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Andrea Contin


ADIUS (heart), 2008, Sculpture Murano glass, cm. 15x10x10		LU PISCE, 2004-2006, still - video

L’ENTRÈE DES GLADIATEURS, 2004, still - video		IL BUON ANDREA, 2003, still - video-performance
		FREEZER, 1999, still - video and installation, natural size
U.R.U. (who are you), 2002, bath, wood, lcd, speaker, natural size

ANDREA CONTIN

1971, Padova, Italy. Lives and works in Milan.
ANDREA CONTIN, after initially studying in Venice, graduated in Painting from the Fine Arts Academy in Bologna. After first tackling issues related to Abstract Informalism, his interests shifted to aspects of Arte Povera while studying in Bologna. After completing his education, he developed his own firm conceptual framework for handling the eclectic range of stylistic-formal tools characterising his work. Having moved to Milan, he came into contact with the city’s art milieu, taking part in important joint exhibitions and attracting the attention of the wider media and press. He has worked with a number of galleries, regardless of their particular position, taking advantage of the independency they have left him in developing his own work. An irreverent artist, he has created his own video clips, objects, installations and performances, designed along the conceptual lines of rigorous synthesis and irony. Contin’s work combines a powerful physical presence with an amusing and thought-provoking use of the body. With lightness and profundity, he is not afraid to touch on issues and archetypes at the very foundations of life, such as death and struggle, either ritualistic or just to survive.

SELECTED SOLO SHOW
2008	Adius, Factory-Art Contemporanea, Trieste
2006	Lu pisce, Scuderie di Palazzo Moroni, Padova, curated by Enrico Gusella; Una furtiva lacrima, UnimediaModern, Genova, text by Tatiana Carelli.
2004	Il buon andrea, Dispari & Dispari Project, Reggio Emilia
2003	CQ, galleria A+A, Venezia
2002	Versus, Arte & Ricambi, Verona; Circuit Association d'art contemporaine, Losanna (CH), text by Michele Robecchi.
2001	I facchini sono sempre innamorati, Placentia Arte, Piacenza; Albergo diurno, Loft Arte, Valdagno, text by Tiziano Scarpa

SELECTED GROUP SHOW
2008	The Scientist 2008, Sala Estense, Ferrara, curated by Vitaliano Teti; GiunglaVideo.3, Parco Di Toppo Florio, Buttrio (UD), curated by Paolo Toffolutti
2007	WORDS/PAROLE, A multilingual homage to Allan Kaprow, Unimediamodern, Genova, curated by Geoffrey Hendricks; Videoart Yearbook 2007, Bologna, curated by Renato Barilli
2006	CRASH! Galerie Gianluca Ranzi, Anversa (B), curated by Gianluca Ranzi; Open space, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre, curated by Lara Facco; Senza Famiglia! Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Torino, curated by Laura Carcano
2005	Clip.it, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino - Mama, Rotterdam - Prague Biennale 2, Praga, curated by Luca Beatrice; SerrOne - biennalegiovani.monza.05, Villa Reale, Monza, curated by Ermanno Krumm; Premio Masaï Art Factory 2005, AssabOne, Milano, curated by Giuliana Carusi Setari, Giò Marconi, Lucia Matino, Roberto Pinto e Gabi Scardi
2006	On Air: video in onda dall'Italia, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone - MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma - Belef. Belgrad Summer Festival, Belgrad, curated by Andrea Bruciati
2004	Suburbia, Chiostri di S. Domenico, Reggio Emilia, curated by Marinella Paderni and Marco Senaldi; Armoury, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi, curated by Luca Beatrice and Laura Carcano;
2003	IV Premio Querini Stampalia FURLA per l'Arte, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia (selected artist)
2002	Last Minute, Vecchio Ospedale Soave, Codogno (Lodi), curated by Lara Facco and Lino Baldini
2001	Enola Play, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milano, curated by Raffaele Gavarro.
2000	Outlook Express, viafarini, Milano, curated by Alessandra Galletta

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2008	Visiting Professor at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica - Boston University, Venice
2007	"Quotidiana a Parole. Contemporary Art meets the town through five young italian artists experience”, Comune di Padova-Progetto Giovani, Padova;
2006	Visiting Professor at the 3°DMW_digitalmedia art workshop 06, Comune di Venezia, Assessorato alle Politiche Giovanili e alla Pace, Mestre (Venezia).