Valentina Gelain
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b. 1992, Italia
Multidisciplinary Visual Artist
Residence: Suomi
Contact information
Phone number: +358 452596546
Email: valentinagelain.blackboxgenesis@gmail.com
Artist’s Statement
Through wondering introspection, Gelain investigates human existentialism drawing from the conceptual and emotional, symbolic and dreamlike sphere, often setting and inspiring the quest in rural and natural scenarios. Intimate perceptions and primal pulses lead to probing liminal spaces, inner conflicts and redemption, merging into a synergy of form, content and intention.
Artistic research becomes a continuum of life itself, where the edges between practice and experiential tool are inextricably intertwined. Her analysis is based on authentic impressions and (infra)confrontation, recalling untethered resources of thought and cognition of the others starting from ourselves.
Stretching a thread between consciousness and intuition, between vision and figuration, the reflection oscillates through (self)analysis, awareness and the search for empathic balance.
Not mere question for others, also the artist during the process attempts to acknowledge overshadowed metaphysical and immanent dynamics of being and thus discerning contradictions and reversing conflicts; lucid to accept the discomfort for true change in a voluntary and active journey that will lead to different catharsis of being and, as a result, how we can (co)exist in reality.
‘Nubivago in existence ~ overflowing, writhing, turning inside-out ~ glimpsing a pattern in endless alteration ~ feel reality without understanding ~ thought to the point of appearing illusion ~ with art as viaticum’
With a background in fine arts, Gelain explores subjects and figurations through different languages and means of communication, urging to best express the original vision. In recent years, the artist has experimented with video art and in general an interdisciplinary approach to research and practice, leading her to work with photography, performance, installation, poetry, site-specific art.
Artistic research becomes a continuum of life itself, where the edges between practice and experiential tool are inextricably intertwined. Her analysis is based on authentic impressions and (infra)confrontation, recalling untethered resources of thought and cognition of the others starting from ourselves.
Stretching a thread between consciousness and intuition, between vision and figuration, the reflection oscillates through (self)analysis, awareness and the search for empathic balance.
Not mere question for others, also the artist during the process attempts to acknowledge overshadowed metaphysical and immanent dynamics of being and thus discerning contradictions and reversing conflicts; lucid to accept the discomfort for true change in a voluntary and active journey that will lead to different catharsis of being and, as a result, how we can (co)exist in reality.
‘Nubivago in existence ~ overflowing, writhing, turning inside-out ~ glimpsing a pattern in endless alteration ~ feel reality without understanding ~ thought to the point of appearing illusion ~ with art as viaticum’
With a background in fine arts, Gelain explores subjects and figurations through different languages and means of communication, urging to best express the original vision. In recent years, the artist has experimented with video art and in general an interdisciplinary approach to research and practice, leading her to work with photography, performance, installation, poetry, site-specific art.
Current information
Current projects in 2025-2026 ~ 'The Shell Cracked', 'Translucid skins-strands-of-us' & 'What is Left in the Temple of Memory' in collaboration with Bekim Hasaj.
Ongoing project:
‘The Peaks’ multidisciplinary art project by Valentina Gelain, 2022-present.
Other projects:
‘The Grey Hour’ multidisciplinary art project by Valentina Gelain, 2021-2023.
Last Exhibition/Art Event:
‘Mistä tulet, mihin kuulut?’, art video screening, organised by Muu ry, Etelä-Karjalan Taiteilijaseura & Korutaideyhdistys ry, Pihatto Gallery (Lappeenranta, Finland, 14 November 2025);
'The Shell Cracked' duo exhibition, Taidekeskus Itä-Gallery Riutta (Lappeenranta, Finland, October-November 2025).
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Duo exhibition, Galerie Pleiku (Berlin, Germany, May 2026);
'The Hidden Spots', site-specific installation/exhibition in century-old house, 'What is Left in the Temple of Memory' (Övermark, Finland, July-August 2026);
Duo exhibition, Tempus–Jakobstad Museum (Jakobstad, Finland, January-March 2027).
Upcoming artist residency:
Galerie Pleiku residency-exhibition in Berlin (Germany, May 2026).
