Individual exhibitions
1995
- Solo exhibition at CIRCOLO FILOLOGICO – Milan (Italy)
- Solo exhibition at VILLA VISCONTI BORROMEO LITTA – Lainate (Italy)
- ART GALLERY EUROPA – Padova (Italy)
- SCOLETTA DI SAN ZACCARIA – Venice (Italy)1996
- Solo exhibition at VILLA POMINI – Castellanza (Italy)
- CIRCOLO FILOLOGICO – Milan (Italy)
- VILLA VISCONTI BORROMEO LITTA – Lainate (Italy)1997
- Solo exhibition at GALLERY R INV. - Mooloolaba (Queensland, Australia)
1998
- Solo exhibition at "CHELSEA ANTIQUES AND DECORATIVE ART CENTER PTY" - Brisbane (Australia)
- INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP - Brande (Denmark)
- EU OFFICES IN BRUXELLES (Belgium)1999
- Solo exhibition at CIRCOLO FILOLOGICO - Milan (Italy)
- Solo exhibition at BANCA CREDITO COOPERATIVO - Legnano (Italy)2000
- INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP -Brande - Denmark
- FIERA CAMPIONARIA INTERN. Bologna (Italy)
- PALAZZO PRETORIO – Volterra (Italy)
- Solo exhibition GRAND HOTEL REGINA - Salsomaggiore T. (Italy)2001
- Solo exhibition VILLA RECALCATI-PALAZZO DELLA PROVINCIA – Varese (Italy)
- JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER -NEW YORK (USA)
- S. GIOVANNI BATTISTAS’ Church – Pistoia (Italy)
- Solo exhibition GALLERY SPOR - Brande (Denmark)
- Solo exhibition at Hotel WESTIN EUROPA & REGINA – Venice (Italy)2002
- Solo exhibition at ITALIAN CONSULATE – Lugano (Switzerland)- Solo exhibition at MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE CENTRE – Valletta (Malta)
- ART GALLERY COUVRE PORTE – Vittoriosa (Malta)
- EUROPASTEL EXHIBITION at G. ARPINO CENTRE – Bra (Italy)
- ART AND SCIENCE FOR THE LIFE 2nd edition – Biella (Italy)2003
- EUROPASTEL EXHIBITION at RUMIANZEV PALAIS – S. Petersburg (Russia)
- EUROPASTEL EXHIBITION at PALAZZO DUCALE – Genova (Italy)
- CASTLE OF MANGO – Mango-Torino- (Italy)
- INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF PASTELS IN FRANCE, P. AUGUSTE ESPACE – Vernon (France)
- Solo exhibition at VILLA VISCONTI BORROMEO LITTA – Lainate (Italy)
- CONGRESS CENTRE – Ravenna (Italy)2004
- MERCART04 - International art trade - Convention centre Lugano (Switzerland)
- Solo exhibition GALLERIA SANT'ISAIA - Bologna (Italy)2005
- VILLA GIULIA -Verbania Pallanza-(Italy)
2006
-Solo exhibition GALLERY NUOVI INVESTIMENTI –Domodossola (Verbania)-(Italy)
2009
- Solo exhibition SAN ROCCO - Lequio Berria (Cuneo)- (Italy)
-Solo exhibition Sala d'Arte Santa Maria-Busto Arsizio (Varese)-(Italy)2010
- Solo exhibition ALEXANDER MUSEUM H.-Pesaro (Italy)
2011
- ARTEXPO, Lingotto Torino (Italy)
- CASA DELLE CULTURE DEL MONDO"Intuizione Espressione" – Milan (Italy)
- Solo Exhibition MUNICIPIO CERRO MAGGIORE (Milan) –(Italy)
- Sede C.D.O.-Saronno-Varese (Italy)
- Solo Exhibition CHIESA SAN BARTOLOMEO-Barattano (Perugia)-(Italy)
- Solo Exhibition ESPACE DEL ARTS - Saint Paul de Vence (Cote d'Azur-France)2012
-NATIONAL THEATRE - Abu Dhabi (UAE)
2013
- SOCIETA’ PROMOTRICE BELLE ARTI –Torino (Italy)
- SPAZIO ARTE CASTELLO –Torino (Italy)2014
- Solo Exibition HC ART FACTORY – Milan”Sapori ed Arte”(Italy)
- PINACOTECA – Assisi (Arte, luoghi, linguaggi)-(Italy)
- PALAZZO STELLA – Genoa-(Italy)
- TRISPACE GALLERY – London (UK)2015
- Solo Exibition GALLERIA DEGLI ARTISTI –Milano “Climbing the Nature”(Italy)
-BIENNAL ART INTERNATIONAL-REALE ALBERGO-Palermo (Italy)2016
- Solo Exibition GALLERY NUOVI INVESTIMENTI – Domodossola(Verbania)-(Italy)
-TRIENNIAL PALAEXPO –Verona (Italy)2017
- Solo Exibition PALAZZO DEL BARGELLO-Gubbio -Perugia“Ad Naturam”(Italy)
- ART MODERN GALLERY SCIORTINO- Monreale-Palermo (Italy)2018
- II CREATIVITY BIENNAL –Bra (Cuneo)- (Italy)
2019
- Solo Exibition MUSEO DI SAN FRANCESCO – Madre Natura- Montefalco(Perugia)-(Italy)
- Solo Exibition SPAZIO PwC –Environmental Art’s Creations-Milan (Italy)
- CASTELLO VISCONTEO (Dove si appoggia l’arcobaleno)- Legnano(Milan)-(Italy)
- SPAZIO MANTEGNA (Quando il libro è espressione d’arte) –Milan-(Italy)2020
- ART PAPER – GALERIE L’ATELIER- Berna (Switzerland)
2021
-VILLA CORVINI (Omaggio a Felice Musazzi)- Parabiago (Italy)
- VILLA ZARI (Trasparenze fuggevoli della Natura)-Bovisio Masciago (Italy)
-CASTELLO VISCONTEO (E fu l’alba a ridestare i nostri sogni)-Legnano(Milano) Italy2022
-VILLA GIULIA (Le Stanze delle Meraviglie)-Verbania Pallanza (Italy)
-VILLA SIMONETTA Arte Contemporanea (Incontriamoci in Villa Simonetta- Verbania(Italy)
-SPAZIO MANTEGNA (Quando il libero è espressione d’arte) Milano (Italy)
-CASTELLO VISCONTEO (75 anni nell’evoluzione dell’Arte)Legnano(Italy)
- 1986 Milan, Galleria Ars Italica
- 1989 Corvara, Val Badia
- 1989 Paris, Chamber of Commerce
- 1993 Venice, Galleria Studio d’Arte Due
- 1995 Lainate, Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta
- 1995 Milan, Circolo Filologico
- 1996 Castellanza, Villa Pomini
- 1997 Mooloolaba (Queensland), Australia, Gallery R Investments
- 1999 Brisbane (Australia), Chelsea Antiques and Decorative Art Center Pty
- 1999 Milan, Circolo Filologico
- 1999 Legnano, Banca Credito Cooperativo
- 2000 Lemvig (Denmark), European Community
- 2000 Salsomaggiore Terme, Grand Hotel Regina
- 2001 Varese, Villa Recalcati – Provincial Palace
- 2001 Brande (Denmark), Gallery Spor
- 2001 Venice, Hotel Westin Europa & Regina
- 2002 Lugano (Switzerland), Consulate General of Italy
- 2002 Valletta (Malta), Mediterranean Conference Centre
- 2002 Vittoriosa (Malta), Gallery Couvré Porte
- 2003 Lainate, Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta
- 2004 Bologna, Galleria Sant’Isaia
- 2006 Domodossola, Gallery Nuovi Investimenti
- 2009 Lequio Berria (CN), San Rocco
- 2009 Busto Arsizio (VA), Santa Maria Art Hall
- 2010 Pesaro, Alexander Museum H.
- 2011 Cerro Maggiore (MI), Town Hall
- 2011 Barattano (PG), Church of San Bartolomeo
- 2011 Saint Paul (Côte d’Azur), Espace des Arts
- 2012 Abu Dhabi (UAE), National Theatre
- 2014 Milan, HC Art Factory (Flavours and Art)
- 2015 Milan, Galleria degli Artisti (Climbing the Nature)
- 2016 Domodossola, Gallery Nuovi Investimenti
- 2017 Gubbio (PG), Palazzo del Bargello (Ad Naturam)
- 2019 Montefalco (PG), Museum of San Francesco (Mother Nature)
- 2019 Milan, PwC Space (Environmental Art’s Creations)
- 2021 Bovisio M. (Monza and Brianza), Villa Zari (Fleeting Transparencies of Nature) with Shoko Okumura
- 2024 Novara, Azimut Art Hall (Seeing the Invisible), curated by V. Scardigno and G. Morlacchi
- 2024 Rivoli (TO), Galleria e20 d’Arte al Castello (The Garden of Meditations), curated by Fulvio Bresciani
Selected group exhibitions in Italy and abroad
- 2000 Brande (Denmark), Remise-Akademiet
- 2000 Bologna, International Trade Fair
- 2000 Volterra, Palazzo Pretorio
- 2000 Brussels (Belgium), European Union Headquarters
- 2001 New York (USA), Javits Convention Center
- 2001 Pistoia, former Church of San Giovanni Battista
- 2002 Bra, G. Arpino Centre (Europastello)
- 2003 St. Petersburg (Russia), Rumyantsev Palace, Europastello
- 2003 Genoa, Palazzo Ducale
- 2003 Vernon (France), P. August Space
- 2003 Mango, Castle of Mango
- 2003 Ravenna, Conference Palace
- 2004 Lugano (Switzerland), MercArt
- 2005 Verbania Pallanza, Villa Giulia
- 2011 Turin, Lingotto, ArtExpo
- 2011 Milan, House of World Cultures, “Intuition Expression”
- 2013 Turin, Società Promotrice Belle Arti
- 2013 Turin, Spazio Arte Castello
- 2014 Assisi, Pinacoteca (“Art, Places, Languages”)
- 2014 Genoa, Palazzo Stella
- 2014 London, Trispace Gallery
- 2015 Palermo, International Art Biennial
- 2016 Verona, Triennale Palaexpo
- 2017 Legnano, Visconteo Castle
- 2017 Monreale, Sciortino Modern Art Gallery
- 2017 Bovisio M., Church of San Martino
- 2018 Bra, 2nd Biennale of Creativity
- 2019 Legnano, Visconteo Castle (“Where the Rainbow Rests”)
- 2020 Bern (Switzerland), Art Paper – Galerie l’Atelier
- 2021 Legnano, Visconteo Castle (“And Dawn Awakened Our Dreams”)
- 2021 Parabiago, Villa Corvini (Tribute exhibition to Felice Musazzi)
- 2022 Verbania, Villa Giulia Contemporary Art (“The Rooms of Wonders – Wunderkammer”), curated by M. Cortese
- 2022 Milan, Spazio Mantegna (Milano BookCity 2022 – “When a Book Is an Expression of Art”), curated by L. Di Fazio
- 2022 Legnano, Visconteo Castle (“75 Years in the Evolution of Art”), AAL Art Legnanese
- 2022 Intra (VB), Villa Simonetta Contemporary Art (“The Group Exhibition of Group Exhibitions”), curated by M. Cortese
- 2023 Castellanza, Villa Pomini (“S.C.O.S.S.A. – 73 Works for the Environment”), curated by AAL Art Legnanese
- 2023 Milan, Spazio Mantegna (Milano BookCity 2023), curated by L. Di Fazio
- 2023 Legnano, Palazzo Leone Da Perego (“In the Name of Francis”), curated by AAL
- 2023 Casale Monferrato, Castle of Casale M. (“Freedom – International Exhibition of Artist Books”), curated by Echorama
- 2024 Varese, Sala Veratti (“S.C.O.S.S.A. – Artistic Reflections on the Environment”), curated by AAL
- 2024 Arona, Spazio Moderno (“Che Bolle”), curated by Mostre ed Eventi
- 2024 Novara, Novara Castle (“Novarte”), curated by V. Scardigno
- 2024 Milan, Stecca 3, Contemporary Art Biennial Exhibition (“Woods and Plant Fibres”), curated by LeArtiPossibili
- 2024 Milan, Spazio Mantegna (Milano BookCity 2024), curated by L. Di Fazio
- 2024 Empoli, Sincresis D’A (100x100 Artist’s Books)
- 2025 Milan, Palazzo Lombardia (“As a Vital Encounter”), curated by AAL
In the artist’s research, the mirror is not just a simple perspective game that duplicates reality, a craftiness to look at things from different points of view. She asks herself what is most real: external reality or the image of reality itself created by reflection. Without any doubt the reflected aspect, due to the fact that it is not an exact copy of reality, is much fuller of meaning, worthiness, ideas and possibility not completely expressed. The mirror has become the vehicle of self consciousness of our most hidden aspects. The colour research has conducted her to structure a perfect synthesis of figure and background where one and the other interact and melt.
In these works the novelty is the thickening of the surface, the emerging of a polymorphous matter given by an accurate and original technique study, and a creative association with new materials that she has melted together avoiding extrinsic juxtaposition as an attempt to seize, as a philosopher very attentive to the painting world would say, the “flesh of the world” the invisible in the visible.
Ivana has created her own style, immediate and elegant that can be visualized in the portrait and in the nude. One of the unifying elements of her art is the “movement of sign”.
Accurately methicolous, Ivana gives with her instinctive simplicity a definite evidence of figurative maturity and constant veerings full of breathing matter that show a regenerating motion from abstract to concrete a complete going back to the roots of the earth, a serenely erotic embracing of the primary structures of the world, from which she withdraws new ethereal nourishment.
Antonio Tapies, in this trend to create new forms, seems to me to be the best exponent and Ivana Belloni is a close artistic relation. Whereas Tapies’ creations seem to be “paint only”, having their origins in substance which has been transformed, with a healthy dose of irony, in Belloni’s work passion prevails.
Belloni uses traditional oil paints and more impoverished materials such as sand, and old-fashioned materials like the pure pigments used in frescoes. This combination of the rough and the smooth, the shiny and the opaque, gives her landascapes a sense of vibrancy and life. Vegetaton is depicted in all its exuberance, at the height of summer and in all its festive glory, however nature is not all grace and beauty, it also has a more strident, rough side, The paintings sometimes have two areas of vision, a background which evokes a dreamlike, visceral nature and a foreground which evokes the hard external world, the concrete.