Ester Maria Negretti

Ester Maria Negretti, born in Como in 1978.

After graduating from the I.T.I.S. Setificio textile institute in Como, she followed the Renaissance tradition by developing her painting technique in the workshops of experienced painters, where she learned the secrets of the craft.

Recreating, within the confines of her own artistic “workshop”, the processes that nature carries out throughout the universe is a defining feature of Ester Maria Negretti’s work. She leaves room for new experiences and new combinations of materials, which come together and separate like chemical reactions, giving rise to artistic creation.

Surrounded by the imposing grey architecture of a small provincial city, she dismantles and reconstructs, transforming matter into a kind of skin.

After working in several textile design studios, she devoted herself entirely to painting from 2005 onwards.

Recent Exhibitions

Paris – Place des Vosges

• Solo exhibition – Galerie Lisette Alibert

• 9 June – 2 July 2013

Permanent Exhibitions – 2013

• Lazzaro by Corsi, Via Cenisio 50, Milan

• Galleria Ponte Rosso, Via Brera 2, Milan

• MAG Marsiglione Arts Gallery, Via Vitani 31, Como

• Reverberi Arte, Via Olgiati 8, Lugano

• Galleria Corsi Monteforte, Forte dei Marmi

• Estense Arte, Via Regina 22, Cernobbio

Boston – Studio Verticale

– 13 February – 31 December 2013

“Indizi di Identità”

• Casa Brenna Tosatto, Lenno, Lake Como

• Via Mattia del Riccio 3, 22016 Campo di Lenno

• 6 July – 31 August 2013

• Opening: 6 July at 6 pm

• Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am–7 pm; closed on Mondays

Galerie du Châtel

• Yèvre-le-Châtel, France

• 14 July – 3 August 2013

Art International Zurich

– 11–13 October 2013

Awards and Competitions

Since a young age, Ester Maria Negretti has participated in numerous art competitions, including:

• 2012: Finalist in the Combat Prize; awarded at the Bice Bugatti Prize

• 2010: Winner of the Brambati Prize

• 2008: Invited to the La Fenice et des Artistes Prize, Venice

• 2006: Second prize at the Carlo Dalla Zorza Award, Milan

• 2005: Finalist in the Arte Mondadori Prize

Recent Solo Exhibitions

• 2011: Essenza e Materia, Palazzo del Broletto, Como

• 2010: Landscape, Galleria Cortina, Milan

• 2008: Morte e rinascita della materia, Palazzo Pretorio, Sondrio

• 2007: Ester Negretti, Libreria Bocca, Milan

Recent Group Exhibitions

• 2012: Undici allunaggi possibili, Palazzo Zenobio per l’Arte, Venice; Energheia, Miniartextil, Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris, and Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice

• 2011: Energheia, Miniartextil, former Church of San Francesco – Fondazione Ratti, Como; DumpingArt, a project held as part of the Festival della Scienza, Genoa

• 2010: Artisti della Permanente, Museo La Permanente, Milan; Discaricart, Museo Navale di Genova Pegli

• 2009: Ecomondo, Rimini Exhibition Centre; group exhibition in Forte dei Marmi, in collaboration with Galleria Lazzaro