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

 

PREMIO NEW YORK SPRING 2010 EXHIBITION

 

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