Biografia
Agnese Purgatorio is an artist who works primarily in photography, video installations and performances. Born in Bari, Italia, she lives between Belgrade and Beirut. She draws her inspiration from a melting pot of cultures and with her artistic work she invents her own space, a poetic space, a mix of reality and imagination. An hybrid floating reality that invites the viewer to interrogate personal narratives and collective memory. Graduated in Foreign Languages and Literatures, she holds an M.A. in Art Therapy. Her training as an artist began with a period of study in São Paulo, Brazil, at the Lasar Segall Museum and at the SESC Pompéia Factory (drawing techniques, printmaking and photography). Since 1990 she has exhibited her works both in Italy and abroad, in solo and group exhibitions [Galleria Bonomo (Bari), Gallery Onetwentyeight (New York), Mars Gallery (Melbourne), Podbielski Contemporay (Berlin), the Venice and the Moscow Biennale], and she has been awarded with important international awards. Her works have been included in many private and public art collections.
