The exhibitions

Palazzo Gromo Losa will host a solo exhibition of the young artist Silvia De Bastiani, originally from Feltre, who in 2020 with the watercolor Dolomiti, Pale di San Martino, painted en plein air at high altitude, won the second edition of the Be Natural National Painting Competition / Be Wild organized by the Cassa di Risparmio di Biella Foundation on the occasion of Selvatica 2020.

Palazzo Gromo Losa will also host the On Assignment exhibition. A wild life, which presents the images of the reportages made by photographer Stefano Unterthiner in the period 2006-2017, commissioned by the National Geographic magazine. A retrospective that wants to invite the public to discover the world of nature photography, and tries to tell through the life and gaze of a great photographer, our relationship with nature and other species.

Still at Palazzo Gromo Losa, among the garden, outdoor spaces and internal rooms, the works of Jessica Carroll will be exhibited, who since the 1980s has been working on the theme of bees and nature in general, creating highly suggestive installations.

Glanzlichter, the largest nature photography competition in Germany and one of the most important in Europe, returns to Palazzo Ferrero, in which thousands of photographers participate every year; a journey around the world, with a unique selection of magnificent images, from landscape to animals in nature.

Palazzo Ferrero will host the exhibitions related to Nuvolosa - the festival of comics in Biella, an event dedicated to comics and organized by the Councilorship for Youth Policies of the City of Biella in collaboration with the cultural association Creativecomics of Vercelli, for the first time in partnership with Selvatica. The theme of the Nuvolosa Award, a national artistic competition dedicated to young people between 16 and 35 years from which the festival was born, will in fact be “The Nature that will come”.

The collective exhibition of the Biella Fotoclub will also find hospitality at Palazzo Ferrero, with a selection of the most evocative naturalistic-themed shots of the members of the association. As always, Selvatica will also involve Palazzo La Marmora, which will host a solo exhibition by the Japanese engraver Keisei Kobayashi, author of highly suggestive compositions.

Collateral exhibitions at the Spazio Cultura

At the Cultural Space of the Cassa di Risparmio di Biella Foundation (Biella, Via Garibaldi), the exhibitions with the works of the finalists of the two competitions held on the occasion of Selvatica will be held:

- National Painting Competition Be Natural/Be Wild is organized by the Cassa di Risparmio di Biella Foundation aimed at Italian and foreign painters and designers of age, resident in Italy, who want to give voice to the natural world around them.

- Nord Ovest Natura e Photo Contest is organized by E20Progetti, WWF Oasis and Piedmont Protected Areas and Associazione Stilelibero. The competition, in which enthusiasts, amateurs and professional photographers of all nationalities can participate, will award the best images taken in the territories of Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria and Valle d'Aosta. An opportunity, therefore, to get to know and enhance the nature and all the various environments that characterize the North West of Italy.

Create your visit to the Biellese

Not only to the village of Piazzo

A visit to the exhibition is the ideal opportunity for a weekend to discover our territory. Industrial history and archeology, lots of nature just a few steps from the city with exceptional green areas such as the Burcina Park and the Zegna Oasis, the Sanctuary of Oropa and other spiritual places, the Ricetto di Candelo, a splendidly preserved medieval jewel, Lake Viverone and much more. Without forgetting the flavors of Piedmontese cuisine, our fine wines and the textile "know-how" that in 2019 earned Biella its entry into the Unesco Creative Cities network.