Gianfranco Meggiato was born on 26 August 1963 in Venice where he attended the State Institute of Art studying sculpture in stone, bronze, wood and ceramics. Invited at the age of 16 and 21 by the Municipality of Venice, he exhibited three sculptures at the Galleria Comunale Bevilacqua La Masa in Piazza San Marco.In his work, Meggiato looks to the great masters of the 20th century: Brancusi for his search for essentiality, Moore for the internal-external relationship of his motherhood and Calder for the opening of his works to space. The space, in fact, enters the works of Meggiato and the void becomes as important as the fullness.The artist models his sculptures inspired by the biomorphic fabric and the labyrinth, which symbolizes the tortuous path of man aimed at finding himself and revealing his precious inner sphere. Meggiato thus invents the concept of “introsculpture” in which the observer`s gaze is drawn towards the interior of the work, not limited to the external surfaces only. “On a formal level, space and light do not delimit the work, sliding on it as if it were a whole, but penetrate inside, wrapping its networks and tangles and illuminating the central sphere as an ideal point of arrival”.
Sculptures by gianfranco meggiato
Credentials
Exhibitions
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Awards
Exhibitions in Museums:
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, USA
Exhibitions with monumental works:
Couchevel, "L’Art au Sommet", Bartoux Galeries, FRANCE / Cannes, FRANCE / Positano, Liquid Art System, ITALY2017
Exhibitions in Museums:
Personal Exhibition in the International Sculpture Park Marca Open "The Garden of the Silent Muses", exhibition at the Marca Museum, the Musmi Museum, Catanzaro and the Scolacium Archaeological Park, Borgia, ITALY
Anthological Exhibitions:
Personal exhibition in the Misericordia Complex: "GENESIS", Orler Art Galleries, Venice, ITALY
Awards:
SPECIAL ICOMOS-UNESCO AWARD FOR ART "for masterfully combining the ancient and the contemporary in sculptural installations of great evocative power and aesthetic value"
Institutional Events:
"My Free Thought", Italian Capital of Culture
2017, Pistoia, ITALY
Installations:
OPEN20, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, ITALY /
XI Florence Biennale, Florence, ITALY
Scenography:
Opera "CARMEN" Archaeological Park of Scolacium, ITALY
Art Fairs:
Arte Fiera Bologna, Mazzoleni Arte, Bologna, ITALY / Scope New York, Ransom Art Gallery, Boccara Art Gallery, New York, USA / Sofa Chicago, Chicago, USA / Scope Miami Beach, Miami, USA
Exhibitions in Galleries:
Mazzoleni Arte, Turin / Casa d`Arte San Lorenzo Sardinia / Galleria Mucciaccia Rome, Cortina / Liquid Art System, Positano, Capri, Anacapri / Bugno Art Gallery, Venice / Orler Art Galleries, Venice / Enrico Paoli Art Gallery, Pietrasanta / Ransom Gallery, London / Opera Gallery, London / The House of Fine Art, Mykonos / Artion Art Gallery, Ginevra / Continental Art Gallery, Beaulieu Sur Mer / Momentum Art Gallery, Knokke / Eternity Gallery, Miami / Bartoux Galeries, Couchevel
2016
Exhibitions with monumental works:
"Sirius sphere" d 200 cm, Bayfront Park, USA
Art Fairs:
Art Fair Bologna, Mazzoleni Art, ITALY / MiArt, Milan, ITALY / Art Taipei, Opera Gallery, Taipei / Art Verona, Verona, ITALY / BAF Bergamo Arte Fiera, Bergamo, ITALY / ArtePadova, Turin, ITALY / Context Art Miami, Valli Art Gallery, Turin / San Lorenzo Art House Sardinia / Mucciaccia Gallery Rome, Cortina /
Liquid Art System, Capri and Anacapri / Bugno Art Gallery, Singapore, London / Rarity Gallery, Mykonos / Continental Art Gallery, Knokke / Valli Art Gallery, Miami
2015
Art Fairs:
Art Paris, Art and Space Gallery, Paris, FRANCE / Art Palm Beach, Pashmin Art Gallery, USA / Art Stage Singapore, SINGAPORE / Art Verona, Padua, ITALY
Exhibitions in Galleries:
Mazzoleni Arte, Montecarlo, Dubai, Miami / Rarity Gallery, Knokke / Galleria d`Arte Portofino / Hay Hill Gallery, London / Artmundi Galeries, Paris2014
Exhibitions in Museums:
"THE FREEDOM OF MATTER" in the Museum of Contemporary Art Lucca, ITALY
"INQUIETO NOVECENTO" in the Museum of Contemporary Art Lucca, ITALY
Personal exhibition of monumental sculptures:
Michelangelo`s Bell Tower, Enrico Paoli Art Gallery, Pietrasanta, ITALY
Institutional Events:
IV edition of the Month of Italian Culture and Language in the Principality of Monaco, MONTECARLO
Monumental sculpture installations:
"Enigma sphere" h 6.00 mt. in the port of MONTECARLO
Art Fairs:
Yacht and Art, Continental Art Gallery, MONTECARLO
Exhibitions in Galleries:
Simon Bart Gallery, Porto Cervo, Poltu Quatu / Orler Art Galleries, Venice / Art and Space Gallery, Munich / Continental Art Gallery, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat / Hay Hill Gallery, London / Franco Senesi Fine Art, Positano and Capri / Enrico Paoli Art Gallery, Pietrasanta / Portofino Art Gallery, Portofino / Opera Gallery, Miami
2013
Institutional Events:
55th International Biennale of Art of Venice, ITALY
Cultural events:
“Art Nocturnal, 5 Elements” Montecarlo, MONACOArt Fairs:
Arte Padova, Padova, ITALY / KIAF, Seoul, KOREA / Art Monaco, MONACO / Art Beijing, Beijing, CHINA / Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, CHINAExhibitions in Galleries:
ORLER Art Galleries, Monaco / Elene Shchukina Gallery, London / Portofino Art Gallery, Portofino / Galleria il Novecento, Poltu Quatu, Salerno / Franco Senesi Fine Art, Capri / Enrico Paoli Art Gallery, Pietrasanta / Paschmin Art Gallery, Hamburg
Gianfranco Meggiato`s Public sculptures
"The Spiral of Life", Manifesta 12 Collateral, European Nomadic Biennial of Contemporary Art and Culture, Palermo / Palermo Italian Capital of Culture
Installations:
OPEN20, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice, ITALY /
XI Florence Biennale, Florence, ITALY
Exhibitions with monumental works:
"Sirius sphere" d 200 cm, Bayfront Park, Miami, USA
55th International Biennale of Art of Venice, ITALY