Artista ma anche restauratrice di arte contemporanea, Rachel utilizza diverse tecniche; fotografia, video, disegno, scultura o assemblaggi di elementi naturali. Confronta momenti del proprio percorso biografico, con idee, simboli e concetti universali, alla continua ricerca del significato nascosto delle cose. Attraverso il suo sguardo autocritico condito di ironia, cerca di trovare un contatto, una complementarità che possa accorciare le distanze tra la visione moderna dei nostri riti o delle nostre azioni quotidiane, e i loro molteplici significati.
Dal 2016 fa parte del gruppo collettivo FAMA-Four Artists for a Metastable Art.
Dal 2013 è curatrice e artista dello spazio Artforms, parte di Puntocon-contemporaneo condiviso, network di spazi indipendenti a Prato, (Italia).
Il suo lavoro è stato esposto in centri d’arte, gallerie e istituzioni tra le quali: III International Triennale of Contemporary Graphic Arts, Novosibirsk, Russia. – First international Festival of Manuports, Kohta, Helsinky, Finlandia. – ULUS Triennale of Extended Media, Belgrade, Serbia. – Centre d’Art La garenne Lemot, Clisson (FR) – L’ˆlot Sauvage, Niort (FR) – La Déviation, Marsiglia (FR) – La Station, Parigi – Villa Romana, Firenze – MOM Art Space, Amburgo – Les éditions extensibles, Parigi – Vitraria Glass + Art Museum, Venezia – Fiera d’arte ArtVerona, Verona – Careof, Milano – Museo del Tessuto, Prato – Spazio Cu.Bo, Bologna – Museo del Novecento, Monsummano Terme – GAMC, Viareggio – Centro Franco Basaglia, Livorno – Accademia di belle Arti, Iasi, Romania.
Artist but also restorer of contemporary art, Rachel uses various techniques; photography, video, drawing, sculpture or assemblies of natural elements. She compares
moments from her own biographical path, with universal ideas, symbols and concepts, in a continuous search for the hidden meaning of things. Through a self-critical look seasoned with irony, she seeks to create a contact, a complementarity that can narrow the distances between the modern vision of our daily rites and actions, and
their multiple meanings.
Since 2016 she is part of the collective group FAMA-Four Artists for a Metastable Art.
Main exhibitions: III International Triennale of Contemporary Graphic Arts, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2021. First international Festival of Manuports, Kohta, Helsinky, Finland,
- ULUS Triennale of Extended Media, Belgrade, Serbia, 2021. Comme de longs échos, La Garenne Lemot, Clisson, 2021. Murmurations, L’ilôt Sauvage, Niort, 2020
Ghost Attractor, MOM Art Space, Hamburg, 2019. Iconosmach, Palazzo Wagner-Fontana, Firenze, 2019. PAC Printemps de l’Art Contemporain, La Déviation, Marseille,
- La confidentielle, Pavillon d’Arte Contemporanea, La Station, Paris, 2018. Gonzine n°7, Paris, 2018. BAU n°13, 14, 15, 18, Contenitore di Cultura Contemporanea,
GAMC, Viareggio. 2016/2021. Sur la page, abandonnés Vol 2. Les éditions extensibles. Paris. 2017. Tumble Time, Spazio MOO, Prato. 2016. PAC 180 – Serate Illuminate.
Centro Franco Basaglia, Livorno, 2016. Teach back + io vedo, io guardo, “CRAC centro Ricerca Arte Contemporanea: Ten years 2004/2014”, Careof, Milan, 2014. Vitraria
Glass + Art Museum. Palazzo Nani Mocenigo. Venice, 2014. Indipendents – Fiera ArtVerona, Verona, 2014. Riflessi d’Italia, Spazio Cu.Bo, Bologna. 2013. “…”, Spazio Vault,
Prato, 2010.
Main collaborations: Symballein, for Creative Wear, Museo del Tessuto, Prato. Iasi, Romania. Palermo, Sicily. Je vois de la lumière noire, R.Morellet/R.Di Vaia, SACI Gallery,
Florence, 2018. Skūmaz, a metastable state, Villa Romana, Florence. 2017. Omaggio a Henry James, Performance «Con Te» by Erica Romano, Palazzo Reale, Genova.
- Shameless. Privat Flat #7, Florence. 2011.
EDUCATION
1995 Art History, University III, Montpellier.
2001 National School of Art Restauration, Avignon.
PERSONAL / Bi-PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2021 Fendendo le nuvole, i monti varcai, E. Sauer/R. Morellet. Spazio MOO, Prato.
2019 Je vois de la lumière noire, R. Morellet/R. Di Vaia. Curated by Spela Zidar, SACI Gallery, Firenze.
2016 Tumble Time. Curated by Spela Zidar, Spazio MOO, Prato.
2014 Vicine DiStanze. Curated by Pierluca Nardoni, La bottega instabile, Bologna.
2007 Contrastes. Curated by Alessandra Scappini, Cuccirelli art passages. Cassano Magnano (Va).
RESIDENCES
2018 Artistic residence at the Centre de production artistique La Déviation. 20-30 august 2018, L’Estaque, Marseille.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2021 III International Triennale of Contemporary Graphic Arts, Novosibirsk, Russia.
First international Festival of Manuports, Kohta, Helsinky, Finland,
ULUS Triennale of Extended Media, Belgrade, Serbia.
Comme de longs échos, Domaine de la Garenne Lemot, Clisson.
2020 Murmurations, L’îlot sauvage, Niort.
Ghost Attractor, FAMA: V.Lapolla, E.Sauer, T.Villani, R. Morellet. Mom Art Space, Hamburg.
2019 Iconosmach. Palazzo Wagniere-Fontana. Curated by Valeria d’Ambrosio, Firenze.
PAC Printemps de l’Art Contemporain, La Déviation, Marseille.
2018 Potlatch. Curated by La Déviation, l’Estaque, Marseille.
La confidentielle. Station Galerie, curated by LFDAC. Paris.
2017 Skumaz, a metastable state. Pavillon di Villa Romana, Firenze
BAU 14 – GPS. Contenitore di Cultura Contemporanea, GAMC, Viareggio.
Sur la page, abandonnés Vol 2. Edition of texts by visual artists. Les éditions extensibles, Paris.
PAC 180 – Serate Illuminate 2016. Centro Franco Basaglia, Livorno.
Teach back + io vedo , io guardo. “CRAC centro Ricerca Arte Contemporanea: Ten years 2004 – 2014”, Careof, Milano.
BAU 13- Dress Codex, Contenitore di Cultura Contemporanea, GAMC, Viareggio.
Best Wishes. Curated by Alessandra Scappini, Meridiana Country Hotel, Calenzano (FI).
2015 Missing Masses #11 – Oltrecittà. Curated by Giacomo Bazzani, Villa la Magia, Quarrata (PT).
Io vedo, Io guardo. Itinerant exhibition for the CRAC of Cremona. Curated by Annalisa Cattani, Artforms, Prato.
Missing Masses #2 – Immagina su questo lato. Curated by Giacomo Bazzani, Spazio Hungry Eyes, Milano.
2014 Indipendents – Fiera ArtVerona. Curated by Start with Art, Verona.
Vitraria Glass+ Art Museum. Curated by Ewald Stastny, Palazzo Nani Mocenigo, Venezia.
ni Haut ni BAs. Curated by Alessandro Gallicchio, Galleria MOO, Prato.
2013 Total Space/Spazio Totale .Curated by Alessandra Scappini, D’A spazio d’arte Sincresis, Empoli.
IN/Contemporanea Via Genova. Curated by Via Genova 17, Contemporanea Festival 2013, Prato.
Riflessi d’Italia. Curated by Chiara Argenteri e Angela Memola, Spazio Cu.Bo, Bologna.
2012 Art Garden. Giardino dell’Orticoltura, Firenze.
2010 New Babylon: osservatorio di metamorfosi. Private Flat #6. Curated by Alessandro Gallicchio e Alessandra Acocella, Firenze.
“…” François Morellet, Rachel Morellet/Julien Lavigne, Florent Morellet. Curated by Francesco Funghi and Sara Vannacci, Spazio Vault, Prato.
Drawings printed in the independent revue: “La revue des gens biens et pas bien du tout n°2”, Paris
2009 HSP – Hallucinatory Sleep Paralysis. Curated by Francesco Funghi and Sara Vannacci, Studio MDT, Prato.
2007 9 zoom sulla quotidianità. Curated by Sol Henaro, Officina giovani, Prato.
De Soto, esplora te stesso (Emily Dickinson). Curated by Alessandra Scappini, D’A spazio d’arte Sincresia, Empoli.
2006 D.A.B, Oggetti d’arte e di design. Palazzo comunale, Modena. 2006, Rotte Metropolitane 2005,
Curated by Lorenzo Bruni, SACI, Florence.
Fallen Angel. Galleria Federico Bellini, Cascina (PI).
2005 APRE RiartEco, 7°edition, Winner of the 1° price RiartEco, Firenze.
COLLABORATIONS:
2021 Fendendo le nuvole, i monti varcai, E. Sauer/R. Morellet. Spazio MOO, Prato.
2019 Symballein. R. Morellet/P. Gori. Curated by Artforms e DimoraOz for Creative Wear, Museo del Tessuto, Prato. Iasi, Romania. Palermo.
Je vois de la lumière noire, R. Morellet/ R. Di Vaia. Curated by Spela Zida, SACI Gallery, Firenze.
2018 BAU 15 – OUT. Project with V.Lapolla, E.Sauer, T.Villani. Contenitore di Cultura Contemporanea, GAMC, Viareggio.
2016 Omaggio a Henry James. Performance “Con te” by Erica Romano with the art piece “Alterstate”, Palazzo Reale, Genova.
Under Vision + FOG. Performance by and with Eugenia Coscarella e Anna Solinas, on scene with the piece “Alterstate”. I Maccelli No Theater, Certaldo (FI).
Habitat, La ricomposizione di Gloria Campriani. Curated by Alessandra Frosini, Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo Alto (Fi).
2012 Notte Contemporanea Via Genova. Lamortellevigne: Rachel Morellet/Julien Lavigne, Curated by Corte Genova 17, Contemporenea Festival 2012, Prato.
2011 Shameless, Privat Flat 7. Lamortellevigne: Rachel Morellet/ Julien Lavigne. Curated by Alessandro Gallicchio e Alessandra Acocella, Firenze.
EDITIONS:
2021 BAU 18, Contenitore di Cultura Contemporanea, GAMC, Viareggio.
2018 Gonzine n°7. Curated by Sarah Fisthole, Paris.
2017 Sur la page, abandonnés Vol 2. Les éditions extensibles, Paris.
BAU 14 – GPS. Contenitore di Cultura Contemporanea, GAMC, Viareggio.
2016 BAU 13- Dress Codex, Contenitore di Cultura Contemporanea, GAMC, Viareggio.
2010 La revue des gens biens et pas bien du tout n°2, Independent revue, Paris.
WORKSHOPS:
2021 Workshop Metastabile (FAMA) for the Scuola Popolare 2021 at Villa Romana, Firenze.
2018 Workshop with students from Liceo linguistico, Firenze. Curated by Associazione Artour, Villa Romana, Firenze.
2017 Territori Contemporanei 2016/17. Workshop and exhibition with students from Liceo Artistico of Montemurlo. Curated by CUT, Palazzo Pretorio e Biblioteca Lazzerini, Prato.
2007 Networking – Integration and conflict . Curated by A cura di Giacomo Bazzani, Villa Renatico Martini, Monsummano terme (PT)
2004 Networking – My home una casa in città. Curated by Arianna di Genova, TRA ART. Firenze
COLLECTIVE FAMA: For Artists for a Metastable Art : (Valentina Lapolla – Rachel Morellet – Eva Sauer – Tatiana Villani)
2021 Workshop Metastabile for the Scuola Popolare 2021 at Villa Romana, Firenze.
2020 Ghost Attractor, Mom Art Space, Hamburg.
2018 Artistic residence at the Centre de production artistique La Deviation. 20-30 august 2018, L’Estaque, Marseille.
BAU 15 – OUT. Contenitore di Cultura Contemporanea, GAMC, Viareggio.
2017 Skumaz, a metastable state. Pavillon di Villa Romana, Firenze.