Stefano W. Pasquini is an Italian

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

ist, writer and

curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

living in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

.
He works with

paintings Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

performance A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Management science In the work place ...

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

and installation. He also publishes a magazine called Obsolete Shit. He currently works with the Italian galleries L'Arte,

Molinella Molinella ( Bolognese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) part of Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna. Molinella borders the following municipalities: Argenta, Baricella, Budr ...

, Quattrocentometriquadri,

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...

, and MelePere

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...

. Since 2010 he has been known as Stefano W. Pasquini. His style has been defined "horizontal", as it's hard to define practicing in so many different styles. To quote Fabio Cavallucci: "Pasquini doesn’t worry about changing styles and contents: he goes from interactive performances – like when, for example, he dressed like

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the ...

, sitting on the floor of the streets of London – to the hard rock videos – like the one he’s in the woods stuck with his hands and feet onto the ground, shouting like a maniac. He’s also not afraid to return to paintings, portraying, with a fast and synthetic stroke, himself or people from the mass media zoo. Or eschews the indifference in order to approach politics, making works that range from portraying the statesman Aldo Moro in sculpture, as he was found (dead) in the trunk of a Renault in via Caetani, to a performance where a series of people raise on pedestals and wave their hands in the fascist salute."

Life

Pasquini was born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

, Italy. He received his MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna in 1991, then immediately left his country for

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

, briefly, then London for seven years, and New York, where he participated to many exhibitions. He is currently based in Bologna, where he works. He was head curator of Sesto Senso, a small non-profit gallery in Bologna, for the exhibiting seasons of 2001–2002. He was Art Director of "Work – Art in progress", magazine of the Contemporary Art Gallery of

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

, as well as contributing editor of NYArts Magazine.
In 2014 he directed the non-profit art space Studio Cloud 4 curating many exhibitions until 2016. Since 2013 he teaches Tecniche Grafiche Speciali at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts of Turin. US1105 - Pfyn

Exhibitions

Since 1988 Pasquini exhibited in group shows in venues such as the Collective Gallery (

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

), The

National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: *National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra *National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...

(London),

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(

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...

), ICA (London),

Art in General Art in General was a non-profit contemporary art exhibition space known for its vibrant and ground-breaking projects as a formidable and longstanding New York City alternative space, focused on giving meaningful resources and opportunities to ar ...

(New York), Star67 (

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

), Gallery Korea (New York), MACRO (Rome), Galleria Enrico Astuni (

).
His first solo exhibition was at Carnera (

Adria Adria is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po River, Po. The remains of the Etruria, Etruscan city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below ...

), in 1994, followed by a show titled "Hope and Despair" at the Bond Gallery in (

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

) in 1998.
Further solo exhibitions include Sesto Senso, Graffio, Villa Serena (

), Studio Vetusta, Paggeriarte (

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

), MelePere (

), Quattrocentometriquadri (

).
In 2004 he made a project about quantity that resulted in a solo exhibition, titled "2004" at Galleria 42 Contemporaneo, in Modena. In 2012 he had a solo exhibition at Siz, in

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

, Croatia, and in 2013 he participated to a three part exhibition curated by Kaz in London at Kingsgate Gallery.
In 2014 he finished a public project started in 2011 in

Pfyn Pfyn is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. Pfyn gives its name to the ancient Pfyn culture, one of several Neolithic cultures in Switzerland which centered on intensive pig farming and trading, datin ...

, Switzerland, that involved the local population of the small town, a time capsule and a big wooden sculpture. Eclectic discount veduta 2005

Writings

Since 1994 Pasquini has been writing about contemporary art in many magazines: La Stanza Rossa (Bologna, Italy), New York Arts (New York), Collezioni Sport & Street (Modena, Italy).
He is author with Frank Verpoorten of "Accidental//Coincidental", Newhouse Center for the Arts, New York, 2008.
In 2004 he published a volume on photographer Claudio Serrapica.
In 2015 he co-authored (with Maria Teresa Roberto) "Incorporeo", published by Albertina Press.

Reviews

Tiziana Platzer, “Il frastuono della guerra risuona nelle ex carceri”, La Stampa, Turin, 7 November 2015.
Matteo Bianchi, “Il ferrarese Stefano Pasquini all'Art Week torinese”, La Nuova Ferrara, Ferrara, 5 November 2015.
“Luci in mostra a Molinella”, il Resto del Carlino, martedì 30 dicembre 2014, Bologna, Italy, p. 21.
Manuela Valentini, “Il diario delle medie? Si esponga”, il Resto del Carlino, Bologna, giovedì 25 settembre 2014, p. 33.
Stefano Bigazzi, "Il bosco di Parmenide, la lunga performance di Angelo Pretolani", la Repubblica Genova, venerdì 12 settembre 2014, p. X.
Mario Trombino, “Noi vogliamo la luna!”, “Rebus difficilissimo”, and “Chi resta calmo vince”, Diogene Magazine, No. 34, marzo-maggio 2014, Bologna, Italy, pp. 1, 3, 6-7, 10-11.
Christof Lampart, “Ein Römer sagt “scusi””, Thurgauer Zeitung, Thurgau, Switzerland, Dienstag 29 April 2014.
Caterina Cavina, “Stefano W. Pasquini”, Arte Contemporanea News, Anno VII numero 35 Novembre-Dicembre 2013, pp. 60–61, D'Agostino Editore, Olevano Romano (RM), Italy.
Federico Mascagni, “L'editoria indipendente si mette in mostra al Fruit” L'Unità Emilia Romagna, martedì19 marzo 2013, p. 26.
Time Out: “FrighteningFigure”, La Tribuna Provincia di Bologna, anno XVIII N° 276, October 2012, p. 14.
Manuela Valentini, “Voci come opere d'arte”, Il Resto del Carlino, Bologna edition, 4 October 2012, p. 29.
N.V.O., “Uspon i pad Berlusconija”, Novi List, Rijeka, 30 September 2012, p. 61.
Luca Rossi, “Stefano W. Pasquini e l'orizzontalità”, Juliet, n. 156, February – March 2012, pp. 77 and 91.
Manuela Valentini, “Così chiedo scusa per l'invasione romana”, Il Resto del Carlino, Bologna, 4 settembre 2011, p. 31.
Jelena Jindra, “Reci mi knjigom, ali bez Čitanja”, Globus, Broj 1058, Izdanje 0111, 18.03.2011, Zagreb, Croatia, pp. 70–73.
Luigi Meneghelli, “Stefano W. Pasquini”, Flash Art Italia, No. 290, XLIV, Milan, February 2011, p. 108.
Luiza Samanda Turrini, “Direttamente dalla luna gli oggetti di Stefano Pasquini“, L'Informazione di Modena, Anno X numero 16, 17 January 2009.
“Stefano Pasquini, apoteosi dell’oggetto”, Arte, No. 425, Milan, January 2009, p. 77.
Pilot Magazine, Issue 3, London, 2008. pp. 33–34, 59, 82-83.
Anna Caterina Bellati, “Pasquini poeta del quotidiano”, Arte, No. 393, Milano, May 2006.
Daniela Lotta, “Stefano Pasquini”, Flash Art Italia, Anno XXXVIII, N° 251, Aprile – Maggio 2005, Milan, Italy.
Michele Pompei, “Arte Urbana”, La Repubblica Bologna, September 22, 2004.
Fabiola Naldi, “Rapport 2004”, Flash Art, Anno XXXVII, n° 244, Febbrario – Marzo 2004, Milan, Italy.
Laura Taccani, “Riflessioni sugli effetti delle guerre”, City Milano, Anno 3, Numero 62, 2 Aprile 2003.
Michele Fuoco, “Il tempo rinnova la paura”, Gazzetta di Modena, Italy, 25 October 2002.
Randi Hopkins, “The Land of signs”, The Phoenix, Boston, US, May 16–23, 2002.
Soren de Melinot, “Pasquini’s Flags”, Collezioni Trends 59, Italy, SS 2002.
Paola Naldi, La Repubblica, Italy, 13 June 2001.
Juliet, 99, October–November 2000, Trieste, Italy.
La Repubblica, Italy, 16 June 2000.
Susan Hamburgher, Waterfrontweek 9.13, Williamsburg, NY, 1 July 1999.
Dario Trento, “Pasquini smista posta in galleria Sesto Senso”, La Repubblica, Italy, 24 June 1999.
Flash Art 206, International, May–June 1999.
City Lights 17, Nottingham, November 1998.
“Unrealizeable Projects“, Skin, Maastricht 1997.
“Unrealizeable Projects“, STOPSTOP, Glasgow, 1997.
Miranda Sayer, Time Out 1308, London, September 1995.
Elaine Paterson, Time Out 1206, London, October 1993.

References

External links

Artist's site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pasquini, Stefano 1969 births Living people Italian contemporary artists Italian installation artists Italian conceptual artists Italian curators Italian male writers