Rita Petruccioli is an italian illustrator and comic book artist born in Rome in 1982. She studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome and at ENSAD in Paris. Her illustration work can be found in books, magazines and advertising. She collaborates with several publishers and clients as Mondadori, BAO Publishing, Penguin, Hachette, Sergio Bonelli Editore, Rulez, Ladybird, Timbuktu Lab, Zanichelli, Auzou, Il Castoro, Editori Laterza e La Nuova Frontiera Junior.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions in Italy, France, Germany and Korea and can be found in books such as the graphic novel Frantumi (Bao Publishing), the children book’s series Matita HB (Il Castoro) and Good night stories for Rebel Girls (Timbuktu Labs).
Her first book as a single author is Ti chiamo domani a graphic novel published by BAO Publishing in 2019.
In 2022 together with Lorenzo Ghetti she created ISA, a webcomic produced by the museum Palazzo Ducale di Mantova and Rulez, with the patronage of the MIC Ministry of Culture. ISA wins an award for “Best webcomic” at TCBF and becomes a book. In 2023 the book won the “Young Readers Award” at the Comicon in Naples.
In 2021 her installation “Sisterhood in the Neighborhood” was exhibited at La Biennale di Venezia.
Illustrated book
Altre idee, sorprese, storie vere e scherzi d’estate di Matita HB – written by Susanna Mattiangeli – Il Castoro Editore – Italy – 2020 BUY
Nuovi racconti, magie, storie vere e sognate di Matita HB – written by Susanna Mattiangeli – Il Castoro Editore – Italy – 2019 BUY
The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai – written by Hiba Khan – Penguin Random House – UK – 2019
Brilliant Woman – written by Georgia Hamson Bradshow – Wayland – UK – 2018
Appunti, cose private, storie vere e inventate di Matita HB – written by Susanna Mattiangeli – Il Castoro Editore – Italy – 2018 BUY
Le suffragette – written by Sabina Colloredo – EL – Italy – 2018
Il ritorno di Achille – written by Luisa Mattia – Piemme – Italy – 2017
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls – written by E. Favilli e F. Cavallo – Timbuktu Lab – 2016
Shakespeare raccontato ai bambini – Romeo e Giulietta e altre storie – Mondadori – Italy – 2016
I misteri della Jungla Nera – written by Emilio Salgari – Piemme – Italy- 2016
Shakespeare raccontato ai bambini – Sogno di una notte di mezza estate e altre storie – Mondadori -Italy – 2016
Eneide – written by Carola Susani – La Nuova Frontiera Junior – Italy – 2016 BUY
L’Iliade et l’Odyssée d’Homère – Auzou – France – 2015
Christine e la città delle dame – written by Silvia Ballestra – Editori Laterza – Italy -2015
Orlando furioso e innamorato – written by Idalberto Fei – La nuova Frontiera Junior – Italy – 2015
King Arthur – Lady Bird – England – 2015
Storie di bambini molto antichi – written by Laura Orvieto – Mondadori – Italy – 2014
Miti Romani – written by Carola Susani – La Nuova Frontiera Junior – Italy – 2013
La Mythologie grecque – Auzou Editions – France – 2013
I Racconti di Punteville – written by Gianluca Caporaso – Lavieri Edizioni – 2012
El Cantar de Mio Cid – Eli Readers – 2012
Das Nibelungenlied – Eli Readers – 2012
Comics book
• ISA vince tutto –– written by Lorenzo Ghetti – Rulez – Italy – 2022
• Da che mondo è mondo – short story pubblished on La Revue Dessinée Italia – written by Irene Caselli – La Revue Dessinée – Italy – 2022
• ISA – weekly webcomic – written by Lorenzo Ghetti, produced by Museo Palazzo Ducale di Mantova e Rulez with the patronage of the MIC Ministry of Culture – Rulez – Italy – 2022-23
• Io a Genova non c’ero – short story published on Nessun Rimorso: Genova 2001 – 2021 – Comics antology – Coconino Press – Italy – 2021
• Case Rosse – monthly comics written by Susanna Mattiangeli published on Internazionale Kids magazine – BUY
• Dieci Agosto – short story about Feminicide published on La Treccani dei Ragazzi – Treccani – Italy 2020 BUY
•Ti chiamo domani – BAO Publishing – Italy – 2019 BUY
•L’ avresti creduto? – short story published on Jacobin Italia magazine – Edizioni Alegre – Italy – 2019 BUY
•Frantumi – written by Giovanni Masi – BAO Publishing – Italy – 2017 BUY
•Medea – short story on a collective book: Metamorphoses – Squame – Italy/France – 2017
•Mini Pizza – short story on a collective book: Crisma – LabA4 – Italy – 2016
Exhibition’s list
• Le ragazze non sanno disegnare – collective show – MO.CA – Centro per le nuove Culture – Brescia – 2023
• Sisterhood in Neighborhood. Detoxing Public Space From Patriarchy – installation – La 17.Mostra Internazionale di Architettura – La Biennale di Venezia – Padiglione Italia – Venezia – 2021
• Dream On – collective show – Lucca Comics and Games 2020 – Palazzo Ducale – Lucca – 2020
• Tacita Silva – personal show – Teatro del Lido – Ostia – 2017
• Prima le donne e i bambini – personal show – ARF! – Macro Testaccio La Pelanda – Rome – 2016
• 50x50x50 – collective show – Outdoor Festival – Rome – 2015
• The Future Passed from Rome – group exhibition –Seoul Illustration Fair – Seoul – Korea – 2015
• Rita Petruccioli e Simone Rea – Double solo show – Festival LibrImmaginari – Padiglione d’Arte Chiarini Carletti – Viterbo – 2014
• Legenda – solo show – HulaHoop Club – Rome – 2014
• Paper Air – group exhibition – PAR5 – Milan – 2014
• Welcome to the Garden – personal show – La Placette.de Berlin Gallery – Berlin – 2011
• Postcards from Europe – group exhibition -Wem Town Hall – Wem, Shropshire – UK – 2011
• Di tutti i colori – group exhibition – Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudego – Torino -Italy – 2008
