Photo by Toshiaki Noda, 2025

Ep.284 Bea Scaccia was born in Veroli, Italy, in 1978; she earned her BA and MFA at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome with Gino Marotta. In 2011, she moved to New York City, where she currently lives and works.

In her paintings and animations, Scaccia reworks the elements that collectively give rise to illusions of beauty and constructions of appearance and compresses them into unstable and uncanny compositions. She investigates the cultural links between feminine splendor and monstrosity, emphasizing the absurdity of our social norms.

Solo exhibitions include Gagosian, New York (upcoming); Maruani Mercier, Brussels; Richard Saltoun, Rome; Art Brussels, Maruani Mercier, Brussels (2024); JDJ Tribeca, New York (2022); the Katonah Museum of Art, New York (2021); Cuchifritos Gallery, New York (2014): Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Rome (2010).

Group exhibitions include JDJ Tribeca (2025); Harper’s Singapore (2024); Harper’s, New York (2023); Pm/Am, London (2023); Analog Diary, New York (2023); Sargent’s Daughters West, Los Angeles (2023); Galleria Nazionale, Rome (2022); Magazzino Italian Art, New York (2020); The Centre for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg (2020); American University’s Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C. (2016).

She was invited to the 18th Quadriennale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome—in the session curated by Francesco Bonami (October 2025)

Her work is present in important public and private collections, including the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the Portland Museum of Art.

Official artist website: beascaccia-eve.com 

Gagosian Gallery: Bea Scaccia – Groomed 

Maruani Mercier Gallery: Artist profile and artworks 

Richard Saltoun Gallery: Artist profile and artworks 

JDJ Gallery: Artist profile 

Artnet: Artist information and art market 

Artissima: Artist profile

The Art Newspaper — Interview with Beatrice Scaccia by Giorgia Aprosio (2025). Find the interview via the gallery’s press archive 

METAL Magazine — The Whimsy, the Feminine, the Gross and Everything in Between (2025). Read via METAL Magazine 

The Unibrow — The Unsentimental Beauty in the World (2025), interview by Saša Bogojev. Read the interview 

Particularly good for understanding her artistic practice

Artnet News — Why Bea Scaccia Paints Bodies Made of Everything but Flesh (2026). Read the article and interview 

Artnet News — Rising Talent Bea Scaccia’s Otherworldly Paintings Capture the Harmony—and Tension—Between Beauty and Monstrosity (2023). Read the feature 

Juxtapoz — Bea Scaccia: Mood Swings @ MARUANI MERCIER (2025). Read the exhibition feature 

Il Giornale dell’Arte — Le maschere e gli artifici di Bea Scaccia (2025), Giorgia Aprosio. Read the interview 

Excellent in-depth discussion of identity, ornament, gender and the grotesque.

Artribune — Amare New York. Intervista all’artista Beatrice Scaccia (2021). Read the interview 

Flash Art — Beatrice Scaccia / New York (2016), Daniela Trincia. Find the article through Flash Art 

Domus — Little Gloating Eve (2014). Domus 

NERO Magazine — A Tiny Town South of Rome (2021), written by Beatrice Scaccia. NERO 

The New York Times — At Magazzino, Social Distancing Devices Vibrate. So Does the Art (2020), Ted Loos. Search the NYT article 

Juxtapoz — Mood Swings exhibition coverage (2025). Read the article 

Bea Scaccia, Training for the Broken, 2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
72 × 60 inches (182.9 × 152.4 cm)
© Bea Scaccia. Photo: Owen Conway

Bea Scaccia, A Correct Way to Unravel, 2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas
72 × 60 inches (182.9 × 152.4 cm)
© Bea Scaccia. Photo: Owen Conway

Bea Scaccia, Heels over head – or Pillow Talk, 2026
Acrylic and oil on canvas, in 2 parts
Overall 60 × 108 inches (152.4 × 274.3 cm)
© Bea Scaccia. Photo: Owen Conway