ARTIST PROFILE
- Italy (b. 1977 in Treviglio (bg))
- Currently in Milan, Italy.
- He has exposed in museums like MADRE Museum of Naples (IT) and biennials like Biennial of Thessaloniki IV Edition (GR). In 2014 he wins the Maretti Award La Habana (Cuba)
ARTIST STATEMENT
Filippo Berta’s micro-narratives reevaluate small gestures, accentuate the small differences to expose the implementation of an accurate research of discrepancies, tensions, oppositions and dualisms.
These aspects emerge through the attempt to reach an ideal perfection, interrupted by the constant possibility of failure and by the fragility of the ephemeral.
BIOGRAPHY
Filippo Berta (1977)
In 2015 he wins the MIA Foundation Prize, Bergamo, Italy
In 2014 he wins the Maretti Award Habana (Cuba) and is the the finalist of the Talent Prize of the Rome (Italy).
He exposed at MADRE Museum of Naples (IT), at Jonkopings Lans Museum (SE), at Staedtischegalerie of Bremen (DE), at State Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniky (GR), at the Pori Art Museum (FIN), at Vandalorum Museum, Varnamo (SE), at Victoria Art Center of Bucharest (RO), at Center for Cultural Decontamination, CZKD, Belgrade (SR), at Augeo Art Space Gallery (ITA), at Matadero Centro Creativo Contemporaneo, Madrid (SP), at Gallery 400 Chicago (USA).
Biennials: the Biennale di Thessaloniki IV Edition (GR), the Prague Biennale V Edition (CZ) and the Moscow Biennale for Young Art III Edition (RU)
Residencies for artists: Ratti Foundation (Como, IT), Spinola Banna Foundation (Turin, IT) and Careof (Milan, IT)
Festivals: 30th International Festival of Sarajevo (2014), International Konst Film (2013, Sweden), Corpus 3 (2012, Naples), 3rd Performance Festival of Thessaloniki (2013, GR) Romaeuropa Festival/Digital Life (2012, Rome), Tulca, After the fall (2011, Galway, IR), European Performance Art Festival (2011, Warsaw, PL).
In 2008 he won the Fourth Edition of The International Prize od Perfromance, Civic Gallery of Trento (IT)
PRESS
- Mousse Contemporary Art MagazineFilippo Berta, The impossibility of balance, written by Claudia Löffelholz (English)
http://moussemagazine.it/filippo-berta-and-guerra-de-la-paz-at-augeo-art-space-rimini/ - E-FluxPori Art Museum, Finland, Exhibition It's the Political Economic, Stupid (English)
http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/it%E2%80%99s-the-political-economy-stupid/ - Thessaloniki Biennale 4 - State Museum of Contemporary Art - GreeceMain program, Exhibition Tradition-Reversal (English)
http://biennale4.thessalonikibiennale.gr/content/state-museum-contemporary-art-thessaloniki-center-contemporary-art - Artribune
written by Giangavino Pazzola (Italiano)
http://www.artribune.com/2014/05/augeo-art-space-prendersi-cura-dellambiente-circostante/ - Sky-ArteWritten by Francesco Sala (Italiano)
http://arte.sky.it/2014/01/napoli-arte-montesanto-quartiere-intelligente/ - AtpDiary - Online Megazine of Contemporary Art
- 25 Bilder/Sekunde
- Exibart - Talent ZoomInterview by Alberto Zanchetta (Italiano)
http://www.exibart.com/notizia.asp?IDCategoria=206&IDNotizia=37698 - Artribune - Alpini equilibristi