biography

Trieste 1935 - 1972.

The Triestine artist, prematurely passed away at the age of 36 in 1972, left a very strong mark - strictly upstream and always innovative in the language - in the Italian history of Art of the 50s and 60s. In particular the figurative cycle of the years 1956 - 1961 - documented in the catalogue published by the gallery for the retrospective exhibition of the Stables of Miramare Park in 1990 - is characterised by a freshness and an actuality which still leave us amazed and seems very close to the outcomes of the New German Expressionism of the 80s. Defined by a great broadmindedness and a subtle creative vein is also Miela Reina's production of the 60s, documented in the Electa catalogue published in 1980.

The Italian critic is still today very sensitive towards any kind of event about her, while in her city she is unanimously considered the strongest artistic personality of the second post-war period. The main museums of the region have dedicated to her important anthological exhibitions and in these years her biography - in terms of her presence in the catalogues and encyclopaedias of Italian Art - has been remarkably enriched. A great monograph comprising the whole course of her artistic life is about to be published.

In Italy the Galleria Torbandena is Miela Reina's sole agent.

solo exhibitions

2002:
Opere su carta 1954 - 1963, Galleria Torbandena, Trieste.

1999
Apparizioni, Galleria Torbandena, Trieste.

1996
Figure della pittura, Arte in Italia dal 1956 al 1968, Palazzo Sarcinelli, Conegliano, Treviso.
Miela Reina, la favola della realtà, Palazzo Torriani, Gradisca d'Isonzo, Gorizia.

1995
Anni fantastici. Arte a Trieste dal 1948 al 1972, Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste.

1991
Il ritratto nella pittura italiana del 900, Castello di Mesola, Ferrara.

1990
Opere 1956 - 61, galleria Torbandena e Scuderie del parco di Miramare, Trieste.
Design e progetti scenografici, Teatro Miela, Trieste.

1984
Miela Reina, mostra antologica, Galleria Torbandena, Treviso.

1980
Miela Reina, Mostra antologica, Stazione Marittima, Trieste.

1972
Miela Reina, Sala Comunale d'Arte, Trieste.

1970-71
Personali a Zagabria, Firenze, Copenaghen, Aarhus, Como.

1969
Biennale di Zagabria.

1968
Personale a Bari, collettive a Graz e Lubiana.

1966
Personali a Venezia e Pordenone.

1965
Personali a Trieste, Genova, Palermo, Zagabria.

1964
XV Biennale dell'arte triveneta.

1962
Personale a Udine.

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