PAOLA VOLPATO
www.paolavolpato.com
Born in Venice, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice SLN and the International School of Graphics, she attended courses in experimental techniques with artist Licata and Basaglia, photography internship; digital imaging courses with April Greiman, Museo Fortuny - Venice. She graduated in Political Science from the University of Padua.
Since 1984 she has exhibited
-in Italy - including Venice, Milan, Rome, Naples,Bologna,Como,Vicenza,Padua,Bolzano,Treviso,Verona,Palermo,Taormina, Andora (Sv), Muggia (Ts), Montorso (Vi), Chioggia (Ve)
- abroad: Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, New York, Sacramento - Uruguay, Vlamir-Moscow, Madrid, London, Monaco, Washington, Botosani (R), Berlin, Miami.
She works on site-specific installations, painting, video, frescoes in public spaces and poetry.
PARTICIPATIONS
54th Venice Biennale-Spanish Pavilion, curated by Cesare Pietroiusti - Arte Verona 2015, "Arbor Memorial" curated by Cristiano Seganfreddo - Awarded at the Contemporary Art Talent Show - ArtePadova fair event with the installation "Arbor 1"
WORKS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
Contemporary Art Museum at Ebene Rechenau (Austria);
Museum of Modern Art of Vladimir (Moscow)
Coll. Frostburg State University
Coll. University of Norfolk-Virginia
Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice
Municipal art galleries in Naples, Vicenza, Noale, Treviso, Caorle, Venice.
Banca della memoria, Milan-video Parting, winner of the Pasinetti video competition 1st prize section micrometraggi
Marciana National Library, Venice "Metropolis" book of 300 artists by the International Center of Graphics
INSTALLATIONS AND WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACES
Mirano Venezia- Hospital, "Circle" mural of 18 meters in the new entrance, 2008 (http: // www.paolavolpato.it/circle.html)
Noale Venezia - Sc. Materna “I. Calvino ”,“ Calvino’s Baloons “external fresco, 2009 (http: // www.paolavolpato.it/circle_intervento_aprile.html)
Venezia - Forte Mezzacapo, "Arbor 3" installation on the route La Ronda dell 'Arte, 2015 (https://www.fortemezzacapo.com/la-ronda-dell-arte/50-paola-volpato/)
Noale - Civic Tower, "Tulip on Tower", temporary light installation of 40 m., 2012; (http: // www.paolavolpato.it/tulipano_per_la_citta.html)
Todi -"Plant amphitheater" 2ha field installation on the hills in front of Tiber river, 2014 (http://www.paolavolpato.it/anfiteatro_vegetale.html)
RECENT EXIBITIONS
Roma Camera Deputati- “Femminicidio 2015-2017”, nov 2017 paola volpato femminicidio
Palermo, Oratorio di S. Stefano Protomartire curated by BIAS, collective, March-June 2018
Taormina, Hotel Metropole curated by BIAS biennial Arte Sacra, collective, April-September 2018
Andora (Sv) Museo di Palazzo Tagliaferro, by invitation AG Festival Noir - Black Box DU, solo exhibition, August 2018
Montorso Vicentino (Vi), Villa da Ponte by Ass. Miti e Mete - Black Box DU, collective, sett. 2018
Muggia (Ts), Negrisin room curated by Municipality, Women & Blades, solo exibition nov. 2018
Mirano (Ve), Barchessa Morosini curated by Municipality, Femicide 15-18, solo exibition nov. 2018
Noale (Ve), Palazzo della Loggia - Women & Blades, solo exibition, march 2019
Montorso Vicentino (Vi), Villa da Porto by Ass. Miti & Mete, Fire's game video installation, collective, http://paolavolpato.com/portfolios/fire-game, sept. 2019
Chioggia (Ve), Civic Museum, curated by Municipality, videoInstallation and performance Femminicidio 2015-2019 (http://paolavolpato.com/portfolios/femminicidio/),solo exibition nov-dec. 2019
Napoli - Museo Sotterraneo curated by Subterranea, video-installation Fire, collective, dec. 2019
DOCUMENTATION:
Historical Archive of the Venice Biennale - National Library Service
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
Art Diary ed.Giancarlo.Politi - Milan, 1985
Who is of the Italian art of the '900 ed.Mondadori, 1986
Times of peace, ed. Triveneto Art, Triveneti Artists Census, 1987
Catalog published by the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation Gallery in 1985 and 1987
“I Luoghi dello sguardo” ed. Women's Center 1989, Venice • Photo Book, Municipality of Venice
Calendar 2000 Municipality of Venice, Photographs and graphic design, 1999
Ishtar magazine, for n.9,1994 - cover and 7 internal digital photographic elaborations
Gender policies 1977-1997, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, National Committee for Equal Opportunities in Labor - cover, 1999
Pardes Catalogs: Astralia 2008; Adamà 2011, Voices of women 2017, Human & Inhuman 2019 - edited by M.Luisa Trevisan
Encyclopedia Contemporary Art Artists May, 2009 - Mondadori
Ambarabà ciccì cuddled 5 fairy tales on the dresser, ed. 2009 - work with the Noale nursery school
Tulip on Tower, Ebook Vanilla editions, ed. Espoarte 2010
Antologia poeti Group Poesia Community of Mestre, ed. La Versiliana 2014
Spatiamentum poetry book by Jeremy Clarke - ed. Rufus Book - London, 2014 - 10 drawings
Femicide, monographic catalog by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi and Giorgia Calò ed. 2017
Women & Blades, monographic catalog, ed. 2018
For further documentation: http://www.paolavolpato.it/cataloghi.html
