Gioia Maria Aloisi is a multidisciplinary Italian artist, photographer, painter, sculptor, writer and video performer who lives and works between Milan and Tuscany. She was born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, in the province of Lucca. Her practice encompasses photography, painting, sculpture, installation, performance, video, poetry, computer art and Artificial Intelligence.
Moving between analogue processes and new technologies, Aloisi explores memory, identity, transformation and the relationship between the human body, nature and matter. Central to her research is the intrinsic fragility of life: the body as a vulnerable landscape, nature as a living archive and matter as a bearer of memory. Her works frequently combine photography and writing with natural materials such as sand, crystals, dust, resins and pure pigments.
A further foundation of her practice is multisensory perception. Through her long-standing artistic and educational work with blind and visually impaired people, Aloisi has developed a creative methodology based on the concept of “seeing beyond sight”, investigating how touch, sound, movement and emotional experience can extend the conventional boundaries of visual art.
In 2026, Aloisi was selected as a finalist in the Photography category of the 21st Arte Laguna Prize with her series “Dance to Life”, presented at the Arsenale Nord in Venice. The series reinterprets historical dance photographs through erasure, drawing, visual writing and photographic manipulation. Removed from their original context, the dancers lose their individual identities and become universal figures, evoking the invisible choreographies of desire, expectation, social convention and power. The words “One”, “Up” and “No Rabbit” interrupt the original images and open them to new poetic and personal meanings. She was also awarded a Special Prize by Arte Laguna Prize: a two-week artist residency at Château de Leignon in Belgium.
From 8 August to 18 October 2026, her project “Ancestral Echoes” is presented in an institutional exhibition at the Aloisio Magalhães Museum of Modern Art – MAMAM in Recife, Brazil. The exhibition was awarded to Aloisi as a Special Jury Prize at the 20th Arte Laguna Prize. “Ancestral Echoes” was developed in 2025 during an artistic residency at BigCi – Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives, located in the Wollemi National Park in Australia’s Blue Mountains.
During the residency, Aloisi created 46 botanical prints of native flowers and plants; six vertical works measuring 200 × 20 cm, produced on handmade rice paper using marbling techniques and natural pigments collected on site; the participatory performance “Nature, Senses and Emotions”; and a site-specific installation created in front of the barn where she lived for a month.
The complete project was presented at BigCi on 2 February 2025. In 2025,
Aloisi received two Special Jury Prizes at the 20th Arte Laguna Prize: the Hong Museum Prize, for a fully funded international artistic residency in China, and the MAMAM Museum Prize, for an institutional exhibition in Recife, Brazil. Her residency at the Hong Museum took place between October and November 2025 and concluded with an exhibition at the Hongyi Art Museum in Shanghai. Works from her “Dreaming Flower” series became part of the museum’s collection. In the same year, she was appointed an Ambassador for the Arte Laguna Prize and a national juror for UCAI.
In this role, she contributed to selecting works for “La Speranza”, an exhibition organised for the Jubilee in prestigious venues in Rome, including the Sala del Senato at Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Palazzo Maffei Marescotti and the UCAI headquarters. At the UCAI exhibition, Aloisi also presented “Maternità”,an artwork created through Artificial Intelligence.
​ Her selected exhibitions in 2025 include “Mytography”, held at Sala Veruda in Trieste. Her exhibited photograph was also published in the accompanying volume “Mytography”. In recent years, Aloisi has explored Artificial Intelligence as a creative medium, integrating digitally generated imagery with photography, drawing and manual intervention. This research gave rise to a body of work dedicated to the “Re-Generation of Humanity”, which debuted in Milan in a solo exhibition curated by S. Agliotti, with post-production by Marco Campanini Contemporary in Berlin. In 2024, Aloisi was selected as a semifinalist in the Land Art category of the 19th Arte Laguna Prize, receiving an Honourable Mention. In 2018, she participated in the V International Biennale of Fine Art and Documentary Photography at Nau Bostik in Barcelona. That same year, she developed “Narrartico”, a multisensory and interactive project created for the twentieth anniversary of the University of Milan-Bicocca and for the exhibition “Arctic: Interactive Journey to the North Pole”.
The project included paintings, sensory experiences and “The Earth Is a Connected Space”, a video work created with M. Giusti and P. Bove and dedicated to environmental awareness and the protection of the Arctic. In 2017, Aloisi’s photography was exhibited at Galeria Valid Foto in Barcelona as part of the 10th Julia Margaret Cameron Award.
Her installation “Reflecting on War”, composed of white artist’s books, was presented at Espace Commines in Paris for “Woman’s Essence”. Her photographic project “The Other View” was also exhibited at the Chiostro dei Glicini of the Società Umanitaria in Milan during the IV Festival of Expressivity.
In 2016, Aloisi was selected as a finalist in the Arte Laguna Prize with “War to War”, an installation composed of artist’s books and presented at the Arsenale in Venice. During the same year, she participated in the IV International Biennale of Fine Art and Documentary Photography at Palazzo Italia in Berlin.
She also exhibited “Dreams from Karim to Lin” at Villa Forno in Milan during “The Right to Be Children”, a festival organised in collaboration with the University of Milan-Bicocca. At the same venue, she presented “The Tree of Life – Thoughts of Trees”, an installation combining drawing, writing and reflections on nature.

Her installation “Reflecting on War” was exhibited at EA Gallery in Palermo. Her photographic work also received numerous distinctions at the PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris, the Pollux Awards, the International Photography Awards and the Black and White Spider Awards. Between 2015 and 2016, her “White Books” installation was presented at Paratissima and at MAUTO – the National Automobile Museum in Turin. At Paratissima, the installation was included in the “Hit Parade” selection.
In 2015, her photographs were selected as finalists in several categories of the Pollux Awards and the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards. Her work also received nominations at the International Color Awards and the Black and White Spider Awards. In 2014, Aloisi presented the live performance “Travellers All Together” during the third Intercultural Day “Muoversi Verso”, organised by the University of Milan-Bicocca. Her multisensory sculptures “The Way” and “Touchsenses” were exhibited at Spazio IBVA in Milan during “The Right to Be Children”, organised by the University of Milan-Bicocca and the Municipality of Milan.
In the same year, Aloisi was selected by Artavita in Los Angeles among 100 international artists for the photographic series “Stars”. In 2013, she participated in the 55th Venice Biennale with “Con-Ta-Ci”, a performance based on the collective construction of a monumental mandala made of coloured salt. Created with 100 contemporary artists, the work was presented in the Tibet Pavilion as a collateral project curated by Roberto Maggi and Tiziana Tacconi, in collaboration with the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. During the same year, Aloisi exhibited photography and her “White Books” installation at OCA – Officine Creative Ansaldo in Milan as part of “I Luoghi dell’Immaginario”. At the same venue, she presented “Star’s Labyrinth”, a live performance during which she created a large environmental installation composed of artist’s books. Her photographic work received First Prize in the People’s Choice section of the PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris and several nominations at the Black and White Spider Awards and the International Color Awards. In 2012,
​“Dreams from Karim to Lin” was presented at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan in collaboration with the University of Milan-Bicocca. Her works were also exhibited at Galerie Espace in Montreal as part of the international project “Cultural Contact IV – European Mosaic”, in a collective screening in Times Square, New York, and at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. In the same year, her photography received an Honourable Mention at the International Photography Awards, nominations at the Black and White Spider Awards and recognition at the PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris. In 2011, Aloisi developed “The Other View”, a photographic project centred on blind and visually impaired people and realised in collaboration with the Institute for the Blind in Milan. The project was exhibited at the Institute and subsequently presented as “The Other View 2” in a municipal exhibition space in Milan. Her digital artworks were also exhibited at the Brick Lane Gallery in London. In the same year, Aloisi received First Prize in the Abstract category of the Black and White Spider Awards in Los Angeles. Her photography also received further recognition at the International Color Awards and the PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris. In 2010, her research included “Stargate: The Ecstasy of the Senses”, a multisensory installation presented at the V International Biennale in Ferrara, and “Touch Me: The Five Senses”, exhibited at Galleria L’Altrove in Ferrara. Her photographic work was nominated at the Black and White Spider Awards, selected as a finalist in the Holland International Image Circuit at the Salon of Delft and recognised at the PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris. In 2009, Aloisi was invited by Art Beyond Sight to return to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where she presented “The Way”, a multisensory and multimodal sculpture, during an international conference dedicated to learning, creativity and communication. That same year, she presented the photographic exhibition “Le Corps et la Poésie” at Galerie Corrado Bortone in Paris. Her work also received Third Prize in the Calendar category at the PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris. In 2008, Aloisi developed “Kaleidoscopio”, a theatrical and multisensory performance involving blind, visually impaired and sighted participants, in collaboration with the Institute for the Blind in Milan. During the same year, she presented “Discovering the Invisible” and the sculpture “The Way” at Edu-art. She also participated in a photographic exhibition promoted by the Municipality of Milan in defence of women’s rights. Her photographic research received international recognition at the 2008 PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris, including Second Prize in the Book Cover category and Third Prize in the Fine Art category. In 2007, Aloisi was invited by Art Beyond Sight to New York to present “Discovering the Invisible” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The project comprised multisensory sculptures and an experiential installation presented during the international conference “Multi-Modal Approaches to Learning, Creativity and Communication”. Designed to be experienced through touch and forms of perception beyond sight, “Discovering the Invisible” emerged from Aloisi’s long-standing artistic and educational research with blind and visually impaired people. Also in 2007, she presented multisensory performances, photographic works and sculptures at the P. Bentivoglio Cultural Centre of the Italian Union of the Blind in Milan. Her photographic work was also recognised by the PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris. In 2006, Aloisi and Monica Gorini presented “Dialogues of the Soul” at Edu-art in Milan, an interdisciplinary event created in collaboration with the musicians of the Quartetto Project and the Scarlattine Teatro company. The project brought together music, literature, visual art and performance. In 2005, Gioia Aloisi founded Edu-art in Milan with the artist Monica Gorini. Conceived as a research centre devoted to art, creativity and multisensory education, Edu-art promoted exhibitions, performances, workshops and experimental projects. Aloisi served as its president until 2018. Alongside her artistic practice, Aloisi has developed extensive experience as a university lecturer, tutor and educator. Her teaching and research collaborations include the University of Milan, the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, the Department of Intercultural Pedagogy at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Art Beyond Sight in New York, OPPI Milan, the Italian Union of the Blind, the Institute for the Blind in Milan and numerous cultural institutions and non-profit organisations. In 2002, she received a scholarship to collaborate with the University of Milan, the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Brera Academy of Fine Arts as a tutor and trainer in art education. Aloisi has published numerous texts with Aletti, De Agostini, Elemond, Minerva Italica, Mondadori and Morano Editori. Her poetry collections include “To Odos” (Aletti, Rome, 2007), “The Tree of Life” (Narcissus eBook, 2015) and “Uno di Due: tutto ciò che so sull’amore” (Aletti, Rome, 2023). Her poems have also appeared in numerous contemporary poetry anthologies. Critics and writers including E. Fiorini, M. Malì, P. Panacci, M. G. Spadaro, S. Silanos and D. Tronelli have written about her work. One of her early video-photographic works, “Electron 9”, premiered at the multidisciplinary festival Il Giardino delle Esperidi in Consonno and was subsequently selected as a finalist at the Aquino Film Festival. Aloisi graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara, where she also studied photography and graphic arts. Between 1984 and 1986, she lived and worked between Milan and Versilia. During this formative period, she met and worked with prominent figures from the international art scene, including Bruno Munari, Mario Ballocco, Gianni Colombo, Silvio Coppola, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Enzo Mari, Denise René, Pier Carlo Santini, Fausta Squatriti and Luigi Veronesi. These encounters contributed to shaping her interdisciplinary vision and her interest in perception, colour, movement and the relationship between artwork and viewer. During those years, she produced works inspired by programmed and kinetic art, including the “Chromosculptures”, the kinetic book and the “Cambi” box. In 1986, Aloisi won an international competition organised by UNESCO in Paris to design a commemorative poster celebrating forty years of commitment to peace. That same year, she moved permanently to Milan, where she began working at a special school for blind students. There, she developed an innovative methodology for tactile, artistic and theatrical workshops. At the same time, she began collaborating with publishing houses, creating illustrations, photographs and books devoted to art education. These early experiences established the foundations of an artistic journey in which visual research, education, social engagement and experimentation continue to converge.
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