Through a reflection on painting, seen in a broader perspective and including pictorial installation and, in it, physical phenomena such as shadows and reflections, HElena Valsecchi investigates the dimensions of life / death / sacred / memory through the rhetoric of the double, and their experience in the contemporary context.
Since 2015, she has been regularly exhibiting in Portugal and abroad, and she has participated in several art residencies. Carmona e Costa / MArt bursarist for 2019-2020 MArt’s Art Residency program.

HElena Valsecchi was born in Novara, Italy, in 1976. She currently lives and works between Lisbon and Peniche, Portugal

2020

Art Residency at RAMA – Residências Artísticas, Maceira, Torres Vedras, Portugal.
“Insterstício”, collective exhibition. MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal.
“Exposição de Bolseiros MArt 2019/2020”, Galeria Sá da Costa, Lisbon, Portugal.

2019

Art residency at “Casa Animal” with Musa Paradisíaca. Fábrica da Pólvora, Vale de Milhaços, Portugal.
“Ronda da noite”, final exhibition of MArt’s “Acadêmia de Verão”. “Montejunto 1” project was awarded with Carmona and Costa / MArt / Sá da Costa bursary for the 2019-2020 MArt Artistic Residency program. Lisbon, Portugal.
“PLACELESS”, solo exhibit. Lx Factory, Lisbon, Portugal
“Coexistência e Negociação”, collective exhibit. Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães, Cascais, Portugal

2018

ArtParma Fair with “809 Art Gallery”, Parma, Italy
Ar.Co Art Residency, São Carlos Theater, Lisbon, Portugal
Collective exhibition “8”, Fábrica Braço de Prata, Lisbon, Portugal
Exposição colectiva, Centro Cultural Malaposta, Odivelas, Portugal

2017

Collective exhibit, Galeria Beltrão Coelho, Lisbon, Portugal
Honorable mention at “Bienal de Artes Plásticas de S. Catarina”, Leiria, Portugal
Solo exhibit, Câmara Municipal do Cadaval, Portugal.
Collective exhibition, Centro de Documentação da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

2016

Solo exhibition. Banco Popolare, Novara, Italy.

Selected for an exhibition in VerdiOFF circuit, in occasion of “Festival Verdi”, Teatro Regio – Parma, Italy
“Paratissima”, Lisbon, Portugal
Solo exhibition, Fábrica Braço de Prata, Lisbon, Portugal
Art residency funded by Glo’Art Art Center, Lanaken, Belgium.

2015

Collective exhibit. Açores Fringe Festival. Madalena, Açores, Portugal.
“Tonalidades”, art residency. Live performance. Museu do Pico, Açores, Portugal.

Studies

2020: “Insterstício”. Workshop with Vasco Barata. MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019-2020: Resident Artist at MArt – Bursary MArt / Carmona e Costa / Sá da Costa. Lisbon. Mentorships with Paulo Brighenti, André Almeida e Sousa, Francisca Carvalho.
2018-2019: Courses / Mentorships with Paulo Brighenti, André Almeida e Sousa, Miguel Ferrão. MART, Lisbon, Portugal.
2018: “A Sombra e o seu Duplo” with Fabrizio Montecchi, Museu da Marioneta, Lisbon, Portugal
2018: Drawing and painting, Ar.Co. With Rita Thomaz and Pedro Calhau, Lisbon, Portugal
2014: “Workshop Prático para Fazer uma Escultura Básica em Madeira” with Claire de Santa Coloma – Moinho da Fonte Santa, Alandroal, Portugal
2011 – Puppet Making Course, Academia Kabuki – Lisbon, Portugal
2003 – 2006 – Theater studies – Campo Teatrale, Milan, Italy (various representations)
1999 – Degree in Public Relations – IULM, Milan, Italy
1991 – 1995 – Theater course, “Caterpillar” company with Wanda Maio – Liceo Scientifico Antonelli, Novara, Italy (several shows and contests at national level)