Sandro Colbertaldo

Sandro Colbertaldo was born in Padua (Italy) on 1946. He come from an old family, belonging to the intellectual class of the Serenissima Republic, which members, at the end of the XV century, moved from Venice to the town of Asolo, following the court of the Queen Caterina Corner, who became overthere one of the more fervid patron of the Literature and Art of the Venetian Renaissance. Sandro spent his childhodd in Venice and he will carry the enchantement of that incredible architectural invention along all his life. His family moved to Milan on 1954. That will be his own town during all the youth and the maturity. He moved to Barcelona on 1998, when he meet Anna, his third wife. On 2002 they move from Barcelona to Cruïlles, a small Medieval village of the Baix Empordá (Costa Brava), where they are still living.

He studied Drawing and Painting with Gian Luigi Giovanola, artist of the “Ideogrammatical” School, connected to the artwork of Giuseppe Capogrossi. In the ‘60s he worked as apprentice in the Milanese atelier of Mario Schifano, leader of the group of artists of the Roman Pop Art, named “The School of Piazza del Popolo”. Graduated in Architecture on 1971, with a Design Thesis based on the architectural value of the Metaphysical paintings of Giorgio De Chirico, tutored by the celebrated professor Aldo Rossi. At the end of the ‘70s he has been teaching assistant in the course of Urban Design managed at the Architecture Departement of Milan by the professor Antonio Monestiroli.

SOLO:
1995. “Dead or Alive”. Galeria Alejandro Sales. Barcelona
1996. “Greetings from San Sebastian”, Gimlet Cocktail Bar. Barcelona
1996. “Where is the Leopard?”. Galeria Ferran Cano. Palma de Mallorca
1997. “Art is Entertainment”. Galeria Ferran Cano. Miami Beach
1997. “Friendly to Mice”. Galeria Studio Meyetta. Barcelona
1998. “Sacred Cows”. Bianca Pilat Contemporary Art. Chicago
1998. “Opera Grafica”. Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Chicago
1998. “Fiesta de una noche”. Galeria Ferran Cano. Palma de Mallorca
1998. “No se permite”. Gimlet Cocktail Bar. Barcelona
1999. “Album de Cromos”. Galeria Por Amor A Arte. Porto
2000. “Ora, tutto questo é perduto”. Lavandería Fundació. Barcelona
2001. “Barchicken”. Gimlet Cocktail Bar. Barcelona
2002. “Merry Christmas to you too”. Galeria Alicia Ventura. Barcelona
2003. “Loco de Pollos”. R.Revistes: Sublime. La Capella, Barcelona
2004. "Crazy for Chickens". Galeria Alejandro Sales. Barcelona
GROUP:
1993. “Art & Tabac”. Associazione fumatori. Scuderie Palazzo Ruspoli. Roma
1996. “Arte-Design”. Centro Sperimentale Arte A Parte. Milano
1996. “1º Premio Trevi Flash Art Museum”. Trevi
1996. “Abitare il Tempo: l’Attesa”. Fiera di Verona
1996. “Architetti-Artisti”. Palazzo Prigio...