Sandro Setola

At the basis of all my work is a strong fascination for natural processes and phenomena. In the work these dramatic universal processes like isolation, expansion, transformation, growth and decay, but also their relation to our more everyday, at times banal reality, are interpreted in a personal, poetic and concentrated way. In the drawings I often freeze processes that the viewer can continue in mind or propose dystopic places and buildings built from (yet) unknown matter. In my installations and animations I can bring to life these processes and create a "wholeness" or story.
Since 2004 I have been mainly focussing on the subject of architecture and building processes and their underlying ideals (or lack thereof). Associations with architectural proposals allow these works to enter a twilight zone between desire and reality that in turn raises questions about their function or meaning.
On the one hand they can be seen as comments on our everyday surroundings and urban environment by proposing buildings that seem to be designed for the expression of discomfort, spirituality or a lack of ideology or function. In other works the strong links to the aforementioned natural or universal processes and their psychological paralels prev...

2003/2004 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (Sculpture and other media), NL

1997 Glasgow school of Art, Glasgow (Sculpture, Environmental Art), UK

1994/1998 Akademie voor kunst en vormgeving ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Sculpture), NL

selection 2005-2018 (full cv on www.sandrosetola.com)

2018 Maaskant Getekend, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
2018 De Line UP, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
2017 Time, Space & Architecture, Cityscapes foundation, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Pyeong Chang Biennale, Gangneum, South Korea
2016 Kaus@LA, Arena 1, Los Angeles, USA
2016 Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL (cat.)
2015 Skelet, Museum Beelden aan zee, Scheveningen, NL
2015 Oet d’r Sjtub, Schunck*, Heerlen, NL
2014 Coming Soon, Real imaginary Futures, Bureau Europa, Maastricht, NL (cat.)
2014 Willem 2, Den Bosch, NL (solo)
2013 Dark Matters, Tent. Rotterdam, NL
2013 The Big Sleep, Mirta Demare, Rotterdam, NL (solo) (cat)
2012 Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2012 Re:Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2012 Art Fair Drawing now, Video program curated by Brett Litmann, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, FR
2012 Song Zhuang Art Center, Beijing, P.R. of China
2011 Stedelijk museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2011 Lustwarande, Warandepark, Tilburg, NL
2010 Gallery Factory, Seoul, KR
2010 Torinover, Turin, IT
2009 Galerie John Schmid, Basel, CH, (solo)
2009 Museum Beelden aan Zee, Den Haag, NL (solo)
2009 White Box Ltd. New York, USA
2008 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2008 Kunsthaus ...