Arianna Marcolin (Schio 1998) is an Italian painter whose work continues the existentialist imagery of places, light, and silence. The subjects that inspire her — mostly rooms, objects, and architectural elements — evoke a suspended moment in which things seem close to an epiphany, as though about to reveal one of their secrets (E. Montale, The Lemon Trees).

Her education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, between Carlo di Raco’s painting atelier and Giovanni Turria’s printmaking school, allowed her to move freely between the language of painting and the form of the artist’s book, under the poetic influence of Isabella Leardini. Her childhood, spent among the printing presses of the family print shop — where the artist herself worked throughout her years of study — gave her research a rigorous character. Her modus operandi, shaped by the syncopated rhythms of factory work and by the obsession with meeting production deadlines, led the artist to attribute particular value to those unproductive moments in which we are allowed to remain still and listen.

After her Venetian period, in 2023, at the end of her residency in the studios of the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, she took part in several projects throughout Italy, including the beginning of her collaboration with Ex Elettrofonica in Rome, La Folgore di Atena with Cassata Drone Expanded Archive in Palermo and the Sicilian countryside, and nearly a year-long residency at ViaFarini in Milan.

In 2024 she moved to Paris, where she was assigned a studio at Poush Manifesto, a space hosting up to 270 artists’ studios. Arianna remains deeply connected to her places of origin and continues to collaborate with several Italian institutions and independent spaces, including Casa Capra in Schio, founded by Saverio Bonato, Lavinoss Fabbrica Arte in Vicenza, and Casa Testori in Milan.

Solo exhibitions: 2026 Buio all’arrivo: il primo accende le luci — Officine Lavinoss, Vicenza; 2025 L’Azzurro del Cielo — Ex Elettrofonica; 2024 Cet amour caché — Casa Capra, Schio; 2023 Stanza Iperbarica — Ex Elettrofonica; 2022 Promemoria — L’Idea di Amatori, Vicenza.

Selected group exhibitions: L’utile et l’agréable — Poush Manifesto, Paris; Une maison familiale — Axel Fried, Marseille; Deserted Islands — ArtCity Bologna 2023; Vedersi da fuori vedersi da dentro — curated by Angel Moya Garcia for Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice; 103rd and 104th Bevilacqua La Masa Collective Exhibitions — Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice.