Biography:

Barbara Agreste was born in Pescara in 1971, she first approaches art-making in the Art Lyceum of her town, and after completing the course she goes to Milan to attend a scenography course in the Academy of Arts. Not happy with the cultural atmosphere that surrounds her in Italy, at the age of 23 she moves to London where she begins working as a perform ...er for "Rawhead Dance Theatre". In 1996 Barbara enrols in Kent Institute of Art & Design taking as her subject of study “Film & Video Production”. After graduating in July 2000 she has access to the MA course in 'Fine Art' at Central St. Martins College of Art & Design in London where she is awarded the 'Master of Arts' in September 2004.
Since then Barbara has continued producing films and paintings, exhibiting and attending film festivals in UK, Italy and in the rest of the world. Barbara lives and works in London although her visits to Italy are very frequent. Personal home page: www.bambee.org

Selected exhibitions:

2008:

• Videholica 08, International Biennial of Visual Arts, August in Art, Varna City Art Gallery,
Varna, Bulgaria.
• 2 Video ad Altomonte, Video Art exhibition, Euromediterranian Festival, curated by Francesca di Nardo
& Giovanni Viceconte, Altomonte (CS).
• La Chiesa di S. Giovanni Battista di Penne nel Solstizio d'Estate, organized by the association Italia
Nostra, curated by Luigi Mincione.
• GAP, group exhibition, Vittoria Colonna Museum of Modern Art, Pescara, curated by Claudia
Civitarese in collaboration with the GAI (Circuito Giovani Artisti Italiani).
• Projecto VideoLab at the Electrochoc Video Festival, curated by LeMatrice collective, France
• 17Days Video Series, Richmond Center Art Galleries, Western Michigan University, curated by Adriane
Little, USA
• “Animation: Digital Antidotes”, Looptopia: Around the Coyote Video Lounge, curated by LiveBox,
www.liveboxgallery.com, Chicago, USA
• Projecto VideoLab, www.projectovideolab.com, Semide, Portugal
• Video, Donna e Superstizione, video-art exhibition, Spazio Wunderkammer, Cremona, Italy



Film and video work:

• 2008: "Reptilica", 6 mins.
• 2006: "Rain", 5.4 mins.
• 2006: "The Chequered Tunnel", 5.5 mins.
• 2005: "Edges", 15 mins.
• 2005: "Leaves", 16 mins.
• 2005: "The Tower Trilogy", 9.1 mins.
• 2004: "35 mm Animation", 10.4 mins.
• 2001: "16 mm Animation", 16 mins.
• 1999: "Viola", 30 mins.
• 1998: "Look at You", 10 mins.

Collections:

• New Museum of Contemporary Art, Rhizome New Media Artbase, rhizome.org/art, New York, USA
• Museum of New Art (MONA) www.detroitmona.com, 27 West 2nd St., Rochester, MI 48307 - USA
• Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum, Via Duca D'Aosta, Casoria, Naples, Italy
• MOCA, Museum of Computer Art, www.museumofcomputerart.com, Virtual Museum,
Brooklyn and Prattsville, New York, USA
• M.I.D.A. International Museum of Women in Art, www.museoartedonna.org, Scontrone (AQ), Italy

Collaborations:

2007: Collaboration with MTV, “The Chequered Tunnel” licensed and screened on QOOB TV, Feb 2008.

2005: "Atlantropa", A film by Michel Morales and Harald Rauser, Miromar Entertainment AG,
Rheinlandstr. 10, 71636 Ludwigsburg, Germany. Role: Italian newsreel voice.

2002: "Viaggio nei centri storici" a film by Luca Krstic, Produced by Ionia film Krstic.
Role: shots of paintings under water.