Portrait of Alexandra Mazzanti, Photo curtesy of Amelie Bolshoi
Alexandra, curator, art advisor, and sentimental storyteller. Born into a world of art and history, she harmonizes classical roots with contemporary visions. As the founder of Dorothy Circus Gallery, with a heart in Rome and dreams anchored in London, she has redefined figurative art in Europe by intersecting international Pop Surrealism with Japanese art, creating a deeply meaningful and poetic program. A devoted mentor, she bridges artists and collectors, transforming art into a shared emotional journey.
Dedicated to preserving and sharing the “family lexicon” as cultural heritage, she founded the Maddalena Di Giacomo Foundation. This “Petit Museum” and cultural salon, housed in the historic Palazzo Valier in Venice, serves as a platform for artists and a space for cultural exchange, education, research, and innovation, exploring themes of Memory and Synesthesia.
With an unconventional background and a career spanning diverse fields, Alexandra champions art that supports environmental sustainability and cruelty-free progress. As a mother and visionary, she continually connects the tangible and the ethereal, always linking canvas and cosmos.
Clasped Hands with Silk Moths and Lover’s Eye by Fatima Ronquillo (2022) oil on aluminium panel, 36.8 x 44.5 x 5 cm
CURATORSHIP
Alexandra Mazzanti is the owner, director, and sole curator of Dorothy Circus Gallery. Since founding the gallery in 2007 with her mother, Maddalena Di Giacomo, she has personally curated nearly one hundred solo and group exhibitions and introduced over 150 artists to the European stage, alongside numerous institutional and museum projects. Alexandra has collaborated with some of the most renowned icons of the Pop Surrealist movement, while also championing extraordinary emerging talents from the New Contemporary Asian art scene.
Lacrima Aquarium Group Exhibition (Casa dell’Architettura, Acquario Romano, 2014)
Troubles With Angels (a retrospective of Ray Caesar at Palazzo Saluzzo, Turin)
Her vision has extended beyond gallery walls through outdoor projects with internationally acclaimed street artists. Notable curatorial highlights include Spray for Your Rights (2014), Cross the Streets, Color for Action (2020), Pop New Pop (MACRO, Rome, 2012), Pop Surrealism: What a WanderFool World (Carandente Museum, 2010), Troubles With Angels (a retrospective of Ray Caesar at Palazzo Saluzzo, Turin), and Lacrima Aquarium (Casa dell’Architettura, Acquario Romano, 2014).
Alexandra is always open to exciting new curatorial collaborations, museum projects, street art festivals, and initiatives where her expertise can add meaningful value. She is currently developing her most ambitious project to date: the Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo, dedicated to exploring the intersections of memory, art, and social welfare through a multidisciplinary program of exhibitions, research, and public engagement. Through this project, Alexandra continues to nurture her lifelong passion for art history, with particular focus on overlooked narratives, outsider artists, and forgotten voices across centuries.
Mural by ROA for Spray for Your Rights (2014)
Malala Mural by Eduardo Kobra from Peace Series (2014)
Portrait of Alexandra Mazzanti, Photo curtesy of Amelie Bolshoi
Alexandra, curator, art advisor, and sentimental storyteller. Born into a world of art and history, she harmonizes classical roots with contemporary visions. As the founder of Dorothy Circus Gallery, with a heart in Rome and dreams anchored in London, she has redefined figurative art in Europe by intersecting international Pop Surrealism with Japanese art, creating a deeply meaningful and poetic program. A devoted mentor, she bridges artists and collectors, transforming art into a shared emotional journey.
Dedicated to preserving and sharing the “family lexicon” as cultural heritage, she founded the Maddalena Di Giacomo Foundation. This “Petit Museum” and cultural salon, housed in the historic Palazzo Valier in Venice, serves as a platform for artists and a space for cultural exchange, education, research, and innovation, exploring themes of Memory and Synesthesia.
With an unconventional background and a career spanning diverse fields, Alexandra champions art that supports environmental sustainability and cruelty-free progress. As a mother and visionary, she continually connects the tangible and the ethereal, always linking canvas and cosmos.
Clasped Hands with Silk Moths and Lover’s Eye by Fatima Ronquillo (2022) oil on aluminium panel, 36.8 x 44.5 x 5 cm
CURATORSHIP
Lacrima Aquarium Group Exhibition (Casa dell’Architettura, Acquario Romano, 2014) — Museum in Rome, Italy
Alexandra Mazzanti is the owner, director, and sole curator of Dorothy Circus Gallery. Since founding the gallery in 2007 with her mother, Maddalena Di Giacomo, she has personally curated nearly one hundred solo and group exhibitions and introduced over 150 artists to the European stage, alongside numerous institutional and museum projects. Alexandra has collaborated with some of the most renowned icons of the Pop Surrealist movement, while also championing extraordinary emerging talents from the New Contemporary Asian art scene.
Troubles With Angels: A Retrospective of Ray Caesar at Palazzo Saluzzo, Turin
Her vision has extended beyond gallery walls through outdoor projects with internationally acclaimed street artists. Notable curatorial highlights include Spray for Your Rights (2014), Cross the Streets, Color for Action (2020), Pop New Pop (MACRO, Rome, 2012), Pop Surrealism: What a WanderFool World (Carandente Museum, 2010), Troubles With Angels (a retrospective of Ray Caesar at Palazzo Saluzzo, Turin), and Lacrima Aquarium (Casa dell’Architettura, Acquario Romano, 2014).
Mural by ROA for Spray for Your Rights (2014), Rome, Italy
Alexandra is always open to exciting new curatorial collaborations, museum projects, street art festivals, and initiatives where her expertise can add meaningful value. She is currently developing her most ambitious project to date: the Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo, dedicated to exploring the intersections of memory, art, and social welfare through a multidisciplinary program of exhibitions, research, and public engagement. Through this project, Alexandra continues to nurture her lifelong passion for art history, with particular focus on overlooked narratives, outsider artists, and forgotten voices across centuries.
Malala Mural by Eduardo Kobra from Peace Series (2014) in Rome, Italy
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