SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
PIUME E FINESTRE ( FEATHERS AND WINDOWS), Galerie Territoires Partagés, Marseille.
2013
ECLIPSE, inside of the project dedicated to The Existential trilogy_A tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni, with Elizabeth Aro and I Santissimi, Gagliardi Art System Gallery, Torino, curated by Maria Cristina Strati.
2012
TAMED BODIES, curated by Carolina Lio , Gestalt Gallery, Pietrasanta.
2009
VI BEDBUG, Cantiere San Bernardo Association, Pisa, catalogue curated by NAC.
2006
CLAUDIA MAINA, curated by Claudio Beccaria, Nac Cultural Association, Novara.
2005
MM15*2005, curated by Amedeo Mantegani, a+m bookstore, Milano.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
MA…CON LEGGEREZZA StudiFestival #3 LORENZO MANENTI_CLAUDIA MAINA_FABIO MARULLO Curated by Di G.Buffoli, A. Roelink e S.Spera, Milan;
STUDIO FREUD, curated by Fabio Carnaghi, Studifestival3#, Studio di Psicoterapia B&G, Milan.
2016
Kitten Kabinet, Mars Association, Milan, curated by Lorenza Boisi;
AFFEZIONI (AFFECTION)_Rita Casdia, Claudia Maina, Marta Roberti. STUDIFESTIVAL#2_2016, Milan.
2015
OPEN THE BOXES 2, Gagliardi Art System, Turin.
2014
Pulsart Restart_Ritual, Spazio Shed, Schio (Vi), curated by Anna Zerbaro Pezzin;
Food Connection. Open Studios, Tornielli Museum, Ameno (No) curated by Giorgio Caione and Asilo Bianco cultural association;
ZooArt, Fresia Garden, Cuneo curated by Fabio Cafagna (Arteco) in collaboration with Art.ur
2013
Pulsart Restart_The Witch Hunt, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio curated by Anna Zerbaro Pezzin.
2011
Imbalance and Insecurity, curated by Anna D’Ambrosio, Amy-d Arte Spazio Gallery, Milan;
Biennale Di Soncino, curated by Quartiere3 cultural Association, Ex Filanda Meroni, Soncino (Cr), catalogue curated by Quartiere3;
Pink Different, Meltin Pop, curated by Rigo, Arona (No) ;
Lo stato del’arte nel 2011, curated by Loris Di Falco, Obraz Gallery, Milan;
Contaminazioni_7 Stanze in cerca d’autore, curated by Paola Boccaletti, Museo Civico Polironiano San Benedetto Po (Mn).
2010
Premio Arte Novara, selected by Cristina Trivellin, Palazzo Bellini, Oleggio, Novara;
La città invisibile, cureted by mauro Papa Cassero Senese, Grosseto.
2009
Look At Festival, Video Installation exhibition, cureted by Elena Marcheschi, Ex-Manifattura Tabacchi, Lucca;
Un’idea di donna curated by Alessandro Beltrami, Zero.Otto Gallery Arte Contemporanea, Lodi, Milan.
2007
Workshop project Memoria Esterna in collaboration with ZimmerFrei group curated by Chiara Agnello, care/of, Milan;
salon I 2007, student’s exhibition curated by Brera Academy, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan;
ProgettoWorkInProgress, curated by Elena DiRaddo Studio Tufano 25, Milan.
2006
Bizarre, curated by cultural association Corporè of Pisa, La Limonaia, Pisa; Unico/Multiplo, in collaboration with Matteo Berra and Daniela Barulli, curated by ElenaDiRaddo, Studio Tufano25, Milan.
2004
Il Sacro, curated by Andrea Dall’Asta, San Fedele Gallery, Milano;
Ritmi, curated by Andrea Dall’Asta and Stefano Pirovano, with the collaboration of Galleria San Fedele, Bollate, Milan.
2003
Utopia dell’identità, Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica, Milan.
2001
Salon I , Museo della Permanente, Milan.
2000
Esperienze della scultura contemporanea all’Accademia di Brera curated by Luisa Somaini, Chiesa Vecchia, S. Pietro all’Olmo, Milan.
VIDEO FESTIVAL
2016
IDENTITÁ E VIOLENZA (Identity & Violence) – Dialoghi tra videoarte e sociologia (dialogue between art and sociology), ARCI_ Via Quarenghi 34_Bergamo, scrrening video curated by artistis.sociologists e Visualcontainer;
Oblíqua / Mostra Internacional de Videoarte & Cinema Experimental, Appleton Square, Lisbona, a cura di Visualcontainer.
2015
CÓDEC Festival_ Festival/Muestra de Vídeo Y Creaciones Sonora, CASA TALAVERNA Centro Histórico, Col. Cuauhtémoc, México, Curated by Tommaso Pedone.
2014
Videovision, Video Exhibition, Galleria Nuvole, Palermo curated by Rita Casdia;
Fuori Festival, Gauss Station, Pesaro curated by Anna Zerbaro Pezzin.
2012
Ti Racconto a project by Art Hub, Cremona, curated by Giovanni Viceconte and Cecilia Guida.
2011
The Scientist_2011 International Videoart Ferrara curated by G.A.I Ferrara.
2010
BAC!2010: TIME 11.0 Edition of Barcelona Art Contemporary Festival, Screening of selection:: EXPERIMENTAL TEXTURES :: Curated by Gye Joong Kim.
2008
Dal Corpo alla Città. Cinque parole per il video d’autore, curated by Mario Gorni, Biblioteca Civica, Verona;
Corto Dams Festival, Cuneo.
2007
Invideo 2007. Tra Arte e Nuove Tecnologie, curated By Paolo Rosa, Spazio Oberdan, Milan;
CineMi curated by Luca Mosso e Paolo Rosa, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan.
2006
Corti di Villa Soranzo, curated by Mario ferdeghini and Mauro Gervasini, Pinacoteca, Varallo Pombia (No).
PRIZE
2011
Finalist prize Premio Ora, curated by Carolina Lio.
Finalist Premio Pasinetti _Mario Cosua video Art Prize.
Selected in Combat Prize, Livorno.
2008
Selected Corto Dams Festival, Montà (CN), Falling-Clothing video.
2006
First prize Opera Prima Urbania (Ur), Miss Maina Magic video.
RESIDENCIES
2014 Le Château De La Napoule, La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu, France.
Claudia Maina is a Milano-based artist.
She gradueted in Sculptur and in Interactive and Performative Art at Brera Academy of Fine Art in Milan with a thesis about the interconnections between sculpture and music.
Her artwork originates from a reflection about the meaning of the body. She employs many different mediums, including drawing, sculpture, site-specific installation, and video.
Since 2000 she has been invited to several group shows among which in 2015 Open the boxes 2, Gagliardi Art System_Torino; 2014 Pulsart Restart_Ritual, Spazio Shed, Schio (Vi) Curated by Anna Zerbaro Pezzin; Food Connection. Museo Tornielli, Ameno (No) curated by Giorgio Caione and Asilo Bianco Association.
In 2013 La Trilogia Esistenziale_Omaggio a Michelangelo Antonioni (The existential Trilogy. A tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni) , GAS Gallery, Curated by Maria Cristina Strati; Pulsart Restart_The Witch Hunt, Palazzo Fogazzaro, curated by Anna Zerbaro Pezzin.
In 2012 Corpi docili, (Tamed Bodies) solo exhibition Gestalt Gallery, Pietrasanta curated by Carolina Lio.
In 2011 Imbalance and Insecurity, Amy-d Arte Spazio Gallery, Milan curated by Anna D’Ambrosio; The Scientist_2011 International Videoart Festival in Ferrara curated by G.A.I Ferrara; Contamination, Museo Civico Polironiano San Benedetto Po (Mn) curated by Paola Boccaletti.
In 2010 Experimental Texture, BAC!2010: TIME 11.0 Edition of Barcelona Art Contemporary Festival curated by Gye Joong Kim; Novara Art Prize Palazzo Bellini, Oleggio (No) video selection curated by Cristina Trivellin.
In 2009 Look At Festival, video installation exhibition Ex-Manifattura Tabacchi, Lucca, curated by Elena Marcheschi.
In 2008 From body to City. Five word for artist’s videos, in collaboration with ArtVerona Biblioteca Civica in Verona curated by Mario Gorni, in 2007 External Memory in collaboration with ZimmerFrei group, Care/of in Milan curated by Chiara Agnello.
In 2014 she partecipates at the recidency Le Château de La Napoul, Clews center for the Arts curated by La Napoul Art Foundation, Mandelieu- La Napoule, France.
In 2015 her last solo exhibition PIUME E FINESTRE (Feathers & Windows), Galerie Territoires Partagés, Marseille.