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Christian de Vietri (born 1981, Kalgoorlie) is an Australian artist.


Education

Christian de Vietri attended a boys' secondary school,
Hale School Hale School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Named after the school founded by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale in 1858, Hale School claims to be ...
located in Australia's northern suburbs of Perth. In 2001, De Vietri completed a Bachelor of Fine Art degree at prestigious Curtin University, numbered 230th in global university rankings. He was included annually on the Vice Chancellor's list as an academic commendation during his undergraduate years. As part of his training he then studied online for a graduate diploma from an Art College in Marseilles. De Vietri undertook and graduated from the
Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
Master of Fine Art program in 2009. As part of this program, he was mentored by the artist
Liam Gillick Liam Gillick (born 1964, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is a British artist who lives and works in New York City.
. De Vietri studied
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under the tutelage of Christopher H. Wallis, Mark S.G. Dyczkowski, and Paul Muller-Ortega. He learnt
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of the Mahāsiddha tradition from Dharmabodhi Sarasvatī and was certified by him as a teacher in 2016. He studied Mayonic Science and Technology under the tutelage of Dr. Jessie Mercay (in the lineage of Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati), and was certified in 2021 by the American University of Mayonic Science and Technology as a practitioner of Vāstu with a Bachelor in Mayonic Science and Technology.


Awards

Several awards and grants have been bestowed upon de Vietri for his work as an artist. At age 23, he was included in Australia's National Sculpture Prize exhibition . In 2003 he was recognised in Western Australia for a Citizen of the Year Award for his local contribution to Visual Art. He also received funding to make new work awarded by the Australia Council in 2009. Other funding the artist has attracted includes the Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship 2009 to pay for the manufacture of a sculpture to be displayed on Long Island, USA; publication within Art & Australia Magazine's Emerging Artist feature page in 2006, Peoples Choice Award for the National Gallery of Australia National Sculpture Prize 2005, Arts Western Australia New Concepts Grant 2005, Australia Council New Work Grant 2005, Qantas Spirit of Youth Fine Art Award 2004, Nescafe Big Break Art Award 2004 for a small business start-up.


Commissions

Prominent public commissions by de Vietri include: * ''Between Heaven and Earth'', Zhengzhou Grand Emporium, Zhengzhou China, 2018 (commissioned by ZhengHong Property) * '' Spanda'', Elizabeth Quay, Perth Australia, 2016 (commissioned by the MRA) * ''Ascalon'' (with Marcus Canning), St Georges Cathedral, Perth Australia, 2011 (commissioned by Mark Creasy) * ''The Gathering'', Metrotech, New York USA, 2009 (commissioned by the
Public Art Fund Public Art Fund is an independent, non-profit arts organization founded in 1977 by Doris C. Freedman. The organization presents contemporary art in New York City's public spaces through a series of highly visible artists' projects, new commissions, ...
) * ''X'', Socrates Sculpture Park, New York USA, 2009 (commissioned by
Socrates Sculpture Park Socrates Sculpture Park is an outdoor museum and public park where artists can create and exhibit sculptures and multi-media installations. It is located one block from the Noguchi Museum at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in th ...
) *'' Destination Day'', Forrest Place, Perth Australia, 2005 (Commissioned by the
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Exhibitions

De Vietri's sculptures have been exhibited internationally at institutions such as Columbia University Wallach Gallery (New York), National Gallery of Bulgaria (Sofia), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney), Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane), TarraWarra Museum of Art (Healesville), Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney), National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), Institute of Contemporary Art (Perth).


Collections

De Vietri's artworks have been acquired by several public collections including Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection (Sydney), Emily Fisher Landau Collection (New York), Axel Nordin Collection (Stockholm), Aïshti Art Foundation (Beirut), Gallery of Modern Art Collection (Brisbane), Kerry Stokes Collection (Perth), John Curtin Gallery Collection (Perth), Curtin University Collection (Perth), Artbank Collection (Melbourne), Art&Australia Collection.


Other activities

De Vietri undertook an internship at the Palais de Tokyo Site de Création Contemporaine, in Paris 2002. Later in 2002, de Vietri supported Heather Webb and Ben Riding to produce an artistic event that saw 50 artists overrun the Rhodes Hotel in Perth. De Vietri taught elective Sculpture classes at Curtin University in Perth and was a sessional sculpture tutor at Columbia University. Christian de Vietri produced the music video Brats (by the band Liars) directed by Ian Cheng. In 2012/2013, Cheng and de Vietri co-wrote the script for a feature-length film. De Vietri and his sculptures are featured in a documentary by Benjamin Joel Cran about Mark S.G. Dyczkowski.


References


External links


Christian de Vietri Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:de Vietri, Christian 1981 births Living people People from Kalgoorlie Australian artists People educated at Hale School Curtin University alumni Columbia University alumni