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| GAIA PERSICO |
The images I create are all direct descendants of real life
observations made whilst travelling. 'Snapshots' of the urban,
metropolitan infrastructures and sprawls that crowd the field of
vision are the subjects of my annotations. The work is done on-situ
from cityscapes viewed sitting by the window of the hotel room I
happen to find myself in. They are made either with a laptop or with
ready-made materials: biros and hotel papers found lying around
the room. The drawings are succinct, stripping away surplus
information and extrapolate the essential, giving an ambivalent
image of the city where the human presence is implied rather than
actually seen. The interest lies not in the location exoticisms but in
seeing the beauty of the non-monumental and the understated.
Lives and works in London and Wrecsam
Education
2002 MA Painting, Wimbledon School of Art, UK.
1995 BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, UK.
2005 Multimedia (Flash and Director) Computer Course, London College of Communication, UK.
1997 Chinese Painting Course, Bangkok, Thailand.
Forthcoming Exhibitions
2006 9 September - 24 October, Gaia Persico, Studio 8 Gallery, Ruthin, Wales. (Solo Show)
2006 15 December - 26 January 2007, Sensuous Panorama, Seo Gallery, Seoul.
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2006 Gaia Persico, Oriel Studio 8 Gallery, Ruthin. (9 September - 29 October)
2000 On Site, The Bull, London.
1999 Personale, Highgate Gallery, London.
Fra-menti: In Between Minds, The Stables, London.
Selected Group Shows
2006 Blink, Gasworks, London.
2006 Sensuous Panorama, Lounge, London. (8-24 September 2006)
Sensual Panorama, Seo Gallery, Seoul. (15 December 2006 - 26 January 2007)
2005 PILOT:2, International Art Forum, Farmiloes Building, London.
2005 taking a line for a walk, The Place, Letchworth Arts Center.
2004 Draward, The Place, Letchworth, UK.
2004 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Tredegar House, Newport, UK.
2004 The Travelling Show, ADi projects, London, UK.
2003 To All the Lovers and Sweethearts We Will Never Meet, House Gallery, London, UK.
2002 Paint, fa projects, London, UK.
2002 East International 2002, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK.
2001 Discerning Eye, ING Baring, London, UK.
2000 International Exhibition, Gallery BAI, New York, USA.
1998 Open, PM Gallery, London, UK.
1998 Le Torri D’Avistamento, Tarquinia, Italy.
1997 Paradise Garden, St. Martin’s Gallery, London, UK.
1997 Cold Fusion, 0 Art Gallery Internet, Rome, Italy.
1996 Domina, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo, Italy.
1996 Vanity Fair, 0 Art Gallery, Rome, Italy.
1996 The Silverthorne Studio Artists, The Bedford Hill Gallery, London, UK.
Additional Information
2005 Nominated by The Drawing Room to exhibit in PILOT:2.
2005 Work in archives and website of PILOT:2 www.pilotlondon.org
2005 Curated taking a line for a walk, The Place, Letchworth Arts Centre.
2005 The Drawing Center, New York, holds images of artwork in its slide library.
2005 Co-founder of www.arttra.co.uk, on-line contemporary art magazine.
2005 Work on permanent display at Yacoub&Croyle.
2005 Series of Photoshop workshops with BTEC and ND students at Croydon College, UK.
2004 Shortlisted for Gold Medal in Fine Art award, National Eisteddfod of Wales.
2004 Poem composed by Twn Morys in response to work exhibited at the National Eisteddfod.
2004 Collaborative work with Jools Johnson, viewable on www.joolsjohnson.com
2003 Proposed for Beck’s Futures application, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.
2003 Curated To All the Lovers and Sweethearts We Will Never Meet, House Gallery.
2003, 2001, Venice Biennale collaborator for Audio Arts.
2002 Speaker at East Discourse, Norwich Gallery, 26th of April.
2002 Lonely Planet, article published in [a-n] Magazine, July issue.
2002 Summer term residency at Rutlish School for Boys, Wimbledon.
1996 to 1998 Represented by 0 Art Gallery, Rome, Italy.
1996 Work shown on RAI 1, Italian National Television News, 27th of November.
observations made whilst travelling. 'Snapshots' of the urban,
metropolitan infrastructures and sprawls that crowd the field of
vision are the subjects of my annotations. The work is done on-situ
from cityscapes viewed sitting by the window of the hotel room I
happen to find myself in. They are made either with a laptop or with
ready-made materials: biros and hotel papers found lying around
the room. The drawings are succinct, stripping away surplus
information and extrapolate the essential, giving an ambivalent
image of the city where the human presence is implied rather than
actually seen. The interest lies not in the location exoticisms but in
seeing the beauty of the non-monumental and the understated.
Lives and works in London and Wrecsam
Education
2002 MA Painting, Wimbledon School of Art, UK.
1995 BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, UK.
2005 Multimedia (Flash and Director) Computer Course, London College of Communication, UK.
1997 Chinese Painting Course, Bangkok, Thailand.
Forthcoming Exhibitions
2006 9 September - 24 October, Gaia Persico, Studio 8 Gallery, Ruthin, Wales. (Solo Show)
2006 15 December - 26 January 2007, Sensuous Panorama, Seo Gallery, Seoul.
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2006 Gaia Persico, Oriel Studio 8 Gallery, Ruthin. (9 September - 29 October)
2000 On Site, The Bull, London.
1999 Personale, Highgate Gallery, London.
Fra-menti: In Between Minds, The Stables, London.
Selected Group Shows
2006 Blink, Gasworks, London.
2006 Sensuous Panorama, Lounge, London. (8-24 September 2006)
Sensual Panorama, Seo Gallery, Seoul. (15 December 2006 - 26 January 2007)
2005 PILOT:2, International Art Forum, Farmiloes Building, London.
2005 taking a line for a walk, The Place, Letchworth Arts Center.
2004 Draward, The Place, Letchworth, UK.
2004 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Tredegar House, Newport, UK.
2004 The Travelling Show, ADi projects, London, UK.
2003 To All the Lovers and Sweethearts We Will Never Meet, House Gallery, London, UK.
2002 Paint, fa projects, London, UK.
2002 East International 2002, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK.
2001 Discerning Eye, ING Baring, London, UK.
2000 International Exhibition, Gallery BAI, New York, USA.
1998 Open, PM Gallery, London, UK.
1998 Le Torri D’Avistamento, Tarquinia, Italy.
1997 Paradise Garden, St. Martin’s Gallery, London, UK.
1997 Cold Fusion, 0 Art Gallery Internet, Rome, Italy.
1996 Domina, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo, Italy.
1996 Vanity Fair, 0 Art Gallery, Rome, Italy.
1996 The Silverthorne Studio Artists, The Bedford Hill Gallery, London, UK.
Additional Information
2005 Nominated by The Drawing Room to exhibit in PILOT:2.
2005 Work in archives and website of PILOT:2 www.pilotlondon.org
2005 Curated taking a line for a walk, The Place, Letchworth Arts Centre.
2005 The Drawing Center, New York, holds images of artwork in its slide library.
2005 Co-founder of www.arttra.co.uk, on-line contemporary art magazine.
2005 Work on permanent display at Yacoub&Croyle.
2005 Series of Photoshop workshops with BTEC and ND students at Croydon College, UK.
2004 Shortlisted for Gold Medal in Fine Art award, National Eisteddfod of Wales.
2004 Poem composed by Twn Morys in response to work exhibited at the National Eisteddfod.
2004 Collaborative work with Jools Johnson, viewable on www.joolsjohnson.com
2003 Proposed for Beck’s Futures application, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.
2003 Curated To All the Lovers and Sweethearts We Will Never Meet, House Gallery.
2003, 2001, Venice Biennale collaborator for Audio Arts.
2002 Speaker at East Discourse, Norwich Gallery, 26th of April.
2002 Lonely Planet, article published in [a-n] Magazine, July issue.
2002 Summer term residency at Rutlish School for Boys, Wimbledon.
1996 to 1998 Represented by 0 Art Gallery, Rome, Italy.
1996 Work shown on RAI 1, Italian National Television News, 27th of November.
*Gaia Persico's work shown courtesy of Lounge
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