S I M O N A D A P O Z Z O

SIMONA DA POZZO
Art-maker born a Caracas (Venezuela 1977)
it: 0039 - 339 42 17 197
[email protected]
www.simonadapozzo.net
EDUCATION ///MA in Visual Arts (Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique, VAE
procedure) Rueil-Malmaison, France /// Professional diploma in direction at the Civic School of Cinema,
Milan, School Fellowship for the film /thesis Il suono senza suono project /// Masterclass at Civic
School Paolo Grassi (Milan) with Susanne Linke /// Professional contemporary dance training at R.I.D.C,
Paris
RESIDENCES, GRANTS AND PRIZES ///2011
Quotidiana Prize: winner of the art
residency at the Nac Foundation (Rotterdam, 6 weeks - February 2012) + Romaeuropa Web Factory,
finalist; ///2010 production residency at the NAO project, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
///2009 Finalist
at the Premio Celeste contest for the Video & Animation Prize with Azúcar + Mentioned Artist for the
///2008 Shortlisted candidate by the Movin’up program for
the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien GmbH residency + Residency & Creation Grant at the Pôle Culturel
Intercommunal for Persiane ///2007 Founding DiCréam (Dispositif pour la Création Artistique
Multimedia), of the French Ministry of Culture and Comunication, for the project Persiane + Residency
and Research Grant of the Pôle Culturel Intercommunal + Talk to the city award, Careof Milan, for the
project Scalpoz ///2006 Jumping Frames Prize Hong Kong for the video i._ + Nomade Prize
Bologna, for the video Île 2 ///2005 research residency at Dakar Senegal in collaboration with
Pagine Bianche d’Autore Grant
Fernández Calvo thanks to the Visual Art Found of the Cultural General of the Rioja Gouvernament,
///2004 Excellence Mention of GAI, Forlì for Viento by Da Pozzo & Fernandez Calvo + Honor
Mention at Dance on Camera New York for Walkabout of Alices + Residency at Italianhome Project,
Villa Annone (Andezeno,Turin) with the projects Volumi d'acqua and Variazione 3.autunno + Resindency
at the Studio Qazar for Volumi d'acqua performance ///2003 Resindency at Cooperativa Mirtille and at
the CCN de Montpellier, for the projects Île 2 and i._ ///2002 Concorso Italia, TTV Riccione, finalist
Spain
(exhibition + catalogue);
SOLO EXHIBITIONS | PERFORMANCE /// 2011 MOSCOW E' STATA QUI, performance at
the Young Art Biennial, Pisa
///2010 MOSCOW HAS BEEN HERE, solo exh. and perf., Ex-Ansaldo-
Milano curated by Alterarti + OU EST QUE JE POSE PAU?, urban performance at “Qui Vive?” Moscow
International Biennale for Young Art. Curators: Daria Kamyshnikova & Sergey Erkov ///2008 RETOUR
SUR PERSIANE, exhibition at Les Anciens Abatoirs, Billère curated by Le Bel Ordinaire ///2005
VOLUMI D'ACQUA, solo: Marginalia (Turin 2003), Carne Cruda (Milan 2004), La Piattaforma
coreografica (Turin 2004), Consensoecontatto, Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan 2004), Il gesto e l'anima,
Teatro Nuovo di Torino (2005).
ART IN PUBLIC SPACES /// 2011 UBIQUITY ACCESS POINT(moscow@pisa), permanent installation at
SMS Pisa; 2010 UBIQUITY ACCESS POINT (pau@moscow), permanent intervention at Art Play Art Center,
“Qui Vive?” Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Curators: Daria Kamyshnikova & Sergey Erkov.
///2008 PERSIANE relational performance in urban context curated by the Pole Culturel Intercommunal –
France (exhibition and catalogue) ; + PRISE, intervention and performance, La Bel Ordinaire, Pau
///2007 TODOS LOS DIAS VOI A VENEZUELA performing action at the Venezuelan Consulate
(Milan);
GROUP EXHIBITION ///2011 TURNO 14!22,
Cascina Cuccagna, Milan , curated by Alterarti
(october) + ZOOART, Giardini Fresia, Cuneo, curated by Art.ur (catalogue) +TRASHUMANTES,
URBANOS E INTIMOS, curated by Benjamin Villares, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MACCSI)
Caracas + QUOTIDIANA 11, curated by Teresa Iannotta and Stefania Schiavon - Palazzo Trevisan,
Padova (catalogue) + CON.FONDERE, VI Biennale di Pisa, curated by Antonella Gioli, Ilario Luperini,
Matteo Lucchetti, Ilaria Mariotti, Lorenzo Mazza - Centro Espositivo Museale SMS- Pisa (catalogue)+
BIG CAKE I fuori del Salone, Fondamenta Jahier, Milan + MILANO E OLTRE, project curated by
///2010 LA PANTALLA Y EL MARCO, Galleria La Otra Banda, Bienal de
Arte Contemporaneo de Mérida, Venezuela, curated by Benjamin Villares + LIBERTY | FREEDOM, “Qui
Connecting Cultures, Milan
Vive?” Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, MMOMA (Museum of Modern Art of Moscow).
Curated by: Daria Kamyshnikova & Sergey Erkov.
+ IT HAS HAPPENED, Tptp space, Paris, curated by
Philip Tonda ///2009 STRAWBERRY FIELDS, Souvenirs From Earth European- Curator: Alec Crichton;
///2007 TALK TO THE CITY, Careof, Milan, curated by E. De Cecco, F.di Nardo, C. Agnello, M.Gorni e
L.Manzella + PUBLIC CONSOLLE, Dimmer collective installation at Ikos Festival, Brescia + DISCODIMMER,
Dimmer collective installation at TCB Terni; ESterni Festival ///2006 SCALPOZ, urban intervention at Logroño,
Milano & Dakar in collaboration with Marta Fernández Calvo + VIRTUAL VISUAL ART SHOW, curated by
Progetto Comunicazione, Link Associated, Bologna + DISCODIMMER, Dimmer Collective installation at
Migrogallery (Mi) curated by N!03 ///2005 REVERSE IMAGES, Invideo Palazzo Oberdan, Milan, curated by
S.Lischi and E.Marcheschi, catalogue ///2002 MUTATIONS, Palazzo Oberdan Milan, curated by S.Lischi /
E.Marcheschi, catalogue.
SCREENINGS & FESTIVALS ///2011 FUNDADA FESTIVAL, Manchester + KuZo SZIGET Festival, Hungary + D.A. 2011/ KONNEKTOR, Forum für Künste Hannover +
COMMUNI(CATI)ON OF CRISIS, Symposium, Live arts Research Institute, Nafpaktos, Greece +
LUNEDì SOSTENIBILI, Spazio Pervinca (Mi) curated by Emina Cevro Vukovic + DIRECT ACTION/ The
Month of Performance - Institut Für Alles Mögliche, Berlin - curated by Stefan Riebel + Katharina Sickert
+ VIDEOZONE, MUV Festival, Firenze + DANCE /SCREEN, Yerba Buena Centre For Arts, Screening
Room, San Francisco ///2010 AIRPORT, screening curated by Souvenirs From Earth in the German
airports + JUMPSTART, ODC theater- San Francisco CA - curated by : Charlotte Shoemaker ///2009
INFA Festival Hong Kong + DISSONANZEN 2009, Settimana della Musica Contemporanea,
Conservatory of Naples + 8 PIECES, Lecture Hall Hong Kong Space Museum – curator: HKDF
///2008 I._ (17’30”, b/n, Italy 2006): video on Asia Television PLUS Channel – Curator: HKDF
///2007
ARTDANTHÉ Festival, France + INNOVATIVE, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San
Francisco + LIVE SCREEN, Victoria & Albert Museum London, curator: Emma Gladstone + LIVE
SCREEN, Sandlerʼs Wells, London, curators: S. Craddock-E. Gladston + CUERPO, MEDIOS,
TECNOLOGÍA, Santo Tomás University, Puerto Montt + FIVU, Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo,
curated by Tamara Cubas ///2006 LA DEMOCRAZIA DEL CORPO, Cango Cantieri Goldoneta, Firenze,
curated by Gitta Wigro + UARCIS Cineteca Nacional del Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, Santiago –
Chile + TORINO FILM Festival, Cinema Massimo, Torino + LIVE, Teatro Comunale, Ferrara, curator:
Gitta Wigro + VIDEODANZABA Buenos Aires + ONE MINUTE FILM Festival Toronto + DANCE ON
SCREEN, The Place London and catalogue (+2002) + PORTOBELLO FILM Festival video exhibition,
London (+2004 +2002) + DANCE/SCREEN St. Fransisco performing arts Centre, Berkeley, curated by
Charlotte Shoemaker ///2005 DANCE MOVIES, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, New
York + VIDEODANCE Festival Athene/thessalonikj, catalogue (+2003) + COREOGRAFO
ELETTRONICO Naples, catalogue (+2003 +2002) + DANCE ON CAMERA Festival on Tour USA +
DANCE AND MEDIA, Zone 4, Tokyo + BZZ, Pépinières Européennes pour jeunes artistes, Marly le Roy,
Paris ///2004 [email protected], Italian Cultural Institut of London, curatrice: Vita Moltedo + BELLY
DANCE, a cura di Viola Carando e Valentina Pellitteri, con la collaborazione di Anna de Manincor,
Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna/Spazio Aperto + MONACO DANCE FORUM, Monaco + REEL ON
TOUR Canada + KINODANCE Moscow + St. Petersbourg, catalogue + DANCE ON CAMERA New
York, catalogue (+2002) + TTV performing arts on screen Riccione, catalogue (+2002) + MOVING
PICTURES Festival Toronto (+2002)
///2003 FRAMMENTI, curated by Ials, Galleria Nazionle d'Arte
Moderna e Contemporanea, Roma + DANCE CAMERA WEST Los Angeles + AMERICAN DANCE
Festival New York + CINEDANS Festival Amsterdam.
PROJECTS & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES///ongoing A Dictionary (The original one),
relational intervention in the public sphere (performance, art book, photos, sound) + Energie
Rinnovabili Lab, co-curator, Elita Sunday Park, Teatro Franco Parenti (Mi) + What's contemporary
here? research project in rural towns + Connective Wardrobe, relational wok in progress + Portable
Ground project
///2010 Disastri Naturali, photowork ///2008 Nomadism, new medias & new artist
mobility in Europe Théâtre Paris – Villette: presentation of Persiane Project at the symposium organized
+ Pratiquer le sensible, www.colloquedomestique.net : concept and organization of
///2007 La mutilation de la
sensibilité, Pau, www.colloquesomestique.com ///2004/7 Scalpoz, collaborations and research with
by conteners.org
the conferences in collaboration with the University UPPA, Pau (France)
Marta Fernandez Calvo about passive movement: videos (Melo, Veleno Ven Aqui, Donde puedo colocar
el colchon?) performace (Variazione3.Autunno) & installations (Scalpoz a Milan, Dakar and Logroño) +
Dimmer collaboration with Nicola Ciancio and Andrea Amici about entrainment and music devices
///2004 Memoire du Cops - research project directed by Fabrice Merlin, director of Saint-Ouen
Conservatory ///2003 A Peau d'Ecran association founded and directed with Claire Ubéda in Paris
///2001 CIMD (Centro Internazionale Movimento e danza), Milan : Resident artist and teacher.