LARA MEZZAPELLE
graduated with top grades from the Department of Psychology at University of Bologna in 1998. She subsequently pursued research there, investigating interactions between art and the emotions.
In 2004, she completed a second degree at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, specializing in sculpture. 

GIACOMO DERIU
obtained a degree in arts in 2002 at “Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna”, where he studied painting and graphics.
Since 1998 he has been working as graphic designer, specializing in 3d graphics, postproduction and interactive application programming. 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
"Pachinko"; , Galleria Ingresso Pericoloso, Rome

“Dirittura d'arrivo”, curated by Olivia Spatola, Galleria Dream Factory, Milan

2009
“L'Adesso dice: sono l'Allora”, curated by Luiza Samanda Turrini, Paggeria Arte, Palazzo Ducale di Sassuolo, Modena

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
"Anti Digital Divide";, international video art festival, selection curated by Galleria Neon Campobase of Bologna, Palazzo Incontro, Rome
"Arte Laguna", IV edition, Arsenale of Venice

2009
"Past is not alone", curated by Roberta Venturi Morelli, Basilica Cistern Yerebatan Sarnici, Istanbul, Turkey
"Open", XII edition, curated by Paolo De Grandis and Carlotta Scarpa, Venice
"For Them", curated by Jerome Laval, Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2008
"Premio Celeste" – V Edizione, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Fabbrica Borroni, Bollate, Milan
"Robot01 – digital paths into music and art", Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna
"Clicking the territory. Window of light and darkness" , curated by Pina Inferrera, Micaela Mander and Olivia Spatola; Castello Sforzesco of Vigevano, Pavia 

AWARDS
Premio Celeste, V edition, 2008. First place winner
Arte Laguna, IV edizione, 2010. Official selection

PUBBLICATIONS
Exibart “Precarietà;, casualità;, sospensione: sono i focus dei lavori della coppia bolognese” by Daniela Trincia, August 2010.
Insideart ";Gli scherzi della vita";, by Claudia Quintieri, June 2010
Insideart “A Roma Lara Mezzapelle e Giacomo Deriu raccontano le fasi della vita. Quando il tempo decide la casualità;”, June 2010.
Il Fotografo, ";Pachinko a ingresso pericoloso";, June 2010
Art a part of cult(ure), ";Ingresso pericoloso: non deludono Lara Mezzapelle e Giacomo Deriu"; by Naima Morelli, June 2010 
EQUIPè;CO - trimestrale di ricerca artistica e culturale, ";Pachinko";, summer 2010
Il fatto quotidiano, ";Avanguardie. Pachinko";, by Amanda Freiburg, 20th May 2010
Insideart, ";Tempi d'acqua e di cristallo"; by Monia Marchionni, November 2009
Emagazine - art beyond arsthetics, ";Past is not alone. Experimental project exhibition of site specific video installation";, August 2009
Young Blood, Annual dei talenti italiani premiati nel mondo,2009
Insound,";Robot di Bologna"; di Alberto Bario, November 2008
Aura Digital - estudis de cibercultura hipertextual, ";Interactivitat";, treaty on-line by Joan Campà;s Montaner, professor of contemporary art, digital art and hypertext writing of the UOC University of Barcelona. (http://cv.uoc.edu/~04_999_01_u07/interactivitat.html )