Carlo Dorta

Carlo D'Orta (Italy, 1955). Art Photography. Art Studio in Rome, Piazza Crati 14, 00199.

He has pursued his passion for photography for 40 years. He attended advanced painting classes at the Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA) and a Master in Photography at the European Institut of Design (IED) in Milan, and devoted himself to the study of contemporary art. As a result, his photographic perspective undergoes a radical change. He abandons the documentary approach and try shots that tend towards abstraction, or tinged with a metaphysical/surrealist vision. The color sensitivity gained during the training gives to his photographs a strong painting characterization, sometimes because of limited interventions in post-production on lights and colors.
He favors Architecture - focusing on de-contextualization of the details and the deformation produced by the reflection - and Dance.
To the Architecture he dedicates first series "Berlin: White, Grey, Light" and "Vibrations" (in which it is clear the influence of futuristic vision), and later, from 2012, the series "Biocities" and "Geometries Still Life "(where instead there is a strong reminiscence of Cubism, Constructivism and moving color fields). In 2013 also starts the series "(Re)Fi...

Drawing and Advanced Oil painting classes at the Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA). Master in Photography at the Milan IED (European Institut of Design)

Main Solo Shows

2018
- Rome - november - IPSAR Gallery - EUR 42/Today
- Orbetello (Italy) - july - Orbetello Photo Festival - EUR 42/Today
- Rome - maj/june - Archive State Museum - EUR 42/Today

2017
- Singapore – (may) – Bruno Art Group Gallery – Vibrations – curated by Motti Abramovitz and Sandra Bauser
- Roma – (avril/may) - Honos Art Contemporary – Eur 1942 / Today – curated by Juan Carlos Garcia and Giuseppe Prode
- Milano – (march) – Milan Image Art/MIA Fair – Stand Honos Art Contemporary Vibrations
- Milano – (march) – Milan Image Art/MIA Fair – Stand Alidem/Arte della Fotografia - Geometries Still Life
- Singapore – (january) National Museum – Italian Vibrations (toghether with Gianluca Castaldi and Vittorio Zannetti) – curated by Juliana Benelli and Bruno Art Group Gallery and with the patronage of Italian Institut of Culture in Singapore

2016
- Roma – FinecoBank, via Gallia – Biocities and Vibrations
- Rovereto (Trento) – PoliArt Contemporary Gallery – Biocities – curated by Leonardo Conti
- Roma – Rome Art Week (24-29/10) – Open Studio and events “Eur 1942/Today” (curated by Giuseppe Prode and Juan Carlos Garcia) and Messages/Tastings (curated by Maria Italia Zacheo and Chiara Velocci)
- Mila...