Carlo
D'Orta

Carlo D'Orta is born in Florence in 1955. He has been a traveller and photographer for over 40 years, dedicating himself to the study of contemporary art and refining his skills with advanced courses in painting within the Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA) and a master's degree in photography at the IED in Milan.

He has been exhibiting his works since 2009 in solo exhibitions at public institutions and private galleries in Italy, Germany, Singapore, and other countries, as well as at art fairs in Italy, England, France, and Belgium. In 2013 he held his first individual exhibition in a museum institution: Biology of the Inorganic, in the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Collicola Palace of Spoleto. In 2015 the Venice Zattere Workshop hosted his solo exhibition Beyond the Lens next to the Guatemala Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale. The same exhibition was then also taken to the Temple of Pomona in Salerno. In January 2017, The National Museum of Singapore hosted an event dedicated to his Vibrations series, and the exhibition was shown again at the Bruno Art Group Gallery in Singapore in the following months. In 2018 the Museum of the Central Archives of the State in Rome, and then the Orbetello Photography Festival and the Gallery of the IPSAR-Portuguese Institute of St. Anthony in Rome hosted his exhibition dedicated to 80 years of architecture in the EUR district of Rome.

He has won, been a finalist or short-listed in numerous national and international awards, including: First Photography Prize in 1° Edition of Art Biennale of Roman Riviera 2023, Roman PX3 Paris, The 3rd Biennale of Contemporary Art in Genoa, Sony World Photography Award, The Celeste Prize, Rospigliosi Prize, Satura International Contest, The Colleferro Art and Architecture Award, The Arteam Cup, Malamegi Vision Art Contest, The Linx Prize, Abate Zanetti School of Glass prize, Murano (as a photo-designer)and The Enegan Art Prize; Urban Photo Award.

His works are displayed in Public and Institutional collections including: The Museum of the Central Archives of the State (Rome), The Congress Centre of the Bank of Italy in Rome, The Chamber of Deputies,(Rome) The Bar Association of the Hall of Justice of Milan, The Regional Council of Campania, Communications Authority (AGCOM, Rome), EUR Spa (Rome, President’s office), Confindustria (Rome headquarters, President’s Office), The Carabinieri Officers’ School (Rome), Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Germany), LUISS University Guido Carli (Rome), ENI  (Rome headquarters), The Italian Institute of Culture in New York, The Consulate General of Italy in New York, The Italian Institute of Culture in Munich, The Portuguese Institute of S.Antonio (IPSAR, Rome), Abate Zanetti School of Glass, Murano (Venice), Polyclinic Hospital Umberto I (Rome), Negri-Clementi Law Partners (Milan), The Dario Mellone Foundation (Milan) and DeA Capital RE (Rome).

Additionally, between 2015-2017 his projects "(S)Compositions-Metaphor of Life", "Vibrations", "Liquidance" and "EUR 42/Today: Different Visions" were chosen to become part of the Archive of the Malerba Photography Fund, a prestigious institution dedicated to the promotion of photography at national and international level, which in 2019 also displayed the photographs of the Vibrations series in exhibitions organized in Tokyo and Cuba.

Mostre personali/Personal Exhibitions

2023

Amelia (Terni)       (18 ottobre-5 novembre) - Galleria/Pasticceria Russo “L’Arte di

                            Esporre”, Astrazioni Architettoniche – a cura di Aki Echevarria

Benevento             (25 agosto – 11 settembre) – 44° edizione Festival Benevento Città

                            Spettacolo - Chiostro di Santa Sofia e Teatro Comunale Vittorio

                   Emmanuele  – Architextures. Astrazioni Architettoniche – a cura del

direttore del Festival Renato Giordano

Roma                    (27 maggio – 15 giugno) – Galleria MArte – In & Out, The Reverse  

                            Perspective – a cura di Giuseppe Ussani D’Escobar

Pisa                      (18 Marzo – 12 Aprile) – GAMeC Centro Arte Moderna e

                            Contemporanea – Architextures. Astrazioni Architettoniche – a cura di

Massimiliano Sbrana

Roma                    (Gennaio) – Galleria Arte Borgo – (S)Composizioni/Metafora della Vita

                           – in collaborazione con l’artista Andrea Ciresola – a cura di Anna Isopo

2022

Roma                    (25 Novembre – 4 Dicembre) – Galleria Area Arte Contesa, Via Margutta 90 – Astrazioni Geometriche – a cura di Teresa e Tina Zurlo e di Alfio Borghese e Mario Salvo.

Portobuffolè (TV)   (Ottobre/Dicembre) – Museo Casa Gaia da Camino – Geometrie Vitali – a cura di Valerio Dehò – articolata nelle tre mostre personali Architextures. Astrazioni Architettoniche (Carlo D’Orta), (S)Composizioni-Metafora della Vita (Carlo D’Orta & Andrea Ciresola) e New Geo (Isa Gabria).

Milano                   (Settembre) – Fiera della Scultura, curata da Valerio Dehò – (S)Composizioni/Metafora della Vita - Solo show in stand personale di installazioni foto+scultura realizzate con la collaborazione del pittore Andrea Ciresola e di Maestri Vetrai e con installazioni foto+borsa realizzate con la collaborazione della artigiana abbigliamento Giulia Ferri.

2022

Nadro (BS)            (May/June) – Museo di Nadro – Liquidance – curated by Virgilio Patarini

Milano                   (Avril) -  MIA Milan Image Art Fair – Solo show in stand dedicated by CreArte Gallery.

Venezia                 (Avril) – ItinerArte Gallery – Architextures and Suureal Landscapes –

                            curated by Virgilio Patarini

2021

Oderzo (TV)          (December/January) – CreArte Gallery – Architextures/ AstrazioniArchitettoniche – curated by Federico di Porcia

Milano                   (October/November) – PoliArt Contemporary – Architecturals Metaphors  – curated by Leonardo Conti

Milano                   (6-10 October) – MIA Milan Image Art Fair – Solo show in stand 23 dedicated by PoliArt Gallery.

Roma                    25-26 September – Residenza privata di D.C. e C.G., Biocities and Vibrations

2020   

Trieste                  October/November – Puro - Biocities Abstract – exhibition organized

by dotART Association as part of Trieste Photo Fringe, a series of events dedicated to the finalists of the Urban Photo Award 2020

2019

Milano                   December – Vi.P. Gallery – Vibrazioni ed Epifanie Urbane/Vibrations and Urban Epiphanies – together with Virgilio Patarini

Avezzano (AQ)      October/November – Studio Uno Gallery – Biocities and Vibrations –

curated by Francesco Basile and Mauro Tersigni

Genova                 Maj – Satura Gallery Palazzo Stella – Biocities – curated by Mario

Napoli

GualdoTadino (PG) April - Adelinda Allegretti Studio&Gallery – Biocities and Vibrations –

curated by Adelinda Allegretti

2018

Singapore              December – Fullerton Hotel – Exclusive Italian Worlds – together with Gianluca Castaldi and Riccardo Zannetti

Roma                    November – Gallery of the Portuguese Institut of Sant’Antonio (IPSAR) – EUR 42-Oggi. Visioni differenti / EUR 42-Today. Different Visions – curated by Juan Carlos Garcia Alia

Orbetello (GR)       July – Orbetello Photography Festival – EUR42/Today. Different Visions – Curated by Marco Arienti

Roma                    July/November – Che Banca, Belle Arti Square headquarters – Biocities and Vibrations

Roma                    May-June – Museum of the Central State Archives – 80 years of

EUR. Different Visions – promoted by EUR S.p.A. and Central State Archives, with cooperation of Inail – curated by Valerio Dehò and Giuseppe Prode

2017

Singapore             June/July – Bruno Art Group Gallery – Vibrations – curated by

Motti Abramovitz and Sandra Bauser

Livorno                 May/June – Fortezza Nuova, Sala degli Archi– Dimensioni

Parallele: città, visioni, percorsi/Parallel Dimensions: cities, visions, paths - together with Andrea Ciresola and Diego Cicionesi – organized by City of Livorno and TST Art Gallery – curated by Alessandro Paron

Roma                    April/May - Honos Art Contemporary Gallery – Eur 42-Oggi: Visioni Differenti/Eur 42Today: Different Visions – curated by Juan Carlos Garcia Alia and Giuseppe Prode

Milano                   March – Milan Image Art/MIA Fair – Stand Honos Art Contemporary -

                   Vibrations

Milano                   March – Milan Image Art/MIA Fair – Stand Alidem/Art of Photography - Geometries Still Life

Singapore             January - National Museum – Italian Vibrations - together with Gianluca Castaldi and Vittorio Zannetti – curated by Juliana Benelli and Bruno Art Group Gallery together with the patronage of the Italian Institute of Culture in Singapore

2016

Roma                    October - FinecoBank, Gallia street headquaters – Biocities and Vibrations /Innovation, simplicity, transparency

Rovereto (TN)       September/October - PoliArt Contemporary Gallery – Biocities – curated by Leonardo Conti

Milano                   April/Maj - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery - Biocities II, Translations and Vibrations solo show – curated by Italo Bergantini

Bologna                January -     Bologna Art Fair - Stand Romberg Contemporary Art – Biocities Two and (De)Compositions – together with Andrea Ciresola – curated by Italo Bergantini

2015

Roma                    November - Studio Lattanzio Group - Liquidance – with the patronage of Italian National Academy of Dance

Salerno                 October - Temple of Pomona – Beyond the Lens – curated by Italo Bergantini and Gaia Conti

Venezia                 May/June - Officina delle Zattere (Dorsoduro) – Beyond the Lens –

curated by Italo Bergantini and Gaia Conti

Roma                    May/June - Spazio Nuovo Gallery – New Abstract – curated by Guillaume Maitre and Paulo Perez

Milano                   April - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery - Biocities II Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini

Bologna                January -     Bologna Art Fair - Pad 25/Stand B88, Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery – Biocities II Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini

Roma                    Mucciaccia Gallery – Art in Circle – curated by Gianluca Marziani and Giulia Abate

2014

Milano                   May - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand 96/Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery - Biocities Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini

2013

Roma                    June - Studio Lattanzio Group – La Biologia dell’Inorganico/Biology of the Inorganic – curated by Italo Bergantini

Milano                  May - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand 39/Romberg      Contemporary Art Gallery – Biocities Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini and Alessandro Trabucco

Spoleto                 March/May - Palazzo Collicola Contemporary Art Museum – La Biologia dell’Inorganico/Biology of the Inorganic – curated by Gianluca Marziani

2012

Roma                    May - Studio Transit Architecture, in partnership with Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery – (Un)real city – together with Claudio De Micheli – curated by Italo Bergantini and Alessandro Trabucco

Milano                   May - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand 9/Romberg  Contemporary Art Gallery – Carlo D’Orta Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini and Valerio Dehò

Stuttgart               January/February - F75 Gallery – Spiegelungen – curated by Wilfried Dechau

2011

Berlin                    Italian Institute of Culture – Architektonische Rhythmen – curated by

                   Katharina Hausel

Colonia                  Italian Institute of Culture – Architektonische Rhythmen – curated by

                   Ann-Katrin Gunzel

Milano                   May/September - Spazio Oberdan (Art Gallery of the Province) – Astrattismi Paralleli/Parallel Abstractionism – together with Danilo Susi and Albano Paolinelli – curated by Valerio Dehò

Roma                    May - Tondinelli Art Gallery – Ritmi Architettonici/Architectural Rhythms – curated by Floriana Tondinelli

Francoforte sul Meno

Goethe Institute – Architektonische Rhythmen – curated by Carola

Peter

Roma                    Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA) – Astrattismi Paralleli/Parallel Abstractionism – together with Danilo Susi – curated by Loris Schermi and Genny Di Bert

Pescara                 January - Aurum (Municipality Art Gallery) – Astrattismi Paralleli/Parallel Abstractionism – together with Danilo Susi – curated by Giovanni Benedicenti

2010

Stoccarda             Architektenkammer Baden Württemberg – Architektonische Rhythmen – curated by Wilfried Dechau

Monaco di Baviera October – Italian Institute of Culture – Architektonische Rhythmen

Ancona                 March/April – Arco Amoroso Atelier (Art Gallery of the Province) – Astrattismi Paralleli/Parallel Abstractionism – together with Danilo Susi

Selezione Mostre Collettive/Selected Collective Exhibitions

2022                   

Milano                  SpazioBig Santa Marta – Sinestesie Cromatiche – exhibition of 10

                           artworks winners of Premio Punctum 2021 – curated by Lorenza

                           Bravetta, Gianni Maimeri and Maddalena Mazzocut.

Roma                   Art GAP Gallery – Antropocene Biennale – curated by Federica Fabrizi

                           and Vittorio Pavoncello

Roma                    Museo Crocetti – Exhibition of Finalists artoworks of Premio Arte

Borgo International Art Contest

Roma                    Atelier Spazio Veneziano – L’Arte per la Libertà. Artisti Ucraini e

Italiani per la solidarietà all’Ucraina

Bergamo              BAF Bergamo Arte Fiera 2022 – Stand Galleria PoliArt Contemporary

Nazzano (RM)       Museo del Fiume – Dal Fiume in poi – curated by Galleria Purificato-

Zero

2021

Sorrento (NA)       SyArt Gallery – Art is Over – curated by Rossella Savarese

Roma                    Fiera di Arte contemporanea Arte in Nuvola – Stand AD Gallery

Padova                 Fiera di arte moderna e contemporanea ArtePadova, Sezione CATS (Contemporary Art Talent Show) – Stand Allegretti Curator Gallery

Avezzano (AQ)      Galleria StudioUno RipartiamoDaZero – Il Paesaggio Interpretato – curated by Mauro Tersigni and Marcello Lucci

Zagarolo (RM)       Palazzo Rospigliosi – Onyricon/La Pittura Sogna. Mostra di Arte Contemporanea – Organized with cooperation of Museo del Giocattolo, del Comune di Zagarolo and of Galleria Purificato/Zero

Venezia                 Vi.P. Gallery/Galleria ItinerArte – Artisti in Permanenza stagione 2021/2022

Milano                   MIA Fair 2021, Exhibition of Artworks winners of Premio Punctum 2021

Val Camonica        Biennale Arcaico Contemporaneo – Artistic Direction of Virgilio Patarini and Eliza  Winkler       

2020

Frascati (RM)        BACC Gallery – Percorso 1/20. Opere selezionate ed altri racconti

                   dagli anni 60 ai millenials - curated by S.Conte and G.Marchetta

Avezzano (AQ)      Galleria StudioUno RipartiamoDaZero – AzionArte – curated by

                           Francesco Basile

2019

Cuba                     November/December - Hispanic/American Photography Center – Miradas Compartidas – Exhibition promoted by FMF/Fondo Malerba Fotografia Foundation – curated by Mino Di Vita

Parigi                    October - Art Shopping Fair - Carosel du Louvre – Stand Adelinda

Allegretti Studio/Gallery

Colleferro (RM)      October - Exhibition of the finalists artworks of the Colleferro Art Architecture Prize – BPD/Directional Building Colleferro

Tokyo                   June - Roonee247 Gallery – Visuali Italiane/Italian Visuals – Exhibition promoted by FMF/Fondo Malerba Fotografia – curated by Mino Di Vita

Genova                 June – 2019 Biennal of Art of Genova – curated by Satura Gallery

Genova                 February - Genova Art Fair 2019 – Stand Satura Gallery

Insbruck               January - Art Insbruck Fair – Stand Adelinda Allegretti Studio/Gallery

Venezia                 January - ImagoArs Gallery – Exhibition of the finalist artworks of Malamegi Lab 11 Prize

2018

Parete (CE)           December - Parete Contemporary Art Museum – Inaugural Exhibition – curated by Paolo Feroce

Fermo                   July/August - Piccole Cisterne Romane Museum – Il segno della memoria, la memoria nel segno/Sign of the memory, memory in the sign – promoted by Avezzano Studio1 Gallery – curated by Lorenzo Canova

Vasto (CH)            July - Scuderie di Palazzo Aragona – Paesaggi oltre il paesaggio/Landscapes beyond the landscape - 51° edition of Vasto Prize of Contemporary Art – promoted by City of Vasto – curated by Silvia Pegoraro

Genova                 July - Satura Gallery - Exhibition of Selected artworks of Satura International Contest 2018

Forlì                      May/June - Dino Zoli Foundation – Exhibition of Finalist artworks of Arteam Cup Prize 2018 – promoted by Arteam association

Sorrento (NA)        April/May - Villa Fiorentino – Sorrento Young Art Festival – promoted by eXclusive Association and the City of Sorrento – curated by Paolo Feroce, Rossella Savarese and Leone Cappiello.

2017

Roma                    October - Maxxi Museum – Where no one arrives. 60 years of activity of Amref – Organized by the Ong Amref – exhibited also the Carlo D’Orta installation titled “We are All Cards of the Same Castle”

Sorrento (NA)       April - Villa Fiorentino – Sorrento Young Art Festival – promoted by

eXclusive Association and City of Sorrento – curated by Leone Cappiello and Paolo Feroce

Livorno                 March - Fortezza Nuova – Exhibition of finalist artworks of Lynx Prize 2016 – Organized and curated by Sestante Association

2016

Roma                   December - Honos Art Gallery – Honos presenta Honos – curated by Juan Carlos Garcia Alia

Ajdovscina (Slovenia)

                           November/December - Lokarjeva Galerija – Exhibition of finalist and    

                           selected artworks of Lynx Prize 2016 – curated by Sestante  

                           Association

Massa Marittima (MC)

                 August - Palazzo dell’Abbondanza – Da Faces a Cambiamenti/From

        Faces to Changes – Exhibition of finalist artworks of 2015 EneganArt

        Prize – curated by EneganArt in the contest of 2016 Tuscan Photo  

        Fest