Valeria Napoleone
Italian art collector, patron, and philanthropist
Valeria Napoleone (born 1965) is an Italian art collector and patron. Valeria has been a collector for 28 years since 1997, focusing exclusively on the work of female contemporary artists working internationally.
Early life
Valeria grew up in Busto Arsizio, a town near Varese in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. She is the daughter of a plastics-and-resins industrialist, who played an important role in her life as a mentor. She is the twin sister of accessories designer Stefania Pramma.
Career
Napoleone has provided support to the careers of artists including Nicole Wermers, Nicole Eisenman, Phyllida Barlow, Daria Martin, Andrea Büttner, Haegue Yang, Lily van der Stokker, Lisa Yuskavage, Ghada Amer and Margherita Manzelli. Napoleone and her husband Gregorio Napoleone have also donated two works by Somaya Critchlow to the British Museum in 2021.
In the UK, she is a trustee of the Contemporary Art Society and a trustee at NYU London. She is also on the advisory board of the Association of Women in the Arts, and 2010 until 2022 she was chair of Studio Voltaire's Development Committee. Napoleone has been a supporter of UK-based institutions such as Camden Art Centre, Modern Art Oxford, South London Gallery, Nottingham Contemporary, ICA London, Milton Keynes Gallery, Glasgow International, and Chisenhale Gallery, among others.
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