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Italian artist
Mattia Biagi (born 1974 in Ravenna ) is an Italian professional artist. He currently resides and works in Los Angeles .
Professional background [ edit ] Biagi's work is shown internationally at galleries and museums such as The Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte, North Carolina .
Not long after graduating art and design school in Milan, Mattia Biagi arrived in Los Angeles. He was immediately impressed by one of the city’s most famous landmarks, the La Brea Tar Pits , which became the influence for his initial body of work in the U.S.
"I was intrigued with tar as a medium and how it illuminates and highlights objects in a very esoteric and ethereal sense."
The mix of a traditional Italian background with life in America has made quite an impact on his creative process.
In this new body of work, Biagi explores through multi-media forms the desire to make tangible a belief in supernatural causality and its cultural nuances.
By traversing abstract sculpture, video, painting, photography and performance he will investigate human emotional reaction to physical objects that have superstitious associations.
Galleries and exhibits [ edit ]
2008: We All Are Guilty, We All Are Victims, And I Am The First One, Los Angeles, California
Rose Like A Phoenix From The Ashes, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York City
2009: Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These, Holster Projects Gallery, London, England
Panni Stesi, Red Building, Los Angeles, California
2010: Recognize Your Spiritual Need, Rediscover Your Faith In Your Religion, Holster Projects Gallery, London, England
2011: Solo Show, Officine dell’Immagine – SCOPE Basel 2011, Switzerland
Storm Of Life, Italian institute of culture, Los Angeles, California
Freedom, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, California
Black Tar, Officine dell'Immagine, Milan, Italy
2012: Welcome To The Jungle, New Gallery Of Modern Art, Los Angeles, California
2013: Someone Told Me Never To Do It, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York City
Family Business, New York City
2005: Don O Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006: Red Dot, Patricia Faure Gallery, New York City
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2007: Art Basel, Miami, Florida
The Black Market Show, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York City
High And Dry, Smoke And Fog, Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, California
Shippensburg University , Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Stephen F. Austin State University , Austin, Texas
Harper College , Palatine, Illinois
2009: Sweet Dreams Are Made of These, Holster Projects Gallery, London
2010: ART Tokyo, Berengo Gallery, Tokyo
2011: From White To Black, Castello di Rivara, Turin, Italy
B-B-BAD: Anna Kustera Gallery, New York City
MYSTERIOUS OBJECTS: Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California
SU NERO NERO: Foundation Franz Paludetto, Rome
Public and Selected Notable Private Collections [ edit ] Before Midnight - Mint Museum - North Carolina - NC (2012)
2005: LA Confidential
Surface Magazine , Issue No. 54
2006: Le vie dell’auto (Italy)
Los Angeles Times , Home Section, March 30
Pop Life Magazine , Issue No. 1
Angeleno Magazine
Interior Design , Issue No. 14, November 1
Interior Design , Issue No. 6, May 31
Flaunt Magazine , Issue No. 71
ArtTravel , Issue No. 11
2007: Maison et Objet Paris , Inspirations Book (Cahier d’Inspirations), No. 10: Celebration
Zink Magazine , February Issue
Stílus Magazin (Hungary), March Issue
AMPM Magazine (Taiwan)
944 Magazine , May Issue
Binyan Vediur Magazine (Israel)
2012: Il Giornale , Italy
Artfuse
Artinfo
Corriere della sera , Italy
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