Nicola Evangelisti
Biografia
Nicola Evangelisti (Bologna, 1972)
He graduated with honors in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, in the late nineties he started developing an artistic approach based on the use of artificial light and focused on scientific and cosmological themes.
In 2000 he won the Guglielmo Marconi International Award.
In 2002 his work “the Big Bang Space Structure” became a part of the Targetti Light Art Collection and was exhibited at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York, at the Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, at the MAK in Vienna and at the MUAR in Moscow.
Throughout the years he has exhibited in many international museums and venues including: ISELP (Institut Supérieur pour l’Etude du Language Plastique de Bruxelles, Archaeological Museum of Frankfurt, Museum Collection Paul VI of Brescia and is represented by the Artiscope Gallery in Belgium and from the Paci Contemporary Gallery in Italy.
in 2006 his work takes a socio- political turn, this evolution is well represented by his bullet cartridge installations and the use of weapons and knives in the creation of a number of holographic sculptures.
The installation You Are Not Safe, exhibited at the International Museum and Library of Music in Bologna, at the MACRO Testaccio in Rome and at the Artiscope Galerie is an important example of this period in Nicola Evangelisti’s work.
He has participated in collateral exhibitions of the Brussels Biennale, the Venice Biennale and Manifesta.
In 2009 he created Light Blade, a light installation in the courtyard of Villa Reale in Milan, which later became part of the Milan Modern Art Gallery collection.
In the past two years, he has been invited to exhibit in international museums and galleries including: the MOAH Lancaster (California), the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto, Meicheng Space (Shenzhen – China), and the Civic Gallery of Como.
One of his most recent and meaningful cycles of work explores the relationship between light and symbols and the meanings that derive from their interaction, often referencing geometric visual imagery and its connection to the ancient historiography of the sacred.
Since 2013 he has worked on a cycle of multimedia events in places of worship in collaboration with the homonymous musician , Nicola Evangelisti. “Lux Inaccessibilis”, in the cloister of the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna, “Speculum Solis” for the Bologna design week, “Genus Lucis “ inside the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca in Bologna, are examples of this series of works.
In 2018 he was invited for the second time at the Biennale of Light at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua by presenting Emerald, a steel light installation, the latest outstanding piece of his most recent series of works
AWARDS
Guglielmo Marconi International Award, 2000, Bologna, Italy
Targetti Light Art Award, 2002 Firenze, Italy
Aletti Art Award, Verona, 2009, Italy
SOLO SHOWS (SELECTED)
2020
Mapping the brain, Il battito di ciò che siamo, Fondazione di Sant’Orsola, Bologna Italy
2019
War Sound Collage, video of the day, Macro Asilo, Roma, Italy
2017
LightQuake (with Mario Agrifoglio) ADD-Art Gallery Spoleto, Italy
2016
beWARe, Area35 Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2015
The Theory of the Opposites, Paci contemporary, Brescia, Italy
2014
Genus Lucis, Basilica of St. Luke, Bologna, Italy (Multimedia Project)
Speculum Solis, Church of St. Procolus, Bologna, Italy (Multimedia Project)
2013
Lux Inaccessibilis, Cloister of St. Dominic, Bologna, Italy (Multimedia Project)
2012
Temporary Illusions, OltreDimore Art Gallery, Bologna, Italy
A.L.I.C.E.’s Eye, with Elastic Group of Artistic Research, Bevilacqua Palace, Bologna, Italy
2011
Venice Biennale, Italian Pavillion in the World, Italian Cultural Institute, Brussels, Belgium
The Seventh Day of Contemporary, The Doge’s Palace, Genoa, Italy
You Are Not Safe – Light Pulse, International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna, Italy
2010
Here and now, Civic Medieval Museum, Bologna, Italy
2008
Chromocosmica, Artiscope Art Gallery, Brussells, Belgium
2007
Elettrika, Paci contemporary, Brescia, Italy
2006
Light Installations, Espace d’Art Contemporain Villary, Nimes, France
2004
Light Chimaeras, Serego Art Gallery, Verona, Italy
2002
Luminis Ora, BGH Art Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
2000
New Spatialism, Centre Culturel Louis Ratel, Bievres, France
Ephemerides, No Code Art Gallery, Bologna, Italy
1997
Cosmic Fragments, Schabes Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2020
Raw materials: Light, Kromya Art Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
2019
War Sound Collage, video of the day, Macro Asilo, Roma, Italy
Quadrilegio, Manfredi Space, Parma, Italy
E fu terremoto.. cloister of the Weingarten monastery, Germany
2018
Meicheng Art Gallery, Shenzhen, China
Light Art Biennal – Ducal Palace Mantua, Italy
2017
LightQuake, National Museum of Duchy Spoleto, Rocca Albornoz, Italy
Black Light Art, The light that colors the darkness – Civic Art Gallery Como, Italy
Estate Italiana, MOAH, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Black light art, the light that shines the darkness, Exhibition Space of Palazzo Lombardia, Milan, Italy
2016
Art Stays Festival, Ptuj, Slovenia
Digital Frames, Uncommon, Milan, Italy
Digital Humanities, Beta 80 Group, Milan, Italy
2015
Paratissima, Turin, Italy
Small Size, Paci contemporary, Brescia, Italy
2014
Light Art Ensemble, Brera Academy, Milan, Italy
Lux Aurea, Museum Collection of Pope Paul VI, Concesio (Brescia), Italy
Extra-ordinary Day – MAAM Museum, Rome, Italy
Home Theatre, MAAM Museum, Rome, Italy
Meta-Illusions, ART1307, Villa di Donato, Naples, Italy
2012
High Voltage, De Mijlpaal Art Gallery, Manifesta9, Brussels, Belgium
Futures, Artiscope Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
I have a Dream, Paci contemporary, Brescia, Italy
Turnover, Paci contemporary, Brescia, Italy
2011
Luces, Archäologisches Museum, Frankfurt, Germany (LUMINALE)
ADD Festival, MACRO Testaccio Museum, Rome, Italy
Arteractive, Turin, Italy (Paratissima)
2009
Future, The Science Festival, The Doge’s Palace, Genoa, Italy
2008
From Narcissus to Alice, mirrors and reflections concerned, ISELP (Institute Supérieur pour l’Etude du Langage Plastique), Brussells, Belgium
Black and White, Paci contemporary, Brescia, Italy
Mehr Licht. Targetti Light Art Collection & James Turrel, MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
2007
River’s Edge Film Festival, Maiden Alley Cinema, Market House Theatre and Yeiser Art Centre Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Events’ Horizon, Artsinergy Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2006
Harlem Art Project, Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, USA
Lights On, Artiscope Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Targetti Light Art Collection, MUAR (National Museum of Architecture Schusev), Moscow, Russia
VideoFormes, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
Journey into Contemporary Photography, Paci contemporary, Brescia, Italy
Video Island, Rome, Italy
2005
Video Festival, Parisud Art Gallery, Paris, France
DIVA Brussells, One Night Video, Brussells, Belgium
Lucio Fontana and its heredity, Castelbasso (Teramo), Italy
2003
Targetti Light Art Collection, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
2002
Targetti Light Art Collection, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Polan
Quotidiana, Civic Museum “Al Santo”, Padua, Italy
2001
Myth and Material. Sculpture, Other and Beyond (with Joe Tilson), Castelbasso (Teramo), Italy
2000
Small Format, Bertrand Kass Art Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
No Code Art Gallery, Bologna, Italy
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Cittadellarte Pistoletto Foundation, “Insieme” MAAM project, Biella (Italy)
Museum Collection of Pope Paul VI, Concesio (Brescia), Italy
MAAM Museum, Rome, Italy
GAM (Modern Art Gallery), Milan (Italy)
La Sfacciata Lighting Academy, Florence (Italy)
DIF Museum, Palazzo Chigi, Formello (Rome), Italy
Museum Bargellini, Cento – Ferrara (Italy)
Museum Roberto Bilotti Ruggi d’Aragona, Rende, Italy
Pinto / Xandev Foundation , London and Goa (GB and India)
Lucio Dalla Foundation – Bologna Italy