Monica Bonvicini

Monica Bonvicini, an Italian artist born in Venice in 1965, has gained international recognition for her work in performing arts and sculpture.
As a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and in collaboration with Berengo Studio, she has utilized various mediums such as photography, installations, glass works, and video performances to explore issues of identity and gender.
Her work is a physical manifestation of freedom that vehemently opposes any form of power.
Bonvicini was awarded the prestigious Leone d'Oro at the 1999 Venice Biennale and has exhibited her work at the Biennale of Berlin (1998, 2004, 2014), the Paris Triennale (2012), and the Venice Biennale (1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2015).
Her solo shows have been displayed at notable institutions such as the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2002), the Art Institute of Chicago (2009), the Kunstmuseum in Basel (2009), the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg (2012), the Berlinische Galerie (2017), the Kunsthalle in Bielefeld (2021), and the Raffaella Cortese Gallery in Milan (2022), and she is set to showcase her work at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin in 2023 in collaboration with Berengo Studio.

Monica Bonvicini | In My Hand, 2019