Ivory](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/ivory): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2023). Available. - [Ivory And Orange](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/ivory-and-orange): Mixed media on canvas. 100x120cm. (2023). Available. - [Red And Blue](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/red-and-blue): Mixed media on canvas. 100x120cm. (2023). Available. - [Teal](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/teal): Mixed media on canvas. 80x100cm. (2023). Available. - [Lavander](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/lavander): Mixed media on canvas. 100x120cm. (2023). Available. - [Light Blue](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/light-blue): Mixed media on canvas. 50x1000cm. (2022). Available. - [Olive Green](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/olive-green): Mixed media on canvas. 80x80cm. (2023). Available. - [Orange](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/sensitive-horizons/orange): Mixed media on canvas. 50x100cm. (2023). Available. ### Serendipity - [Blue Element 3](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/blue-element-3): MIxed media on board. 50x70cm. (2023). Available. - [Red Element 2](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/red-element-2): Mixed media on board. 100x150cm. (2023). Available. - [Blue Element 5](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/blue-element-5): Mixed media on board. 50x70cm. (2023). Available. - [Red Element 3](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/red-element-3): Mixed media on board. 100x150cm. (2023). Available. - [You](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/you): Mixed media on wooden board. 50x50cm. (2024). Available. - [Strangers](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/strangers): Mixed media on board. 70x70cm. (2024). Sold. - [Blue Element 7](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/blue-element-7): Mixed media on canvas. 90x90cm. (2023). Available. - [Red Element 4](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/red-element-4): Mixed media on board. 50x70cm. (2023). Available. - [Red Element 5](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/red-element-5): Mixed media on board. 50x70cm. (2023). Sold. - [Uncounscious](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/uncounscious): Mixed media on board. 70x70cm. (2024). Sold. - [Blue Element 6](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/blue-element-6): Mixed media on board. 90x83cm. (2023). Available. - [Maternity](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/mathernity): Mixed media on baord. 70x70cm. (2024). Available. - [Another Day](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/another-day): Mixed media on wooden panel. 50x50cm. (2024). Available. - [Deep Blue](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/serendipity/deep-blue): Mixed media on wooden board. 60x60cm. (2024). Available. ### Stories - [The Chained Elephant](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories/chained-elephant): Mixed media on Bohemian cristal plate. (2024). Available. An African elephant figurine stands in layers of amber and teal resin on a vintage Bohemian crystal tray, encircled by a gold chain and three foam ear... - [The Buffalo](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories/the-buffalo): Mixed media on a vintage Bohemian tray. 20x20x10cm. (2026). Available. A poignant mixed-media assemblage featuring a vintage Bohemian glass tray and a found figurine, "The Buffalo" explores the collision of industrial exp... - [The Whale](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories/the-whale): Mixed media. 28x28x9cm. (2026). Available. In this installment of the Story Series, a plastic whale from Barcelona’s Encants market meets a vintage Bohemian crystal dish from Vienna’s Naschmark... - [The Salamander](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories/the-salamander): Mixed media on board. 48x65 cm. (2026). Available. Mixed media on recycled cardboard with vintage rubber figurine and pigmented epoxy resin. 48 × 65 cm. A red salamander found at the Encants of Barcelo... - [The Blue Shark](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories/the-blue-shark): Mixed media on Panot. 30x30x20. (2026). Available. The Blue Shark merges industrial memory with environmental irony. Discovered at Barcelona’s Els Encants market, a vintage shark figurine is encapsulat... - [The Escaping Chameleon](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories/escaping-chameleon): Mixed media on a vintage bohemian cristal dish. 28x28x18cm. (2023). Available. A vividly coloured chameleon figurine perches at the edge of deep blue resin on a vintage Bohemian crystal dish - a meditation on adaptation, displace... - [The Happy Pig](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories/happy-pig): Mixed media on a vintage bohemian cristal dish. 30x15x18cm. (2023). Available. An antique rubber piglet, joyful and innocent, stands in a sea of blood-red resin on a vintage Bohemian crystal tray. It is a tender and unflinching m... - [The Sad Polar Bear](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories/sad-polar-bear): Mixed media on a vintage bohemian cristal dish. 28x28x18cm. (2023). Available. A small polar bear figurine sits on glass pebbles at the edge of deep blue resincontemplating a vast, melting Arctic rendered in a vintage Bohemian cr... - [The Thirsty Horse](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/stories/thirsty-horse): Mixed media on a vintage bohemian cristal dish. 40x35x18cm. (2023). Available. A grey horse figurine stands on amber resin in a vintage Bohemian crystal tray, surrounded by glass stones that evoke an unreachable water source: a m... ### Liquid Reflections - [Mare Plasticum 1](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/liquid-reflections/mare-plasticum-1): Mixed media on mirror panel. 152 x 122 cm . (2023). Available. - [Mare Plasticum 2](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios/liquid-reflections/mare-plasticum-2): Mixed media on mirror panel. 152 x 122 cm . (2023). Available. ## Events - [RED CARPET ART AWARD - Solo Exibition](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/red-carpet-solo-exibition): exhibition. Shottenttor, U2, Wien. (2025). Art in Motion - Where Thousands Meet Colour Every Day - [Antonella Quacchia - Our planet, our space](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/antonella-quacchia-our-planet-our-space): exhibition. Natuzzi Austria, Wien. (2025). 4 Apr - 5 May 2025 - [Antonella Quacchia - SERENDIPITY](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/antonella-quacchia-serendipity): exhibition. Banca Fideuram, Rome, Italy. (2024). A solo exhibition in the heart of Rome, curated by Giorgio Vulcano and Gianni Maiellaro - [NYC, The Healing Gaze](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/nyc-the-healing-gaze): exhibition. Montserrat Art Gallery 547W 27St, NY 10001. (2024). - [Book: Orizzonti Sensibili/Sensitive Horizons.](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/book-sensitive-horizons-antonella-quacchia-giorgio-mondadori-2023): publication. MyOwnGallery, Superstudio Più, Milan, Italy. (2023). - [Orizzonti Sensibili. Antonella Quacchia](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/personal-exhibition-myowngallery-fortunato-damico-superstudio-orizzonti-sensibili-2023-antonella-quacchia): exhibition. MyOwnGallery - SUPERSTUDIO PIU' - Via Tortona 27 Milano. (2023). 09 Nov - 08 Dec 2023 - [Antonella Quacchia. Die Bilderwelt Der Erfahrung.](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/antonella-quacchia-die-bilderwelt-der-erfahrung): exhibition. CITYGALLERY, 11 Mahlerstrasse, 1010 Wien. (2023). 7 - 21 June 2023 - [Morphosis. Antonella Quacchia](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/solo-exhibition-morphosis-antonella-quacchia-palazzo-cancelleria-vaticana-rome-2023): exhibition. Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana, Rome, Italy. (2023). 15 - 22 April 2023 - [Lights and Shadows](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/lights-and-shadows): exhibition. ArteBorgo Gallery, Rome, Italy. (2023). 10 - 16 Feb 2023 - [Antonella Quacchia. Lo Sguardo Verso L'essenziale](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events/sguardo-verso-lessenziale): exhibition. Palazzo Pisani Revedin, Venice. (2022). 9 - 15 August 2022 ## Artist Journey - [Artist Journey](https://antonella-quacchia.com/about-me/artist-journey): Full biography and artistic development of Antonella Quacchia I was born in Gorizia in 1957, an Italian city that sat on the border between two worlds, divided by a wall that was a smaller, forgotten twin of the Berlin Wall. From the very beginning, my life was shaped by the experience of crossing boundaries. At three years old, I was taken to Brazil by family who would become my adoptive parents. What began as a temporary arrangement became a permanent gift: two families instead of one, two continents instead of one, two languages before I could even name what a language was. I grew up between Italy and Brazil, between one identity and another, between what I had been given and what I was becoming. Looking back, I understand that what could have been experienced only as loss became instead the first chapter of an extraordinary abundance. Every displacement brought new worlds. Every border crossed opened a horizon I would not otherwise have seen. That is the movement my art is made of. ### From science to canvas At CERN, where I worked from 1982, I lived among physicists searching for the invisible forces that hold matter together. There I learned something that changed how I see everything: reality has more than one truth. A particle does not have a single fixed state until it is observed. That principle, rooted in quantum physics, became the philosophical foundation of my art. After CERN, I spent 27 years at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, leading the digital communication for an institution that brought together colleagues from 187 countries. Decades immersed in the extraordinary complexity of human culture: proof, every day, that perspective changes everything. That the same reality can be read in a hundred different ways, each one valid, each one incomplete. At the end of 2019 I moved to Vienna and what had been a passion became a vocation. Gallerists and artists encouraged me to pursue it fully. Six years later, I have developed my own artistic language and exhibited in cities across Europe and beyond. I did not become an artist despite my scientific career. I became this particular artist because of it. The rigour of CERN taught me to look beneath surfaces. The decades at the ILO taught me that beauty lives in the space between perspectives. ### An alchemical dialogue My practice is an act of material alchemy. I work with mixed media on canvas, resin on panel, and Bohemian crystal — combining the ancestral weight of earth powders, bitumen and metal dusts with the modern fluidity of acrylics and resins. Found objects. Recycled materials. Layers that should not belong together, and yet find harmony through transformation. This plurality of materials mirrors my own history. Just as my identity is a sediment of different cultures, languages and reinventions, my work is a sediment of materials that carry their own histories into the new form they create together. Epoxy resin — which transitions from liquid to solid over 48 to 72 hours, allowing layers to interact in ways that cannot be fully predicted — has become a central material and a central metaphor. Working with resin means accepting what you cannot control. It means trusting the process. It means discovering that the most beautiful results are often the ones you did not plan. My influences range from the spatial sensitivity of Zao Wou-Ki and the emotional gravity of Mark Rothko to the gestural energy of Willem de Kooning and the tactile richness of Pierre Soulages. The Japanese concept of ma - space as breath, as the living pause between things - resonates deeply with how I understand the horizon line in my work. But the deepest influence is always the life itself. Lived across six decades, four countries, two professional careers, and one absolute conviction: that movement transforms. ### The Vision Today I live and work between Vienna and Barcelona. My practice spans painting, mixed-media works, three-dimensional installations, and large-scale commissions for private and institutional spaces. A life that began in a divided city has opened into something without walls, rich with experiences, cultures, friendships, and possibilities that I could not have imagined from the small apartment in Gorizia where it started. The fractures became crossings. The crossings became horizons. The horizons became the paintings. Each series I have created explores a different dimension of the same fundamental discovery: that movement transforms. That what we are given -however difficult, however unexpected - contains within it the seed of something more. That beauty is not despite the complexity of a life. It emerges because of it. In a world that increasingly prefers walls to bridges, my work offers a different kind of space: one where limits are points of departure, where materials that should not belong together find harmony, and where a horizon is always, always, an invitation. > "Each creation is a journey toward resonance: a blend of material depth and emotional clarity designed to vibrate within its environment. By embracing the unpredictability of matter and the heritage of a global journey, these works transform a space into a living celebration of transformation and light." — Antonella Quacchia ## Exhibitions - [Exhibitions](https://antonella-quacchia.com/about-me/exhibitions): Complete exhibition history ### Solo Exhibitions - 2026: Materia e Memoria: Un dialogo tra scienza e astrazione, 9 - 29 October 2026, Galleria ARTime, Udine, IT - 2025: RED CARPET ART AWARD: Antonella Quacchia, Schottentor Metro station, Vienna, AT - 2025: Antonella Quacchia. Exhibition and live performance, Natuzzi Austria Showroom, Vienna, AT - 2024: Serendipity. Antonella Quacchia, Banca Fideuram, Rome, IT - 2024: Dalla scienza all'Arte, Conference and solo exhibition, Centro Studi G. Turcotti, Borgosesia, IT - 2023: Orizzonti Sensibili, MyOwnGallery, Superstudio Più, Milan, IT - 2023: Morphosis, Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana, Rome, IT - 2023: Die Bilderwelt der Erfahrung, City Gallery, Vienna, AT - 2022: Sguardo verso l'essenziale, Palazzo Pisani-Revedin, Venice, IT - 2022: Paths of Life, PantoART Galerie, Vienna, AT ### Art Fairs - 2026: GRAZ ART EXPO 24 - 26 April 2026, Graz, AT - 2024: 28th Innsbruck Art Fair, Innsbruck, AT - 2024: ArtZurich, Zurich, CH - 2024: ARTMUC, Munich, DE - 2024: Vernice Art Fair, Forlì, IT - 2023: XIV Florence Biennale, Florence, IT - 2023: Tokyo Tower Art Fair, Tokyo, JP - 2022: 26th Innsbruck Art Fair, Innsbruck, AT - 2021: Luxembourg Art Fair (5th edition), Luxembourg, LU ### Group Exhibitions (selected) - 2026: Master piece, 5 - 31 January 2026, CITY Gallery, Vienna, AT - 2026: Soglie invisibili, 3 - 12 July 2026, Museo Diocesano e Capitolino di Terni, Terni, IT - 2025: Mater Materia – Women Artists for a Visionary Future, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, IT - 2025: Opera con Vista, Museo Diocesano e Capitolino di Terni, Terni, IT - 2025: Osaka International Art Show, Osaka, JP - 2025: Abstract, Galerie Contemplor, Vienna, AT - 2024: Mit allen Sinnen, Kulturankerzentrum, Vienna, AT - 2024: Lights and Shadows, City Gallery, Vienna, AT - 2024: The Healing Gaze, Monserrat Contemporary Art Gallery, New York City, USA - 2024: On Tour, Galerie Hamilton, Cannes, FR - 2024: Mondi inapparenti, Palazzo dei Priori, Assisi, IT - 2024: MicroMACRO, Villa Marazzi, Cesano Boscone, Milan, IT - 2023: Lights and Shadows, ArteBorgo Gallery, Rome, IT - 2023: Prague International Art Exhibition, Čapek Hall, Prague, CZ - 2023: Perpetual Light, Elsa Victorios Gallery, Miami, USA - 2023: Ideas Empire, El Bairo Art Space, New York City, USA - 2023: Il respiro dei mondi, Casa di Dante, Florence, IT - 2022: Abstract, City Gallery, Vienna, AT - 2022: Hidden Treasures, Monat Gallery, Madrid, ES - 2022: Woman Essence, 24b Gallery, Paris, FR - 2021: Contemporary Venice, Misericordia Archives, Venice, IT - 2017–2019: Artist Collectives, Geneva, CH (ILO, ITU, ARTQuarium) ### Auction Participation - 2025: Red Element 5, FIRA Gala for Research in Rheumatology, Milan, IT — Donated and catalogued via CharityStars international charity auction platform ## Critical Reception - [Critics](https://antonella-quacchia.com/about-me/critics): Curated reviews from art critics and curators ### Sandra Miranda Pattin — Artist and Curator > "Il lavoro di Antonella Quacchia affonda le radici in esperienze di dislocamento. È nata in una città divisa dove la guerra fredda ha avuto il suo equivalente italiano: il Muro di Gorizia, un contesto che diventa simbolo di nuove separazioni, una migrazione in Brasile e conseguente adozione in una nuova famiglia. Queste fratture portano una consapevolezza preziosa: il movimento può trasformare il trauma in possibilità. Il suo linguaggio artistico nasce proprio da questo attraversare continui confini, geografici e identitari. La sua pittura è un luogo di appartenenza fragile e mutevole dove si percepisce una tensione costante, un’identità sempre in viaggio, mai del tutto arrivata." > "From a unique perspective that was shaped by a long professional life in the scientific field, working for many years at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), a fundamental principle was imprinted in Antonella Quacchia: reality has many facets, and its perception changes depending on the observer, a concept closely aligned with quantum physics, thus the possibility of multiple truths, multiple ways of understanding her journey and rewriting it with new words. This was enhanced in her subsequent work at ILO (The International Labour Organization), where the vision of so many different cultures became prove of how perspective changes the meaning of each concept and each story: it offers new dictionaries and multiple possibilities to survive definitions." > "Antonella Quacchia personal story and her fractures are echoing forced migrations, contested territories, painful frontiers. They speak of the human tendency to fragment reality in order to understand it, risking then to get lost in the attempt to put it back together. They tell of individual and collective solitude, showing how beauty can sometimes be lacerating, like a wound that keeps breathing. Ultimately her artworks are multiple ways to tell her story, alternatives that become a universal reflection on contemporary fragility: isolated individuals, weakened connections, communities falling apart. In a world where atrocities are still committed in the name of identity and belonging, one might even imagine that the absence of belonging could represent the highest form of community, one in which no one dominates and no one is excluded, where everyone shares the same open, vulnerable human space." ### Fortunato D'Amico — Art Critic & Curator > "Antonella Quacchia's artistic creations originate from an emotional core driven by a fascinating perceptive capacity, which expresses a profound spiritual tension. Her works arise from natural movements, nurtured by gestures that delicately reveal the introspective impulse, becoming immersive matter." > "From the material with which she constructs works inhabited by a strong energy, the artist reveals visions driven by chromatic emotions that release harmonious dialogues, establishing a poetic relationship between pigment and luminous reflections." ### Chiara Canali — Curator of the XIV Florence Biennale > "In her three-dimensional bohemian crystal glass installations, Antonella Quacchia succeeds magnificently in combining nature with human constructions, art with industrial production, generating new meaningful assemblages." > "Her works - at once painting, sculpture, and installation - create immersive environments where light, transparency, and colour become generators of ecological narratives." ### Matteo Galbiati — Art Critic & Editor of Espoarte Magazine > "Quacchia's pictorial language arises from the experiential flow, from the artist's sentimental experience that transposes on canvas the emotional states, the inner tensions: they become dynamic formal paths, compositional solutions whose apparent simplicity houses powerful evocative force." > "Each work is an act of liberation, a gesture of consciousness that does not imitate but transforms: the image acquires the strength of truth when it translates mood into light, movement into colour, experience into vision." ### Chiara Ferella Falda — Art Curator > "Antonella Quacchia investigates the theme of landscape and the sensible horizons of reality that become, in her artistic research, a metaphorical journey into the depth of the human soul. In her abstract compositions, the observer is confronted with a language of colour and matter that speaks directly to the senses." ### Antonio Castellana — Art Historian > "Quacchia's expressive language is characterised by chromatic harmonies and spatial rhythms that recall the emotional power of abstract expressionism, while maintaining a personal and intimate dimension, profoundly linked to her scientific background." ### Laura di Trapani — Art Critic & Journalist > "In the pictorial language of Antonella Quacchia one perceives the echo of ancient knowledge combined with absolute modernity. The matter she employs is not merely a vehicle for colour but becomes an instrument of revelation of an inner universe, a threshold between the visible and the invisible that invites contemplation." ## Press & Publications - [Press](https://antonella-quacchia.com/about-me/press): Selected articles, bibliography, and interviews ### Selected Press - Opera con Vista: la II Edizione a Terni (Oltre le Colonne), 2025 — [https://www.oltrelecolonne.it/opera-con-vista-la-ii-edizione-a-terni/#google_vignette](https://www.oltrelecolonne.it/opera-con-vista-la-ii-edizione-a-terni/#google_vignette) - Opera con Vista: La II edizione al Museo Diocesano e Capitolare di Terni, dal 17 settembre 2025 (Corriere Nazionale), 2025 — [https://www.corrierenazionale.it/2025/09/07/opera-con-vista-la-ii-edizione-al-museo-diocesano-e-capitolare-di-terni-dal-17-settembre-2025/](https://www.corrierenazionale.it/2025/09/07/opera-con-vista-la-ii-edizione-al-museo-diocesano-e-capitolare-di-terni-dal-17-settembre-2025/) - OPERA CON VISTA seconda edizione (Exibart), 2025 — [https://service.exibart.com/comunicati-stampa/opera-con-vista-seconda-edizione/](https://service.exibart.com/comunicati-stampa/opera-con-vista-seconda-edizione/) - Terni, al Museo Diocesano e Capitolare la mostra d’arte contemporanea “Opera con vista” – Radio Galileo, 2025 (Radio Galileo), 2025 — [https://www.radiogalileo.it/cultura/2025/09/01/218142-terni-al-museo-diocesano-e-capitolare-la-mostra-darte-contemporanea-opera-con-vista](https://www.radiogalileo.it/cultura/2025/09/01/218142-terni-al-museo-diocesano-e-capitolare-la-mostra-darte-contemporanea-opera-con-vista) - SERENDIPITY. MOSTRA PERSONALE DI ANTONELLA QUACCHIA (Parlamento News), 2024 — [https://parlamentonews.com/serendipity-mostra-personale-di-antonella-quacchia/](https://parlamentonews.com/serendipity-mostra-personale-di-antonella-quacchia/) - Antonella Quacchia SERENDIPITY (Exibart), 2024 — [https://www.exibart.com/evento-arte/antonella-quacchia-serendipity/](https://www.exibart.com/evento-arte/antonella-quacchia-serendipity/) - Anto­nella Quac­chia. Lo sguardo scien­ti­fico delle sue opere (PressReader), 2024 — [https://www.pressreader.com/italy/biancoscuro-rivista-d-arte-9yxd/20240401/281865828482977](https://www.pressreader.com/italy/biancoscuro-rivista-d-arte-9yxd/20240401/281865828482977) - Quacchia Antonella (Archivio Monografico Arte Italiana ), 2024 — [https://www.arteitaliana.org/di/artisti/quacchia-antonella/](https://www.arteitaliana.org/di/artisti/quacchia-antonella/) - The Healing Gaze — Art meets Medicine (Colossal), 2024 - Conference "Dalla Scienza all'Arte" a Borgosesia (La Stampa), 2024 - Serendipity: Antonella Quacchia a Roma (Art Vernice), 2024 - L'arte di Antonella Quacchia alla Cancelleria Vaticana (Exibart), 2023 - Antonella Quacchia - Orizzonti Sensibili (Artribune), 2023 — [https://www.artribune.com/mostre-evento-arte/antonella-quacchia-orizzonti-sensibili/](https://www.artribune.com/mostre-evento-arte/antonella-quacchia-orizzonti-sensibili/) - ARTE : GLI "ORIZZONI SENSIBILI" DI ANTONELLA QUACCHIA IN MOSTRA A MILANO (AGORA Varese), 2023 — [https://www.agoravarese.com/2023/10/arte-gli-orizzoni-sensibili-di.html](https://www.agoravarese.com/2023/10/arte-gli-orizzoni-sensibili-di.html) - Antonella Quacchia. Orizzonti sensibili – Naviganti di microcosmi. L’estetica dell’emozione (LiquidARTE), 2023 — [https://www.liquidarte.it/antonella-quacchia-orizzonti-sensibili-naviganti-di-microcosmi-l-estetica-dell-emozione-in-mostra.html](https://www.liquidarte.it/antonella-quacchia-orizzonti-sensibili-naviganti-di-microcosmi-l-estetica-dell-emozione-in-mostra.html) - Orizzonti sfumati e precisi microcosmi: la mostra di Antonella Quacchia a Milano (ARTSLiFE), 2023 — [https://artslife.com/2023/12/01/orizzonti-sfumati-precisi-microcosmi-mostra-antonella-quacchia-milano/](https://artslife.com/2023/12/01/orizzonti-sfumati-precisi-microcosmi-mostra-antonella-quacchia-milano/) - I MICRO-MACROCOSMI DI ANTONELLA QUACCHIA (@SUPERSTUDIO MAGAZINE), 2023 — [https://www.at-superstudiomagazine.com/it/imicro-macrocosmidiantonellaquacchia/fromhome](https://www.at-superstudiomagazine.com/it/imicro-macrocosmidiantonellaquacchia/fromhome) - Mostra e presentazione del volume monografico, nell’ambito di BookCity 2023, per l’artista Antonella Quacchia, alla MyOwnGallery (EXIBART), 2023 — [https://www.exibart.com/exibart-segnala/mostra-e-presentazione-del-volume-monografico-nellambito-di-bookcity-2023-per-lartista-antonella-quacchia-alla-myowngallery-superstudio-piu/](https://www.exibart.com/exibart-segnala/mostra-e-presentazione-del-volume-monografico-nellambito-di-bookcity-2023-per-lartista-antonella-quacchia-alla-myowngallery-superstudio-piu/) - Milano BookCity: la mostra di Antonella Quacchia (Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna), 2023 — [https://www.catalogoartemoderna.it/news/milano-bookcity-la-mostra-di-antonella-quacchia-629](https://www.catalogoartemoderna.it/news/milano-bookcity-la-mostra-di-antonella-quacchia-629) - Milano BookCity: la mostra di Antonella Quacchia (Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna), 2023 — [https://www.catalogoartemoderna.it/news/milano-bookcity-la-mostra-di-antonella-quacchia-629](https://www.catalogoartemoderna.it/news/milano-bookcity-la-mostra-di-antonella-quacchia-629) - “Morphosis” di Antonella Quacchia al Palazzo della Cancelleria Apostolica Vaticana (15 – 22 aprile) (About ART ), 2023 — [https://www.aboutartonline.com/morphosis-di-antonella-quacchia-al-palazzo-della-cancelleria-apostolica-vaticana-15-22-aprile/](https://www.aboutartonline.com/morphosis-di-antonella-quacchia-al-palazzo-della-cancelleria-apostolica-vaticana-15-22-aprile/) - ROMA - Al Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana Antonella Quacchia, Morphosis (Il CONVIVIO), 2023 — [https://ilconvivio.org/comunicatistampa/index.php?page=item&id=340](https://ilconvivio.org/comunicatistampa/index.php?page=item&id=340) - ROMA - Al Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana Antonella Quacchia, Morphosis (Il CONVIVIO), 2023 — [https://ilconvivio.org/comunicatistampa/index.php?page=item&id=340](https://ilconvivio.org/comunicatistampa/index.php?page=item&id=340) - Morphosis. L'arte contemporanea in Vaticano (Artribune), 2023 - La XIV Biennale di Firenze e le nuove frontiere dell'arte (Corriere della Sera), 2023 - Antonella Quacchia (ARTIO Gallery), 2022 — [https://www.artiogallery.com/antonella-quacchia](https://www.artiogallery.com/antonella-quacchia) ### Featured Publication - Orizzonti Sensibili ### Bibliography - Mater Materia — Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza (Catalogue), 2025 - “Serendipity. Antonella Quacchia”, Rome, 2024, ISBN 979-1221032376 (Catalogue), 2024 - Catalogo dell'arte moderna. Gli artisti italiani dal primo Novecento ad oggi - CAM60 - ISBN 978-8837424176 (Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori), 2024 - The Healing Gaze — Monserrat Contemporary Art, NYC (Catalogue), 2024 - XIV Florence Biennale — I AM YOU: Individual and Collective Identities in Contemporary Art- ISBN 9788837424046 (Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori), 2023 - Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna - CAM59 - ISBN 978-88-374-2396-4 (Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori), 2023 - Morphosis — Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana, Roma (Catalogue), 2023 - Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna - Gli artisti italini dal primo '900 ad oggi - CAM58 - ISBN 978-8837419677 (Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori), 2022 - We Contemporary - ISBN 9788894626032 (Serradifalco Editori - Musa INternational), 2022 - World of Art : La Biennale di Venezia 2022 issue of World of Art Magazine - ISBN 9789189685536 (World Of Art (WOA) Publishing), 2022 - We are Reversal. Musa Pavilion. Venice 2022 - ISBN 978-88-946260-2-5 (Musa International ), 2022 - Book, Art Anthology V, Madrid edition, Guto Ajayu Culture, 2022, ISBN 978-84-19308-18-4 (Liber Factory), 2022 - Woman's Essence 2022. The Woman of the Contemporary Art - ISBN 9788894626018 (MUSA INTERNATIONAL), 2022 ### Interviews - El Movimiento: De Separación a Abundancia | Entrevista a Antonella Quacchia en RCE 106.9 FM: Acompáñame en esta entrevista profundamente personal e inspiradora en "Finestres, picos i piramides" con Abel Segura en... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/74sd5WGdQmA) - STORYTIME - Interview with Antonella QUACCHIA - Contemporary Artist (Italian) Nov 2023: Storytime interview with artist Antonella Quacchia, Milano, 27.11.2023. Exploring the artist's art concept and relations... — [Watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28OfvAVQJMk) - Presentation of the Book - Sensitive Horizons - Libreria BOCCA MILANO Dec 2023: In December 2023, Antonella Quacchia was hosted at the historic Libreria Bocca, Italy’s oldest bookstore (est. 1775), lo... — [Watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M68cS0Q0vww&t=35s) - Antonella Quacchia presenta alcuni lavori legati alla pandemia COVID 19 (english subtitles).: Contemporary Artist Antonella QUACCHIA discusses her artworks created during the COVID19 pandemic with Film Director Leo... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/TB-0zkGkb8c) - Orizzonti Sensibili - la personale di Antonella Quacchia allo Spazio MyOwn Gallery di Milano.: L'artista contemporanea Antonella Quacchia presenta la sua mostra Orizzonti Sensibili allo Spazio MyOwn Gallery SuperStu... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/8KZNBWQjjiM) - Arte24 presenta l'artista Contemporanea Antonella Quacchia, pittrice e scultrice di arte astratta.: In un dialogo con Daniele Nicosia durante la trasmissione Arte24 "Viaggio nell'Arte", l’artista Contemporanea ANTONELLA... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/KuRQzr0IOWs) - Antonella Quacchia presenta Floating Thoughts, intervista a MyOwnGallery, SuperStudio Piu' Milano - Nov 2023: Nel corso della personale Orizzonti Sensibili presso MyOwnGallery – Superstudio Più di Milano, l’artista Antonella Quacc... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/0XKVx0puTr0) - Art critic Marta Lock presents ANTONELLA QUACCHIA Solo Exhibition, Palazzo Pisani-Revedin, Venice, 2022: Art critic Marta Lock at the opening of Contemporary Artist Antonella QUACCHIA solo exhibition "Look towards the essenti... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/VkZeIyra3yQ) - Antonella Quacchia - Interview during the FUTURO Exhibition , June 2021, Milano, Italy: Contremporary artist Antonella Quacchia is interviewed during the Vernissage of the FUTURO Exhibition, 10-24th June 2021... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/HBjKRnfCiy0) - Antonella Quacchia Interview with MONAT Gallery Madrid, on 6th July 2022: Contemporary artist Antonella QUACCHIA is intervewed on 6 July 2022 by MONAT Gallery, Madrid during the exhibition "Hidd... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/7u5gsc0B5tQ) - Art should evoke emotions - Artist Talk with Antonella Quacchia : Maciej Ryszard Pajak, CEO of Arthentico, Vienna, talks with Contemporary artist Antonella QUACCHIA in the artist Atelier... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/3iWtmvIarPo?si=9NiQzCBxffpEEqdL) - Luca Curci talks with Antonella Quacchia during the opening of CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2021 - THE SECRET GARDEN, at Misericordia Archives: Luca CURCI, CEO of ITSLIQUID, Interviews Contemporary Artist Antonella Quacchia during the opening of the CONTEMPORARY V... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/Bfr-LwLqHwo?si=eh62YypspEc561nE) - 5 Minuten mit - Antonella Quacchia: pantoART Atelier und Galerie präsentiert im Rahmen der Interview-Reihe "5 Minuten mit..." das Gespräch mit der italienis... — [Watch](https://youtu.be/sxcV1-3NzaE?si=t4-HwgwIe89Vv629) ## Contact - [Contact Me](https://antonella-quacchia.com/contact-me): Inquiry form for commissions, collaborations, and artwork purchases - Email: anton4art@gmail.com - Atelier: Atelier - Vienna — Seidengasse 25, 1070 Wien, Austria - Atelier: Atelier - Barcelona — Av. de Gaudi 44, 08025 Barcelona - Gallery: Artexpertise Gallery, Cannes, FR - Gallery: Contemplor Galerie, Vienna, AT ## Site Navigation - [Home](https://antonella-quacchia.com): Homepage with featured works and artist statement - [Portfolios](https://antonella-quacchia.com/portfolios): Browse all portfolio collections - [Events](https://antonella-quacchia.com/events): Exhibitions, shows, and art events - [About Me](https://antonella-quacchia.com/about-me): Artist biography and background - [Artist Journey](https://antonella-quacchia.com/about-me/artist-journey): Detailed artistic biography - [Exhibitions](https://antonella-quacchia.com/about-me/exhibitions): Full exhibition history - [Critics](https://antonella-quacchia.com/about-me/critics): Critical reviews and curator quotes - [Press](https://antonella-quacchia.com/about-me/press): Press articles and interviews - [Contact Me](https://antonella-quacchia.com/contact-me): Get in touch or inquire about artwork ## Optional - [Privacy Policy](https://antonella-quacchia.com/legal/privacy-policy): Site privacy policy - [Cookie Policy](https://antonella-quacchia.com/legal/cookie-policy): Cookie usage information - [Sitemap](https://antonella-quacchia.com/sitemap): Full HTML sitemap of all public pages - [XML Sitemap](https://antonella-quacchia.com/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap