O.B. DE ALESSI
O.B. De Alessi is a visual artist, director, writer and actor currently living in Paris. Born in Italy in 1984, she graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design and later from Central Saint Martins, London. O.B.’s videos, live performances, installations and drawings have been exhibited extensively in Europe as well as in South America, Australia and Russia. Recent exhibitions include “The Primal Shelter Is the Site For Primal Fears” at The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. Also trained as an actor, O.B. has been involved in several theatre and film productions. In 2015 she co-wrote, co-directed and performed in the play “The Birthday State,” which premierred at the Juan Barnabe Theatre in Lebrija, Spain. While often taking real events as starting points, O.B sees each one of her projects as an opportunity to create a self contained world which she can inhabit as a character, or several characters, of her own creation. Kuo’s Eyes, her first short film, was selected by the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia 2017.
Selected video and film work:
Kuo’s Eyes, HD video, DVD PAL, sound: stereo, colour, 28’ 2017
The House, video, PAL, B/W, 11’ 26’’ 2015 Dialogue # 1, video, 3’ 59’’ 2014
If Something Should Happen, HD video, DVD, 16:9, PAL, sound: stereo, 6’ 36’’ 2013
White Moon (2 video installations), HD video, DVD, PAL, sound: stereo, 6’ 10’’, 9’ 45’’ 2011
That’s Where You’ll Find Me, video, PAL, B/W, 2’44’’ 2010
The Storms and Longings of Oscar Scar (series of 5 videos, different running times) 2009
The Visitor, video, PAL, B/W, 38’ (loop) 2008
Dreams Are Black, 5’ (video and sound installation) 2007
You Have To Be A King If You Want To Become A Queen, video, PAL, colour, 7’ 49’’ 2006
Je Est Un Autre, video, colour, 2006
Selected Exhibitions, Screenings and Performances:
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia 2017
The Primal Shelter Is The Site For Primal Fears (curated by Patrik Arniivara and Maija Rudovska), Living Art Museum, Reykjavik 2016
The Birthday State, Juan Barnabè Theatre, Lebrija, Spain 2015
The House, White Lab, Central Saint Martins, London 2015
Paris Artistes, Centre International Des Récollets, Paris 2015
All I Want For Christmas Is You, Firstdraft Gallery, Melbourne 2013
The Weaklings (curated by Dennis Cooper), Five Years Gallery London 2011
White Moon, Oblong Gallery, London 2011
Changelings, Rencontres Photographiques, Centre International Des Récollets, Paris 2011
Il Mistero Del Doppio Dubbio, Casa Orioles Arte Contemporanea, Palermo 2010
Distress: Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Merida, Venezuela 2010
Second Coming, Oblong Gallery, London 2010
Oblong Represents, Oblong Gallery, London 2010
Scapegoat Society (curated by Mark McGowan), Guest Project Space, London 2010
Full-time Daydreamer, Galleria d’Arte 18, Bologna 2009
Police and Violence, Sassoon Gallery, London 2009
Condensation 2009, Bodhi Gallery, London 2009
Galleria 18 a San Pietroburgo, Arka Gallery, St Petersburg 2009
Qui la Parola è Arte (curated by IED Rome) Quarticciolo public library, Roma 2008
Thirst, Oblong Gallery, London 2008
Galleria 18 a Parigi, Galerie Etiènne des Causans, Paris 2008
Lallo Giraldi Prize, Galleria d’Arte 18, Bologna 2008
Shaping Air (curated by John Duncan), Neon – Campobase, Bologna 2007
Radio Papesse Call For Soundworks: Gender Bender, Delta Bo Gallery, Bologna 2007
AZA Short Film Festival, Thessaloniki Cinema Museum, Thessaloniki 2007
DAMS Prize, Pinacoteca Nationale, Bologna 2006
I Volti di Nessuno, Galleria d’Arte La Cittadella, Alessandria, Italy 2006
Il Valore del Tempo, Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna 2005
