Chiara Corbelletto (born 1956 in Biella, Italy) is an Italian-born New Zealand artist. Corbelletto's public sculptures in Auckland include ''Twins'' (2003) at the Grafton Campus of the University of Auckland, ''Numbers Are the Language of Nature'' (2005) at the

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, and ''1001 Spheres'' (2023) at

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. Corbelletto has artworks in the collections of

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and Te Papa.

Biography

Corbelletto was born in 1956 in Biella, Italy. She trained as an artist in Italy, studying at the University of Milan. She arrived in New Zealand in 1981, after which she spent the next six years working as an art restorer. Corbeletto moved her studio to the

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around the year 2004. In 2005, Corbelletto unveiled ''Numbers Are the Language of Nature'', a sculpture in the

commissioned as a part of Outdoor Sculpture 2001, to create a sculpture walk within the Domain. The maquette of the sculpture is held at Auckland War Memorial Museum. Corbeletto's ''1001 Spheres'' was unveiled in 2023 in

, Auckland, to mark 125 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand.

Artistry

Art historian Michael Dunn feels that Corbelletto's works occupy "a position somewhere between abstraction and figuration".

Sculptures

*''Twins'' (2003), located at the Grafton Campus of the University of Auckland. *''Numbers Are the Language of Nature'' (2005), located in the

. *''Paremuka Bridge'' (2005) woven designs,

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/ Western Heights, Auckland. *''White Delta'' and ''Archimede'' (2008), two polypropylene sculptured purchased by Te Papa in 2008. *''Binary'' (2014), at

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. *The façade of the Te Atatū Peninsula Library (2014), Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland *''1001 Spheres'' (2023), located in

, Auckland

Exhibitions

*''Arche the Beginning'' (1988),

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, Grey Lynn, Auckland *''Scultura'' (1990), Gow Langsford Gallery, Parnell, Auckland *''Essenza and Affinita'' (1997), Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga

Biography

Artistry

Sculptures

Exhibitions

References

Further reading