Marinella Senatore works in video, installation, photography, and painting to instigate a range of processes that explore the role of the public—both in the creation and reception of her works. Many of Senatore’s light installations, recalls the intricately constructed environments of film sets through her use of specific materials, especially Fresnel lamps. Faithfully employing cinematographic techniques, her installations mimic her memory of the specific lighting conditions within spaces she has experienced in the past. Yet unlike the end result of most cinematic productions, she foregrounds the aesthetics and craft of fictional scenography.

New York Prize 2010
Ministero degli Affari Esteri - The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University - The Italian Cultural Institute New York

The prize offers artists the opportunity to spend four months in New York, to coincide with one academic semester at the Italian Academy to develop their work while exploring the artistic scene in the United States and particularly in New York.

Marinella Senatore was born in Cava dei Tirreni (Salerno) in 1977. She lives and works between Rome and Madrid, Spain