2010
Exhibition - Heritage House Gallery - Dubaï (U.A.E.)
“The Future is near. The future is now!” Kernot Art Gallery (Paris – France) curated by Luca Bochicchio
2009
Kisses form China!, Phodar Biennale, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008
“Kisses from China” – Kernot Art Gallery (Paris - France)
“INCONTRI: Young Art at the Museum” – Borea D’Olmo Palace (Sanremo-Italy) curated by Leo Lecci and Paola Valenti (University of Genoa)
2007
Exhibition « Recent Works » at Kernot Art Gallery (Paris –France) curated by Alberta Pane
2006
Exhibition “Mosques” (Beniamino Gallery – Bordighera Italy)
2010
Moscow Biennale “Qui Vive?” (Moscow – Russia) curated by Daria Pyrkina
Video Festival “Video Appart” (Paris – Dubai)
“Mashrab – Maghrab” Contemporary Art Exhibition selected by Bastakia Art Fair -Heritage House Gallery - Dubaï (U.A.E.)
2009
“Sowing Seeds” Kaman Art Gallery (Jodhpur – India) curated by Nilesh Shidhpura
Phodar Biennial ’09 (Pevlen – Bulgaria) curated by Antoan Bozhinov
“Intersection- Correlation” (Berlin – Germany) curated by Brian Hackney Turn-Berlin Art Space
“La Grande Abbuffata: Scorie, Scarti, Sprechi. Risorse energetiche” (Auditorium of the Museums of Strada Nuova - Genoa) curated by Ko.Ji.Ku
2008
Sculpture Quadrennail of Riga (Latvia), organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and Centre for Art Management and Information (MMIC)
21th Instants Video (Marseille – France) supported by The French Ministry of Culture, The Regional Council (PACA), The city of Marseille and the European Commission
Tracing love 24/7” Gallery “Magacine (Belgrade, Serbia) curated by DEVE
“Urban Jealousy” 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran (Istanbul Turkey) , curated by Amirali Ghasemi and Serhat Koksal
“Kaléidoscope de la création émergente”, (Paris-France,Strasbourg,Bordeaux) curated by Helene Mugnier ed Adrien Pasternak
“Video Appart” (Paris-France)
“Arrivi e Partenze.Italia” at the Mole Vanvitelliana (Ancona-Italy) curated by Alberto Fiz and Walter Gasperoni.
“Rencontre Monaco-Japan” Auditorium Ranieri III (Principality of Monaco)
“Nature et Artifice” at the Salle du 4 (Monaco-Principality of Monaco)
2007
Exhibition “Forging Time” at Kernot Art Gallery (Paris – France) curated by Adrien Pasternak
VI Biennal of Plastic Arts Foundation Rafael Boti (Cordoba-Spain)
“Art for Prabhat” at the Global Artist Village (Delhi –India)
“Doppiogioco” at Loggia delle Mercanzie (Genoa – Italy) curated by Francesca Serrati and the Contemporary
2006
“The Barbie Picture Show” CVB Space di New York curated by Stefania Carrozzini
“Provocazioni” (Accademia Balbo – Bordighera Italy) curated by Judit Torok
“FLASHES”- BAG of Genoa (Italy) curated by “ Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce”
“Big Screen” Yunnan Art Institute, (Kunming – Yunnan – China)
“Bear in Mind” studio H2o - Milan and Gay Pride - Turin curated by Rieko Hagiwara
“Ecce Omo” – Spazio Umanitaria di Milano, curated by Ass. Arte da Mangiare (Milan –Italy)
2005
“Secrets” – CVB Space of New York (USA) curated by Stefania Carrozzini
“Art’s diary Intervene” – Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan) curated by Ashley Chang
“Capturing Utopia” – Fournos Center for Digital Image (Athens – Greece)
“Rolled up” – Piclked Art of Bejing (China) curated by Stefania Carrozzini
“The most beautiful thing I ever saw” – Berliner Kunstprojekt (Berlin -Germany)
“Fotoesordio” (University Tor Vergata of Rome) curated by GAM (Gallery of Moder Art) – Rome Italy
“Talk to the City” (Milan - Italy) curated by “Fabbrica del Vapore”
“Arte da mangiare…mangiare l’arte” (Castello Sforzesco of Milan) Italy
2004
“The sense of signs” Salle d’exposition 4 – Montecarlo Principality of Monaco
“San Carlo per l’Arte” (Torino-Italy)
“XM-Atto1°” (Bologna-Italy)
2003
“Free Target” Gallery San Vidal U.C.A.I. – Venice Italy (curated by G.Pilla, P. Rizzi, C.Cinelli)
“San Carlo per l’Arte” – Turin Italy
Selected for the Exhibition for young artists “Expogiovani” (Arcore – Milan - Italy) (curated by F.Presti, F.Sala)
“Art to eat, eat the Art” - A.P.T of Milan - Italy (curated by Association “Arte da Mangiare”)
“Shelters” – Monique Goldstrom Gallery – New York USA (curated by Stefania Carrozzini)
2002
“Artists for Peace” Cultural Islamic Centre of Madrid (Spain) (curated by Immaculada Arricivida)
« Agora » Bordighera (IM) – Italy (curated by Accademia Riviera dei Fiori G.Balbo)
“Sassi Vivaci” Barge (CN) – Italy (curated by M.Gattinoni, L,Perlo, O. Gamberi)
4700 International mail art project against the death penalty (Milan) Italy (art-commissioner: Surico, Del Basso)
2000
Exhibition at The Centre of Modern Art in Bologna – Italy (curated by Alberto Raimondi)
Exhibition at Oulxio, Exilles, Sestriere-France -Italy (art-commissioner: Sergio Risaliti)
“Art and Message” -Palazzo Ducale Genoa (Italy)
2010
Swab Art Fair ( Barcellona – Spain) represented by Kernot Art
2009
Slick Fair (Paris- France) represented by Kernot Art
2008
Creek Art Fair (Dubai, UAE) represented by Art Show Gallery
Slick Fair (Paris- France) represented by Kernot Art
Mois de la Photo Off (Paris- France)
2007
Digital and video art fair « Diva Fair” at Les Louvres des Antiquaires (Paris- France)
2009
Selected for the International Artist Camp “Sowing Seeds” in Sar Village (Rajasthan – India)
2008
Selected for the Artist Residence Program at CEAC Chinese European Art Center (Xiamen – China)
Selected for the 1st International Openart Residency, Eretria (Greece) organized by CheapArt Gallery of Athens
2007
Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Global Arts Village (Delhi – India)
2006
Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Gozo Contemporary (Malta)
2005
Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Taipei Artist Village (Taipei – Taiwan)
2003 Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Europos Parkas, the Open-Air Contemporary Art Museum of the Centre of Europe – Vilnius (Lithuania)
2008
Selected for the San Fedele Prize, (Cultural Center San Fedele) Milan - Italy
She is one of the 5 artists selected by the French Group Moet-Hennessy to take part in the Exhibition ““Kaléidoscope de la création émergente” to launch its new high standard cognac “Glenmoramgie”
2007
First Prize “Duchessa di Galliera”, Contemporary Museum Villa Croce of Genoa –Italy)
Finalist of the prize “Premio Celeste”, young prize for the Italian figurative arts (Florence –Italy)
Jury Prize at the Exhibition “Nature et Artifice” Salon des Artistes Monegasques de l’AIAP et de l’UNESCO
2006
Finalist of the prize “Premio Celeste”, young prize for the Italian figurative arts (Florence –Italy)
2005
Winner of the prize “Movin’ up” for the young artist mobility around the world (Turin- Italy)
Finalist of the Prize for Young Photographer « Fotoesordio » (University Tor Vergata of Rome – Italy)
2003
Selected for the XI Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean (Athens – Greece)
Signaled of the Jury at the Prize of Poems “Rivoli 2003” (Turin Italy)
Finalist of the Literature Prize “Marguerite Yourcenar” (Italy)
2002
Winner of the Literature Prize “Nuove Lettere” with the group of tales “Cretans Tales” (Italian Institute of Culture – Naples - Italy)
Second Prize of the Photo Competition “Ruba un raggio di sole per l’inverno” – Città di Castello (Italy)
Signaled of the Jury at International Exhibition of Photographic Art “The Hat in the world”, organized by C.I.F.A. PhotoGallery and UNESCO (Alessandria - Italy), Arles and Caussade-Septfonds (France), Edegem (Belgium), Buenos Aires, Rosario and Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Selected for the National Exhibition of Photography “The Children in the world” (Genoa – Italy) (Art-commissioner: FIAF Italian Federation Photographic Associations)
2006
Selected for the art workshop MAM “Mediterranean Art Meeting” (Bomba Lake Italy)
2004
Seminary of sculpture in slake (Caves of Slate in Molini di Triora – Italy)
2001
Seminary on “The history of Spanish ceramics ” (Ceramics Museum of Barcelona Spain)
1999
Seminar-workshop with the Spanish artist Rogelio Lopez Cuenon “The artist and the city”.(Malaga-Spain)
1998
Seminary of plastic-art with the artist Luigi Stoisa and with Sergio Risaliti, the director of the Contemporary
Art Museum “Le Papesse” at Siena.(Turin-Italy)
Monographic course about “The life and the art of Pablo Picasso”, organized by “Foundation Picasso”, University and Municipality of Malaga (Spain)
2008
Lecture and Public presentation at the Multimedia Department of the Xiamen University (China)
Lecture at the University of Genoa
Lecture and Public presentation at the Archeological Museum “Borea D’Olmo” (Sanremo – Italy)
2007
Lecture at the Accademy of Fine Arts of Genoa (Italy)
2006
Lecture and Public presentation at Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan)
Workshop-Performance with 100 students of MCAST Art and Design Institute, Mosta, Malta
2000
At the Archaeological Museum of Rethymno (Crete – Greece) to restore Minoian ceramics.
1999
At the project for the centenary of J.Luis Borges’s birth (Malaga- Spain) realised by the Argentine writer Marcos Rosenzvaig
1998
At Florence where I worked with the radio station “Controradio” and with the Tuscan Govern to produce a book of interviews with the most famous artists working in Florence.
At the Contemporary Art Museum “Luigi Pecci” (Prato- Italy) where I worked on the project “Habitus-Abito-Abitare”, planned by Michelangelo Pistoletto
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1995 At Bucharest where I worked with the NGO “Children in emergency” to paint the family-houses for children with AIDS in Bucharest (Romania)
At the “Lympia gallery” (Nice- France) where I worked as art-director
Public and Private Collection
Global Arts Village (Delhi, India)
Contemporary Museum Villa Croce (Genoa –Italy)
Taipei Artist Village (Taipei - Taiwan)
GAM Galley of Modern Art (Rome - Italy)
Gozo Contempoarary (Gozo – Malta)
Excelsa Security (Montecarlo)
Scuool San Carlo (Turin - Italy)
Foundation DARS (Milan - Italy)
Kernot Art Gallery (Paris – France)
CheapArt Gallery (Athens / Greece)
GENERAL CATALOGUES:
R.Amadei “I due rinascimenti” Biken International, Japan 2002
S.Bondi, M.Gonzales, M.Longobardi, A.Smilzo. “Arte italiana dal Novecento ad Oggi”, Italy 2001 “L’altro modo di Volare” Edition
EXHIBITION’s CATALOGUES:
D. Gandolfi “Apronia e le altre”
Antoan Bozhinov, « Phodar Biennial 09 », Sofia (Bulgaria) 2009
KoJiKU, “La Grande abbuffata”, Erga Edition, Genoa 2009
Luca Bochicchio, “The future is near. The future is now!”, Bellug, edition 2009
Paola Valenti “Kisses from China”, Bellugi edition, 2008
Alberto Fiz e Walter Gasperoni, “Arrivi e Partenze”, Ancona - Italy 2008
Paola Valenti, “Incontri” , Ydea Services, Sanremo 2008
Reijinsha Co.Ltd. - Comitè National Monègasque, « Monaco-Japon », Monaco 2008
Tea Nicolic, “Tracing Love”, Belgrado 2008
Slick’er ’08, Paris 2008
Indira Tatiana Cruz, “VideoAppart”, i2m, Paris 2008
N2o Studio, “Le Mois de la Photo », SNEL, Belgio 2008
Francesca Serrati, , “BAG Borsa Arte Giovane”, Genoa 2007
Aarti Sethi, “Art for Prabhat”, Archana, Delhi, 2007
Frère Independent, DIVA, Verdographics, Belgium 2007
Stefani Carrozzini, “The Barbie Picture Show”, Deho editon, Milano 2006
Emilia Marasco e Francesca Serrati, “BAG Borsa Arte Giovane”, Genova 2006
Paola Ardizzola, “Bombart”, Pescara 2006
Stefania Carrozzini, “Secrets” , New York, 2005
Stefania Carrozzini, “Rolled Up”, Deho’ edition, Milan 2005
MAGAZINE :
Giulio Gavino, “A Rebecca il premio Galliera”, La Stampa, 4 June 2007, p.67
Fulvio Lanteri, “Comesanremo, storia multimediale di canzoni e costume italiano”, Il Secolo XIX, 24 February 2008
Luca Bochicchio, Teknemedia, 23 October 2008
Angelo Giacobbe “La Cina di rebecca in mostra a Parigi”, Il Secolo XIX, 16 November 2008
Giulio Gavino “Kisses from China” Maria Rebecca Ballestra espone a Parigi, La Stampa, 15 November 2008
“Pittori Bosniaci e serbi espongono a Bomba”, Abruzzo Oggi, 8 Settembre 2006
“Mediterranean Art Meeting prima edizione”, La Cronaca di Abruzzo, 8 settembre 2006
“The Barbie Picture Show”, Il corriere dell’arte, 24 June 2006
Angelo Splendore, “Scarpe Diem”, IL Corriere dell’Arte, 8 October 2005
Susan Kendulaz, “Summertime and viewing is easy”, Taipei Times, 25 August 2005, p.13
Ed. McCormack “At CVB Space, Secrets come out into the light”, Gallery and Studio, April/May 2005, p.12 Illustrato
Inge Bohn “The most beautiful thing I ever saw”, Corriere dell’Arte, 19 March, 2005, p.7
Isadora Weller, “secrets”, Corriere dell’Arte, 30 April 2005, p.7
Chiara Carfi, “Opere rivelatrici di segreti”, America Oggi, 24 April 2005, p. 9
Rebecca Seefen-Soliman “Beauty in Art, Art in Beauty”, New York Art Magazine, May/June 2005 p.67 illustrato
Daniela Borghi “L’artista Maria Ballestra è stata invitata a Taiwan” La Stampa,
Angelo Splendore “La cosa più bella che abbia mai visto”, Corriere dell’Arte, 25 June 2005, p.7 illustrated
V.Zunino “Futuro” Gennaio 2004, Switzerland
Daniela Borghi “Prisoner:la maxiopera di Ballestra”, La Stampa, 21 August 2004
Viola Lilith Russi “Rolled up: 12 artisti italiani a Pechino”, Corriere dell’arte, 2 July, p.7
1993
High School Diploma
1995
Winner of the scholarship “Erasmus” at the "Universidad Real de Bellas Artes" of Granada (Spain)
1997
Winner of scholar-ship “Leonardo”, I worked for three months as camerawoman at the “Malaga-TV” (Spain)
1998
Graduated in Fine Arts at "Accademia di Belle Arti" Florence- Italy with the following Thesis: "The origin of the "Cante Jondo"" (110/110)
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