Italy, b. 1978
Overview
Just a dressed-up nightmare, 2024
I paint artifices. My focus has always been the act of masking, of covering up, of literally putting oneself together. From my early passion for Erasmus’ In Praise of Folly, I could have guessed that my path would have gravitated around those themes. I am interested in representing our shapeshifting, dramatic, transformative selves. I’ve read about myths and fairytales, about metamorphosis and archetypes. I paint signifiers of artificial beauty, and we all know how feminine beauty can easily turn monstrous in our society. Women have been othered for centuries—in literature, visual art, and culture in general. — Bea Scaccia
Biography
Image Credit: Toshiaki Noda
Bea Scaccia (b.1978, Veroli, Italy) earned her BA and MFA at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome where she studied with the late Italian artist Gino Marotta. In her paintings, she reworks the elements that collectively give rise to illusions of beauty and constructions of appearance, compressing them on the canvas as surreal, uncanny marks of affectation. Investigating the cultural links between feminine splendor and monstrosity, she builds pictorial compositions that can be read as true parodies of bon ton. A trained realist painter, Scaccia's method is more spontaneous rather than it is planned. She uses recurring visual tropes...
Works
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Bea ScacciaSoft candle and hard drink, 2024acrylic and airbrush on canvas152 x 122 cm
60 x 48 in
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Bea ScacciaCatch a glipmse, 2024acrylic and airbrush on canvas152 x 122 cm
60 x 48 in
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Bea ScacciaJust a dressed-up nightmare, 2024acrylic and airbrush on canvas
signed and dated on the reverse152 x 122 cm
60 x 48 in
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Bea ScacciaGattara Uno, 2023acrylic and airbrush on canvas183 x 152 cm
72 x 60 in
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Bea ScacciaWeighing up her options, 2023acrylic and airbrush on canvas152 x 122 cm
60 x 48 in
Exhibitions
- 30 Years 2 - 31.08.2025Gallery | Knokke KustlaanPUBLIC OPENING August 9, 2025, 11 am – 7 pm Kustlaan 90, Knokke 8300 Thirty years ago, MARUANI MERCIER opened its doors at rue de la Régence with a a...Read more
Bea Scaccia
Wrap Yourself in This Skin25 - 28.04.2024Gallery | BrusselsThe series of paintings Wrap Yourself in This Skin , by New York-based Italian American painter Bea Scaccia, is thematically based on the French fairytale, Donkey Skin, and provides an...Read more
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Art Brussels 2025
24 - 27.04.2025We look forward to returning to the 41st edition of Art Brussels with a group exhibition highlighting an eclectic range of works by artists including...Read more
BRAFA 2025
26.01 - 2.02.2025We are pleased to return to BRAFA, celebrating its 70th edition, where we will present a group of historic works in tandem with contemporary highlights...Read more
The Armory Show 2024
6 - 8.09.2024We are excited to return to The Armory Show, presenting a selection from our expanding roster of distinguished artists. Discover captivating works of our newly...Read more
Art Brussels 2024
25 - 28.04.2024We look forward to returning to the 40th edition of Art Brussels with a group exhibition highlighting an eclectic range of works by artists including...Read more
Art Paris 2024
4 - 7.04.2024We are thrilled to return to Art Paris 2024 with a selection of modern and contemporary works by Ojo Ayotunde , Ross Bleckner , Kwesi...Read more
Art Dubai 2024
1 - 4.03.2024We are delighted to return to Art Dubai with an exquisite range of works by artists exemplary of our dynamic programme. This presentation includes a...Read more
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