Annalisa Mercuri is an Italian artist and scientist whose practice develops at the intersection of scientific observation and artistic inquiry.
Her work begins with data, statistics, measurement and documented events, which she transforms into visual and material forms. Rather than presenting information directly, she uses processes such as seriality, repetition, accumulation and transformation to give abstract data a physical and sensory presence.
Her work addresses themes of time, memory, loss, environmental change, endangered nature and human dignity. Scientific information provides a factual structure, while artistic processes introduce ambiguity, emotion and personal experience.
Across painting, cyanotype, printmaking, drawing and installation, Mercuri is interested in what happens when something that can be counted or measured becomes something that can also be felt.
Her scientific background is not separate from her artistic practice. It informs her way of observing, researching and working, while art allows her to approach subjects that cannot be fully contained by measurement alone.
She lives and works in Italy.
Education
PhD in Pharmaceutics
University of East Anglia, UK
BA (Hons) Painting
Open College of the Arts / The Open University, UK
Laurea in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology
Italy
Selected artistic development
Since 2014, Mercuri has undertaken extensive additional training in painting, printmaking, Japanese woodblock printing, cyanotype and other artistic practices in Italy, Austria, England and Japan.
UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITIONS
21-24 09/2026
Mizu no Kokoro, curated by Brindusa Burrows, Galérie-Studio BB, Val-d’Illiez, Switzerland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Lo Spettro dell’Acqua, curated by Federica Viola and with the collaboration of the Accademia Giambettino Cignaroli e Scuola Brenzoni di Pittura e Scultura, MuMu – Multimedia Mill, Mulino Novo della Madonna di Erbè (Verona), Italy
2021-22
PERSOnAM, curated by Laura Giovanna Bevione, StudioLab 138 – Galleria espositiva di Studio Lab 138, Pavona di Castel Gandolfo (Rome), Italy
UPCOMING GROUP EXHIBITIONS
20-25 09/2026
Exposition – Showroom Residence Artistique Internationalle, Val-d’Illiez, Galerie d’Art – Espace Raiffeisen, Champéry, Switzerland
19 09/2026
Group Exhibition, Accademia Giambettino Cignaroli e Scuola Brenzoni di Pittura e Scultura, Verona, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Exposition – Showroom Residence Artistique Internationalle, Val-d’Illiez, Galerie d’Art – Espace Raiffeisen, Champéry, Switzerland
2025
Segni, colori, memorie, Galleria d’arte Habitat 83, Verona, Italy
2024
Senza Ali Senza Rete, Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy
Works on Narushima Washi International Group Exhibition Towa Community Center (Towa Library Gallery) and Hanamaki City Culture Hall
, Japan
Mirror Face to Face – Italian and Polish Artists exhibition, Villa Caldogno, Caldogno (VI), Italy
Paratissima Biennale Tecnologia 2024: Utopie Realiste, Turin, Italy
2023
Le génie de la montagne 2023, Champéry, Switzerland
Altri Segnali, Galleria d’arte Habitat 83, Verona, Italy
Di Segni, Rocca Colonna, Castelnuovo di Porto (Rome), Italy
2022
Di Segni, StudioLab 138, Pavona di Castel Gandolfo (Rome), Italy
Segnali, Galleria d´arte Habitat 83, Verona, Italy
Wånder Wide Web, online art exhibition
1522, Multiple locations: StudioLab 138 (Pavona di Castel Gandolfo), Rocca Colonna (Castelnuovo di Porto), Chiesa San Severo al Pendino (Napoli), Italy
2021
International Print Exchange #13, Banks Mill Studios, Derby, UK
Dalla Venere alle Veneri, 4th Contemporary art prize, Museo di Genga “Arte Storia Territorio” Genga (AN), Italy
9” Yin Yang: Opposti complementari Scuderie di Palazzo Ruspoli, Nemi, Italy
2020
Luce e Tenebre, Arte in Abbazia: Cammini di Fede II, Abbazia di Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Rome), Italy
9” Yin Yang: Opposti complementari StudioLab 138, Pavona di Castel Gandolfo, Italy
Modulo, StudioLab 138, Pavona di Castel Gandolfo, Italy
Mostra della Memoria, Galleria MIconTI´, Villafranca, Italy
2019
9” Margini, multiple locations: Palazzo Ruspoli (Nemi), Museo II Legione Partica (Albano Laziale), StudioLab 138 (Pavona di Castel Gandolfo), Italy
L´arte racconta i quartieri, Voria Piturar Verona, Chiesa di San Pietro Incarnario, Verona, Italy
Espressione Cignaroli, Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo, Verona, Italy
Miniprintpaese, Villa Panizza, Paese, Italy
Dittico, StudioLab 138, Pavona di Castel Gandolfo, Italy
2018
9” Rosso, various locations: Sala delle armi di Palazzo Ruspoli (Nemi), StudioLab 138 (Pavona di Castel Gandolfo), Italy
Espressione Cignaroli, Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo, Verona, Italy
2017
International Print Exchange #9, Banks Mill Studios, Derby, UK
Cross Pollination: Moth migration project, 516Arts, Albuquerque, NM, USA
AWARDS
2023
Altri Segnali, winner of Jury’s special prize “L’Inferno di Dante: Arbeit Macht (nicht) Frei – 51000 IMI”
2021
9” Yin Yang: Opposti complementari, winner technical jury with “Dunning-Kruger”
Luce e Tenebre, Arte in Abbazia: Cammini di Fede II, winner with “Dunning-Kruger”
RESIDENCIES
Sept 2026 International Artist Residency, Portes du Soleil, Switzerland
Oct-Nov 2024 International Artist Residency, Mulino Novo di Erbé, Associazione Antiche Contrade, Verona, Italy
Aug 2023 International Artist Residency — Munich, Germany
WORKS IN MUSEUMS/COLLECTIONS
Die Weiße Rose, Lake District Holocaust Project, Windermere, UK
Venere oggi, Museo di Genga “Arte Storia Territorio”, Genga (Ancona), Italy
Dunning-Kruger, Abbazia di Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Rome), Italy
Dunning-Kruger, StudioLab 138, Pavona di Castel Gandolfo (Rome), Italy
PRESS
S+T+ARTS AQUA MOTION – Sylloge, 2026 https://starts.eu/opportunities/starts-aqua-motion-sylloge/#sylloge
Lo Spettro dell’acqua, Press Release, 2025 https://service.exibart.com/comunicati-stampa/lo-spettro-dellacqua/
Verrazzo, S. Opere d’arte contro la violenza, la mostra del numero 1522 fa tappa a Napoli, Il Messaggero, 29 October 2022
MOMA Instagram account: “Finché morte non ci separi” selected and shared by MOMA, 2018
© 2026 Annalisa Mercuri