Federica Rodella
Turin, 2025
There is no longer a line between human and machine. The merging has already happened, and we no longer know ourselves. Art is a way of knowing this dimension.
Man is becoming a machine in an age of hyper-productivity. I don't stand outside that condition: I work inside it.
I was trained as a philosopher and I make collages — the same gesture: cut a whole into parts, put them back in a different order. Paper from 1960s advertising and scientific journals, now extended by images generated with a machine and finished by hand. The machine is neither tool nor mind: a strange intermediary that returns our categories slightly wrong. The wrongness is where the work is.
Language sits underneath everything — the names we give things, the injury every word carries. Mirrors, NFC tags and augmented reality let the viewer's body into the picture. A work that needs you to stand still in front of it is already a small act of resistance.
Federica Rodella (Turin, 1989) is a visual artist and art director. Her work starts from one observation: human and machine are no longer distinct — the merging has already happened, and we no longer know ourselves. Art is a way of knowing this dimension.
She studied Philosophy at the University of Turin and Storytelling & Performing Arts at Scuola Holden. She has exhibited since 2018 in New York, Paris, Milan, Rome, Florence and Turin, including the XIII Florence Biennale (2021). Recent bodies of work: Iconofagia (2024–25), Haeretica (2025), Wonderland.exe and Echoes (2026). Selected artist, YICCA 24/25; Honorable Mentions, BAIFF and ITSLIQUID 2025. Lives and works in Turin.
| Year | Title | Venue | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soon | Wonderland.exe | Piazza San Carlo, Turin | Coming soon |
| 2026 | Wonderland.exe — Oltre il sogno | Palazzo d'Oria, Ciriè (Turin) | Solo room · 9 July — 2 August · curated by Gianluca Violino, with Andrea Lillo, Georgette Pavanati and voice artist Elisa Macario Ban |
| Now | Haeretica | Follaw, Corso Francia, Turin | On view now |
| 2026 | Echoes | Vecchio Macello, San Maurizio | Sound installation and prints |
| 2025 | Haeretica | Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana, Turin | Group project · 31 October |
| 2025 | Iconofagia | Piazza San Carlo, Turin | Solo exhibition · 11 April |
| 2025 | Mixage — Diffusissima | Bologna | YICCA 24/25 exhibition |
| 2024 | LOST — Art à Porter | Turin | Group exhibition |
| 2024 | ETHMilan Creative Hub — AI Creative Hackathon | Bagni Misteriosi, Teatro Franco Parenti, Milan | Winning artist, exhibited · 26 — 27 September |
| 2021 | XIII Florence Biennale — Eternal Feminine | Eternal Change | Fortezza da Basso, Florence | Group exhibition |
| 2019 | Van Der Plas Gallery | New York | Group exhibition |
| 2019 | Galerie Thuillier | Paris | Group exhibition |
| 2019 | CMC — Centro Culturale di Milano | Milan | Group exhibition |
| 2018 — | Group exhibitions | Rome | Analog collage |
| Year | Title | Organisation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BAIFF — Burano AI Film Festival | Burano, Venice | Official selection and Honorable Mention, On Her Shelf (AI short film) |
| 2025 | ITSLIQUID International Art Prize | ITSLIQUID Group | Honorable Mention |
| 2024 | AI Creative Hackathon — ETHMilan Creative Hub | Futureberry, Milan | Winner |
| 24/25 | YICCA — International Contest of Contemporary Art | Milan | Selected artist, Fleshscape |
| 2025 | Etimologia Magazine | Publication | Works from Iconofagia, 18 September |
| 2023 | ITSLIQUID #15 | Interview | Feature |
| Philosophy | University of Turin | Degree | |
| Storytelling & Performing Arts | Scuola Holden, Turin |
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