Romina de Novellis


Romina De Novellis, an Italian performer born in Naples, was a longtime resident of Rome.
After many years dedicated to dance and theater, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dance de London and continued
her studies at the University of Rome 3. She lives in Paris, where she is a PhD
student in Anthropology et Sociology at the EHESS. Her thesis is on the anthropology of the body.
Her artistic work is on the concept of the body in terms of public processions, installed in urban spaces
and followed by the gaze of passers-by.
Gesture is at the center of these paintings that come to life through her body. Her aim is to show how
a state of trance, alienation and madness, can manifest on the body, especially in the precarious
human conditions that exist on the margins of society. Women, Saints, Daughters, Icons of everyday life, the protagonists of Romina De
Novellis's work originate from her studies in anthropology and ethnomusicology. These women
become a social message and, at the same time, politics.

Performances

Performance, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, 2013
Frasq festival performance, Le Générateur, Paris 2012
La Nuit Blanche 2012, Paris
Exposition Noli me Tangere, curator Raffaella Barbato, Disturb, Napoli
Dimanche rouge festival performance 2012, Paris
La Nuit des Galeries, Circuito 2012, Parcours Nomades 2012, Mairie de Paris
Les états limites, exhibition at 7.5 Club, Paris
Exposition Corps, Paysages, Mutations, Inception Gallery, Paris
Chez Marc Lenot, Les Lunettes Rouges, blog contemporary art Le Monde, Paris
In collaboration with Nadine Sures, Canadian performer, with the support of State of Canada
Zico House – Beirut, Libano.
2011
Performance/Exposition Resistance, curator Moataz Nasar, Darb 11718 contemporary art center,Cairo, Egypte
Performance/Exposition Conductions, curator David Zerbib, Jeune Création, Le 104, Paris
La Nuit Blanche 2011, Circuito festival performing art 2011, Mairie de Paris and Mairie de Clichy
Lady Fest 2011, Rome