An artist of international standing, she was born in 1963 in Venticano (Avellino).
She began her activity while very young and increasingly gained attention and success from the critics, public, and important personalities. She specialized in commercial art and photography. She studied at the NAPLES ACADEMY OF FINE ART.
She is a versatile artist and has had great success on the contemporary art scene. She is a native of Irpinia but Roman by adoption. She has had 171 solo shows, taken part in 149 group shows, and has been awarded 59 prizes.
She has undertaken important works for the COLOMBO printing firm of the CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, including the VELARIUM and the BRAILLE SYSTEM of MONTECITORIO. She has created CD covers for LEEP RECORDS.
Large-scale works of hers are to be found in the CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, in EMBASSIES, in REGIONAL and PROVINCIAL SEATS OF GOVERNMENT for CAMPANIA and PUGLIA, as well as various public bodies. The president of the CAMPANIA REGION commissioned her to undertake commemorative paintings for all the presidents of the Italian regional governments.
Among her most important solo shows in Italy and abroad, mention should be made of BERLIN. BOSTON. CAMBRIDGE. NEW YORK. TOKYO. CHINA, ST. PETERSBURG, BEIJING, CANADA, MONTECARLO, NICE, MOSCOW, STUTTGART, LUGANO, REINACH, WORCESTER, SPRINGFIELD, BARCELONA, VIENNA, AVELLINO, ROME, SCILLA. MODENA, TRENTO, CAPRI, MILAN, VENICE, LUCCA, FERMO, PERUGIA, POTENZA, AREZZO, CARRARA, SCILLA, FLORENCE.
She knows and frequents the great masters of international painting as well as other figures who have made the history of the TWENTIETH CENTURY, from POPE JOHN PAUL II to ROBERT CARROLL, ORFEO TAMBURI, ERNESTO TRECCANI, ALICI SASSU, ANTONIO CORPORA, MARIO VERDONE, ANGELO BRANDUARDI, NICOLA PIOVANI, VITTORIO SGARBI, ROBERTO MUROLO, ROBERTO BENIGNI, LINA WERTMULLER, WILLY PASINI etc. She is listed in the TREC INTERNATIONAL EDIZIONI PREGIATE together with ANNIGONI, FAZZINI, ORTEGA, SCILTIAN, and TRECCANI.
Some of her most recent activities and awards:
"PERSONALITA' EUROPEA 2012" PRIZE - CAMPIDOGLIO - ROME;
"MAESTRO" AWARD AT THE BELLINI MUSEUM, FLORENCE, 2013
REPRESENTATION AWARD: "MINISTERO DEI BENI E DELLE ATIIVITA' CULTURALI E DEL TURISMO - 2013;
SPECIAL PRIZE "ALLA CARRIERA" - MARCHE region - 2013;
THE "SAN CRISPINO"INTERNATIONAL ART AWARD, 14th edition, with a BRONZE MEDAL FROM THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES - 2012;
SELECTED for the ADRENALINA PRIZE - MACRO DI TESTACCIO La PELANDA - ROME, in collaboration with ROMA CAPITALE;
BIENNALE NOBEL DELL'ARTE PRIZE, MONTECARLO - 2012;
INTERNATIONAL ART PRIZE - "PERLA DELL'ADRIATICO" TROPHY, GROTTAMMARE (AP): SPECIAL PRIZE: MARCHE REGION - 2012;
WINNER of the PALMART AWARD 2012 - LEIPZIG - GERMANY;
COLLABORATION with AMRF ITALIA ONLUS - CASA D'ASTE BABUINO – ROME; PRIZE: PROVINCIA DI FERMO - 2011;
SELECTED by the art critic VITTORIO SGARBI for the 54th VENICE BIENNALE - ITALIAN pavilion - Viterbo 2011.
A woman, an artist, and a career of thirty-five years marked by continual successes. The work of PIETRA BARRASSO is permanently on show at: RIVELLI 798 UNITED ARTISTS IN BEIJING - CHINA.
