She has cultivated a passion for painting and colour since her early childhood through studies and private lessons following a family tradition. In her youthful years she was encouraged to continue by artist friends such as Giovanni Nonnis, Ausonio Tanda, Guy Harloff, Gianni Dova and Gerda Meyer Bernstein.<\/p>\n
She had an classical education and was awarded an M.A Ed. she published short stories, in Rizzoli and Mondadori magazines. For several years she was an art critic for the Unione Sarda, a regional newspaper, and for Informart, a monthly magazine of the G28 Cultural Association.<\/p>\n
In the 80’s she developed a deep interest in printmaking and woodcutting with courses in chalcography and xylography in the Aquilone print shop.<\/p>\n
In the museum space Exm\u00e0 in Cagliari she followed advanced printmaking courses held by Giovanni Job and Enk de Kramer.<\/p>\n
She also produces artists\u2019 books and collages.<\/p>\n
She attended on line two courses on contemporary art at the Tate Modern with a final essay on relations between art and politics, obtaining a PWM.
\nAs an artist she is in the Fluxus movement in the U.S.A. with collaboration and exhibitions.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer works, of a conceptual nature, do not disdain forays into tradition, urged by the desire to walk once again the path of the artisan, reintroduced in a contemporary way with a mixture of different materials\u201d (Ilisso Edizioni, Il segno nel libro).<\/p>\n
Her research underlines contemporary problems of a social and political nature but since the 1980s, she has also worked on written language and primitive alphabets to which she has dedicated many works and solo exhibitions. Art critic Gianni Murtas presented her exhibition \u201cNine words\u201d devoted to the Sardinian language. Her works have been acquired by the Art Gallery of the Aberystwyth University, Wales; by the Ministero della Cultura (Gabinetto delle Stampe), Italy; Villanovaforru Museum, Italy; Diboll Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA. She lives and works in Poggio dei Pini, str 58 n\u00b017, Capoterra, Italy, email: msnilson@libero.it<\/p>\n
Solo exhibitions<\/p>\n
2008 \u201cFragments and books\u201d,Civic theatre Cagliari, Italy
\n2007 \u201cSuch an interesting place\u201d, collages and artist\u2019s books, Poggio dei Pini Library, Capoterra Italy
\n2005 Hubble, Hubble, Obra Cultural, Alghero, Italy
\n2003 Apocalisse Homage to Albrecht Durer, EXMA, Cagliari, Italy
\n2000 Nove parole, G28 Gallery, Palazzo Marini, Cagliari, Italy
\n2000 Rastas,(Tracce), Libreria Fantini , Cagliari, Italy
\n1997 Paesaggi femminili, Libreria Fantini, Cagliari,Italy
\n1991 Sysaya, Centro Culturale Akropolis, Cagliari,Italy
\n1989 Pedras, Sala Consiliare, Scano Montiferro, Italy<\/p>\n
Group exhibitions<\/p>\n
2009 \u201cSei pareti per Gramsci\u201dG28,Cagliari, Italy
\n2009 \u201dUnder the influence\u201d, Fluxus Museum, Forth Worth, Texas, USA.
\n2008 \u201cLasciare un segno\u201d, etchings, Poliartstudio, Cagliari, Italy
\n2008 \u201cReliquie\u201d, per Interazioni, tecnica mista su carta, Poliart studio, Cagliari, Italy.
\n2008 \u201cFemminile plurale\u201d, Teatro Civico di Castello,Cagliari.
\n2007 \u201dLievi\u2026sospesi\u201dPaper\u2019s Mobiles, Spazio Zoom, Cagliari, Italy
\n2007 11th international collage exhibition Baker\u2019s Dozen, Forth Worth, Texas, USA
\n2007 Monumento alla pace, mixed medium on canvas, Universit\u00e0 Nazionale di Rosario and General Assembly of the United
\nNations, Rosario, Argentina
\n2007 La luce, Mail Art, collage, Ambasciata di Venezia, Vicenza, Italy
\n2007 San Pietro in Carpignano, digital elaboration, Spazio d\u2019arte contemporanea, Quiliano, Italy
\n2007 Splash, for Spring and Fountains, Mail Art, collage, Maison pour Tous, Alfort, France
\n2007 Omaggio ad Edgardo Vigo, poeta, digital elaboration, Galleria Boek, Montevideo, Uruguay
\n2007 Exhibition entitled Solidarity for political refugees, collage, Greek Council for Refugees, Athens, Greece
\n2006 Volare: Pages of Poetry, Tra foglie, aerial installation, G28, Palazzo Marini, Cagliari, Italy
\n2006 Sguardo d\u2019Autore, G28, Palazzo Marini, Cagliari, Italy
\n2006 Ten Years of G28, G28, Palazzo Marini, Cagliari, Italy
\n2006 Books of Lead n\u00b0 2, 3, 4; Leggere l\u2019arte, Artists\u2019 Books, Biblioteca provinciale, Cagliari, Italy
\n2005 Small format, G28, Cagliari, Italy
\n2005 Sixty Years from Liberation, for 25 April, Palazzo Regionale, Cagliari, Italy
\n2005 Artcard, Sharjah Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
\n2004 Proofs for human beings, installation, Arte, Evento, Creazione, Mulineddu, Sassari, Italy
\n2004 Small format, G28, Cagliari, Italy
\n2003 Dialectics of Opposites, G28, Cagliari, Italy
\n2003 Off with the mask!, Galleria Magenta, Milan, Italy
\n2002 Art is reborn with every artist, on a idea by Beppe Vargiu and Maria Spissu Nilson, G28, Cagliari, Italy
\n2002 Ancamarogas, at S\u2019Iscolasticu for the town of Dorgali, Italy
\n2002 Back to the Present, 3rd and 4th parts, Art Gallery of Loyola University, New Orleans LA, USA.
\n2002 Back to the Present, 3rd part Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Chicago IL (USA),
\n2001 Christmas Trees, a new interpretation by several artists, installation, Lazzaretto, Cagliari, Italy
\n2001 Ritorno al presente, Cittadella dei Musei, Cagliari, Italy
\n2001 13th Biennial Art Exhibition, Municipal Library, Trevigiano, Treviso, Italy
\n2001 Kronos, installation: wheat and burlap sacks with poem, Ethnographic Museum, San Sperate, Italy
\n2000 Back to the present, Museum of Villanovaforru, Italy
\n1999 Mutations, Art Gallery of the University of Aberystwyth, UK
\n1999 Slittamenti, G28 Gallery, Palazzo Marini, Cagliari, Italy
\n1998 Red, (Mail Art), organized by the Italian Post Office, Palazzo Robellini, Acqui Terme, Italy
\n1997 Blu profondo, Associazione Culturale Man Ray, Cagliari, Italy
\n1997 Sign and experimentation, Centro Culturale Exm\u00e0, Cagliari, Italy
\n1996 For Naitza, Associazione Culturale Man Ray, Cagliari, Isili, Sinnai – Italy
\n1995 Small format, works on paper, organized by Intergrafica, Cagliari, Italy
\n1995 The Clouds, dedicated to Pier Paolo Pasolini, organized by Intergrafica, Cagliari, Italy
\n1995 RTell me a Fable, (Mail Art), Associazione \u00abdanzamusicateatro\u00bb,Cagliari, Italy
\n1995 Art and Culture for Solidarity, Galleria La Bacheca, Cagliari, Italy
\n1995 Blue, (Mail Art), Palazzo Robellini, Acqui Terme, Italy
\n1994 Portrait, Self-Portrait, Galleria la Bacheca, Cagliari, Italy
\n1994 Christmas, (Mail Art), Casa do Olhar, Sao Paulo, Brazil
\n1993 Fogli di Festa, organized by Intergrafica, Centro Culturale Exma, Cagliari, Italy
\n1992 La Posta in Gioco, (Mail Art), Galleria Comunale d’Arte, Cagliari, Italy
\n1992 Workshop of etching techniques, San Nicolao (Corsica), France<\/p>\n
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