Alessandro Gallo (I)
statement
The donkey is proverbially stupid, stubborn and hard working. The horse is noble and elegant, the dog loyal. When transferring appearances and attributed characteristics into human figures, they absorb the core of the character in a very comical manner. In both his ceramic sculptures and his drawings and paintings, he places the hybrids in everyday urban environments. They sit on a bench, in the Metro, on a swing, or are being shaven by the barber. Such depictions question our relationship with the natural world.
bio
| Lives and works between Genoa and London. | |
| 1974 | Born, Genoa |
| Education | |
| 1993 - 97 | University of Genoa - Law Studies |
| 1998 - 99 | Central St Martins College of Art - Foundation Course |
| 1999 - 02 | Chelsea College of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art |
| Residencies | |
| 2012 | Pottery Northwest, Seattle, Wa, USA |
| 2010 | Lillstreet, Chicago, Il, USA.Summer Residency |
| 2009 | Archie Bray Foundation.Helena, Mt, USA. Summer residency |
| Bill and Stirling Sage Summer Scholarship | |
| 2007-08 | La Meridiana.Florence. Summer Residency. |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2008 | 'Riding Out', Jill George Gallery, London |
| 2006 | 'Donkey After Noon', Jill George Gallery, London |
| 2004 | 'Forse', Marco Canepa Gallery, Genoa, Italy |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2012 | Archie Bray Exhibition, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, Wa, USA |
| 'Collect', Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, Londen, UK (Terra Delft Gallery) | |
| 2011 | 54 th Venice Biennale. Italian Pavillion.Venezia, Italy |
| CAA. Ceramic Annual of America. Davis, Ca, USA | |
| Biennale Venezia. Regione Liguria.Genova, Italy | |
| Archie Bray 60th Anniversary, Silent Auction. Helena, Mt, USA | |
| 'Brandpunt Terra 2012' the Figuratives; Oude Kerk, Delft, Holland | |
| 2010 | NCECA, Mindy Solomon Gallery. Philadelphia.USA |
| Collettiva Galleria C. Busi. Genova | |
| 2009 | 20x20, 30x30 Galleria C.Busi, Genova |
| New acquisitions Archie Bray Foundation. Helena, Mt., USA | |
| Summer show .Archie Bray Foundation. Helena, Mt., USA | |
| Arte Genova, Galleria C.Busi, Genova | |
| Figure Show, Jill George Gallery, London | |
| 2008 | FORM, Olympia, London (Jill George Gallery) |
| Red Dot, New York, USA (Jill George Gallery) | |
| 2007 | London Art Fair, Art 2007, (Jill George Gallery) |
| Art Chicago 2006, Chicago, USA, (Jill George Gallery | |
| 2006 | Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London |
| London Art Fair, Art 2006, (Jill George Gallery) | |
| Art Madrid, Madrid, Spain, (Jill George Gallery) | |
| Glasgow Art Fair, George Square, Glasgow (Jill George Gallery) | |
| Art Chicago 2006, Chicago, USA, (Jill George Gallery) | |
| 2005 | London Art Fair, Art 2005 (Jill George Gallery) |
| 'The Figure Show', Jill George Gallery | |
| Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery) | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London | |
| 'Visions'. Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Thomas Deans Gallery, Atlanta, USA | |
| 2004 | London Art Fair, Art 2004 (Jill George Gallery) |
| 'The Figure Show', Jill George Gallery | |
| 'Arte Fiera 2004', Bologna, Italy (Marco Canepa Gallery) | |
| Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery) | |
| Art London, Burton's Court, Chelsea (Jill George Gallery) | |
| 2003 | 'The Figure Show', Jill George Gallery, London |
| Art Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery) | |
| MIART, Milan, Italy (Marco Canepa Gallery, Genoa) | |
| 'Face to Face', Marco Canepa Gallery, Genoa, Italy | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London | |
| Art London, Burton's Court, Chelsea (Jill George Gallery) | |
| 'Unitamente', Marco Canepa Gallery, Genoa, Italy | |
| 2002 | 'The Monoprint Show', Jill George Gallery, London |
