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Federico Del Vecchio

1977. Napoli, Italy

Education

        2010 - 2012

        Master in Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art – Glasgow (United Kingdom).       

        2008 - 2010

                   Fine Art Program at Städelschule – Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende    

            Künste, Tobias Rehberger’s Class, Frankfurt am Main (Germany).

                   2003 - 2005

                   Two years in Visual and Performing Arts - Sculpture - at Academy of Fine Arts in Naples (Italy).

        1996 - J2000

        Bachelor in Fine Arts - Sculpture - at Academy of Fine Arts in Naples (Italy).

Solo Shows

2014 - I wish I were a Futurist, Jenifer Nails, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2013 - We End Up Always Using The Same Things, The Telfer gallery, Glasgow, UK

            Turning and Boring, Queen Park Ralway Club, Glasgow, UK

            Pugna Est Vita, Museo Apparente, Napoli, IT

2012 - Rogers Wireless: Sponge Trip, installation at 5487, J.D. Kelly building, Glasgow, UK

2011 - Villa del Vecchio, doppia personale, GUM studio, Carrara, IT

2005 - Green Line, Umberto Di Marino Arte Contemporanea, Napoli, IT

Group Shows

2015 -  Big Opening, Riverside, Worblaufen, Bern, CH

             I miei amici hanno piu’talento di me, curated by Gianni Politi, Pastificio Cerere, Roma, IT

2014  - Talent Prize 2014 – Exhibition of the winners, curated by Guido Publisher Talarico - Inside   

             Art,  Casa dell’Architettura, Roma, IT 

2013 - Come, All Ye Faithful, curated by Carson Chan, Florian Christopher, Zürich, CH

            1913: Rite of Spring, curated by Sukaina Kubba for The Glasgow School of Art,

            Underground Car Park and The Hidden Garden, Tramway, Glasgow, UK

             I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now, curated by Marysia Gacek,

            109 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US

2012 - Internationaler Künstleraustausch, Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main, Atelierfrankfurt

            MFA International Show, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE

            MFA Degree Show, Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK

2011 - The invigilators, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow, UK

            Life Jacket under seat, curated by Flip project, Toronto, CA

            MFA Interim Show, Mackintosh Museum & Newbery Gallery, Glasgow, UK

2010 - Persona in meno, curated by Erica Cooke, Angelique Campens, Chris Fitzpatrick

Palazzo Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin – Palazzo Ducale, Genova, IT

             Rundgang, Städelschule,  Frankfurt am Main, DE

2009 - New Cultural Agencies, curated by Nikolaus Hirsch, Philip Misselwitz and

            Oda Projesi, KazimKarabekir Caddesi, Gulensu, Istanbul, TR

            Usine de rêve, curated by Cecilia Casorati e Sabrina Vedovotto, 26cc, Rome, IT

          

            Rundgang, Städelschule,  Frankfurt am Main, DE

2008 - Classroom#1- Show of end workshop curated by Salvatore Lacagnina

            with Gigiotto Del Vecchio and Stefania Palumbo, MADRE Museum, Naples, IT

            Sistema Binario 1, curated by Adriana Rispoli and Eugenio Viola, 

            Mergellina's Railway Station, Naples, IT

          

            Show of end workshop, curated by Jorge Peris, Gail Cochrane, Guido Costa,

            Fondazione Spinola-Banna per l’arte, Poirino, Turin, IT

2007 - IN-SITO, Paesaggio Residuo, a cura di Alberto Zanchetta, OTTO Gallery Arte

            Contemporanea, Bologna, IT

2006 - Mario Razzano Prize, curated by Associaz. cult. Proposta, Museo del  Sannio.

             Selected by  Gigiotto Del Vecchio, Rocca dei Rettori, Benevento, IT

2005 - Napoli Presente, curated by Lorand Heighy, PAN Palazzo delle Arti di Naples, IT

            Biennal of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean, selected by

            Gigiotto Del Vecchio, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Castel S. Elmo, Naples, IT

Residency Programs

2017 - Banff  Centre for Arts and Creativity, BaiR Winter Program, Alberta, CA

2012 - HIAP - Helsinki International Artist Program, Helsinki, FI

2008 - Fondazione Spinola-Banna per l’Arte, leaded by Jorge Peris in Turin, IT

2008 - Studio Residency at Blanchard Law Group, Los Angeles, California, US

Workshops

2013 - Curatorial Workshop in Generative Practices with Galit Eilat and Nina Möntmann.    

            Curated by Haizea Barcenilla and Viviana Checchia. Vessel, Bari, IT

2010 - Real Presence, Belgrade, Serbia, curated by Dobrila Denegri and Bjliana Tomic.

         - Workshop with the curator Benjamin Weil, curated by Gail Cochrane and

         Guido Costa at Fondazione Spinola-Banna per l’Arte, Poirino, Turin, IT

2009 - New Cultural Agencies by Platform Garanti and by Städelschule - Cultural Collaborations         

       and Institutional Practice for Istanbul’s Transforming Periphery, Istanbul – curated 

        by Nikolaus Hirsch, Philip Misselwitz and Oda Projesi.

2008 - Classroom#1, MADRE Museum, curated by Salvatore Lacagnina Naples, IT

2004 - No vitrines, No Museum, No Artists. Just a Lot of People, an international

            Workshop with Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Special guests: Philippe Parreno, Pierre  Huyghe   

         and Maurizio Nannucci, From Domus Academy and Maurizo Bortolotti at Telecom Italia 

            Future Centre, Venice, Italy. (Full cover scholarship)

Awards and Scholarships

2015 - Marie Curie Research Fellowship Position (ESR), Adapt-r, University of Ljubljana, SI

2013 - Glasgow Visual Art & Craft Award Scheme (in partnership with Creative Scotland)

             Arts Trust of Scotland Award, Glasgow, UK

            Talent Prize, by Guido Talarico Editor - Insideart (selected among the 10 finalists out of 1.000            

             participants)

2012 - Movin’ up - mobility of young Italian artists in the world. Ministry of Heritage and

          Culture Directorate General for the landscape, fine arts, architecture and contemporary    

       art (PaBAAC) and GAI - Association for the Circuit of Young Italian Artists (to Helsinki)

2010 - SAAS - Student Awards Agency for Scotland: scholarship awarded by the Scottish 

            Government to cover tuition fees - MFA at the Glasgow School of Art

2006 - Rotary Foundation Cultural Scholarship to study in San Francisco, CA, USA

2004 - PagineBianche d’Autore prize for publication of art work in the White Pages telephone

        book in the Regione Campania, Italy, from SEAT Pagine Gialle in cooperation with DARC

         and GAI, curated by Luca Beatrice.

Public Lecture and Symposium

2016 - PRS Practice Research Symposium. 23-25 November 2016, London, Ambika P3, University of 

             Westminster

            PRS Practice Research Symposium. 21-24 April 2016, Ghent, Belgium KU Leuven Faculty of     

            Architecture

   

2015 - PRS Practice Research Symposium. 26-29 November 2015, Barcelona, Spain.

             RMIT University School of Architecture & Design, Fundación Palo Alto. BAU Design College

             of Barcelona.

2015 - MAKING RESEARCH / RESEARCHING MAKING – Creative Practice Conference

            10 -12 Settembre 2015, Aarhus, Danmark. Aarhus School of Architecture

2014 - KUVA University of the Arts Helsinki / Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland for the post of a

            Lecturer in Sculpture

Curatorial Project

2011 - currently

            Flip Project Space – a curatorial project based in Napoli, Italy.

            flipprojectspace.blogspot.com ( co-founder/co-curator)

             Past Exhibitions:

             Ancient Erotic, Napoli

             100% Fuel, Napoli

             Life Jacket Under Seat, Toronto;

             How to Make a Delicious Tea I, Arissiama Lido, Turin &

             How to Make a Delicious Tea II, Art Metropole, Toronto;

             Mediating Landscape, Bari.

             Group Exhibition -An overlook on contemporary publishing practices in Italy. Salon für    

             Kunstbuch. Vienna Feb. 2015

             Flip Print - publication project

             Limited edition independent publications accompanying each flip project

             produced in collaboration with artists, writers and other creatives

             available at: http://new.artmetropole.com/shop/9422