Milena Bini

MILENA BINI Brescia, 1972.

The free spirit and desire to experiment of this artist take her beyond the context of the LABA Free Academy of Fine Arts in Brescia, where she was trained. At a young age, she embarked on a missionary experience in Brazil, where she created murals in an orphanage. In 2004, she began a journey that led her to explore various artistic fields, from painting to sculpture, and short films. She attended courses in oil painting, watercolor, life drawing, and decorative arts at various schools. In 2007 and 2008, she exhibited at AAB. In 2008, her chalk drawings on wood, created on-site, were donated in the course of the centennial artistic exhibition of Olivetti and displayed at the Olivetti Museum in Ivrea, Turin. In 2008, she illustrated a story for the Telethon Foundation, and in 2012, she contributed to the video "Caregiver" for the ASL (Local Health Authority) of Brescia with a chalk drawing on board. She participated in the exhibition "Creazioni di Terracotta" with the installation "lightness" at the Monastery of S. Pietro in Lamosa, Provaglio d'Iseo (Bs), where she exhibited multiple times from 2013 to 2016, during sculpture exhibitions. In 2014, her sculpture depicting the Moon was permanently displayed at the "Serafino Zani" Astronomical Observatory in Lumezzane (Bs). In December 2016, she created three ceramic sculptures on commission for the award ceremony of the international fair Interpoma in Bolzano. In 2017, she exhibited her sculptures at the Quistini Castle in Rovato (Bs) and her installation 'Catch diversity' at the new Milanese restaurant of the famous television chef Alessandro Borghese. In 2018, she exhibited at the Fuori Salone in Milan during Design Week. In 2019, one of her apples was a finalist in the Artbox Project Miami 2.0 competition. In 2020, she won the 'Contemporary Art Curator Magazine's Artist of the Future' award. In the same year, she exhibited at the AISM charity competition (Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association), and one of her works was donated to ASST Franciacorta and permanently displayed in the atrium of their hospital, the "Mellino Mellini" hospital in Chiari (Bs), as part of an initiative curated and organized by the Colossi Arte Contemporanea gallery in Brescia. Also in 2020, she exhibited in the joint exhibition "Milena Bini & Jason Engelbart" at the Artobox gallery in Zurich and the exhibition "Andy Warhol and Friends" at the Mazzoleni Foundation in Alzano Lombardo (Bg). In February 2021, she participated in the Art Now competition and was selected for a group exhibition in Palermo at the Effetto Arte gallery. In the same year, she exhibited some apple sculptures at the prestigious Hotel Cipriani in Venice. The artist currently exhibits in art galleries in Italy and abroad and participates in major national and international contemporary art exhibitions, such as Artbox Project Miami 2.0, Swiss Art Expo, Artefiera Bologna, Art Verona, Art Padova, BAF (Bergamo Arte Fiera), and Milano Art Fair.