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Bio
Lorenzo Oggiano (1964, Padova - Italy) works in photography, video, new media, installations, assemblages.
He graduated in visual arts
(BA) at the University of Bologna (D.A.M.S.) with a final thesis on the relationship between arts and new technologies: Contemporary
arts and technological interaction: the bodies of mutation.
Since the early nineties Lorenzo Oggiano is engaged in an artistic and
theoretical research concerning the biological, sensorial and cognitive mutations induced by new technologies, and the aesthetic
and communicative potentiality of new media tools.
Lives and works in Sassari (Italy).
Exhibitions / Screenings / Awards
- 2008 - Directors Lounge, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany (artistic direction: DL team)
- 2008 - BAF, Bergamo Arte Fiera 2008, video screening, curated by 'Traffic Gallery', Bergamo, Italy
- 2007 - Optica International Festival of Video Art, Gijon, Spain
- 2007 - Kinofest, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest, Romania
- 2007 - Videominuto PopTV2007 (New Italian Wave, One minute Suite), Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
- 2007 - Dissonanze 7, Aula Magna, Palazzo dei Congressi (Eur) Rome, Italy
- 2007 - Art-Athina International Art Fair of Athens, Kataskevi Project, Helexpo Exhibition and Conference Center, Athens, Greece
- 2007 - Vertical, exhibició de noves tendències en creació visual contemporánia, video works from the Cartes Flux Festival, Plaza de la font, Caldes de Montbui, Spain
- 2007 - Simultan3, video and new media art festival, Cartes Flux festival selection, Timisoara, Romania
- 2007 - WRO07, International Media Art Biennale, National Museum e WRO Art Center, Wroclav, Poland
- 2007 - Festival Némo 7, International Panorama, Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- 2007 - Athens Video Art Festival, Technopolis, Athens, Greece
- 2007 - Cartes Flux Vol.2, Cartes Centre of Art and Technology, Espoo, Finland
- 2007 - Directors Lounge 2007, Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany
- 2006 - CYNETart 06 humane, 10th International Festival for Computer-Based Art (special recognition) - Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany (org.: Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau)
- 2006 - Vidi Festival 06, International Festival of Videoart of Valencia, V.A.I.A. selection - various venues in Valencia, Spain (selection by Pau Pascual Galbis)
- 2006 - Art Tech Media 06 - various venues in Spain (artistic direction: M. Arbelo, J. Franco)
- 2006 - Hybridation / Heredite I, Le cinéma expérimental contemporain et les nouvelles technologies selon Johanna Vaude, Cinémathèque Française, Paris, France
- 2006 - Premio Internazionale di Videoarte Biennale Adriatica Arti Nuove (finalist) - Palazzina Azzurra, S. Benedetto del Tronto (AN), Italy
- 2006 - Re-Production / event at the Kilkenny Arts Festival (Darklight Touring Programme 2006, selection) - Kilkenny, Ireland
- 2006 - Interferenze / New Arts Festival, "Naturalis Electronica" - San Martino Valle Caudina (AV), Italy (screenings program curated by Valentina Tanni)
- 2006 - Imaginaria Independent Film Festival - Chiostro di San Benedetto, Conversano (BA) - Italy
- 2006 - Panorama Screening Series: "Living Culture. A look at the relationship between biotechnology and artistic practices" - Eyebeam, New York, U.S.A. (curated by Melanie Crean & Sophie Springer)
- 2006 - Ensoart Bus Tour (Darklight Touring Programme 2006, selection) - Galway, Ireland
- 2006 - Outbox - Villa Serena, Bologna, Italy (curated by Chiara Tiberio)
- 2006 - Images Contre nature - Lices, Marseille, France (curated by P'Silo)
- 2006 - Darklight Film Festival - Filmbase, Dublin, Ireland
- 2006 - MAF / Thailand New Media Arts Festival - MayEd., Live and Retrospective - Bangkok, Thailand (curated by F. Wittenberger)
- 2006 - Figures Of Motion, Internationale Videokunst - Schloss Plüschow, Plüschow, Germany (curated by A. Werner)
- 2006 - Videoformes, Vidèothèque Ephèmère, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 2006 - Cartes Flux / Vol.1, Cartes Centre of Art and Technology, Espoo, Finland
- 2006 - Directors Lounge 2006, Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany
- 2005 - Ongoing Festival - Theater im Depot, Stuttgart, Germany
- 2005 - Cartes Flux, first flux - Cartes Centre of Art and Technology, Espoo, Finland
- 2005 - VAD - Video and Digital Arts International Festivals (Digital Arts and Installations works section), Casa de Cultura, Girona, Spain
- 2005 - VAIA - 4th International Video Art Show of Alcoi, Cultural Centre, Alcoi, Spain (curated by videoraum.net)
- 2005 - Unimovie - International Competition for Art and Experimental Video (finalist) - Museo Vittoria Colonna, Pescara / Museo Lab ex-manifattura tabacchi, Città Sant'Angelo (PE), Italy
- 2005 - Electrofringe New media Arts Festival 2005 - Video works selection from MAF05 - Playhouse Theatre, Newcastle - Australia
- 2005 - Media Art Friesland festival - Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- 2005 - Imaginaria Independent Film Festival - Chiostro di San Benedetto, Conversano (BA) - Italy
- 2005 - EMAF / European Media Art Festival - Lagerhalle, Osnabruck, Germany
- 2005 - Today in Paradise, Genetics & Art - Mobileart '05, Göteborg New Media Art Festival - Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden (curated by T. Lundberg)
- 2005 - MAF / Thailand New Media Arts Festival - Maf05Feb, Intimacy / Digital Skin - Bed Supper Club, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2005 - Spark Video 4.4 - Spark Contemporary Art Space - Syracuse, NY, U.S.A. (curated by J. Bailey, M. Hession, R. Scotland)
- 2004 - Premio Internazionale Dino Villani, Linguaggi e tecniche della contemporaneità nell'arte e nella comunicazione - Galleria del Premio, Suzzara (MN), Italy
- 2004 - Galerìa Rosa Santos - València, Spain - videoart screenings (curated by videoraum.net)
- 2004 - 24 h of Nuremberg - International Shortfilmfestival, Nurenberg - Germany
- 2004 - VAIA - 3rd International Video Art Show of Alcoi, official selection, Alcoi, Spain (curated by videoraum.net)
- 2004 - International Festival of New Film and New Media, Split, Croatia - New Media Program: 2004XP video works selection, (curated by W. A. de Cologne)
- 2004 - VI Salon Y Coloquio International de Arte Digital - Havanna, Cuba - 2004XP video works selection (curated by W. A. de Cologne)
- 2004 - [R][R][F] 2004--->XP - Global networking project by A. de Cologne / curatorial contribution of video works from Italy (L. Chiari - Rome)
- 2004 - Australian International Festival of Photography (IDAA selection, curated by S. Danzig) - Global Gallery, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia
- 2003 - Web Biennal 2003 - online, curated by Iscam, Istanbul Museum of Contemporay Arts - Istanbul, Turkey
- 2003 - MAD03 - 2nd international meeting of experimental art in Madrid - online, Net/Digit section - Madrid, Spain
- 2003 - Self-Representation - Le Musèe di-visioniste - online (curated by W. A. de Cologne)
- 2003 - Biennale Adriatica Arti Nuove - Baan Lab, Mercato Ittico, S. B. del Tronto (AN), Italy (curated by L. M. Perotti)
- 2003 - Net Art Open 2003 - @The Irish Museum of Modern Art - online (curated by Arthur X. Doyle)
- 2003 - IDAA, International Digital Art Awards - Academy Gallery, Univ. of Tasmania Launceston, Australia / VCA Gallery, Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (curated by S. Danzig)
- 2003 - Immedia03 - Digital Arts Exhibition - School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
- 1999 - International Art Biennale of Malta (photography prize) - The Victoria Hotel, La Valletta, Malta (curated by F. Tempra)
- 1998 - Grands et Jeunes D'Aujourd'hui - Salon, Espace Eiffel-Branly, Paris, France
- 1997 - Grands et Jeunes D'Aujourd'hui - Salon, Espace Eiffel-Branly, Paris, France
Articles / Catalogues / Reviews
- Kult, maggio 2008, anno 10, n.5, pp.133-135; 140
- Niessen, Bertram, "Quasi Objects project by Lorenzo Oggiano", Digimag, novembre 2007, n.29, http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1037
- Biamonti, Stefania, "Vite Artificiali", Il Fotografo, febbraio 2008, n.190, pp.30-31
- Lorenzo Oggiano, "Quasi-Objects": catalogue, Traffic Gallery, Bergamo, Italy
- Videominuto PopTV2007: catalogue, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy, 6-7-8 settembre 2007, [p. 16, 28, 33]
- 12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07: catalogue. Wroclaw, Poland, may 16 - july 17, 2007, p.75.
- Careddu, Mariella, "Dissonanze 2007: all'EUR l'arte digitale di Oggiano", L'Unione Sarda, 31 maggio 2007.
- Cartes Flux vol. 2., Festival of new media art: catalogue, Cartes Centre of Art and Technology, Espoo, Finland, april 17-24, 2007, p. 2; 4; 7 ; 8; 39.
- Spezzigu, Roberto, "Premio Internazionale: riconoscimento per l'artista sassarese Lorenzo Oggiano", La Nuova Sardegna, 3 gennaio 2007.
- Frigo, Nikolaj, "Lorenzo Oggiano, l'arte di costruisce con tastiera e mouse", L'Unione Sarda, 10 dicembre 2006
- CYNETart_06humane - 10. Internationales Festival für computergestützte Kunst: catalogue. November 15-19, Festspielhaus Hellerau / November 10-19, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany - Dresden, Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau e V., 2006, p. 25; 33-34.
- Blohm, Manfred, Texte zur Medienkunst, Flensburg, Flensburg University Press, 2006, pp. 28-33.
- Darklight Festival 2006: catalogue. Dublin, Irish Film Istitute - Filmbase, june 22-25, 2006, p. 17.
- Castia, Simonetta, "I Quasi Objects di Lorenzo Oggiano. Bambole e new media", Plico, giugno 2006, n. 10.
- Cartes Flux vol. 1. Festival of new media art: catalogue, Cartes Centre of Art and Technology, Espoo, march 9, 2006, p. 3; 20.
- VAIA 2005 - IV. Mostra de video art internacional d'Alcoi: catalogue. Cultural Centre, Alcoi, Spain, november 2005, p. 10; 70-71; 135; 144; 175.
- "Unimovie", Flash Art, ottobre-novembre 2005, n. 254, p. 86.
- Media Art Friesland Festival: catalogue. Leeuwarden, Harlingen, Drachten (Netherland), september 16 - october 2, 2005, p. 28.
- Imaginaria - III. Festival Internazionale del cinema libero: catalogue. Chiostro S. Benedetto, Conversano (Bari), august 1-7, 2005, p. 68.
- European Media Art Festival: catalogue. Lagerhalle, Großer Saal, Osnabrück, Germany, april 20-24, 2005, p. 94.
- Von Rosen, Astrid, "Vems paradis talar vi om?", Göteborgsposten, april 2, 2005.
- VAIA 2004 - III. Mostra de video art internacional d'Alcoi: catalogue. Cultural Centre, Alcoi, Spain, november 13, 2004, pp. 24-25.
- Chiari, Laura, "Networking as Artworking", NextExit, luglio-agosto 2004, n.18, pp. 56-57.
- Chiari, Laura, "Costruire un Light Box", NextExit, ottobre 2003, n. 11, p. 20.
- Danzig, Steve - Cosshall, Wayne J.,"2003 International Digital Art Awards", Digital Photography + Design Magazine - autumn 2003, n. 23, pp. 30-33.
- Artinuove, 2ennale Adriatica 0/2003: catalogue. Mercato Ittico, San Benedetto del Tronto (Ancona - Italy), july 16-20, 2003.
- Lanfredi, Franco (aka Lanfree), Web Designer Experiments: agli antipodi del web design. Mantova, Edizioni Sometti, 2003, pp. 138-139.
- International Art Biennale of Malta: catalogue. The Victoria Hotel, La Valletta, Malta, september 12 - october 12, 1999, p. 8; 62.
- Grands et Jeunes D'Aujourd'hui: catalogue. Espace Eiffel-Branly, Paris, France, december 10-20, 1998.
- Grands et Jeunes D'Aujourd'hui: catalogue. Espace Eiffel-Branly, Paris, France, july 4-14, 1997.
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