MARIO PEPE
Curriculum
Lives
and works in Genoa, Italy, where he is interested in visual perception at the
Faculty of Medicine of the University.
He
attended the courses of the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa, the school of
Photography in Genoa and the school of image and communication “Famous
Photographers” held by Giac Casale in Milano. From 1993 he has been founder
member of “Satura” a cultural association devoted to arts promotion, where he
is concerned about visual art exhibitions, books promotion and literary
meetings.
He was
included in the book “Atlante dell’Arte Contemporanea”, De Agostini ed., 2019,
pp 472-473, and in the same publication of 2020, pp 446-447.
Critical profile
Author’s
digital works are made up of ambiguous images elaborated by computer, where the
visual perception is displaced in the time connecting different periods of the
History of Art. The free contamination of these elements triggers unexpected
poetic images. Therefore, the environmental disruption of cars becomes unacceptable
when it profanes the peace of the roman country of seventeenth century or the
calmness of a Capri’s view of Philipp Hackert. In some works, images saved from miniatures of
fourteen century are inserted in modern landscapes. Moreover, influenced by his
studies on quantum physics, a piece of Venice solidifies in Arizona, as
predicted by the theory for a particle position which is completely uncertain
and it can appear everywhere.
Recent Main Exhibitions:
2010 Viitasaari, Finland, “Via Arte”,
Civic gallery.
2011 Nantes, “La nave e il mare”, Centre
Culturel Franco Italien
2011 Los
Angeles, “ LACDA Top 40 ” Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
2012 Shanghai, PresentArt Festival, Pudong Library
2013 Venezia,
Photissima Art Fair, Chiostro dei Frari
2013 Paris, “Les Hivernales” Palais des
Congrès
2013 Milano,
“Il giudizio e la mente” , Fondazione Mudima.
2014 Genova, “L’Urlo della Crisi”, Palazzo
Ducale
2014 Firenze,
“ A dream in Florence”, Casa di Dante.
2015 Trieste, Premio Lynx: Lux Art Gallery
2015 Long
Beach USA, “Oddities”, Linus Galleries
2016 Roma, Premio Arte Roma,
Museo Stadio Domiziano
2016 London,
Celeste Prize, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower
2017 Venezia,1° Biennale di Mail
Art (Biennale di Venezia), Padiglione Tibet.
2017 Los
Angeles, Electron Salon, LCDA.
2018 Budapest,“
Mosaic and Mixed Media”, Galleria MKISZ.
2019 Firenze, “Cibarie
Leonardesche”, Studio Ottone Rosai.
2019 Venezia, Padiglione Europa, Palazzo Albrizzi
Capello.
2020 Roma, Premio della Lupa,
Galleria Medina.
2021 Venezia, “Escursioni
marine”, Sala San Tommaso della Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo.
2022 Matera,“Contest Foreste”,
Chiesa Rupestre di Sant’Antonio Abate.
2022 Bologna, “Attraction”,
Galleria Wikiarte.
2022 Amsterdam, “Mosaic on
Paper. Multipli d’Artista”, Breed Art Studio.
2023 Berlino and Goteborg, Studio1, Kunstquartir
Bethamen, and Galleri Thomassen.
2023 Genova, Personale: “Spiazzamenti”, Palazzo Doria Spinola.
2024 Firenze, “Donne di Scienza, Donne di Fiori”, Villa
Vogel.
2024 Taranto, “Un Weekend con
Marcel Proust”, Conservatorio Giovanni Paisiello».