Born Roma, Italy, 1941

1966 Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Milano, Italy

1970 Emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1971-81 International Touring Print Exhibitions with Open Studio, Toronto

1980-85 Represented by Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto

1989-94 Member of Workscene Gallery, Toronto

1992 Founding member of BVW (The Broadview Collective)

1992-98 Canadian editor and writer for NEXT Arte e Cultura, an international art periodical published in Roma, Italy

1993 Curator, A SEXTET FROM TORONTO, Harbour Magazine, Montreal Quebec

____Co-curator with W. M. Sutherland, THE ORDER OF THINGS, AN INTERNATIONAL FAX PROJECT, Toronto

1995 - Present Invitational, international language-based Group Shows organized and toured by Il Gabbiano, La Spezia, Italy

2004 Co-curator with A. O’ Callaghan & J. Belcourt Salem (intersperse curatorial collective), HOME INVASION, Videos by Artists, Toronto

2006-08 intersperse curatorial collective, THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, an international traveling project

Member of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s foundation Love Difference, Citta’ dell’Arte, Biella, Italy, an inter-Mediterranean cultural politics laboratory.

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 ...C’E’ DI MEZZO IL MARE: Il Salotto, Como, Italy

2007 AND SO, ON: Station Gallery, Parry Sound, Ont.

____FORGET ME NOT: Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Curator David Somers; Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ont., Curator Maralynn Cherry

2004 BY THE WAY: Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto

2001 OUT OF SITE: Lonsdale Gallery

____JUST IN CASE: The Showcase, Read Head Gallery, Toronto

1999 SOTTO SOPRA: Galleria Astrolabio, Messina, Italy

1998 TERRA COTTA: Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto

1997 TERRA COTTA, site-specific installation: Castello del Busca, Mango (Asti), Italy

1995 DIVE: The Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Curator Carolyn Bell Farell

1993 MYTHS OF ESCAPE AND RETURN: Workscene Gallery, Toronto

1990 CANVAS SAILS: Brock University, St. Catherines, Ont.

____MARE/SEA: Workscene Gallery

1987 INSTALLATIONS: Artspace, Peterbourough, Ont.

1985 The Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ont.

1984 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto

1982 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 SCULPTURE SACKVILLE ‘08, Curator J. Grande: Sackville, N. B., Canada

2008 PROFUMO DI ROSA, Curator M. Cardarelli: Galleria Il Salotto, Como, Italy

2006 RE:SHELVING 2: Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

____METALOGOS, Canada: The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta; Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ont.; Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto; Italy: Museo Nuova Era, Bari; Il Gabbiano, La Spezia

2005 LEGGERE NON LEGGERE, Curator C. Roncato: Derbylius, Milano, Italy LIBRETIO DIGITALE, Curator G. Riu: Sala Comunale, Caltanisetta

2004-05 ARTE IN OSTAGGIO: Studio Gennai, Pisa; Il Gabbiano, La Spezia, Italy

____ROSA ROSAE: Studio Gemiai, Pisa; Il Gabbiano, La Spezia

2003 SHELTER INSIDE OUT, Curators E. J. Lightman & A. O’Callaghan: The Tree Museum, Muskoka, Ont.

___ EXERCISE IN STYLE, Curator M. Ratti: Italian Cultural Institute, Toronto

2002 ARCIPELAGO, X International Film Festival of Short Films & New Images: Roma, Italy

___ IN VIAGGIO: En Plein Air Arte Contemporanea, Pinerolo, Italy

___ ESERCIZI DI STILE: Mt Center GHL, Middleburg, Holland; Museo Nuova Era, Bari, Italy; Famagusta Gate Cu1tura1 Center, Nicosia, Cyprus; The Alexandrina Library, Alexandria, Egypt

2001 CROSSROADS: Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmaville, Ont.

___ ESERCIZI DI STILE, Italy: Palazzina delle Arti, La Spezia; Museo D’Arte Moderna, Senigallia;

___ Finland: Municipal Gallery, Vitasaari; Municipal Gallery, Aanecosky

1999-00 LA CHIAVE DEL DUEMILA, Curator L. Pignotti, Italy: Museo Civico, Praia a Mare; Studio Via Provinciale, Biella; Olimpalus, Latina; Studio Gennai, Pisa; Lavatoio Contumaciale, Roma; Il Gabbiano, La Spezia, Museo Nuova Era, Bari; Contaminazione, Genova

___ PROGETTO MAIONESE: En Plein Air Arte Contemporanea, Pinerolo

1998 ANIMUS ANIMA (with Renato Begnoni), essay by A. Schiappapietre: 5. Giorgio Scarampi, Asti, Italy

___ AL FUOCO AL FUOCO, Italy: Il Gabbiano, La Spezia; Studio Gennai, Pisa

___ PROJECT 5.1: ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany

1997 PROJECT 4.3: Studio Gennai, Pisa, Italy

1996 HYPONOIA: Cold City, Toronto

1995 HISTORY & OTHER STORIE: The George Brown House, Toronto

1994-95 PROSPERITY RETURNS — The Oral Tradition in Painting, Curators I. Holubizky & T. Shennan: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ont.

1993 BOOKWORKS: AKA Artists’ Centre, Saskatoon, Sask.

___ L. NOGUCHI, J. SCOTT, F. VIVENZA: Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto

1992 L’ART VOYAGEUR: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec

1990-01 WORD PERFECT, Curator I. Holubizky: Art Gallery ofllamilton, Ont.

1988 A. LEBARON, REGAN MORRIS, FRANCESCA VIVENZA: Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ont.

RECENT BIBLIOGRAPIIY

Armstrong J., Francesca Vivenza, Art Gallery of Hamilton The Koffler Gallery, Queen West (QW3), Summer 1995, Toronto

Bell Farell, C. Dive (essay), The Koffler Gallery, Toronto, 1995; Altreitalie, Torino, Gennaio-giugno 1995

Bentivoglio M., The Order of Things, Terzocchio, Bologna, Settembre 1993

Borzone M., Esercizi di stile (catalogue), Silvana Editore, Milano, 2001; Arte in Ostaggio; Rosa Rosae: La Spezia, 2004, Italy

Cherry M. Somers, D. Forget Me Not (catalogue), Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton; Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmaville, 2007, Ont.

Christie C., Mascetti R., Proverbs et al, catalogue, Il Salotto, Como, Italy, 2008

Goddard P., Tree Museum Artists Include Mother Nature, Toronto Star, Sept. 16, 2006

Holubizky I., WordPerfect (catalogue), Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1990; Word for Word - A traveling Exhibition of a Hypothetical Space, Etcetera Montreal, Montreal, Summer 1989

Kehlman T., Destination: A:... or, It Just Keeps Going, catalogue, Station Gallery, Parry Sound, Ont, 2008; Out of Site (essay), Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, 2001; Terra Cotta (essay), Castello del Busca, Mango, Italy, 1997; Hyponoia (essay), Cold City, Toronto, 1996; History and Other Stories, Next Arte e Cultura, Roma, Italy, Spring 1996

Massier J., Pursuing Versions Along the BVW (essay), Toronto, 1999

McElroy G., Sculpture Toronto, Espace Sculpture (front cover), Montreal, Summer 2004; Shelter Inside Out (catalogue), The Tree Museum, Muskoka, Ont., 2003; Words and Stitching and the Sea, Fiber Arts, Toronto, April-March 2002

GRANTS

2003 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Intemational Trade Canada (Metalogos)

1997 Toronto Arts Council; Canada Council Production Grant; Canada Council Travel Grant Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Intemational Trade Canada (Project #4, Gennany; Project #5, Italy)

1993 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Intemational Trade Canada; Ministry of Culture, Ontario; Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto; Toronto Arts Council (History and Other Stories, Italy/Canada)

1992 Toronto Arts Council Project Grant (The Order of Things, an International Fax Project, Toronto

1989 Canada Council Project Grant; Canada Council Travel Grant

1984 Canada Council Short Term Grant

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