Rebecca De Marchi

Rebecca De Marchi is an artist, curator and researcher based between Kumasi, Ghana, and Torino, Italy.

Her practice moves between public art, socially engaged projects, research, writing and education. From 2003 to 2016, she curated Eco e Narciso, a public art programme she conceived with the support of the Provincia di Torino. From 2017 to 2022, she curated Saluzzo Rural Happening, a socially engaged project supported by the Garuzzo Foundation.

De Marchi has presented solo projects in Italy and Ghana, including Ecumene Adele at Davide Paludetto Gallery in Turin, and Lo Sai?, A Place Where Only Salt is Lacking, and Atiāa Duase. A-signifying Allegory in Kumasi. Her work Lo Sai? was also included in BIENALSUR 2021, in the exhibition A New Order. Breaking Down Borders.

She is currently a lecturer at Fondazione Pistoletto – UNIDEE Academy in Biella, and has previously been a visiting professor at NABA in Milan and ABADIR in Catania. She has also contributed to numerous publications, including catalogues, monographic texts and books connected to contemporary art and socially engaged practice.

De Marchi holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Politecnico di Torino and a Master in Curatorial Studies in Contemporary Art from Università di Torino and Castello di Rivoli. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Painting and Sculpture Department at KNUST in Kumasi, and is part of the blaxTARLINES collective.

Her recent research project, Back to the Small Stage, received an Italian Council international research grant and is developed with partners in Ghana, Germany and Italy, including SCCA Tamale, KNUST, M.Bassy Hamburg and other cultural organisations. She has been artist-in-residence at Ofkob in Fumesua and selected as an Artist in Residence by Nubuke Foundation in Ghana.