PIETRO MELE Born in Alghero (IT), 1976. Lives and

PIETRO MELE
Born in Alghero (IT), 1976. Lives and works in Berlin (DE) and Ittiri (IT).
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1997-2002: Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, IT
2009: What’s in an image, Workshop by Peter Friedl, Spinola Banna Art Foundation, Turin, IT
Awards
2012: Senz’appello - Video Art competition: 1st Prize. GAMC - San Marino, San Marino, SM
2008: 26th Torino Film Festival: Jury Special Award – Kodak Short Film Award, Turin, IT
Solo exhibitions
2011
Another degree of normality, Placentia Arte, Piacenza, IT
Group exhibitions
2012
Sogenannte Umfeldaussagen, Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE, curated by N. Bors
Politikaction. Il sistema è la crisi, Disturb Project Space, Scafati, IT, curated by S. Taccone
Reverse, Exmà, Cagliari, IT, curated by M. Deiana
Extracurricular activity, Progetto Superfluo, Padua, IT, curated by D. Capra
2011
Artissima Lido, Artissima 18, with CHAN Art Space, Turin, IT, curated by C. Frosi, R. Leotta e D. Perrone
(cat.)
Dalla terra al cielo, Time in Jazz, PAV, Berchidda, IT, curated by G. Demuro (cat.)
Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, IT, curated by A. Bruciati
Contours, Otrascosas de Villarrosàs, Barcelona, ES, curated by G. Gomez
Open #3, Magazzini del Sale, Venice, IT, curated by B. Theis and M. Baravalle
The Wall (Archives) (touring), Nosadella.due, Bologna / Reload Space, Rome / Archiviazioni, Lecce, IT,
curated by P. Gaglianò
Generazioni glocal, Exmà, Cagliari, IT, curated by S. Borsato (cat.)
2010
Videoreport Italia 08_09, GC.AC - Museum of Contemporary Art, Monfalcone, IT, curated by A. Bruciati (cat.)
Viaggi in immagini – Le Murate, Florence, IT, curated by F. di Nardo
Atelier, PACT Zollverein, Essen, DE, curated by I. Köhler
The Wall (Archives) (touring), in the framework of Private flat, Different venues, Florence, IT, curated by P.
Gaglianò
My favourite things, Contemporaneo Gallery, Venice, IT, curated by Sottobosco (cat.)
Actual fears: mixed gaps & vertigo, CAN - Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, CH, curated by M. Villemin &
M. L. Zwahlen
How much?, Cyprus International University – Faculty of Fine Arts, Nicosia, Cyprus/Turkey, curated by N.
Ozlusoylu
L’ospite desiderato, Sa Domo Manna, Sassari, IT, curated by S. Borsato, M. Cosseddu, L. Turtas (cat.)
2009
Visions in New York City, Columbia University, New York City, USA, curated by M. Pellegrin (cat.)
WRO 09 - 13th Media Art Biennale, Wrocław, PL
5 artists 5 videos, CHAN Art Space, Genoa, IT, curated by Sottobosco
Frames from the real - 11 video investigations of society in our troubled times, In/Out International Videoart
Festival, LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PL, curated by G. Fedeli
Kaunas in art, Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, LT
Italian Video Art, NamaTRE - Indipendent Platform for Contemporary Art, Academy of Fine Art, Trebinje,
Bosnia Herzegovina, a project by Visual Container
Documents, Spinola Banna Foundation, Turin, IT, curated by P. Friedl
2008
Here We Are!, MACZUL - Museum of Contemporary Art, Maracaibo, Venezuela, curated by A. de Cologne
CMYK - I colori del mediterraneo, En Plein Air Gallery, Turin, IT, curated by C. Cravero and O. Gambari
2006
Big Screen, Yunnan Art Institute, Kunming, CN, curated by M. Damiani
Festivals/Screenings
2012
1work / 1room / 1night, Gitte Bohr, Berlin, DE
I ragazzi formidabili, SRISA Contemporary Art Gallery, Florence, IT, curated by P. Gaglianò
Senz’appello - Video Art competition, GAMC - San Marino, San Marino, SM
Is It Really Now?, ARTRA Gallery, Milan, IT
2011
Milano Film Festival, Milan, IT
Invisible violence, Festarte – International Videoart Festival, Triennale di Milano, Milan, IT
Video Review Festival, Katowice, PL
Green Unplugged (on line International Film Festival, www.cultureunplugged.com), USA, a project by Culture
Unplugged Studios
2010
Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Out of tracks, Pera Museum, Istanbul, TR, curated by G. Gomez
VideoTime – Shorts: cameraVideo, Half Juni, Rotterdam, NL
Invisible violence, Festarte – International Videoart Festival, MACRO Testaccio - Museum of Contemporary
Art, Rome, IT
CameraVideo (touring), Medionauta Project Space, Milan, IT
Art zone, Circuito Off – 11th International Short Film Festival, Venice, IT
Delhi International Arts Festival, New Delhi, India
9 Easy Pieces, Lago Film Fest – 6th International Short Film Festival, Venice, IT, curated by Sottobosco
Medienfestival - Plattform: No Budget #8, Tübingen, DE
Loop Festival – The Platform For Videoart, Barcelona, ES
CameraVideo (touring), Sherwood Open Art, Padua, IT
23rd European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, DE
2009
Open Screening - 55th International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, DE
MADATAC – La imagen perturbada, Academia de Cine / Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, ES
Microwave - International New Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tina B. – The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
Cinemambiente – 12th International Environmental Film Festival, Turin, IT
19th International Videofestival, Bochum, DE
Medienfestival - Plattform: No Budget #7, Tübingen, DE
Strawberry fields, Souvenirs from Earth TV, Freebox 129, FR / Unitymedia and Kabel BW, DE (TV
broadcasting), curated by A. Crichton
6th Naoussa International Film Festival, Naoussa, GR
Collateral territories, Transfera Media Arts TV – Canal Autor Channel, Madrid, ES (TV broadcasting), curated
by I. Lech
All Art Now - International Video Art Festival, French Cultural Center, Damascus, SYR
Où va la video? 02, March Foundation, Padua, IT (cat.)
2008
26th Torino Film Festival, Turin, IT
Media Art Festival for Film and Video / Northern Film Festival, Leeuwarden, NL
Optica, International Festival of Video Art, (itinerant) Gijón, ES, Madrid, ES, Paris, FR
Festarte, Rialtosantambrogio, Rome, IT
Où va la video?, Fondazione March, Padua, IT (cat.)
ZooArt, Giardini Fresia, Cuneo, IT (cat.)
2007
Passaggi d’autore, Giovani autori sardi, S. Antioco, IT
Sulmonacinema Filmfestival, Sulmona, IT