Lina Passalacqua, born in Sant'Eufemia D'Aspromonte (Reggio Calabria), showed a strong artistic calling from an early age, which her family opposed. Her parents, who had emigrated to Genoa and were of modest means, encouraged her to pursue technical studies. During her studies, she attended the "Borsa di Arlecchino," a Genoese avant-garde theater center, where director Aldo Trionfo presented plays by Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett, firsts in Italy. Together with her director brother and a group of Genoese university students, she performed Euripides' "The Trojan Women" at the 4th International Delphiade in Saarbrüken, Germany, along with plays by Goldoni, Bassano, and Betti at the Piccolo Teatro "Eleonora Duse" in Genoa. After completing her studies, she turned down a job, left Genoa and her family, and accepted a contract with Fantasio Piccoli, director of the Piccolo Teatro in Bolzano.
In 1957, she made her debut in Goethe's "Faust," opposite Benassi. Later, she played Goneril in William Shakespeare's "King Lear," opposite Annibale Ninchi. During breaks between performances the Stabile toured Italy, she studied and drew the works of the Old Masters in various Italian museums. She worked in the theater for several years: she played the "continental sciantosa" alongside actors such as Rosina Anselmi, Turi Ferro, and Umberto Spadaro in N. Martoglio's "L'Aria del Continente" at the Stabile in Catania.
In 1960, in Rome, he attended the studio of the painter and engraver Carlo Alberto Petrucci, director of the National Engraving Institute and president of the Academy of San Luca, a key figure in his professional development.
In 1962, encouraged by Carlo Alberto Petrucci, she left the theater for good and moved from Genoa to Rome. These were years of hard work and intense study to obtain the qualifications required to teach drawing. Meanwhile, she collaborated as a portraitist for the theater magazine "Maschere," where she published portraits of writers John DosPassos, Gabriel Marcel, and Marino Gentile, among others.
In 1964 she started to teach at Jesi (Ancona) where she studied Lorenzo Lotto in the local Picture Gallery.
In 1965 she moved to Anagni (Rome) to teach. She lived for two years in a countryman’s house and portrayed the local people. The drawings she made were exhibited in the solo exhibition People from Ciociaria at the Frosinone Tourist Board presented by Milla Pastorino.
In 1970, he won a national competition organized by ISES for a decorative panel measuring 300 x 150 cm for the Marina di Gioiosa Ionica middle school in Calabria. In 1973, he won another national competition organized by the Municipality of Rome for two decorative panels, each measuring 200 x 130 cm, for the Fabio Filzi elementary school in Rome, where his particular connection with the theme of fragments emerged.
In 1972, Vito Apuleo featured her in the catalogue of her first solo exhibition in Rome at the Pantheon art gallery. Other solo exhibitions followed in various Italian and foreign cities, where she exhibited not only paintings but also tapestries, wooden sculptures, and painted objects.
In 1973 he exhibited at the Fanfulla Art Gallery in Lodi with a presentation by Vito Apuleo; in January 1974 at the Square Gallery in Milan with a presentation by Gino Traversi and in June of the same year in Tunis, on the occasion of the Italian Culture Week;
In 1975 at the Giraldi Gallery in Livorno and Florence with a presentation by Domenico Cara; in 1979 at the Les Andalouses complex in Oran (Algeria);
In 1983 at the “Louis Galleria d'Arte Moderna” in Rome with a presentation by Duilio Morosini.
In 1984 Duilio Morosini presented her among the Italian painters worthy of mention, in Bolaffi National Catalogue of Modern Art.
In 1989 the Municipal Museums, the Picture Gallery and the Municipality of Macerata sponsored her anthology exhibition, including paintings from 1967 to 1989, held in the prestigious Church of St. Paul. On this occasion the famous art and cinema critic, Mario Verdone, wrote the text of the catalogue Fragments in space and time to accompany the exhibition.
In October 1989 she was invited by Sandra Orienti to participate in the IV National Biennial of Sacred Art, at the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art (Venice) where she exhibited “The Word Was Made Flesh”.
In 1990, Teleromacine produced a 31 'video on his work directed by Pino Passalacqua, a video that ranks third in the III "Cinema and Art" Festival promoted by the Entertainment Organization.
In 1991, the Municipality of Acquaviva Picena, under the patronage of the Marche Region, organized an anthological exhibition of her works entitled “Lina Passalacqua: a self-portrait” in the Palio rooms of the Town Hall, on the occasion of the “IX Rassegna Estate 1991”, curated by Stefania Severi.
Also in 1991, the Ente dello Spettacolo, on the occasion of the IV “Cinema e Arte” Festival, dedicated an evening in his honor, re-presenting the documentary out of competition.
In 1992, the Ente dello Spettacolo, with the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment and the Municipality of Rome, organized an anthology at the center of S. Luigi di Francia, whose works follow the paths indicated by the television documentary.
In 1993 the State Museum and the Culture Department of the Republic of San Marino organized a personal exhibition entitled "From word to sign".
In 1996, she was invited to the XXIII Sulmona Prize, presented in the catalog by C. Fabrizio Carli.
In January 1998 he exhibited the pictorial cycle “Vele” in Rome at Studio S, directed by Carmine Siniscalco, with a catalogue introduction by Carlo Fabrizio Carli.
Also in 1998, he was present at the exhibition “Palme d'artista,” Museum of the Botanical Garden of Palermo; Italian Cultural Institute, Cairo; l'Atelier, Alexandria, Egypt; and at the exhibition “Mail Art,” International Museum of Postal Images, Belvedere Ostrense, Ancona.
In the same year she received the “Città di Pizzo” award with the following motivation: … “Lina Passalacqua is one of the very few female figures of Second Futurism, whose work will be historicized in the succession of the movement”.
In 1999 the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo of Siena presented the pictorial cycle "Vele" to the Crypt of the Cathedral Statues. Also in the same year he was present at the exhibition "Palme al Sangallo", organized by the Municipality of Nettuno (Rome).
In 2000, she was invited to participate in the "1st International Forum for a Culture of Peace by MediterraneanWomenCreators," organized by the Prefecture of the Dodecanese of Rhodes, under the patronage of UNESCO. In September of the same year, she was invited by the University of Naples Federico II to participate in the exhibition "Palms between Botany and Art" at the Botanical Garden of Naples.
In December, the fifth volume of Giorgio di Genova's "History of Italian Art of the 1900th Century – Generations of the 30s", in which she is included, was presented at the Bargellini Museum in Pieve di Cento (Bologna).
In 2001 she is invited by Giorgio Di Genova to take part in the big exhibition Artists from the 30’s at the Italian Art Museum for XXth century – G. Bargellini Pieve di Cento (Bologna).
In 2002, Gianfranco De Micheli and Francesco De Santis included one of her works in the book "Palma Palmae." That same year, for the Italian magazine "Also," she created a collage titled "Costellazione Pace," a virtual symbol of dialogue between Jewish and Muslim cultures. She presented "Costellazione Pace" in September in Rhodes at the 2nd "International Forum for a Culture of Peace by MediterraneanWomenCreators," organized by the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Prefecture of the Peloponnese, the FAM, under the patronage of UNESCO and the European Parliament.
Also in 2002 she was invited to participate in the exhibition “Cleopatra, from Michelangelo to Contemporary Art” presented at the Egyptian Academy in Rome, at the Studio S. Arte Contemporanea in Rome; in 2003 at the Palais des Artes in Alexandria, Egypt, at the Centre of Arts Akhnatoon in Cairo, Egypt; and in 2004 at the Shirvanshakh Museum in Baku, Azerbaijan, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the Italian Embassy.
In 2003, Renato Civello included it in the book "900th century artists in Rome", a historical and critical review of painters and sculptors who marked an era.
In 2004 she was invited by the FAM, of which she has been a member since 2002, to participate in the "2nd Small Format Exhibition" in the UNESCO Palace in Lebanon and by the critic Carlo Fabrizio Carli at the "Ferruccio Ferrazzi" National Painting Award, Sabaudia (Rome) .
In 2005, the FAM and the AVAA (Association des Villages des Ateliers d'Artistes) invited her to the International Art Exhibition “Femme-Art-Mediterranee” in Casablanca, Morocco, on the theme “Cultures Solidaires,” under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and UNESCO, in which thirty-eight Mediterranean countries participated.
In the same year, she was invited by ALTS to the 2nd Contemporary Art Exhibition Images for a dream, presented at Castel dell'Ovo in Naples and at Palazzo Medici in Rome.
In 2006, she was invited by ARGAM (Roman Association of Modern Art Galleries) to participate in the exhibition “Segnali di Primavera” (Segnali di Primavera) presented at the Vittoriano Complex in Rome in April, and in May to participate in the “Primaverile romana 2006” with a solo exhibition at Studio S in Rome. A monographic catalogue entitled “Voli” was published for the exhibition, with texts by Maria Teresa Benedetti, Fiammetta Jori, and Carmine Siniscalco.
That same year, she was invited by UFACSI (Union FéminineArtistique et culturelle – Salons Internationales) to two international exhibitions in Turkey under the patronage of the Turkish Ministry of Culture: at the Museum of Painting and Sculpture in Izmir in October and at the Mevlana Cultural Center in Konya in December. Also in December, she was invited to the third edition of the International Exhibition of Sacred Art "Venite Adoremus" in Rome at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Montesanto.
In 2007, ARGAM invited her to participate in the exhibition "Salone di Primavera – Ricerca ed elogio della forma," presented in May at the Museo Venanzo Crocetti in Rome. That same year, the Committee of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), at the Director's suggestion, included her in the international "Artists' Viewing Program" (AVP) to facilitate exchange between curators and artists worldwide.
In the same year, in September, she was invited by UFACSI to the 74th International Exhibition of Moulins – Yzeure in France in the Chapelledu Château de Bellevue.
In 2008 she was invited by the Cortese e Lisanti gallery in Rome to the exhibition “Donne d'arte – Freedom” to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the movement on March 8th.
In March 2008, the Committee of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Guggenheim Museum in New York included her in the international “Artists' Viewing Program” (AVP) to facilitate exchange between curators and artists worldwide.
In the same year, in April, she was invited by ARGAM to participate in the exhibition “Primaverile 2008 – Prendere Posizione” presented at the Crocetti Museum in Rome.
In May she was invited by the Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Heritage and the “Futurism – Today” Study Center to the exhibition “Futurist Continuity in the First Centenary” at the “I Dioscuri” complex at the Quirinale in Rome, and the same exhibition was displayed in August at the Paleochristian Temple of Scala (Ravello) on the occasion of the Scala meets New York event to commemorate September 11th.
In July 2008 he received the commemorative medal from the President of the Republic on the occasion of the 2008 Città di Pizzo painting prize with the following motivation: “…Lina Passalacqua represents one of the most illustrious continuities of the Futurist language…”
In February 2009, she received the Neo-Futurism Award in the Historical Painting category at the Lamezia Terme Art Biennale. Also in February, she was invited by Luigi Tallarico to the prestigious exhibition "FUTURISM in its centenary, continuity," presented at the Galleria del Palazzo Ducale in Cavallino (Lecce), and in March to the "5th Triennial of Contemporary Sacred Art," held at the Archiepiscopal Seminary in Lecce, under the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.
Also in March, the 1st Ripetta Art High School in Rome, under the patronage of the Municipality and Province of Rome, organized an anthology of her graphic works (1960–1990) in the Palazzo Camerale. A monographic catalogue entitled “Flash” was published for the exhibition, with texts by Renato Civello and Cinzia Folcarelli. The exhibition was part of the Centenary Celebrations of Futurism and the Modiemondidelfareartistico festival.
In November she was invited to participate in the “VI Biennial of the Artist's Book City of Cassino” at the Pietro Malatesta Municipal Library of Cassino, and in December she was invited by Enzo Le Pera to participate in the “International Limen Arte Prize, 2009”, at the E. Gagliardi Town Hall of Vibo Valentia, curated by Giorgio di Genova.
In April 2010 she was invited by Carmine Siniscalco to participate in the collective 11 + 1 x (1 + 1) +1, 11 Artists presented at the sixth Biennial of the Artist's Book of the City of Cassino, set up at Studio S - Contemporary Art of Rome; in September she was invited by Stefania Severi to participate in the “Donna Oggi” exhibition at the Casanatense Library in Rome and many other Italian cities.
In February 2011, she was invited by Studio-S in Rome to the exhibition “SOS Palma” Twenty-six Artists at the Service of Society, curated by Carmine Siniscalco; in May, her work was included in the historical section of the Lamezia Terme Art Biennale, presented at Palazzo Nicotera, curated by Pino Natale and Vincenzo Tallarico; in May, she participated in the international exhibition organized by UFACSI in Lefkosa – Chypre Nord.
In June, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Italian unification, the exhibition “Flash – graphics 1960-1990” will be held at the Casanatense Library in Rome, under the patronage of the Cultural Heritage, the Municipality, and the Province of Rome.
In May 2012 he participated in the exhibition "An art for life" curated by Carmine Siniscalco and organized by ARGAM with and for the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Venanzo Crocetti Museum in Rome, offering on loan three works intended to represent the initial nucleus of a permanent Museum of the Community of Sant'Egidio in the Crypt of San Bartolomeo on Tiber Island in Rome.
In December, she was invited by Carmine Siniscalco to participate in the exhibition FROM DOLCE VITA TO VIE EN ROSE - Twenty-nine artists ... a flower, a film and a song,at Studio-S Arte Contemporanea in Rome.
On April 18, 2013 in Rome, at the Complesso del Vittoriano - Sala Giubileo, the cycle "The four Seasons", curated by Maria Teresa Benedetti, with the patronage of the Lazio Region and the Municipality of Rome. On the occasion of the exhibition, a monographic catalog published by Gangemi with the presentation by Maria Teresa Benedetti and texts by Carmine Siniscalco and lina Passalacqua is published.
In October 2013 she participates in the exhibition "Libro d'Arte e d'Artista" by Carmine Siniscalco at the Museum of Urban Culture of Tel Aviv - Jaffa under the auspices of the President of Italian Republic, with texts in the catalog by Carmela Callea, Carmine Siniscalco and Marina Trivella. Afterwards, she take part in the exhibition "Percorsi d'Arte in Calabria", at the Presente Museum (CS) by Enzo Le Pera under the auspices of the Culture Department .
In April 2014 she is invited to the fourth edition of the Bienniale Città d'Arte of Lamezia Terme - Historical Section by Pino Natale, with texts by Luigi Tallarico, Paolano Ferrantino, Tonino Iacopetta, and she receives the Verrino award for her 50 years of painting .
In May 2014 he participated in the exhibition "Collage ... Painting Lina Passalacqua Ernesto Terlizzi", curated by Carmine Siniscalco at Studio S - Contemporary Art in Rome.
In October XNUMX she is included in the book "Percorsi d'Arte in Calabria" by Enzo Le Pera and edited by Rubbettino. For this occasion it is organized an exhibition at the Vittoria gallery in Rome.
In November 2014 he took part in the exhibition “Woman and Multiculturality in today's Europe"At the Complex of S. Andrea al Quirinale - Teatro dei Dioscuri, organized by the altrosguardo - artists associated with the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism and the Antinous Center of Rome, texts by Roberta Filippi, Pietro di Loreto and Serena Di Giovanni.
In January 2015 Palombi publishing house on behalf of the Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica publishes the biography of Carlo Alberto Petrucci. The book is edited by Alicia Moltedo Mapelli and the biography by Annalisa Laghi and there are two paintings of the artist's office performed by Lina Passalacqua in the 60's, when she was her pupil.
In March 2015 he took part in the Culture or Food Art exhibition on the theme of Expo 2015 in Milan Feed the planet. Energy for life, curated by Carmine Siniscalco at Studio S - Contemporary Art in Rome.
In May XNUMX she participates in the exhibition of Contemporary Art "La natura all’origine dell’arte: l’arte cibo per la mente" organized by the Taverna Museum, with the support of EXPO MILAN XNUMX, selected works from the museum's permanent collection.
In September 2015 she is invited to the 42th edition of Sulmona Award, the International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, with jury president Vittorio Sgarbi.
In November XNUMX she participated in the exhibition "Vissi d'Arte ...... l’opera lirica, gli artisti, la scuola" by Roberta Filippi and Laura Monachesi, organized by the Centro Internazionale Antinoo per l'Arte Marguerite Yourcenar in Villa Mondragone, Rome.
In December 2015 she was invited to the exhibition "Endless structures of light. Tribute to Francesco Guerrieri”Curated by Teodolinda Coltellaro at the Open Space Center for Contemporary Art, Catanzaro. Subsequently she is invited to the International Limen Art Award 2015 VII edition sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Vibo Valentia in the Masters of Calabria section, curated by Enzo Le Pera at the Valentianum complex in the city of Vibo.
In September 2016 he took part in the exhibition The Beast and the Beauty: From the Violence of War to the Beauty of Art, curated by Carmine Siniscalco, at Studio S – Contemporary Art in Rome, and in October at the exhibition Calabrian Futurists, permanent room, curated by Roberto Bilotti and Gianluca Covelli (Bilotti donation) at the Museum of the Present in Rende (CS), under the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.
In November she is invited by Carlo Fabrizio Carli to the 43rd edition of the Sulmona Prize, international exhibition of Contemporary Art, president of the jury Vittorio Sgarbi.
In 2016 a permanent room dedicated to the Calabrian futurist artists U. Boccioni, A. Marasco, E. Benedetto, A. Yaria, M. Berardelli L. Repaci, S. Locelso and L. Passalacqua was set up in the Museum of the Present in Rende ( CS).
In September 2017, the permanent hall of the is inaugurated in the Museo del Presente in Rende (CS) Calabrian Futurists: U. Boccioni, A. Marasco, L. Repaci, A. Yaria, E. Benedetto, G. Tedeschi, A. Savelli, M. Berardelli, S. Lotti, L. Passalacqua, S. Locelso, curated by Vittorio Cappelli and Gianluca Covelli with the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, the Department of Culture, the National Gallery of Cosenza and the University of Calabria, where he participates with twelve works.
In December 2017, at the Complesso del Vittoriano, Brasini Wing, Rome—managed and organized by Arthemisia—he presented an anthological exhibition that retraced 60 years of artistic activity and his most recent painting cycle, Fiabe e Leggende, accompanied by various preparatory sketches and inspired by fantasy literature. The exhibition, curated by Carlo Fabrizio Carli, sponsored by the Lazio Region and the City of Rome, is documented by a major monographic catalogue entitled Cosmico Dinamismo, published by Gangemi Editore, with a critical essay by Carlo Fabrizio Carli.
In 2018 it was included in the volume "Art itineraries in Italy 2018”, Curated by Giorgio Di Genova, Carlo Franza, Enzo Le Pera, publisher Rubbettino, and on the occasion of the publication of the book, in January 2019 an exhibition is organized at the art gallery Il Mitreo - Arte Contemporanea in Rome.
In September she was invited by Carlo Fabrizio Carli to the 45th edition of the Sulmona Prize, the "Gaetano Pallozzi" International Exhibition of Visual Arts, with the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies, president of the jury Vittorio Sgarbi . In October of the same year, the jury, made up of Carlo Fabrizio Carli, Giorgio Di Genova, Raffaele Giannantonio, Enzo Le Pera, Cosimo Savastano, Duccio Trombadori, Maurizio Vitiello and Gaetano Pallozzi, awarded her the SPECIAL CAREER AWARD (work in competition Peter Pan.
In March 2019, on the occasion of the Women's Day, she is invited by Maria Teresa Lamberti for an interview in the Rai Radio Uno program "Women on the front line", where she discusses about the role of women in today's society.
In April he donates the work to the Estorick Collection, London: “Symphony, 1976"
In July she is invited by the Antinoo International Center for Art to the exhibition "Vissi d'Arte… the Opera, the Artists, the School” at the Monumental Complex of San Salvatore in Lauro of the Pio Sodalizio dei Piceni, Rome. Edited by Roberta Filippi and Laura Monachesi.
In October he participates in the exhibition “Focus on Art in Calabria“, at the Brettii and Enotri Museum, Cosenza, from 30 October to 7 December. Curated by Enzo Le Pera, Gianluca Covelli and Ghislain Mayaud. Presentations in the catalog by Marilena Cerzoso and Maurizio Vitiello. exhibits the workSpring, Anemones, 2010″.
In November he participates in the exhibition “ArtistiItaliani and NuoviTempi” presentation of the Manifesto for Art, Painting and Writing, at the Prom Kultury, Warsaw from 23 October to 18 November, with the patronage of the Italian Cultural Institute. Edited by Ida Mitrano and Rita Pedonesi. Catalog presentations by Magdalena Czerwosz, PROM KulturySaskaKępa, MalgorzataWrzesniak, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw. exhibits the workProject yourself to the future, 2019″.
In 2020 the cultural association "In Tempo" invites her to a virtual exhibition: 2020- Time for DIARIES. It happens. Artists on a "virtual raft" tell their story during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The work is exhibited "From darkness to light, 2020 ".
In June participate in the virtual exhibition "Tomorrow In Art, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Roma” promoted by the Assessorate for Cultural Growth-Capitoline Superintendency for Cultural Heritage with the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale, in collaboration with Zètema Progetto Cultura; June 2020. Technical-scientific committee: Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, Claudio Crescentini, Costantino D'Orazio, Federica Pirani, Isabella Toffoletti, with the collaboration of Elisabetta Giuliani and Gian Pietro Leonardi. exhibits the workI will fly like a seagull, 2004 ".
In August she is invited by Ida Mitrano to the exhibition "A mosaic for Tornareccio, 16 artists competing to enrich the Borgo Museo” 12th edition, from 1st to 30th August, Multipurpose Hall “Remo Gaspari”. With the patronage of the municipality of Tornareccio and the contribution of Bcc Sangro Teatina.
In October he participates in the virtual exhibition “SZTUKA W CZASACH ZARAZY / ART IN THE TIME OF PLAGUE / L'ARTE NEI TEMPI DELL'EPIDEMIA / МИСТЕЦТВО В ЧАСИ ПОШЕСТІ” curator: Małgorzata Wrześniak. She exhibits the collages”From darkness to light, 2020″ and “Together, 2020 ".
In September 2021 she is invited by the International Center "Antinoo per l'Arte" Documentation Center Marguerite Yourcenar to the exhibition "Vissi d'Arte… opera, artists, school” small art gallery, via Roma, Aquileia; from 4 to 19 September. Edited by Laura Monachesi. exhibits the workCasta Diva (from Norma by V. Bellini), 2018″.
In July 2022 she was invited by the International Center "Antinoo per l'Arte" Documentation Center Marguerite Yourcenar to the exhibition "Vissi d'Arte…opera” curated by Carla Mazzoni, presented from 2 to 28 July at the Sansi literary café gallery, Spoleto. Organization of Carla Mazzoni and Spoleto Meeting Art, catalog texts by Luca Filipponi, Carla Mazzoni and Luigi Romiti, promotion and communication: Centro d'Arte Preferiti and Spoleto Meeting Art. Exhibits the works "Casta Diva (from Norma by V. Bellini), 2018″ and “The beautiful forms released from the veils (from Tosca by G. Puccini), 2015″. On the occasion of the 65th edition of the Festival dei Due Mondi, on 9 July, the Spoleto Art Festival International Lifetime Achievement Award for "the important activities it has carried out, and carries out, in the field of culture and art".
In April 2023 she was invited by the International Center "Antinoo per l'Arte" Documentation Center Marguerite Yourcenar to the exhibition "…if we still wanted to try to save the Earth” curated by Laura Monachesi and Michele Amici on 22 April at Nuvola di Fuksas, Rome, on the occasion of Earth Day. With the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and Unesco. Texts in the catalog by Michele Amici, François Bonali Fiquet, Gemma Mezza Umani Ronchi, Giuliana Gardelli and Silvia Bottaro. exhibits the worksFarewells, 2002″ and “Tree, 2011″.
In November, on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday, the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome dedicated a meeting to her included in the "Prampolini Laboratory" cycle - Women & Futurism, protagonists of the other movement with the extraordinary participation of Lina Passalacqua. Speeches by Claudio Crescentini (Capitoline Superintendence of Cultural Heritage), Giulio Latini (director, professor of "Multimedia Communication" University of Tor Vergata, Rome) and Ida Mitrano (historian, art critic and essayist). The national premiere of the documentary "Lina Passalacqua – The geometric essence of passions“, directed by Giulio Latini.
In March 2024, he presented his solo exhibition "Io...e il mare" at the Plus Arte Puls gallery in Rome, curated by Ida Mitrano and Rita Pedonesi. The sea, a constant element in the artist's life, became the central subject of the pictorial cycle created from 2020 to 2022, during the pandemic.
The exhibition will be presented again between March and April 2024 at the Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Piazzi, Ponte in Valtellina, on the occasion of the 47th edition of Ponte in Fiore. Under the patronage of the Lombardy Region, the Municipality of Sondrio, and other municipalities. Catalog texts by Rino Vairetti, Mayor of Ponte in Valtellina, Claudio Franchetti, and Ida Mitrano. A monographic catalog is edited by the Municipality of Sondrio.
In April 2024, she was invited by Stefania Severi to participate in the group exhibition "De Aqua – 30 Artists of Today Reflect on Water," curated by Stefania Severi, at the Angelica Library Gallery in Rome. Catalog texts by Natale Antonio Rossi, President of FUIS, Marco Corsi, and Stefania Severi.
In June 2024, Claudio Crescentini invited her to participate in the "ALVino" festival in Alviano (TR), with the exhibition "Images from Wine – Mimmo Rotella and Lina Passalacqua: Two Experiments Compared," curated by Claudio Crescentini, at Alviano Castle. The documentary film "Lina Passalacqua – The Geometric Essence of Passions," directed by Giulio Latini, was screened.
Also in June 2024, Mayor Stefano Cecchi invited her to design the poster for the 100th Marino Grape Festival, which will take place in September and October. For the occasion, the City of Marino will organize the solo exhibition "Io...le vele e il mare" (I...the sails and the sea), curated by Ida Mitrano and Rita Pedonesi, at the U. Mastroianni Municipal Museum in Marino (RM). Catalog texts by Stefano Cecchi, Pamela Muccini, the Councilor for Culture, Alessandro Bedetti, director of the "U. Mastroianni" Civic Museum, Ida Mitrano, Rita Pedonesi, Carlo Fabrizio Carli, and Carmine Siniscalco. Catalog published by the City of Marino.
In December 2024, the international exhibition "The Time of Futurism," curated by Gabriele Simongini, opens at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, directed by Renata Cristina Mazzantini. Ida Mitrano includes it in the essay on twentieth-century Futurist women in the exhibition catalog and publishes a photo of the tapestry "'In Pezzara, 1972”.
In October 2025, on the occasion of the artist's 92nd birthday, Giulio Latini created a video whose voices were created by a Generative Artificial Intelligence system based on Giulio Latini's documentary "Lina Passalacqua. The Geometric Essence of Passions."
In November 2025, he participated in the exhibition "Intelligence of the Hand," curated by Ida Mitrano and Rita Pedonesi, at the Umberto Mastroianni Civic Museum in Marino (Rome). The book-catalogue "What Remains of Humanity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" was presented, a project promoted by the cultural association In time, based on the series of meetings curated by Giulio Latini. Published by Plan.ed srl – Rome. The same exhibition will be presented in December 2025 at the Plus Arte Puls gallery.
During his career, he has exhibited in about 45 personal exhibitions and has participated in over 140 group exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
Holder until 1996 of the chair of Painting Disciplines at the 1st Liceo Artistico Ripetta in Rome, she has also occasionally dealt with scenography and costumes for cinema and television.