biografia di Andrea BENETTI (1964)

Personal data


Birth : 01/15/1964 - Bologna BO Emilia Romagna, Italy
Sex : M

Address

Bologna BO Emilia Romagna, Italy

Representatives

Balmain Gallery – London, United Kingdom

The Carlos Reid Gallery – Atlanta GA, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

Andrea Benetti is an Italian painter, photographer and designer. He presented the “Manifesto of Neo-Cave Art” at the 53rd Venice Biennale. His poetics are substantiated by a direct reference to the first artistic forms produced by man. His works are present in many collections and museums around the world. He has collaborated to the realization of projects with various universities, including the Johns Hopkins University, the Universities of Bologna, Ferrara, Roma Tre, Lecce, Bergamo, Bari. These universities have carried out research on his art. In 2020 he won the Nettuno d’Oro, an important award born in 1970.

Work


Works

Sinapsi
Date of creation : 2020
Medium : Oil/canvas
Technical data : huile et éléments oxydés sur toile
Size : 70 x 70 cm
Sinapsi
 
Mammut
Date of creation : 2012
Medium : Red chalk/paper
Technical data : charbon, sanguine, sepia and craie sur papier de Montesanto
Size : 41 x 51 cm
Mammut
 
Cavallo con tori
Date of creation : 2010
Medium : Oil/canvas
Technical data : Huile et henné sur toile
Size : 70 x 50 cm
Cavallo con tori
 
Cavalli e bisonti
Date of creation : 2010
Medium : Oil/canvas
Technical data : huile, acrylique et henné sur toile
Size : 80 x 100 cm
Cavalli e bisonti
 
Il Crovevia
Date of creation : 2008
Medium : Oil/canvas
Technical data : huile et cacao sur toile
Size : 60 x 40 cm
Il Crovevia
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2017

Volti contro la violenza
Palazzo d’Acurzio – Bologna BO, Italy
11/14/2017 – 12/13/2017

2016

preHISTORIA CONTEMPORANEA
University of Ferrare, Palazzo Turchi di Bagno – Ferrara FE, Italy
05/13/2016 – 06/30/2017

Omaggio alla pittura Rupestre
Museum of St. Giorgio Castle – La Spezia SP, Italy
08/11/2016 – 09/11/2017

2015

VR60768 – anthropomorphic figure
Italian Chamber of Deputies – Rome, Italy
04/16/2015 – 05/02/2015

2014

Colori e suoni delle Origini – La genesi della pittura
University of Bari, Ex Palazzo delle Poste – Bari BA, Italy
02/28/2014 – 03/26/2014

2013

Symbolism in Neorupestre painting
Montevergini – Contemporary Art Gallery – Syracuse, Italy
08/13/2013 – 09/16/2013

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Group exhibitions

2013

Symphonie de Couleurs II
Palazzo Merati d’Audiffet de Greoux – Venice VE, Italy
06/08/2013 – 09/30/2013

2012

Contemporaries in Follonica
Pinacoteca – Follonica, Italy
10/22/2011 – 01/19/2012

2010

Portraits of Artists
Modigliani Institute, Palazzo Taverna – Rome, Italy
11/01/2010 – 12/01/2010

LXIth Edition of the F.P. Michetti Prize – Italian Diorama
MUMI – Michetti Museum – Francavilla al Mare CH, Italy
07/10/2010 – 08/31/2010

Painting as emotion
Palazzo Malvezzi – Bologna BO, Italy
12/01/2009 – 01/07/2010

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