Forest Reverie — Beatrice Spadea

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WHAT’S ON

Jun 2026 - Jan 2027
artist-in-residence at Centro Pecci and Casa Masaccio for SUPERTOSCANA project

21.01.27 - group show at Centro Pecci

Projects and exhibitions

WEAVINGS

I CARRY THE FOREST INSIDE
batik and eco print on silk

CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A VOICE
ceramic sound sculptures

MUTAFORMA
Papier-mâché sculptures

ERBARI
batik on silk

FOREST REVERIE
works on paper

CURSES, SPELLS AND OTHER MAGICS
duo show with Elisa Bertaglia (2024)

NOTES FROM ANOTHER WORLD
solo show (2023)

SITE SPECIFIC WORKS

PAPER SCULPTURES

Limited Editions

Inner Maps, 2025
Textile series
Available here

Rivedere la foresta, 2024
Limited Edition Print

Surreal Landscapes, 2023
Limited Edition of scarves

BEATRICE SPADEA
b.1995
Italy

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Beatrice Spadea’s practice explores the intersections of imagination, perception, and memory, investigating how these dimensions shape our experience of the world. Her work moves through spaces where dream, fantasy, and poetry emerge, opening reflective and alternative perspectives.

Her earlier works engaged with shared natural and cosmic symbols, which formed the starting point of her research. Over time, her focus has shifted toward a sensory crisis and a growing estrangement from the natural world, and how this disconnection shapes inner life and perception. The forest often appears as a central presence, understood as both a physical and psychic space of renewal, coexistence, and resonance.

At the core of her current practice are textile works developed through batik-dyed silks and hand-assembled pieces on a loom. Through slow, process-based techniques, she explores themes of identity, transformation, and voice, allowing forms to frag- ment, shift, and reorganize. Ceramic sculptures and sound operate in dialogue with the textile works, extending the investigation of resonance and presence. Through these materials, she seeks to awaken perception and build an imaginary ecosystem where matter and sound reconnect us with the living world.

Solo

(2024)The Portal of Timeless Dreams, temporary public installation, Via Borgonuovo 1, Milan

(2023) Notes From Another World, solo show, Galleria Martina Corbetta, Giussano, MB

(2021) One Step Closer to the Sky, solo show JC Gallery Mayfair, London - England

Selected group exhibitions

(2026) Move your hands, Galleria Civica Ezio Mariani, Seregno MB
(2025) Seamspells, Forci Art Foundation, Tenuta di Forci, Lucca, LU
(2025) Mondi Sottili, Studio DeTales, Milano, MI
(2024) Curses, Spells and Other Magics, di Elisa Bertaglia e Beatrice Spadea Galleria Marti- na Corbetta, Giussano, MB
(2022) Roots Of Day, group show, JC Gallery Mayfair , London - England
(2022) C.R.A.C. Crepe, Rotture, Alterazioni e Cicatrici, group show Artiglieria, Contemporary Art Center, Torino, TO

Awards

(2023) ArtPrize 2023, group show, Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
(2022) Combat Prize 13° Edition, group show, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno
(2021) Arte Laguna Prize 15° Edition, group show Arsenale, Venezia
(2020) Winner of Nice&Fair Contemporary Visions Paratissima, Torino

Residencies

upcoming: (Jun 2026-Jan 2027) artist-in-residence SUPERTOSCANA at Centro Pecci (Prato) and Casa Masaccio (San Giovanni Valdarno)

(2025) Forci Art Foundation, Textile Art residency, Tenuta di Forci, Lucca

Education

(2015-2018) Bachelor’s Degree in Painting, Three-Year Program – Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera

Last Updated 04/02/2026

Forest Reverie, 2023
graphite on Japanese Awagami paper, 132x96 cm

For years, the forest has been at the heart of my research, a place I have studied, observed, and inhabited. What fascinates me is its complexity, the richness of its forms, the delicate coexistence of multiple species that thrive in a dynamic equilibrium.

The forest is not a static space, but a living
system of interdependencies, where every element , visible or invisible, contributes to the balance of the whole.

Beyond its biological dimension, I am drawn to the cultural imaginary of the forest, a place of light and shadow, of revelation and concealment.
Its depth mirrors the human condition: what we see is only a fragment of what exists, and what is hidden often sustains the visible. T

T he forest becomes a metaphor for life itself, dense, layered, and shifting. A space where perception expands and boundaries blur.

Reverie of the Imagined Forest, 2025
graphite on Japanese Awagami paper, 78x52 cm

Forest Reverie, 2023
graphite on Japanese Awagami paper, 113x73 cm

Photo © Cosimo Filippini

Forest Reverie, 2023
graphite on Japanese Awagami paper, 200x30 cm
view from Mondi Sottili, group show at Studio DeTales, Milan