Genuardi/Ruta is an artist duo composed by Antonella Genuardi and Leonardo Ruta formed in 2014 in The Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo.
https://quadriennalediroma.org/genuardi-ruta/
Art Director of L’Ascensore space (Palermo) www.lascensore.it
Solo shows
Le trombe d’oro della solarità/The golden trumpets of radiance, American Academy in Rome Gallery, 2023. Italian Fellow in Visual Art, supported by Fondazione Sicilia 2022-2023
Stavamo in piedi su una scogliera, duo show with John M Armleder, curated by Samuel Gross, Lemoyne, Zurich, 2022
Sotto Verde Manto, with a text by Elsa Barbieri. I.D.E.A. Salento, a project by Nicoletta Rusconi. In collaboration with Davide Meretti, Masseria Canali, Casarano, 2021
Locomotive Breath (8TH Edition of Italian Council Winner), curated by Jorge Reis, Casa Azul-Emerge Association, Torres Vedras-Lisbon District, Portugal, supported by MAECI and MIC, 2020
ZR, curated by Samuel Gross, Edicola Radetzky, Milan, 2019
Wormhole, curated by Samuel Gross, FPAC Gallery, Milan, 2019
La danza dei giganti, Oltre Oreto Project, Collateral Event of MANIFESTA12, Magazzino Brancaccio, Palermo, 2018
Project Room(s) at Castle of Carini. MOON Contemporary Project, curated by Daniela Bigi and Giuseppe Buzzotta, Carini, 2018
Sky without clouds, FPAC Gallery, solo presentation at Artissima Fair, Present Future Section, invited by Samuel Gross, Turin, 2017
Supercella SS115, curated by Daniela Bigi. MAS Project, artistic direction of Francesco Lucifora – Church and Cloister of Santa Maria del Gesù, Modica, 2017
INquadrato, curated by Daniela Bigi, FPAC Gallery, Palermo, 2016
LATI, curated by Osservatorio Arti visive (Toni Romanelli, Daniela Bigi, Gianna Di Piazza) Chapel of the Coronation-Riso Museum of contemporary art of Sicily, Palermo, 2015
Group shows
Giorni Felici¿, project by Merz Foundation, curated by Agata Polizzi, ZACentrale, Palermo, 2023
Contemporanea 23-Niente di antico sotto il sole, curated by Contemporary Cluster, text by Vasco Forconi, Palazzo Ducale, Tagliacozzo, 2023
Contestabile-Permeabile, curated by Davide Silvioli, Contemporary Cluster, Rome, 2023
Recht Trifft Kunst, curated by Michael Kortländer, in collaboration with Nancy Granata printmaking studio, project by Haus der Kunst, Düsseldorf, 2022
Post-Turismo, Project by Post-Ex, curated by Giuliana Benassi, BDC Central Holiday House, Rome, 2021
Ciak Collecting_Collezionismo Italiano Attivo, curated by Irene Sofia Comi, Palazzo Orti, Verona, 2021
Bazar, curated by Giuliana Benassi, Federica Di Carlo Studio, Milan, 2021
Address Unknown, project by Edicola Radetzky in partnership with Viafarini, curated by Fiorella Fontana and Giulio Verago, Edicola Radetzky, Milan, 2021
Gentilivicini, supported by MIC and SIAE, Via della Fucina 16 Condominio-Museo, Turin, 2020
Talent Prize, Mattatoio, Rome, 2019
Manabamàte, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Bocs Art, Cosenza, 2019
La ripetizione è una forma di cambiamento, Haus der Kunst-Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo, 2019
Piazza Marina, ArtVerona Fair, I9 section with L’Ascensore, Verona, 2018
SIGNAL, DOM art space in collaboration with Nancy Granata printmaking studio, Palermo, 2018
TUTTO PORTO/Lo spazio cristallino del tungsteno, curated by Daniela Bigi, Palazzo Briuccia, Palermo, 2018
Liber Fare, curated by Enzo Patti and Toni Romanelli, Palazzo Ziino, Palermo / Museo del segno e della scrittura, Torino, 2018
Libri d’Artista dalla Collezione dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo, Oratory of SS. Elena and Costantino, Palermo, 2017
The life of the mind, curated by Giuliana Benassi, Swisse Institute, Rome, 2017
Attraverso i punti #2, curated by Osservatorio Arti visive (Toni Romanelli, Daniela Bigi, Gianna Di Piazza), Palazzo Ziino, Palermo, 2017
Rilevamenti 1, project by Bruno Corà in collaboration with Daniela Bigi, Tommaso Evangelista, Aldo Iori, Federico Sardella and Marco Tonelli, Camusac Museum, Cassino, 2016
Attraverso i punti #1, curated by Osservatorio Arti visive (Toni Romanelli, Daniela Bigi, Gianna Di Piazza), Palazzo Ziino, Palermo, 2016
The wing structure of the bumblebee is inadequate for flight, but it does not know and flies all the same, curated by Daniela Bigi, Fondazione per l’arte, Rome, 2016
Fuori Uso-Avviso di Garanzia, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio and Simone Ciglia, Ex Court, Pescara, 2016
Previsioni II, curated by Daniela Bigi, Puglisi Cosentino Foundation, Catania, 2016
Learning what you already know, a project by Stefania Galegati Shines, Caffè Internazionale Space, Palermo, 2015
Ce l’ho/mi manca, curated by Agata Polizzi, Mandralisca Museum, Cefalù, 2015
DebuT, a project by Stefania Galegati Shines, Garibaldi Theatre, Palermo, 2015
FISAD, Albertina Academy, partnership Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, Torino, 2015
Residency projects
Tigmaia Residency Program, Connect Institute, Agadir, Morocco, 2023
Italian Fellow in Visual Arts, American Academy in Rome. With the support of Fondazione Sicilia, 2022/2023
I.D.E.A. Salento, Nicoletta Rusconi Art Project, Masseria Canali, Casarano, 2021
Locomotive Breath (8TH Edition of Italian Council Winner), Casa Azul-Emerge Association, Torres Vedras-Lisbon District, Portugal, supported by MAECI and MIC, 2020
Via della Fucina 16, residency program with the support of Siae and MIC, Turin, 2020
CCA Artist-in-residence Program, Andratx-Palma de Mallorca, 2020
BocsArt Residency, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Cosenza, 2019
VIR Viafarini-in-residence, Milan, 2019
Mandrione Project #4 – The wing structure, curated by Daniela Bigi, Fondazione per l’arte, Rome, 2016
FICARRA_CONTEMPORARY DIVAN, Summer school with Lois Weinberger, curated by Lorand Hegyi and Vincenzo Estremo, Partners: Fondazione Brodbeck and ArteeCritica, Ficarra, 2015
Prizes
Winners of the eighth edition of Italian Council, 2020
Emmanuele Emanuele Special Prize – Talent Prize 2019
Gold mention Artprison Young Architects Competition with a3m Team, 2019
Unicredit prize for young artists, ABA Palermo, 2016
Special Projects
Luci di via, a luminous site-specific project curated by Giuliana Benassi, Matèria Gallery, Rome, 2023
Geometria minerale, 3 series of Hand-printed linocut produced in collaboration with Bulla Litography, Rome, 2023
Spazio Acrobazie, curated by Elisa Fulco and Antonio Leone, supported by Fondazione CON IL SUD and Fondazione Sicilia, Penal Institutions for Minors, (painting workshops), 2022/on going
Arboree Volanti, project by Simone Berti with texts by Eva Fabbris, Leonardo Caffo and Luca Lo Pinto, Piazza Gae Aulenti, Milan, 2020
Viaggi da camera, project by Trussardi Foundation, curated by Beatrice Trussardi and Massimiliano Gioni, 2020
Contemporary Attitude, project by Eleonora Angiolini, Giuliana Benassi, Alessio De Girolamo, 2019
Il Crepaccio Instagram show, curated by Caroline Corbetta, 2019
Selected online articles
https://www.smallzine.it/forma-e-sostanza-genuardi-ruta/
https://quadriennalediroma.org/genuardi-ruta-2/
https://quadriennalediroma.org/genuardi-ruta/
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/it/lifestyle/arte/a46105022/palermo-cosa-vedere-arte-collettivi/
https://www.balloonproject.it/genuardirutalucidivia/
https://www.balloonproject.it/genuardiruta/
https://www.balloonproject.it/genuardiruta-2/
https://atpdiary.com/prospettive-di-genuardi-ruta/
https://www.atemporaryjournal.com/2022/01/14/titolo-genuardi-ruta/
https://www.exibart.com/opening/genuardi-ruta-per-cascina-i-d-e-a-salento-a-masseria-canali/
https://ilmanifesto.it/genuardi-ruta-intervista-visiva-10-2021
https://www.exibart.com/arte-contemporanea/palermo-bedda/
https://atpdiary.com/genuardiruta-fpac-mi/