Vera Portatadino (Born Varese, 7 March 1984)

 

Education

 

2008/09 

MASTER DEGREE in Fine Art

Chelsea College of Art and Design -16, John Islip Street, London, SW1P 4JU, UK

 

2008      

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA in Fine Art

Chelsea College of Art and Design -16, John Islip Street, London, SW1P  4JU, UK

 

2007      

EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING

NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano -Via Darwin 20, 20143 Milano

 

2003/07 

LAUREA TRIENNALE con lode in Arti Visive (BA with Honours)

NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano -Via Darwin 20, 20143 Milano

 

 

Selected Exhibitions (*catalogue)

 

Solo Shows

 

2011

Machines | Stazione Funicolare Vellone-Sacro Monte | Santa Maria al Monte (VA), Italy.

Vera Portatadino - Tutto ciò che esiste | Centro Luterano di Caldana | Cocquio Trevisago, Italy.

 

Group Shows

 

2011

Art Brescia 2011 Biennale* - Young International Artists | Piccolo Miglio | Brescia, Italy.

DISSIPATIO H.G.* | Chiostro di Voltorre | Gavirate (VA), Italy. 

Dissiparty* | Parco Guido Morselli | Gavirate (VA), Italy.

 

2010

Combat Prize 2010* | Bottini dell’Olio | Livorno, Italy.

C. Crayons de couleurs* | Teatro Furio Camillo - Rome, Italy. 

San Fedele Prize, IL SEGRETO DELLO SGUARDO | Galleria San Fedele. One night event. 

Alida Epremian Prize 2010 | Fiera Morciano di Romagna | Rimini, Italy.

 

2009 

Chelsea Will Show You A Brighter Future* | Chelsea College of Art and Design | London, UK

Rum, Sodomy and the Lash | The Dolphin Inn | London, UK. 

Condensation 2009 | Bodhi Gallery | London UK.

Il Libro Nel XXI Secolo* International Triennale – Redaelli Prize | Varese, ITALY. 

MA Fine Art Interim Show | Triangle Space at Chelsea College of Art and Design | London, UK.

 

2008

Chelsea Motel* | Chelsea College of Art and Design | London, UK.

Scary Shit Happens | Troubadour, London, UK. 

Thirteen | Union Tavern, London, UK.

Shit Happens | Troubadour, London, UK. 

CON-ACTIONS – in collaboration with Ioanna Pantazopoulou | Chelsea College of Art and Design | London, UK. 

Inauguration Of The Pleasure Dome | Triangle Space | London, UK.

 

2007

GHIGGINI 1822 – 2007 | Galleria Ghiggini 1822, Varese, Italy. 

Ispratelier* | Ispra, (VA), Italy.

VI Premio Ghiggini Arte Giovani* | Galleria Ghiggini 1822, Varese, Italy.

 

 

 

Prizez and Competitions

 

2010

PREMIO CELESTE, Italy. Reccomended.

ALIDA EPREMIAN, Rimini, Italy. Finalist.

PREMIO COMBAT, Livorno, Italy. Finalist.

PREMIO SAN FEDELE, Milano, Italy. Shortlisted for the Artist Talk and Seminars.

2009

ERNESTO REDAELLI PRIZE, INTERNATIONAL TRIENNALE IN INSUBRIA, Varese, Italy. Finalist.

2007

VI PREMIO GHIGGINI ARTE GIOVANI, Varese, Italy. Finalist.

 

 

 

Publications

 

2011

DISSIPATIO HG - L'UOMO E' UN ABISSO. Catalogue edited by Tipografia Galli. Texts by Roberto Limonta, Mara Maria Monetti e Giampaolo Cottini.

2010

PREMIO COMBAT 2010. Catalogue edited by Sillabe, Livorno. 

Texts by Cecilia Antolini, Micol Di Veroli, Francesca Baboni, Stefano Taddei, Alessandro Romanini e 

Alice Barontini.

2010

C. Crayons de Couleurs. Catalogue edited by da Aracne Editrice. Texts by Paola Delfino.

2009

 IL LIBRO NEL XXI SECOLO International Triennale of Fine Art “Terra Insubrica”.

Catalogue edited by Edizioni Lativa - Varese. Texts by Antonio Bandirali e Luciano del Grossi.

CHELSEA WILL SHOW YOU A BRIGHTER FUTURE. Catalogue.

2008

CHELSEA MOTEL. Catalogue.

2007

ISPRATELIER. Catalogue. 

2007 6°PREMIO GIOVANI GHIGGINI

 

 

 

Press

DISSIPATIO HG - L'UOMO è UN ABISSO, by Jessica Murano, published on Exibart, May 2011. http://www.exibart.com/notizia.asp?IDCategoria=1&IDNotizia=35362

DISSIPATIO HG - UN ESPERIMENTO A GAVIRATE, published on NO NAME Associazione Testori, May 2011. http://noname.associazionetestori.it/2011/05/dissipatio-hg-un-esperimento-a-gavirate.html

L'ARTE, IL DESTINO, L'UOMO EVAPORATO, by Clara Castaldo, published on ArteVarese, May 2011. http://www.artevarese.com/av/view/news.php?sys_tab=30024&sys_docid=6861&sjl=1

L'UOMO è UN ABISSO AL CHIOSTRO, by Clara Castaldo, published on ArteVarese, May 2011. http://www.artevarese.com/av/view/news.php?sys_tab=30000&sys_docid=6972

L’ARTE GIOVANE SECONDO VERA, published on VareseArte by Lara Treppiede. http://www.artevarese.com/av/view/news.php?sys_tab=3001e&sys_docid=4913