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Portfolio Andrea Carpita
BIO
Andrea Carpita was born in 1988 in Italy.
He attends the Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara
and takes master’s degree in March 2015.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS SOLO SHOWS
2018 Premio Lissone 2018, MAC, Lissone, Italy; 2020 In my Room, Andrea Carpita/Michael Bevilacqua,
The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy;
My work has as its central theme the definition of painting and its limits.
2018 Birthmarks / Voglie, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, I’ve painted for a long time and I have faced high production phases alternating with
Milano, Italy; 2019 Some Things Last a Long Time, Angelo Della moments of research and radical changes until what I thought was superfluous has
Pergola 1, curated by Federico Montagna, Milano, Italy;
2018 In the Depth of the Surface / II act, Pablo’s Birth- been eliminated and only what interests me remains.
day Gallery, curated by Andrea Carpita, New York, USA; 2013 Studio della Stella Polare, Molino Stucky, curated
by Clarenza Catullo, Venezia, Italy;
2017 Summershow, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milano, What does “painting today” means?
Italy; 2012 Fluctuantia, Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy; I think this question is the driving force that allows me to continue the daily practice
of my work and that inevitably puts me in front of every kind of result or attempt or
2017 TU35 EXPANDED, Centro per l’Arte Contempora- 2012 Fluctuantia, Scuderie di Palazzo Moroni, Padova,
nea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy; Italy; failure.
2017 Passengers, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, curated by 2011 Solo show, Anfiteatro Arte, Padova, Italy;
Claudia Contu, Milano, Italy; Over the years, I have always tried to reconcile two different painting fields, abstrac-
2010 Sulla cima di un monte appeso alle nuvole, Anfi- tion and figuration. Paradoxically, the closer I got to abstraction, the more the figure,
2016 Micro Salon 7, Galerie l’inlassable, Paris, France; teatro Arte, Milano, Italy
together with the drawing itself, emerged as a constant and ever-present background.
2016 Quanrant’anni e altro, Susanna Orlando Gallery, Digital drawing has become increasingly important in my everyday practice as it has
curated by Lorenzo Bruni, Pietrasanta, Italy; TALKS / BOOKS / PUBLICATIONS replaced the pencil with other means which allow me to explore the potential and
2016 In the Depth of the Surface, Fabbrica Orobia 15, alternatives of this medium.
2018 The Drawer Vol. 15, The Drawer Éditions
curated by Andrea Carpita, Milano, Italy; Each drawing allows me to outline an idea, to produce infinite versions of it, up to
2017 ART IS - Vol I, curated and published by Scan- selecting one or more digital sketches that will become analogic work. The practice
2015 TU35, Geografia dell’arte emergente in Toscana,
dale Project;
Officina Giovani, in collaboration with Centro Pecci, Prato, and exploration of digital drawing is what allows me to feel comfortable in the field of
Italy;
2016 Visiting professor - Corso disegno di Marco Bon- contemporary painting.
giorni, Dipartimento Arti Visive e Studi Curatoriali, NABA,
2015 Il volo della Fenice, Palazzo Panichi, curated by
Milano
Alessandro Romanini, Pietrasanta, Italy; To answer the question what does “painting today” means?
2016 Profondità di Superficie all’ Ex Fabbrica Orobia, Painting today means not having an answer but trying to increasingly achieve more
2015 Alumni, Centro Arti Plastiche, curated by Marco
interview by Ginevra Bria, Artribune;
Pierini, Carrara, Italy; and more what each artist believes to be their own added value.
2016 In the Depth of the Surface at Ex Fabbrica Orobia,
2013 Untitled, Blu Corner Gallery, Carrara, Italy;
Artviewer
2012 Zerounoduemiladodici, Nicola Ricci Arte Contem-
poranea, Carrara, Italy;
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2011 Vulpes Pilum Mutare, Museo Civico, Bassano del
Grappa, Italy; Raphaelle Blanga, Senior Director Sotheby’s Italia, Mila-
no, Italy
2011 Great Minds think Alike, Anfiteatro Arte, Padova,
Italy; Claus Bush Risvig, Silkeborg, Denmark
2011 Premio Under 30 Gruppo Euromobil (taking part), Antonio Coppola, Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza, Italy
Art First, Bologna, Italy;
2010 Combat Prize, Livorno, Italy
RECENT
works
My most recent works start from an unconscious need to create an autobiographical
painting without my presence in it, portraying people or elements that belong so much
to me that they become part of my past and experience and of myself.
During my teenage years, the American subculture of the 90s and grunge have definitely
shaped my identity, in particular the figure of Kurt Cobain has been a real obsession.
After many years, it seemed natural for me to tell and transform this story into a series
of works.
A hidden and often faceless obsession, Kurt Cobain can be represented in various forms,
whole body, in one detail or turned from the back, but never explicitly recognisable.
The painting represents a precise subject, but also a personal memory,
an autobiographical work or a story told by chapters. An excuse to paint.
Portrait on black floor, 2019 mixed media on linen, 165 x 118 cm Untitled, 2019 mixed media on linen, 45 x 35 cm
Installation view In my Room, Andrea Carpita / Michael Bevilacqua at The Flat - Massimo Carasi, 2020, Milan
Portrait with a blue sweater, 2019 oil on linen, 65 x 45 cm
Queen of lies, 2019
mixed media on linen, 150 x 104 cm
She’ll come back as fire, 2019
mixed media on linen, 140 x 104 cm
Installation view
In my Room, Andrea Carpita / Michael Bevilacqua at The Flat - Massimo Carasi, 2020, Milan
Useless portait in a black bathroom, 2019
oil on linen, 130 x 90 cm
Untitled, 2019 oil on linen, 45 x 30 cm
Untitled, 2019 oil on linen, 65 x 45 cm
Untitled (May 26, 1989), 2019 Untitled (May 26, 1989) #2, 2019 mixed media on linen, 65 x 45 cm mixed media on linen, 65 x 45 cm
Installation view In my Room, Andrea Carpita / Michael Bevilacqua at The Flat - Massimo Carasi, 2020, Milan
Riverman, 2020
mixed media on linen, 40 x 30 cm
Syrup #2, 2019
oil on linen, 130 x 90 cmI didn’t want what I have got, 2020
oil on linen, 52 x 35 cmDRAWING, FUTURE PROJECTS
and themes
Hi, how are you?, 2019
colored pencils on paper, 20 x 31 cmOlympia beer #2, 2019 Olympia beer, 2019 colored pencils on paper, 19 x 30 cm colored pencils on paper, 19 x 30 cm
Hidden among the leaves, 2019 colored pencils on paper, 22 x 30 cm
Future projects: Daniel Johnston and Friends (digital sketches)
Andrea Carpita©
andreacarpita@outlook.com
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