Gabriella Furno Announces Schattenlos: A New Gallery and Cultural Space Opening in Berlin-Lichtenberg This Fall

Housed in a landmark-protected building near the historically significant site of the former Stasi prison, Schattenlos Gallery will serve as a Berlin base for Furno’s artistic practice and a dynamic platform for exhibition. The location, rich with layers of German history, directly engages with the themes of memory and identity that are central to Furno's work, creating a profound dialogue between art and place.

Furno, who divides her time between Palermo and Berlin, creates work that is nourished by these two distinct poles: the layered histories of the Mediterranean and the avant-garde memory of Mitteleuropa. Her singularity is both technically masterful and deeply humanistic. She is known for a sculptural approach that permeates all her work, even her paintings, treating matter as flesh and presence.

Join us for an exclusive preview of Schattenlos, a new 600 square meter gallery and cultural space by artist Gabriella Furno in Berlin-Lichtenberg. This preview invites guests to experience the space itself, conceived as a platform for exhibitions, dialogue, and cross-disciplinary exchange. No artwork will be on display at this event.
Space Preview : Saturday 24 April from 5pm to 9 pm 
For location info: RSVP LINK

"My work is an interrogation of form, identity, and the stories held within landscapes and people," says Furno. "Establishing Schattenlos Gallery in a place so charged with history is the next logical step. It will be a space for dialogue, where the monumental and the intimate can coexist and challenge viewers."

Furno’s practice spans sculpture and painting, investigating themes of identity, memory, and place. Her work draws on the layered histories of the Mediterranean and the avant-garde memory of Mitteleuropa, treating matter as both material and presence. Schattenlos represents the next step in anchoring that practice within Berlin’s cultural landscape and opening it to new forms of institutional dialogue.

The opening of Schattenlos marks a significant moment for Italian contemporary art in Berlin, providing a permanent architectural home for Furno’s practice and a dedicated space for the kind of cultural exchange that has long shaped her work across Palermo, Paris, and Germany.

Gabriella Furno (b. 1986, Paris) is an Italian artist based in Palermo. She trained in the studio of sculptor Valentina Zeile, then studied at the Atelier de Sèvres and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and at the Repin Institute of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. Her sculptures and paintings draw on the layered histories of the Mediterranean and Central Europe, engaging with questions of identity, migration, and the life held within materials and landscape. She maintains studios in Palermo and Berlin.

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