Ottonella Mocellin (Milan, 1966) and Nicola Pellegrini (Milan, 1962), live and work in Berlin.
After studying at the Chelsea School of Art and at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, in 2001-2002 they represented Italy for the PS1 International Studio Program in New York.
Conflicts, emotionality, dialogue, and communication within the context of human relationships are all dominant themes in the artistic work of the Italian artist duo.
They exhibited at the Biennals in Torino, Valencia, Tel Aviv and Tirana. Their work, which includes installations, photographs, videos and performances has been shown internationally at Manifesta 12, Palermo; MUAR, Moskow; PS1, New York; Atelier D’Artistes, Marseille; SMART, Amsterdam, Kunsthaus, Dresden; ACC Galerie, Weimar; GAM, Bologna; GAM, Torino; Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena; MART, Trento and Rovereto; PAC, Milano; PAN, Napoli; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Fondazione Merz, Torino; MACRO, Rome; MAMbo, Bologna; Museo del Patrimonio Municipal de Malaga, Malaga; GNAM Galleria Nazionale d’rte Moderna, Rome; Centre for Contemporary Culture at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
The Archivio Vicenzo Agnetti presents the exhibition “Tra me e l’alfabeto inesistente”, which opens on the 8th of April to accompany the Milan Art Week, and which features some of Agnetti’s works. It will include his self-portrait “When I saw myself I was not there”, a multi-vocal performance in dialogue
From October 8, 2023, GAMeC presentsARTISTS’ FILM INTERNATIONAL #15. Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini, which represents GAMeC’s participation in Artist’s’ Film International, the network dedicated to video art born in 2008 from an initiative of the Whitechapel Gallery in London, involving some of the most important international contemporary art institutions
From July 4 to 10 and July 18 to 24, 2022, two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este, will host the 4th Edition of Villae Film Festival, a festival always dedicated to cinema and art. Each evening before the film, therefore, a work is presented, drawn from
From 16 October 2021 to 9 January 2022, MA*GA in Gallarate (VA) hosts the exhibition The wall between us, the result of a lengthy research process that artists Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini carried out for years, and in 2020 won the eighth edition of the Italian Council, the program for the promotion of contemporary
Lia Rumma Gallery is happy to announce its participation in Art Brussels WEEK, happening exclusively on Artsy from June 1 to June 14. On the occasion of Art Brussels WEEK 2021 we will share a selection of works that aims to be an ode to nature in all its forms.
