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SCENE ON THE 30th W MANHATTAN
I lived all over NY in 3 years : Chinatown, one block away from the Empire State Building, Sunnyside Queens, Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, Chelsea and probably more but somehow I found myself often passing by this area even because not far from textiles area where I used to buy stuff while I was making my own tshirts. Anyway this was in 2013 and the moment included a lot of NewYork in a quick shot and I remember when I shot the starting picture I was thinking : Wow this really looks like one of those great postcards lolol but isn't it this way almost everywhere in Manhattan ;)? Great time of my life who knows maybe someday I will be back.
I'm kinda based in Taipei, Taiwan at the moment but I m always on the move considering that since 2013 till now I had solo exhibitions in Milan, New York, Montreal, Porto Alegre, Seoul, Beijing and had my first Museum Solo exhibition in the Yiwu City Museum in China (may 2017). Besides taking part in several art fairs around the world I have two more upcoming solo show in Seoul and Porto Alegre this current year. To me being a Pop ( popular ) artist means to be very near to the community and people and on the base of all my artworks is the idea that we are all the same. I started my path doing Pop Portraits and in front of my rainbow wall background everyone is a superstar. After a while I slowly expanded my works and since I am a great walker and a globe trotter too I also started to take pictures of everything that was getting my attention in the streets , especially urban landscapes, so that s why I began to show the reality of the streets seen in first person with my eyes during my trips. Since I care of my world (community) I always try to send some direct or indirect messages using satirical type of representations, as you can see in part of my artworks.
FRIENDS ON THE HIGHLINE NEW YORK
I lived in New York for 3 years an this artwork was also part of my very first important solo exhibition in Chelsea,Manhattan in november 2013. One of the most important thing in order to survive in NY are the Friends. In a city where you live huge UPs and DOWNs someone will always help you or drag you down so having around people you can trust is the key over there. The HighLine park was one of my favourite ones and I spent lots of time there. I remember that particular afternoon I saw this small group of people and I felt the Friendship feeling so I decided to capture the moment.
AFTERNOON IN FOSCARINI
I am 100% Italian and I think Venice is one of the very amazing cities we have. It's just incredible the feeling of walking around those streets despite the huge amount of impolite tourists. Overall I always just try to focus on moments like this one in the Rio Foscarini.
MONG KOK MOMENTS
Hong Kong is an extraordinary place. I've been there for 2 entire months and for a urban landscapes lovers like me that place is just one of the best in the world. Such a great variety of scenes and despite the huge influence of foreigners there is still plenty of real HK life style hiddden all over the island and Kowloon as well. I used to be based in Kowloon indeed and this artwork was a moment from a great evening of explorations.
MARCO SANTANIELLO COSENZA, ITALY
(1981)
Degree in Science of Communication, Perugia University, Italy 2006
Cool hunting fashion course, Polimoda, Florence, Italy, 2006
Cambridge First, certificate English, London, UK 2008
Marketing and visual merchandising course, Milan, Italy, 2010
Advertising graphic basic course, Milan, Italy, 2010
UPCOMING :
2018 Solo Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea (details soon)
2018 Solo Exhibition,Gravura Galeria de Arte,POA,Brazil MAY
2018 Art Revolution Taipei 2018, Taiwan, MAY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2017 “CITY ODYSSEY”, YIWU CENTRAL MUSEUM,YIWU, CHINA
2015 “URBAN LANDSCAPES” ,TREE GALLERY,798, BEIJING, CHINA
2015 LIM GALLERY, DAEJEON, SOUTH KOREA
2015 “COSMOPOLITAN”, UM GALLERY, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
2015 “BREATHING NY”, ARTE&FATO GALERIA, PORTO ALEGRE, RS, BRAZIL
2013 “NICE TO MEET YOU”, TAZZA GALLERY, MANHATTAN, NY , USA
2011 “NEW POP ART ERA”, PHILIPPE LOUNGE GALLERY, MONTREAL, CANADA
2010 “POP PORTRAITS”SPAZIO DANTE 400, MILAN, ITALY
PRINCIPAL COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:
2017-2018 Atlantida Arte,Atalantida,POA-Rs, Brazil
2016 “SUV”, IN COLLABORATION WITH “HONDA”,DAEGU,SOUTH KOREA
2016 容象 GALLERY (RONG XIANG ART MUSEUM) , YIWU,ZHEJIANG,CHINA
2015 “ a paisagem”,MACRS cont. art museum,POA, BRAZIL
2011 UNDERLINE GALLERY, MANHATTAN, NY, USA
2011 SPAZIO CONCEPT, MILAN, ITALY
2011 DON GALLERY, MILAN, ITALY
2011 COMBINES XL GALLERY, MILAN, ITALY
ART FAIRS:
2018 36th Korea Galleries Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea
2017 Asia Hotel Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea
2017 Casacor Rs, Art Fair, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2017 Giaf 2017 Art Fair, Changwon, South Korea, July
2017 Hotel Art Fair in Daegu, South Korea, June
2017 Annual Artist Master at A.R.T. Taipei 2017, Taiwan
2016 SpaArtProject2016, Bugok, South Korea
2016 GIAF2016 GYEONGNAM INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, SOUTH KOREA
2015 CHEONGJU INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR (CIAF) BIENNALE, SOUTH KOREA
2015 AFFORDABLE ART FAIR (AAF), SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
COLLECTIONS:
MACRS, CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, PORTO ALEGRE, RS, BRAZIL
YIWU CENTRAL MUSEUM, YIWU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA
PUBLICATIONS:
2017 ART REVOLUTION TAIPEI 2017, ART FAIR, TAIPEI, TAIWAN
2016 Charity ONLUS CAF and SOTHEBY’S, MILAN, ITALY
2016 SPA ART PROJECT2016, ART FAIR, SOUTH KOREA
2016 GIAF, GYEONGNAM INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, SOUTH KOREA
2015 CIAF, CHEONGJU INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, SOUTH KOREA
COLLABORATIONS/CLIENTS:
2016 MARCO SANTANIELLO X BELSTAFF X DESIGN WEEK MILAN,Italy
2011 ADV GRAPHICS FOR MODA PRIMA BY PITTI IMMAGINE,FLORENCE,Ital
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