Marta Ravasi’s diminutive works continue a long tradition of art historical still lives. Rather than painted from life, Ravasi’s works are coalesced from a range of disparate imagery, from her own photographs to images discovered from scouring the internet.
Printed out and stored in her studio the images take on a new life, acquiring marks, traces, and imperfections from their environment and the passage of time. These subtle material changes make their way into the weave of her canvases further complicating the reading and provenance of the imagery. Many of her subjects are explored in different ways over time with subtle changes in brushwork and colour, or slight shifts in perspective pushing the limits of the painting and allowing them to shift and evolve.
Marta Ravasi (b.1987, Lecco, Italy) lives and works in Milan. Ravasi received her MA in Fine Art from Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL, London in 2012 and her BA in Painting from Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan in 2009. She also studied at Hogeschool Sint Lukas in Brussels, Belgium in 2008. Recent solo exhibitions include Fresca, Galerie Elsa Meunier, Dans Les Yeux d’Elsa, Paris, France (2025); Solo Geometry, Painter Painting Paintings, London, UK (2024); Marta Ravasi, Diez Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2024); Bucce, Acappella, Naples, Italy (2023); Planet Caravan, Sonnenstube, Lugano, Switzerland (2021); Violette di Marte, Fanta Spazio, Milan, Italy (2017). Recent group exhibitions include Clipper Cuts, Brussels, Belgium (2025); NAR, Distance of the Rim, Tokyo, Japan (2025); Le cose che non sappiamo, Galleria Romero Paprocki, Paris, France (2025); Premio Cairo, Museo della Permanente, Milan, Italy (2024); Familiar, Gauli Zitter Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2024); A.M.O Project, Laura Bartlett for Ambra Medda, London, UK (2023); Pittura Italiana Oggi, curated by Da- miano Gullì, Triennale, Milan, Italy (2023).
