“Luigia Martelloni took my Art History courses from 1981 to 1985 in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, graduating with a profound and brilliant thesis on the influence primitive cultures had on the avante-garde in our century.

Luigia Martelloni was immediately distinguished for her intellectual curiosity and originality of research, these qualities bring her towards multiple experiences: from painting to photography, from video to performance.

An essential component of her versatile personality is to always gather information through traveling, study, and direct inquiry, not separating the fantastic and creative aspects from the speculative and the empirical

Even though she currently lives in the United States, Luigia Martelloni is well known and appreciated in Italy as one of the most valid young artists.  Proof is her participation in important exhibitions like the XII Nazionale Quadriennale d’Arte di Roma (Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma 1996) and her solo exhibition at the Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea of the University of Rome, La Sapienza - 1996.”

-Lorenza Trucchi

Art Historian/Critic

January, 1998