Gabriella and Silvana Mangano are identical twins born in Australia in 1972 of Italian heritage. Both studied drawing separately at the Victorian College of the Arts, but later began to collaborate on video works for which they are best known.
Read MoreGabriella Mangano completed a BFA (Drawing) at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2001 and Silvana a BFA (Drawing) at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2003. Recent exhibitions include: Drawing a Conclusion, Peloton Gallery, Sydney; Abstract References, Linden Gallery, St Kilda; Recent Works, Place Gallery, Richmond; The Ergas Collection, Gallery 9 Sydney; A Selection of Recent Acquisitions, Monash University Museum of Art Melbourne in 2008; Materiality, Switchback Gallery, Monash University Gippsland; Move on Asia, Travelling Exhibition, Asia; If...So...Then..., Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy in 2007. Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano were awarded an Ian Potter Cultural Trust grant and the Can Serrat International Arts Residency in 2007.They were also recipients of a New Work Emerging Grant from the Australia Council for the Arts in 2006.
