Silvia Caimi
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SILVIA CAIMI EDUCATION Italian Literature, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern Art, State Archive in Mantua, Mantua, Italy Archival Paleography and Diplomacy, State Archive in Mantua, Mantua, Italy Masters in Economics, International University of Languages and Media, Milan, Italy SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 Gefen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2019 Gefen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2018 Gefen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2017 Gefen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA Triennale Exhibition of Visual Arts, Vittoriano, Rome, Italy 45th Presidential Inaguration Ceremony, Palazzo Ferrajoli in Piazza Colonna, Rome, Italy Jump, International Dance & Visual Arts Festival, Pietrasanta, Italy Infinity, Curated by Giammarco Puntelli, Italy Master Class, Palazzo Ducale of Sabbioneta, Mantua, Italy Master Class, Pall Mall Gallery, London, UK Sebastian Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia Naive Gallery, Dubrovnik, Croatia 2016 Dubai Art Biennial 2nd Edition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Permanent Collection, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY The Labyrinth of the Hypnotist, Curated by Giammarco Puntelli, Montichiari Biennial, Gravedona, Italy Italians, Curated by Giammarco Puntelli, Mantegna’s House, Mantova, Italy Eternity in Art, Curated by Giammarco Puntelli, Basilica Quattro Santi Coronati, Rome, Italy New Talents, Fondazione Mazzoleni, Barzizza Palace In 1968, Silvia Caimi was born in Mantua, Italy. She has a degree in Alzano, Bergamo, Italy Italian Literature. She later deepened her studies of Byzantine, Medieval Gonzaga’s Palace, Volta Mantovana, Italy and Modern Art, graduating in Archival, Paleography and Diplomacy Gonzaga’s Hunting Palace, Bosco della Fontana, Italy at the State Archive in Mantua. She holds a Master in Economics from 2015 New York Biennial, New York, NY the prestigious University of Languages and Communication Sciences Mantegna’s House in Mantua, Miami, FL at IULM in Milan. EXPO in the City, Milan, Italy Art and Time, Curated by Giammarco Puntelli, EXPO Milan, Silvia started to paint for passion, cultivating her natural talent, which Milan, Italy soon evolved into a rigorous artistic methodology, focused particularly Curated by Giammarco Puntelli, Pizzo Calabro, Italy around the human male and female body. The attention to the compo- Biennale of Genova, Satura Art Gallery, B sition and to the drawing in her work is remarkable. Silvia’s paintings 2014 International Art Fair, London, UK suggest an almost sculptural effects of liquid or fade modeling in the International Art Fair, Spoleto, Italy throb of emotion, and they reveal a continuous tension to inner emo- Rotta Northeast, Curated by Giammarco Puntelli, Italy tion and beauty, which are at the center of her mysterious, dreamlike, Museum of Modern Art Ugo Cara, Trieste, Italy contemporary figurative world. Imagine, Curated by Giammarco Puntelli, Italy Pescheria Nuova, Rovigo, Italy Silvia has participated in numerous national and international exhibi- Bibloteca Umanistica dell’Incoronata, Milan, Italy tions, obtaining important awards, including, in 2014, the Medal of the Archivio Pria, Biella, Italy President of the Italian Republic. In 2014 she participated at the project Palazzo Bernabei, Assisi, Italy “Image” and “Rotta Northeast”, curated by Prof. Giammarco Puntelli. Simboli Art Gallery, Firenze, Italy In 2015 she was selected for New York Biennial, and in 2016 for the Dubai Biennial. She’s been also selected to be part of the import- AWARDS ant retrospective on Aligi Sassu, where she invited to a conversation 2017 Selected Artist, Rome Triennale, Rome, Italy around the role of drawing on the work of this important Italian artist. 2016 Selected Artist, Dubai Biennial, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Finally in 2017, she was selected for the Triennale in Rome, where 2015 Selected Artist, New York Biennial, New York, NY she exhibited her work at the Vittoriano. From January to March 2017, Artist Finalist, Biennale of Genova, Geonva, Italy she exhibited at Palazzo Ferrajoli in Piazza Colonna in Rome, during a 2014 Medal of Artistic Merit, the President of the Italian Republic, prestigious event organized in the event of the inauguration ceremony Giorgio Napolitano, Italy for President Donald Trump. Brancaleone Prize 2nd Edition, Perugia, Italy 239 GRANT AVENUE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108 415.323.4080 | [email protected] | GEFENFINEART.COM.