PAOLO VIVIAN | ITALY
Paolo Vivian is a multidisciplinary artist and his artistic researches are focused into the field of collective memory and social behavior in a globalization reality through mixing of different media: sculpture, installation, photography, performance, video. Lives and works in Palu` del Fersina, Trentino, Italy.
BORN
1962 . Serso di Pergine ( Trento, Italy)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2019 – 2016 Artistic Director, Italy, Frassilongo (Trento), Van Spitz Holzbildhauer Symposium
2016 – 2015 Artistic Director, Bulgaria, Varna, FREEDOM- International Monumental Sculpture meeting
2016 – 2013 Artistic Director/ curator, Italy, Maso Naranch, Mori (Trento), “Sculpture days” project
2013 – 2008 Artistic Director/ curator, Italy, Baselga di Piné (Trento), „SEI x SEI“
– International wooden sculpture residence project
2007 Artistic Director, Italy, Pergine Valsugana (Trento),
First International Sculpture symposium in stone and wood „The Memory of Amnesia“
SELECTED FESTIVALS /SYMPOSIUMS/ PROJECTS
2018 Germania, Forst /Lausitz , II International sculpture symposium, wood
2018 Italy, Frassilongo (TN), Van Spitz Holzbildhauer Symposium, stone
2017 China, Xi`an (Shaanxi provinces), Shaanxi Province Art Museum, The Fourth Silk Road International Art Exhibition
2017 China, Songyang (province of Zhejiang), Songyang City Art Gallery, International contemporary Art Exhibition
2016 Bulgaria, Varna, FREEDOM, II International monumental sculpture meeting, stone
2016 Bulgaria, Varna, CONTEMPO, VIII International contemporary art festival, exhibition
2016 Austria, Laa an der Thaya, First International wooden sculpture symposium
2016 Czech Rep., Klášterec nad Ohří , “Memory of landscape” International wooden sculpture symposium
2015 Bulgaria, Varna, FREEDOM – Ist International monumental sculpture meeting, wood
2015 Bulgaria, Varna, Bulart galleria, ShapeShifters, curated by Raul Zamudio (USA)
2015 Italy, Villa Agnedo (Trento), „Pietre D’Acqua“ Stone sculpture symposium in granite
2014 Germany, Sankt Blasien, XIX International wooden sculpture symposium
2014 Italy, Lavarone (Trento), “Il respiro degli alberi” sculpture project, site-specific
2014 Italy, Ala (Trento), First Symposium for monumental sculpture in stone
2013 Germania, Forst /Lausitz, First International wooden sculpture symposium of Rosenstadt
2012 Poland, Rabka-Zdroj, First International sculpture symposium in stone
2012 Trento, Valley Ledro, “LedroLandArt” project, stone, site specific
2011 Baselga di Piné (Trento), “SEI x SEI” International sculpture project in wood
2010 Hungary, Budapest, Műcsarnok Museum, “Heroes Corner”, curated by Simon Hewitt
2010 Germany, Hamburg, Altonale XII International art festival, ON-OFF Artprojects
2010 Francia, La Bresse, XX International festival for sculpture “Camille Claudel“, stone
2010 Austria, Stubenberg am see, 3rd International Symposium for sculpture in wood
2009 Luxembourg, Differdange, II International stone sculpture symposium
2009 Netherlands, Drenthe, „Art & Nature“, International Sculpture Project, site specific
2008 Bulgaria, Varna, August in art, International Biennale of visual arts
2008 Luxembourg, Differdange, First International Symposium for sculpture in stone
2007 Italy, Pergine Valsugana (Trento), First International symposium for sculpture in stone and wood
„Memory of Amnesia“, stone
SELECTED PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2017 Italy, Trento, Trentini palace
2016 Italy, Milano, [.Box] gallery
2016 Italy, Trento, Galleria “M. Fogolino”
2016 Italy, Riva del Garda, City gallery “G.Craffonara”
2014 Italy, Pergine Valsugana (Trento), Exhibition Hall of Pergine`s Theater and City Gallery Sala
Maier, “mappa memoria : (im)possibili utopie”, retrospective exhibition
2014 Bulgaria, Sofia, Gallery Shipka 6
2014 Bulgaria, Varna, Graffit gallery
2013 Italy, Genoa, Palazzo Ducale, Artelier artistic space
2011 Italy, Villa Lagarina (Trento), Libera Palace
2009 Lithuania, Vilnius, Actus Magnus gallery
2008 Bulgaria, Varna, Bulart gallery
2008 Italy, Varna (Bolzano), Abbey of Novacella
2008 Italy, Trento, Audi Hangar
SELECTED AWARDS
2014 Italy, Siror (Trento), XII Symposium for sculpture in wood
2012 Italy, Valley Aurina (Bolzano), III International Contest for sculpture in wood
2012 Italy, San Giorgio delle Pertiche (Padova), IX symposium for sculpture in wood
2011 Italy, Siror (Trento), X Symposium for sculpture in wood, FIRST PRIZE
2010 Italy, San Pietro di Barbozza, VignArte, Symposium for sculpture in wood, THIRD PRIZE
2009 Bulgaria, Varna, Annual award of Bulart gallery
2008 Luxembourg, Differdange, First International stone sculpture symposium, FIRST PRIZE
2006 France, La Bresse, XVI Festivals of sculpture „Camille Claudel“, PRIZE of the Artists
2005 Italy, Madonna de Campiglio (Trento), XVII International Contest for Sculpture in wood, FIRST PRIZE
2003 Madonna de Campiglio (Trento), XV International Contest for Sculpture in wood, SECOND PRIZE
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