Monica Rizzolli

She began as a painter after graduating from UNESP (Brazil). In 2012, while studying at Kunsthochschule Kassel (Germany), she discovered creative programming and began studying it independently. In 2015, at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture (USA), she presented her first generative artwork thanks to the MAK-Schindler research grant. Back in Brazil, she co-founded the creative programming meeting, Noite de Processing, at Garoa Hacker Clube and participated in organizing the Processing Community Day Brazil. As a designer, she collaborated on generative magazine covers, fabric designs, and typefaces with Tony de Marco, including Tomorrow for Google Fonts. In 2021, she launched the Fragments of an Infinite Field series on the Art Blocks platform, solidifying her position in the generative art field.

Artworks

Design

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011 Neo Botanica – An Atlas of Artificially Generated Flora - Group show

Neo Botanica – An Atlas of Artificially Generated Flora is a book project and augmented reality exhibition from Vetro Editions, curated by Luca Bendandi and Freya Marshall. It is a new take on the world of botanicals, showcasing the work of 32 contemporary artists who create gardens of imaginary flora. It blooms with artificial hybrid flowers and computer-coded bioforms in a collection of extraordinary new species.

02–05–2025

Exhibition
Neo Botanica. An Atlas of Artificially Generated Flora.
A project by Vetro Editions curated by Luca Bendandi, Freya Marshall
06 February - 08 March 2025
Load Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

010 Neo Botanica – An Atlas of Artificially Generated Flora

Neo Botanica – An Atlas of Artificially Generated Flora is a new take on the world of botanicals, showcasing the work of contemporary artists who create gardens of imaginary flora.
Its pages bloom with artificial hybrid flowers and computer-coded bioforms in a collection of extraordinary new species.
Beautifully designed, and with over 260 botanical artworks from leading digital artists, Neo Botanica is a reimagining of the natural world – as you’ve never seen it before.

10–15–2024

Book
Vetro Editions

009 Artscape Launches New Digital Venture at Enter Art Fair

I’m excited to announce my collaboration with Artscape Digital for their upcoming launch! 🌿
My work blends natural forms with the precision of algorithms to create generative art, and I’m thrilled to bring these digital pieces to a new platform. I’m also honored to be represented by Artscape Digital at Enter Art Fair in Copenhagen next week!✨

08–24–2024

Event
Enter Art Fair
29 August - 01 September 2024
Copenhagen, Denmark

008 Bright Moments Venice the FINALE COLLECTION

Bright Moments Venice will take place from April 20th to the 22nd during the opening weekend of the Venice Biennale.

The Venice experience will feature a special retrospective - open to the public - of the 100+ art projects that were created along the way.

the FINALE COLLECTION

New work of art generated on-chain, randomly from one of more than 70 artists that Bright Moments has worked with, such as: Alexis André, Anna Lucia, Claire Silver, Fingacode, Iskra Velitchkova, Juan Rodríguez García, Kim Asendorf, Kjetil Golid, Leonardo Solaas, Licia He, Monica Rizzolli, Nat Sarkissian, Piter Pasma, Shunsuke Takawo, Zach Lieberman, and 0xDeafbeef.

04–15–2024

Event
Bright Moments Venice
20-22 April 2024
Venice, Italy

007 NFT.NYC - VOL 1 - MINTING 03.27 - 60 ALPHA

The 60 Alpha Collection includes 60 Artworks:
20 original artworks were selected for a VIP Drop, and;
40 selected for a General Admission Drop.

Every Artwork minted supports the contributing Artist and grants the original owner VIP Access or General Admission Access to NFT.NYC 2024.

Artworks minted in the VIP Drop will be featured on major Times Square Billboards during NFT.NYC as part of the NFT.NYC 2024 Community Artist Showcase:

NFT.NYC Times Square Takeover 8:30-9:30pm ET April 2, 2024

Allowlist Signups: https://www.NFT.NYC/60alpha

03–23–2024

Minting
Drop Date and Time: Wednesday March 27th starting at 12PM ET

006 Década dos Oceanos – 1ª Mostra Nacional de Criptoarte

The exhibition proposes a space for debate about the new frontiers of contemporary art and presents the first Brazilian generation of digital artists who use the blockchain platform to validate their production.

The theme of the exhibition aligns with the initiative of the United Nations (UN) for Education, Science and Culture (Unesco) in favor of the oceans. In this way, it promotes reflections on the contemporary world and the future on an ecosystemic, interdependent, hyperconnected and highly technological planet, but with great challenges of coexistence and sustainability.

Curated by Marcio Harum.

03–22–2024

Exhibition
Década dos Oceanos – 1ª Mostra Nacional de Criptoarte
27 March - 03 June 2024
CCBB, São Paulo

005 PHYGITAL

The PGE-RJ Cultural Center opens the PHYGITAL exhibition on March 14th. It brings together works by 9 Brazilian artists who research the consequences of the digital universe's presence in our daily lives and its consequences for society. The exhibition will occupy the exhibition hall of the former Convento do Carmo in the center of Rio and will be open for free visits until July 13th.

The term "phygital" comes from the fusion of the words physical and digital and has been adopted to refer to initiatives that integrate the physical and digital worlds. In the words of Curator Cecília Fortes from the PGE-RJ Cultural Center, the exhibition suggests "a reflection on the effects of this hybrid physical x digital world increasingly present in our daily lives, as well as on new forms of human interactions through the use of technology."

Artists: Anna Costa e Silva, Ilê Sartuzi, Leo Zeba, Luis D´orey, Monica Rizzolli, Piti Tomé, Rafael Alonso, Sofia Caesar and Vitória Cribb.

Curated by Cecília Fortes.

03–07–2024

Exhibition
Phygital
14 March - 13 July 2024
Centro Cultural PGE-RJ, Rio de Janeiro

monica.rizzolli@gmail.com