Mila Morelli

B.1993. Italian, British-born artist, currently living and working in London.

Academic Achievements

• MA Sculpture (Thesis, Distinction), Royal College of Art, 2020-2022
• BA (Hons) Film and Theatre, University of Kent, 2017-2020
• Certified Yoga Alliance Teacher (RYT-500), 2014

Art Exhibitions

• Penumbral Zone, Gallery46, 2022
• Naturisms, Hornsey studios, 2022
• First Impressions, Safe House Peckham, 2021
• Soufiane Zaribe Showroom, Marrakech, 2021
• Work In Progress, Royal College of Art, Exhibition, 2021 
• Visionary Rumors, Royal College of Art, Exhibition, 2021
• Hammersmith and Fulham Arts Festival, Digital Exhibition, 2020
• I Do Art, The Deep End, Curated by Hannah King, 2020
• SPILL, Studio 3 Gallery, University of Kent, 2019
• TIME, Studio 3 Gallery, University of Kent, 2018 
• Photography Exhibition, Studio Gallery 3, 2018

Publications and Awards

• Among Other Things, Royal College of Art, 2021
• Value Zine, Royal College of Art, 2021
• Invisible Observed Zine, Royal College of Art, 2020
• Best Contemporary Sculpture, Keynes College Life, 2020

Mila Morelli works across film, photography, object-making, drawing and performance.

Recent work investigates play theory and the ways it explores survival not as a mere question of maintaining life, biologically speaking, but how we enhance adaptive capabilities and resilience. Play can be seen as a self-protecting process that changes the architecture of the brain, an essential component of health and well-being. It also considers ways in which child object identification, representation, gender and sexuality become embroiled in adult life and the ways these might take on a fantastical or bizarre scale. I believe it is essential to continue creating works that express identity as fractured and infinitely multitudinous.