Annalisa Iadicicco
Mixed Media Artist
Annalisa Iadicicco
13-17 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, N.Y 11101
917-406-9701
Summary
Annalisa Iadicicco is an Italian-born mixed media artist known for her installations and photography. She moved to New York in 1997 to study photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology and subsequently worked with major movie and television productions before returning to her roots to create art from raw found materials.
Annalisa’s installations and sculptures are created using reclaimed materials found during her urban travels and address social injustices and environmental problems, aiming to highlight overlooked issues and encourage conversation and social change.
Whether repurposing car bumpers into superhero sculptures, transforming unwanted musical instruments into functional lamps, or utilizing discarded bicycle rims and music vinyls to create flower sculptures,
Annalisa aims to unveil the hidden potential within discarded objects. Each creation is a deliberate act of curation and transformation, compelling viewers to reconsider their perceptions and engage in meaningful dialogue.
Her work has been exhibited in various group shows in New York, Italy, and India.
In 2018 she was the artist-in- residence at Materials for The Arts, where she also held a solo show in the MFTA gallery. She received the Creative Climate Award of The Human Impact Institute in 2020 and her work was featured on Channel Thirteen/PBS American Portrait in 2021. In 2023, she is among the radical NY artists who transform found objects into art, as featured in Time Out and received the LIC Community Impact Award from Culture Lab LIC.
As the founder and creative director of “ The Blue Bus Project”, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Annalisa is committed to bringing free participatory art events into underserved communities around NYC. The project aims to promote dialogue for social and environmental change through performance, visual arts, and interdisciplinary workshops.
PBS- American Portrait
https://vimeo.com/489125137/139e155b37
Bottle to Bottle
“Bottle to Bottle : A Public Art Installation for Sustainability During NYC Climate Week
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Bumperman
Bumperman: A superhero rises from the ashes of Willets Point
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Selected Group Show and Solo Exhibitions:
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2024/2025: Current Exhibition Bumperman, Art in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
2023/2025: Current Exhibition Bottle To Bottle Community driven public installation, LIC, NY
2024: QCA, Orinoco, LIC, NY
2023: BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition “Recycle 2023”, Brooklyn, NY
2022: The Sustainable Art Show” The IW Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2022: Mural Project “Bridging Communities”, LIC, NY
2021: The Heart Monument “NYC Love Tour”, NY
2021: Culture Lab LIC, “Artist in Resident Exhibition”, NY
2020: The Human Impact Institute- 2020 Creative Climate Awards, NY
2019: Estudio Associazione Culturale “Empty Walls”, Naples, Italy
2019: The Local “The Perfect Image”, Queens, NY
2019: Materials for the Arts Gallery “ The artists of MFTA”, Queens, NY
2018: Solo show “Concrete Jungle” at Materials For The Arts, NY
2018: BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition “Recycle 2018”, Brooklyn, NY
2018: Plaxall Gallery ”Rock, Paper, Scissor” Queens, NY
2018: The Untitled Space Gallery “One Year of Resistance”, NY
2018: Frank Sinatra School of the Arts “National School Walkout” Queens, NY
2017: Venice Biennale-Palazzo Zenobio “L’arte ai tempi della 57’ Biennale di Venezia”, Venice,Italy
2017: Miace ( Museo Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea Euromediterraneo) “ I paesaggi della bellezza in Campania”, Castel Volturno/ Naples, Italy
2017: Casa Museo Alda Merini “La Milanesita” Milano, Italy
2017: Casa Novecento “3.0 Integrazione / Disintegrazione” Monza, Italy
2017: Atelier Corso Como “3.0 Integrazione / Disintegrazione” Milano, Italy
2017: Domus Art “3.0 Integrazione / Disintegrazione” Monza, Italy
2017: Palazzo Zenobio for the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2017: Materials for The Arts “Contemporary Reuse”, Queens, NY
2017: Flux Factory “ Tongue Tide’, Queens, NY
2017: Socrates Sculpture Park “ Summer Solstice /“ Food Day”, Queens, NY
2016: Local Project Art Space “ Paradise in the City”, Queens, NY
2016: No Longer Empty/ Local Project, “ Jameco Exchange”, Queens, NY
2016: Figment@ Governor’s Island, New York, NY
2016: Chiostro Di San Domenico Maggiore, Naples, Italy
2016: Casa Cava, Sassi di Matera, Italy
2016: Wynwood Wall @ Art Basel Miami, Miami FL
2015: Macro ( Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Roma), Rome, Italy
2015: Estudio Associazione Culturale, Naples, Italy
2015: Mostra D’Oltremare, Naples, Italy
2015: The Factory, LIC, NY
2014: Gold Coast Gallery, Great Neck, NY
2014: The Aurora Gallery, New York,NY
2013: La Mama Galleria, New York, NY
2013: LICAO @ Reis Studios , Long Island City, N.Y.
2012: No Longer Empty: “How Much Do I Owe You?” Long Island City, N.Y.
2012: Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York, N.Y.
2012: Artefacting “Global Village”, Nagaland, India
2012: Artefacting “Global Village”, Guwahati, India
2012: Artists for Empowerment, L.I.C., NY
2012: Gotham Center, Long Island City, N.Y.
2011: Artefacting “Willets Point”, Queens, N.Y.
2011: La Mama , New York, N.Y.
2011: M55 “In the Place we Live”, Long Island City, N.Y.
2011: LIC Art Center, Long Island City, N.Y.
2010: Bronx Art Space “Synthetic Zero”, Bronx, N.Y.
2009: Bronx Blue Bedroom Project, Bronx, NY
2008: LDR Studio Gallery, The Anti So BRO Show, New York, NY
Publications
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NY1 - Queens artist creates sculpture to honor history and transformation of Willets Point, October 2024
QNS-Bumperman’ lands in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, honoring Willets Point’s immigrant roots
INQ- Pull up to the Bumper(man) in Flushing Meadow Corona Park, October 2024
INQ-Help a Queens Artist Build a House with Plastic Bottles on Sept. 9, September 2023
La Republica, “Bottle to Bottle”, installazione sostenibile che invita al dialogo green”, September 2023
Time Out, “These radical New York artists transform found object into art”, March 2023
LICPost, “Mural that Aims to Bridge Hunters Point and Queensbridge together” June 2022
Time Out “ A giant heart paying tribute to healthcare workers is now on display in Queens” Feb. 2022
NY1 - Around The Boroughs, February 2022
PBS American Portrait, January, 2021
NY1 News, April 15, 2020
Hyperallergic, July 31, 2019
BKreader, July 23,2019
Queens Gazette-Local-Express, April 24,2019
Il Mattino Naples Italy, November 4, 2018
QNS, June 19 ,2018
I-Italy, September 28, 2017
Times Ledger,October 12 ,2017
Exibart, October 6 ,2017
I-Italy, July 25, 2017
The Rockaway Time, July 20, 2017
Rai Italia “ Community L’altra Italia” November 25, 2016
LICPost, October 20, 2016
Channel11 News, October 18, 2016
1010Wins, October 17, 2016
DNA Info, October17, 2016
NBC, October 14,2016
Queens Courier, October 13, 2016
NY1 News, July 3, 2016
DNAInfo, June 30, 2016
Ildesk Quotidiano Indipendente: July 15, 2015
ExhibitArt: July 2015
DireGiovani.it: July16, 2015
Corriere del Mezzogiorno: July 29, 2015
La Repubblica: July 17, 2015
I-Italy Online Magazine: June 1, 2015
The Island Now, November 2014
NY1, May 2014
I-Italy Online Magazine: December 30, 2013
The Huffington Post, December 2013I-Italy Online Magazine: December 30, 2013
QBoro Queens Chronicle, May 2013
Eclectic Northeast India Travel Guide, May 2013
AI-AP Dispatches: May 2013
Art Hunter Magazine: May 2013
ISF (Iglesia sin Fronteras) Colombia, May 2013
Missione Italia: January/February 2012
DNA info New York, November 2012
Assam Times; May 11, 2012
Eclectic Times India: August, 2012
I-Italy Online Magazine: September 7, 2011
LIC/Astoria Journal: July 28, 2011
Queens Chronicle: May 12, 2011
Ramo Music: March 2011 Cd Release
Forest Hills Times: September 2010
New York Times: Documenting the Decade, January 2010
Ins and Out: June 2005 issue pg. 37
Education
International Center of Photography, New York, N.Y.
Documentary photography, 2009-2010
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, N.Y.
Associate in Applied Science in Photography, 2006-2008
Residencies / Commissions/ Workshops/Grant
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2024 Alliance For Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Art in the Park -Grant
2023 LIC Community Impact - Award
2023 Flushing Town Hall - Grant
2023 NYFA- Grant
2022 Urban Upbound and the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety - Grant
2020 Creative Climate Awards - Award
2020 Culture Lab LIC - Artist-in-Residence
2019 Queens Council on The Arts – Arts Access Grant
2019 Citizens Committee Neighborhood – Community Art Grant
2018 Materials For The Arts – Spring 2018 Artist-in-Residence
2018 Citizens Committee Neighborhood – Community Art Grant
2018 Queens Council on The Arts – Arts Access Grant
2018 Queens Council on The Arts – Artistic Excellence Recognition Award
2017 Citizens Committee Neighborhood – Community Art Grant
2015 Estudio Associazione Culturale, Naples, Italy - Artist-in-Residence
2012 Artefacting “Global Village”, Guwahati/Nagaland, India - Artist-in-Residence
Language
Fluent in English, Italian, and Spanish.