About Giuseppe Lo Schiavo
Born in Italy in 1986
Lives and works in Rome and London.
He has studied Architecture in the University of Sapienza in Rome and he is specialized in Architectural 3D Visualization. The blending of modern computer graphics with photography has made possible the realization of his experimentations. For Giuseppe the camera is the arm of a painter, before that of a photographer, ready to give form in his imagination. Giuseppe seeks to disconnect the photographic medium from reality.
Born in Italy in 1986
Lives and works in London.
He has studied Architecture at the University of La Sapienza of Rome and he is specialized in Architectural 3D Visualization. After working for 5 years in a famous design studio in Rome he decided in 2013 to become a full time fine art photographer after his photographic series Levitation received international acclaim and in the same year was exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery in London. In 2013 Lo Schiavo presented a new series, Ad Vivum, a collection of photographic portraits inspired by the flemish masters that won the Portrait Salon 2013 and was featured as a front cover on BBC online News. In 2014 he moved to London presenting a new series, Art Currency, for his new Solo Exhibition “Beyond Reality, Beyond Photography” exhibited in Turin and in Munich during the same year. In February 2015 he presented his latest work, Wind Sculptures, an experimental project where the artist for the first time takes part in some of his artworks, interacting and performing with the wind using a weather blanket, creating an empirical union of theatrical sculpture and the nature.
Lo Schiavo uses the camera as a creative and limitless tool able to reproduce and convey his imagination, he considers himself as an inventor rather than a discoverer. His biggest inspiration is the history of art, nurtured during his long period in Rome, and in fact in his photographic works there are plenty of references to the Flemish painters, the surrealism of Magritte, the Pop Art and the futurism of Boccioni.
The works of Giuseppe Lo Schiavo has been featured on BBC, Inside Art, O Estado de S. Paulo Newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, La Stampa, Wall Street International, Rai TG1, Radio Télévision Suisse 1, etc…
The works of Lo Schiavo has been exhibited in numerous art galleries and museums all over the world such as Saatchi Gallery in London, Aperture Foundation in New York , Museum of Contemporary Art of Acri in Cosenza, Mixer Gallery in Istanbul and in other galleries in Rome, Turin and Munich and Miami. Lo Schiavo’s work has been presented also in various art fairs such as Contemporary Istanbul, SCOPE art Miami, Affordable Art Fair Milan and Paratissima.
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Exhibitions:
Oct 2016 - Orasi - Group show - Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center - BURSA
Curator: Serhat Cacekli
Oct 2016 - Wind Sculptures- Solo Show - Burning Giraffe Gallery - TURIN
Curator: Roberto Sottile
Oct 2016 - Fluid Memories - Urban Art Installation - BOLOGNA -
Curator: Roberto Sottile
June 2016 - Wind Sculptures- Solo Show - Ingo Seufert Gallery - MUNICH
Curator: Ingo Seufert
January 2016 - Retrospettiva, Deconstructing Photography - Solo Exhibition - VioLife Accademy and Ingo Seufert Gallery - LUXEMBOURG
Curator: Ingo Seufert
October 2015 - Anime diverse - Ellebi Art Gallery - COSENZA (Italy)
Curator: Roberto Sottile
June 2015 - Il Blu nell’arte, da Yves Klein a Jan Fabre - Museo Arte Contemporanea Acri - COSENZA (Italy)
Curator: Francesco Poli
May 2015 - Do you like flowers? - Burning Giraffe Gallery - TURIN
Curator: Andrea Rodi
Dicember 11 2014 - Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Beyond Reality Beyond Photography - (Solo Exhibition) - Ingo Seufer Gallery for Contemporary Photography - Munich
September 2014 - Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Beyond Reality Beyond Photography - (Solo Exhibition) - Burning Giraffe Gallery - Turin
May 2014 – Motion Photography Prize – Saatchi Gallery – London
March 2014 – Impossible Structure – Kare Art Gallery – Istanbul
Curator: Rasit Mutlu
January 2014 – Open Space – MixerArt Gallery – ISTANBUL
Curator: Mehmet Kahraman
January 2014 – Portrait Salon – Fuse Art Space – Bradford, UK
Curator: Sarah Faraday
November 2013 – Intro 15 – Ingo Seufert - Galerie für Fotografie der Gegenwart – MUNICH
Curator: Ingo Seufert
November 2013 – Portrait Salon 2013 - LONDON: Four Corners, LEEDS: White Cloth Gallery, EDINBURGH: Stills Gallery
November 2013 – Premio Bonatto Minella Exhibition – Villa Vallero – TURIN
Curator: Vittorio Sgarbi
July 2013 – The Exposure Award Exhibition - Aperture Foundation gallery - New York
June 2013 – The Gap – MixerArt – Istanbul
Curator: Mehmet Kahraman
June 2013 – Show Your Art at Saatchi Gallery on Screen – Saatchi Gallery – London
May 2013 – Fotografia Europea - 2Photo – Ateliers Viaduegobbitre – Reggio Emilia
Curators: 2Photo
Dicember 2012 - Creativi Under30 - Associazione Grossetana Arti Figurative - Grosseto
Curator: Antonia Pesarè
November 2012 – Young at Artissima – Galleria Claudio Bottello Contemporary – Turin
Curators: Claudio Bottello e Barbara Gamba
November 2012 – Young at Art, I Stay here – Imbiancheria del Vajro – Chieri, To.
Curators : Massimo Garofalo e Andrea Rodi
June 2012 – Aspettando la biennale – Colleggio San’Adriano – Turin
Curators: Massimo Garofalo e Andrea Rodi
May 2012 - Arte ispirata ad Hans Ritcher - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Acri – Cosenza
Curators : Silvio Vigliaturo e Andrea Rodi
April 2012 - Young at Art – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Acri – Cosenza
Curators : Massimo Garofalo e Andrea Rodi
Life Framer Prize - 1st Prize Open Call
Jury Award – Premio Bonatto Minella 2013 – Vittorio Sgarbi
Selected for the Portrait Salon 2013
Special selection - The Exposure Award Exhibition 2013 – See.me contest
Jury Award - Fotografia Europea 2013 - 2Photo contest Young at Art Award 2012 – Museo Arte Contemporanea Acri Special Selection – Combat prize 2012
