GIANFRANCO MEGGIATO presented by BOCCARA ART Gianfranco was born in Venice in 1963, where he attended the Istituto Statale d Arte art college for five years, studying stone, bronze, wood and ceramic sculpture. At the invitation of the Municipality of Venice, he exhibited his works at a very young age in two exhibitions, in 1979 and 1984, at the Galleria Comunale Bevilacqua La Masa in St Mark s Square, Venice, where he showed sculptures in stone and semi-refractory material. Since 1998 Gianfranco Meggiato has participated without interruption in a long series of exhibitions, shows and fairs in Italy and abroad. He was present at several exhibitions in: US, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Britain, France, Holland, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Monaco, Ukraine, Russia, India, China, United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Singapore. Gianfranco Meggiato has exhibited at Correr Museum in St Mark s Square, at National Museum of Musical Instruments in Rome, at Senate Palace in Milan, in Duomo Square in Pietrasanta and at Lucca Center of Contemporary Art. In 2012, during Art-Bre exhibition in Cap Martin, he created and presented to Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Sphere Enigma (4,8 mt. Ødiameter, H 6,00 mt.), now placed in Monte-Carlo Harbor. Gianfranco Meggiato is Venetian and in his art works, even if they are made of bronze, space plays a very important role and instills a sense of lightness that only an artist born in a city where sky and sea melt together can give to art. Air, inside his sculptures, kneads with bronze as to demonstrate that the most important things in life are usually the intangible ones. Gianfranco Meggiato believes that human being is energy within a physical body and also space around us is composed by energy. This space-energy, seeping through rotating art works, gives them life, beating and breath. Maestro Meggiato says that his works are inspired by biomorphic tissue, symbol of human rough path trying to find ourselves, find the precious sphere in the center of the artwork and inside everyone of
us. All these experiences, usually complicated and obscure as the interior tissue of his sculptures, are necessary to out inner growth. Sfera Scienza e Conoscenza (Science and Knowledge) 2014
Stella Del Sud (Star of the South) 2015 Autoritratto (Self Portrait) 2013
Cubo con Cubo
EXHIBITIONS: 2017» Scope New York, Ransom Art, NYC USA» Art New York, BOCCARA ART, NYC, USA» Anthology Exhibition Genesis, Orler Galleries, Venice, ITALY» Art Fair, Mazzoleni Arte, Bologna, ITALY 2016» Exhibition at Valli Art Gallery»Scope Miami, Ransom Art, Miami»Context Art, Liquid Art Sistem, Valli Art Gallery, Miami USA» Art Taipei, Opera Gallery, TAIWAN» Arte Verona, Mazzoleni Arte, Verona ITALY»Exhibition Italian Contemporary Art, Opera Gallery, Singapore 2015» Collective Exhibition in Opera Gallery, Paris, Montecarlo, Dubai, Singapore, London, Miami» Exhibition in Orler Gallerie d Arte, Venice, ITALY.» Exhibition in Galleria d Arte Enrico Paoli, Pietrasanta, ITALY»Exhibition in Liquid Art Sistem, Positano, Capri and Anacapri, Italy» Exhibition in Galleria d Arte Portofino, Portofino, ITALY» Exhibition in Hay Hill Gallery, London, UNITED KINGDOM» Exhibition in Continental Art Gallery, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, FRANCE» Art Paris, Art and Space Gallery, Paris, FRANCE» Art Palm Beach, Pashmin Art Gallery, Miami, USA» Art Stage Singapore, Opera Gallery, SINGAPORE» Art Verona, Mazzoleni Arte, Verona, ITALY» BAF Bergamo Arte Fiera, Mazzoleni Arte, Bergamo, ITALY» ArtePadova, Mazzoleni Arte, Padova, ITALY 2014» IV edition of the Month of Culture and Italian Language in the Principality of Monaco, MONTECARLO» Yact and Art, Continental Art Gallery, MONTECARLO» Installation of the monumental sculpture Sphere Enigma h 6 m in the port of MONTECARLO» Exhibition in Simon Bart Gallery,, Porto Cervo, Poltu Quatu and Salerno, ITALY» Solo exhibition in Orler Gallerie d Arte, Venice, ITALY» Exhibition in Art and Space Gallery, Munich, GERMANY» Exhibition in Continental Art Gallery, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, FRANCE» Exhibition in Hay Hill Gallery, London, UNITED KINGDOM» Personal exhibition The Freedom of Matter in the Museum of Contemporary Art Lucca, ITALY» Exhibition THE RESTLESS TWENTIETH CENTURY in the Museum of Contemporary Art Lucca, ITALY
» Exhibition in Franco Senesi Fine Art, Positano and Capri, ITALY» Solo exhibition in Galleria d Arte Enrico Paoli, Pietrasanta, ITALY» Exhibition in Galleria d Arte Portofino, Portofino, ITALY» Exhibition in Opera Gallery, Paris, Montecarlo, Dubai, Singapore, London, Miami» Solo exhibition of Monumental Sculptures, Michelangelo Bell-tower, Pietrasanta, ITALY 2013» Solo exhibition at Art and Space Gallery, Munich, GERMANY» Exhibition at ArtePadova, Padua, ITALY» Solo exhibition at KIAF 2013, Seoul, KOREA» Exhibition at Elene Shchukina Gallery, London, UNITED KINGDOM» Exhibition Art Nocturnal. 5 Elements, Montecarlo, MONACO» Participation at the 55th International Art Biennale of Venice 2013, ITALY» Exhibition at Art Monaco 2013, Montecarlo, MONACO» Exhibition at Art Beijing 2013, Beijing, CHINA» Exhibition at Shanghai Art Fair 2013, Shanghai, CHINA» Exhibition at Galleria d Arte Portofino, Portofino, ITALY» Exhibition at Galleria il Novecento, Porto Cervo, Poltu Quatu and Salerno, ITALY» Exhibition at Franco Senesi Fine Art, Positano and Capri, ITALY» Solo exhibition at Galleria d Arte Enrico Paoli, Pietrasanta, ITALY» Solo exhibition at Paschmin Art Gallery, Hamburg, GERMANY 2012» Solo exhibition at Rubliovka, Moscow, RUSSIA» Exhibition at ArtePadova, Padua, ITALY» Solo exhibition at Fine Art Show Los Angeles 2012, Los Angeles,USA» Solo exhibition at Center of Nanotechnology of Russian Federation: Rusnano, Moscow, RUSSIA» Solo exhibition at Artexpo New York 2012, New York, USA» Solo exhibition at Art Beijing 2012, Beijing, CHINA» Permanent installation of two monumental works placed at the entrance of the Hotel Ergife, Rome, ITALY» Solo exhibition at KIAF 2012, Seoul, KOREA» Permanent installation of monumental works, Seoul, KOREA» Opening monumental work Enigma Sphere d.480cm h.600cm, in the presence of Prince Charles Albert of Monaco, Cap Martin, FRANCE» Solo exhibition at Art Shanghai 2012, Shanghai, CHINA» Exhibition at Galleria d Arte Portofino, Portofino, ITALY» Exhibition at Galleria il Novecento, Porto Cervo, Poltu Quatu and Salerno, ITALY» Exhibition at Franco Senesi Fine Art, Positano and Capri, ITALY 2011» Solo exhibition at Art Manege 2011, Moscow, RUSSIA
» Solo exhibition at Art Toronto 2011, Toronto, CANADA» Solo exhibition at Shanghai Art Fair 2011, Shanghai, CHINA» Participation at the 54th International Art Biennale of Venice 2011, ITALY» Solo exhibition at Art Beijing 2011, Beijing, CHINA» Exhibition at ArtePadova, Padua, ITALY» Exhibition at Lille Art Fair, Lille, FRANCE» Exhibition at Galleria d Arte Portofino, Portofino, ITALY» Exhibition at Galleria il Novecento, Porto Cervo, Poltu Quatu and Salerno, ITALY» Exhibition at Franco Senesi Fine Art, Positano and Capri, ITALY» Exhibition at Palma Arte Gallery, Piacenza, ITALY» Exhibition at Art Madrid 2011, Madrid, SPAIN» Exhibition at Art Monaco 2011, Montecarlo, MONACO» Solo exhibition at Art Expo Arezzo 2011, Arezzo, ITALY» Solo exhibition at India Art Summit 2011, New Delhi, INDIA» Exhibition at Art Lounge Gallery, Lisbon, PORTUGAL» Solo exhibition at Energenesi Art Gallery, Venice, ITALY 2010» Solo exhibition at Art Manege 2010, Moscow, RUSSIA» Solo exhibition at Art Canton 2010, Guangzhou, CHINA» Solo exhibition at Beijing Art Expo, Beijing, CHINA» Exhibition at Art Dubai, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES» Exhibition at Salon d Automne Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG» Exhibition at Open Art Fair Utrecht, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS» Solo exhibitions at Energenesi Art Gallery, Venice and Positano, ITALY» Solo exhibition at UBS Bank, Lugano, SWITZERLAND» Solo exhibition at Galleria il Novecento Poltu Quatu and Salerno, ITALY» Solo exhibition at Biale Cerruti Art Gallery, Siena ITALY» Permanent installation of monumental work placed on the Geox Building, Milan, ITALY 2009» Exhibition at Arte Lisboa Contemporary Art Fair, Lisbon, PORTUGAL» Exhibition at Kuwait City with the patronage of the Italian Embassy, Kuwait City, KUWAIT» Solo exhibition Stratosferica at Leonart Gallery, Vittorio Veneto, ITALY» Exhibition of monumental works at Plaza 2009, Milan, ITALY» Exhibition at Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY» Exhibition at Galleria d Arte Portofino, Portofino, ITALY» Solo exhibitions at Energenesi Art Gallery, Venice and Positano, ITALY
» Solo exhibition at Red Gallery with the patronage of the Italian Embassy, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2008» Solo exhibition at National Museum of Musical Instruments, Rome, ITALY» Solo exhibition at Palazzo del Senato, Milan, ITALY» Solo exhibition at Salone Monumentale della Bibioteca Marciana, Correr Museum, Venice, ITALY» Solo exhibition at Art Ukraine Kiev, Kiev, UKRAINE» Solo exhibitions at Energenesi Art Gallery, St.Moritz, SWITZERLAND 2007» Solo exhibition at Broadway Gallery, New York, USA» Exhibition at Gallery 27, London, UNITED KINGDOM» Exhibition at Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY» Exhibition at Capri Art Gallery, Positano, ITALY 2006» Exhibition La Leggerezza della Scultura, Town of Turin, ITALY» Exhibition at Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY» Exhibition at Capri Art Gallery, Positano, ITALY» Exhibition at Galleria d Arte Portofino, Portofino, ITALY» Exhibition at Biale Cerruti Art Gallery, Siena ITALY 2005» Exhibition at Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY» Exhibition at Capri Art Gallery, Positano, ITALY Exhibition at Galleria d Arte Portofino, Portofino, ITALY» Exhibition at Biale Cerruti Art Gallery, Siena ITALY Exhibition at Artefiera Udine, Udine, ITALY» Exhibition at Arte Pordenone, Pordenone, ITALY 2004
» Exhibition at Lille Art Fair, Lille, FRANCE» Exhibition at Capri Art Gallery, Positano, ITALY» Exhibition at Biale Cerruti Art Gallery, Siena ITALY» Exhibition at Arte Padova, Padova, ITALY» Exhibition at Arte Pordenone, Pordenone, ITALY 2003» Exhibition at Classic Kortrijk, Kortrijk, BELGIUM» Exhibition at Artefiera Udine, Udine, ITALY» Exhibition at Capri Art Gallery, Positano, ITALY 2002» Exhibition at JMA Gallery, Vienna, AUSTRIA 2001» Solo exhibition at the Palazzo delle Prigioni, Venice, ITALY» Exhibition at Classic Kortrijk, Kortrijk, BELGIUM 2000 1999» Solo exhibition Arte in Villa, Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, ITALY» Solo exhibition at Arte Padova, Padova, ITALY,» Exhibition at Classic Kortrijk, Kortrijk, BELGIUM» Exhibition at Kunstrai Amsterdam, Amsterdam, HOLLAND
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