P R E S S R E L E A S E
The
Italian Cultural Institute of New York
The
Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University
The
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The
International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
LUCA
TREVISANI
MERIS
ANGIOLETTI
Opening Reception:
Friday, April 23, 2010, 6-8pm
Italian Cultural
Institute
686 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065
APRIL 7, 2010 -- The Italian Cultural
Institute of New York, together with the Italian Academy for Advanced
Studies at Columbia University and the Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (Directorate General for Cultural Promotion and Cooperation) are
proud to sponsor the Premio New York (New York Prize), a residency
program for emerging Italian artists.
Winners of the eighth edition of the Premio New York are Luca
Trevisani and Meris Angioletti. The artists are in residence at the International Studio
& Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, NY.
The exhibit will take place for one evening only
at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York. For reservations, please go to www.italianacademy.columbia.edu or
call (212) 879-4242, ext. 363. The
Italian Cultural Institute is located near 68th Street at 686 Park
Avenue. The event is free and open
to the public.
Meris Angioletti
graduated in Fine Arts from the Academy of Brera in Milan and has participated
in numerous workshops and exhibitions including Idea Bank/ the Energy Clothes
at the FAR in Como, and Modelmania with Olafur Elisson in Venice. Her recent
solo shows in 2009 include I describe the way and meanwhile I am proceeding
along it, Fondazione Galleria Civica di Trento (upcoming); Ginnastica
Oculare, GAMeC, Bergamo; Il Paradigma Indiziario, Care of, Milan; Haunted,
Galleria Tiziana di Caro, Salerno (2008). Her selected group shows include The
Filmic Conventions, FormContent, London; Just in the Dark, Mercati
di Traiano, Rome; T2-Le 50 Lune di Saturno, Turin; VideoReport Italia
2006-2007, GC.AC Monfalcone; Echo, Transpalette, Bourges; Heavier
then air, ITCA_Re-reading the future, Prague Triennial, Prague; Pavillon#7,
Palais de Tokyo (mezzanine), Paris; Artetica-descrivere il resto, Porto
Cesareo (LE); Art4Lux, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Guest Room,
Straatgalerij-Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; M.M.M.
Milano-Melbourne-Milano, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne.
In 2005, she was
artist-in-residence at the Centre de Rˇcollets – Dena Foundation in
Paris. In 2006, she worked in Maastricht within the program Map XXL- P¸pini¸res
Europˇennes pour jeunes artistes, where she realized, in collaboration with a
psychiatric hospital, Travel Tales, a radio-play reconstructing the memories of
a patient affected by Dromomania. She was artist-in-residence at Le
Pavillon-Laboratoire de crˇation du Palais de Tokyo, Paris, for 2007/2008 and
was short-listed for the prize The Spirit in any condition does not burn,
Premio Furla 2009.
Luca Trevisani has exhibited
throughout Italy, Europe, and New York.
Recent solo shows include NIMKat Montevideo in Amsterdam; Identitiy
is a Cloud at Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza; The Truth is that Truth Changes,
Pinksummer, Genova; and a show at MARS, Milan. He has also shown at Mehdi Chouakri and Kunstler Hous,
Berlin; Klaua von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY; Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art
Center, Athens; New Galerie de France, Paris; CaÕ Pesaro, Venice; and Castello
Sforzesco, Milano. He has
participated in screenings and festivals such as Cumulonembo +
Volksbuhne, Lambretto, Milan, with Riccardo Previdi and Bahnhof; Tettonica a placche, Neon fdv, Milano
with Stefano Mandracchia, Simone Tosca and Massimo Carozzi.
He has had residencies at NIMK/Montevideo in
Amsterdam (2009) and Kunstlerhus Bethanien, Berlin. In 2007 he won the Premio Furla prize for Art. In 2006 he was selected for the Premio
Artegiovane Milano e Torino.
CONTACTS:
Renata Rosati (Italian Cultural Institute), renata.rosati@esteri.it
or Allison Jeffrey (Italian Academy), 212
854-8942, aj211@columbia.edu