Young artists in Venice

Until the 22nd of January, the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice exhibits ´95ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti´ at the Galleria Piazza San Marco, where 20 young and emerging artists exhibit their works. All the artists study and live in Triveneto, come from different parts of Europe and Italy and their ages range from 18 to 35 years old.

These works are part of the competition that was presided by Angela Vettese, President of the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, the critics, journalists, artists and the contemporary art gallery, as well as the artist Giorgio Andreotta Calo, Federico Luger, from the Milan gallery, Andrea Quemado, who is the artistic director of the Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art of Monfalcone, Alessandre Pioselli, who is the director of Fine Arts of Carrara and the Accademmia in Bergamo, the artist Luca Trevisani and Samuel Menín, the chief redactor of Flash Art.

On this occasion they exhibit the works presented in paintings, sculptures, graphic design and posters. The names of the selected ones are: mes Artusi, Roberto Fassone, Roberta Busechian, Joseph Abate, Teresa Cos, Fabio De Meo, Tea De Lotto, Piergiorgio Del Ben, Luigi Leaci, Nicole Moserle, Georgio Micco, Jacobo Trabona, Valerio Nicolai, Gioele Peressini, Laura Pozzar, Rastelli Simone, Claudia Rossini, Michele Spanghero, Daniel Zoico y Borettaz Cecilia.

From these emerging artists, the awarded works and their prize money were as follows: Teresa Cos, with 3000€ and Valerio Nicolai and Roberto Fassone with a 2000€ grant. Also, Luigi Leaci was awarded with 1500€. Together with these awards, each of the winners will have an individual exhibition during 2012 that will allow them to exhibit their works, entering the world of professional art.

The young graphic artist Caterina Gabelli won a 1000€ award and the chance of making the front cover of the catalogue with her photograph, with this being an important chance to show her work.

Both the artists and the works that are exhibited are very important for the development of the arts and the cultural heritage of Venice and Italy, since it adds new artists to the art scene who bring a new vision of the more contemporary art.

The winning artist, Teresa Cos, studied architecture, but during her studies she took an interest in photography, sociology and art. These three areas of knowledge and creation were integrated to her work after graduating, opting for art. Due to the quality of her architecture, she was called by the French Government to integrate a team of Italian professionals in order to generate future ideas with the aim to implement them in the development of Paris. It was then when she began to work with photography with a documentary focus on photojournalism.

The other winning artist and whose work will be on the cover of the catalogue, Caterina Gabelli, works in graphic arts, successfully participating in various collective exhibitions. Her work includes ´naif´ minimalistic animations with pencil drawings and interesting works in colour.

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A great alternative to relax in January is to rent apartments in Venice city of art and love. So prepare your luggage and rent in good time.

Translated by: aleixgwilliam