Fabrice Covelli

My first success in art happened at my admission test to Fine Art School in 1985; When meeting with the jury, I mentioned my interest in events related to the Earth response to overpopulation, pollution, and environmental issues. Later on, I believed that those concepts won me a seat in the school.
I then diverted my interested in global art culture, history, concepts behind the works, and all the techniques + processes that I can use to translate my thoughts into visual compositions. But I grew weary of positioning my artwork in somehow interesting concepts. How relevant is my art work? What do I offer to the outer world?
Meanwhile, the destruction of our natural world keep rising. And us, human beings, are intimately involved in that decline, which is very disturbing. This is the big issue that I want to address in my art. My tabula rasa moment came in 2006 when I started my body of work “Ode to our Planet”.
Each piece focuses on a simple environmental topic or interpersonal situation. Sometimes blurring up the lines between nature and human to highlight the multiplicity and diversity of possible interpretations. I use symbolism and visual poetry to express human emotions and states of mind, with the objective to initiate convers...

1992 Fine Art School, Strasbourg
Specialization in graphic design and calligraphy

1990-1991 Fine Art School, Exeter, England
Specialization in sculpture and lithographic printing

1985-1990 Fine Art School, Toulouse, France
Diplome National Supérieur d’Enseignement Plastique (DNSEP ) sculpture and painting (equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts)

2023 - MvVO ART/AD ART SHOW 2023, PowerHouse Art center, Brooklyn, NYC
Paintings

2017 - LIFE ON EARTH, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NYC
Sculptures

2014 - OVER THE EDGE - PAPERWORKS UNBOUND, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NYC
Works on paper

2010 - LIMITED EDITIONS - UNLIMITED DESIGNS, Salomon Arts Gallery, Tribeca, NYC
Works on paper, sculptures and design products

2009 - LIGHT IT UP, Salomon Arts Gallery, Tribeca, NYC
Works on paper, sculptures and design products

2007 - ODE TO OUR PLANET, Gallery En Ce Moment, Brooklyn NYC
Works on paper and sculptures

2007 - SCORE, The Curb Art Space, Chelsea NYC
Group show featuring the winners of www.UnitedCreators.com first online competition

2007 - ODE TO OUR PLANET, TUNJI DADA Showroom, NYC
Preview of the 12 first pieces; mixed media

HOT STONES (work in progress)
Installation with 2 stones, nickel element and electricity

2003 - SIGN DANCE, WAH Center, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC
30 resin pictures floating in the air of a high-ceiling room + dance performance

2002 - SEISMO-GRAPH, WAH Center, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC
40 framed one line drawings powered by movement in commuting situation

1995 - CLIMAX, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Strasbourg, France
Installation of 2200 sft with ...