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BORN:
Bologna, Italy.
EDUCATION:
Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna,
Italy, 1990-1995
Bachelor Degree in Art History, Thesis: The Use of Pastel Through
the Centuries
Liceo Artistico Statale di Bologna,
Italy, 1985-1990,
High School Diploma in Art (specializing in Architecture)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009
Object
Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US, March, “Laura
Fantini & Jeff Faerber: City Visions" 2-person show
2007
Spazio Arte RAS,
Ozzano
Emilia, Bologna, Italy, April, "Rendere Visibile l’Invisibile",
Critical Commentary by
F.
Falsetti
2006 Bertolt Brecht,
Milan, Italy, May, "Bellezza e Vanitas", Critical Commentary by Vera
Maria Carminati,
Curated by Lorenzo Argentino
2006
Sala di Citta' - City Hall,
San Lazzaro, Bologna, June,
"Intimita' Svelate: una nuova visione della natura morta"
2005 Finanza & Futuro, Group Detusche
Bank, Bologna, Italy, May
2004
Galleria Zenzero, Bertinoro, Forlì, Italy,
July
2003
Galleria De' Marchi, Bologna, Italy,
March
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 The Salmagundi
Club, 5th Av, New York, NY, US, May - June, "The Noble Nocturne”
2008
Gallery 364, Brooklyn, NY,
US, April “Beginnings”
2008
The Berkeley Carroll School,
Brooklyn, NY, US, 17 April “Art of the City: In
Memory of Ed Martin”
2008 The Salmagundi
Club, 5th Av, New York, NY, US,
March, "First Annual Sylvia Glesmann Floral Exhibition”
2009 The Salmagundi Club, 5th Av, New York, NY,
US,
December, "101st Annual Thumb Box Exhibition"
2008
Object
Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US,
February, “8th Anniversary Show”
2008
Spazio Arte, Napoli, Italy, October - November, "Ricerche".
2008
Museo della Permanente, Milan, Italy,
Galleria San Federico, Torino - Palazzo Poncarali, Brescia -
2006
Palazzo Sacrati,
Reggio Emilia - Palazzo Nagliati,
Ferrara - Banca Profilo, Rome.
October - November,
2006
"Profilo d'Arte - Premio di pittura per
giovani artisti emergenti".
2006
Object
Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US,
September - October, “Getting
Around”
2006
Object
Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US,
March - April, “Flower”
2006
Object
Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US,
December 2007 to January 2008, “Holiday
Art Show”
2007
Object
Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US,
November, “Images of
Coney Island ”
2006
Object
Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US,
July, “Glimpses of New York ”
2006
Object Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US,
March, “Crossings II: Images of New York Bridges ”
2006
Object Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US,
December
2006 - January 2007,
“Holiday Art Show”
2006 Object Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US,
June,
“Not From Around Here”
2006
artArt - Eventi d'arte,
Bologna, Italy, March - April, "Premio artArt."
2006
Galleria De' Marchi, Bologna, Italy,
January,
"20x20"
2005
Object Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US, December,
"Sentinels: Water Towers of New York"
2005
Sala dell'Annunziata, Imola, Italy,
September
2005 Object Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US, August
2005 Object Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US, June - July
2005
MaMA Gallery,
Bologna, Italy, June
2005
artArt - Eventi d'arte,
Bologna, Italy, March - April, "Natura Morta, Seconda Ed.",
"Giovani Artisti,
Terza Ed."
2005
Galleria De' Marchi, Bologna, Italy,
January, "20x20"
2004
Object Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US, December,
"Holiday Art Show"
2004 Object Image Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, US, June
2004
Galleria De' Marchi, Bologna, Italy,
January, "20x20"
2003 City Hall,
S. Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, Italy,
October
2003 Galleria Forni,
Bologna, Italy, September to October,
"Proposals - New Artists, New Works, New
Selections"
2003
Galleria del Circolo Artistico,
Bologna, Italy, June
2003
Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy,
May,
"Arte e Motori 2003"
2003
Galleria De' Marchi, Bologna, Italy,
December 2002 to January 2003,
"20x20"
2002
Galleria Malatestiana, Rimini, Italy,
February
2002
Cafe Oggi,
McLean, Virginia, US, November 2001 to January
2002
2001
Galleria Malatestiana,
Rimini, Italy, November
2001 Papp Gallery,
Soho, New York, NY, US, October
1998 City Hall, S. Lazzaro di
Savena, Bologna, Italy, August
1996
Galleria Molducci, S. Lazzaro di Savena,
Bologna, Italy, May,
"Artisti di S. Lazzaro in Mostra"
1996 Galleria Molducci, S. Lazzaro di Savena,
Bologna, Italy, March,
"Quadri di piccolo
formato”
1995
International Fair
of Bologna, Italy, June,
"End
& Over" curated by A. Baccilieri and M.R. Bentini
1994
Galleria Barozzi, Vignola, Modena, Italy,
May
1993 City Hall, S. Lazzaro di
Savena, Bologna, Italy, August
1993
Galleria Barozzi, Vignola, Modena, Italy,
June
1993
Galleria Punto Arte, Modena, Italy, April
1993 Galleria Barozzi,
Vignola, Modena, Italy,
May
AWARDS:
2010 Honorable Mention,
“April Art Competition, Beginnings”, Gallery 364, Brooklyn, NY, US, April 29th
2004
1st SCNY Prize,
“First Annual Sylvia Glesmann Floral Exhibition”, The Salmagundi Club, New
York, US March 5th
2008 Finalist,
“Profilo d’Arte”, Banca Profilo
spa, Milan, Italy, July
2006 Awarded, “Premio
artArt”, First Edition, Bologna, Italy, April
2005 Awarded,
“1st
International Awards artArt – Giovani Artisti”,
Bologna, Italy, March
2004
Finalist, “Italian Web
Awards 2004”, Comune di Francavilla al mare, Chieti, Italy, August
2004
Finalist,
“Premio Web Italia 2004 - Excellent Website", Premio Donne Web, Lucca,
Italy, February
2003
Finalist,
“Premio Arte 2003”, Giorgio Mondadori, Milan, Italy, September
2002
Finalist,
“Premio Arte 2002”, Giorgio Mondadori, Milan, Italy, August
1997 Awarded,
Photographic Contest “La Strada”, Bologna, Italy, April
1985 1st Prize, Premio
Culturale Panta Rei, Bologna, Quartiere
S. Ruffillo, Italy,
March
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2009
America Oggi, Taccuino, Norwood, NJ, March
2009
Italian
Network,
“A New York City Vision, ovvero la citta’ nelle opere di Laura Fantini”,
Cultura italiana nel mondo
2009 Celebrate New York 2009
with Big Apple Greeter, The Evening’s Program, New York, NY, US,
December 3
2008
Celebrate New York 2008
with Big Apple Greeter, The Evening’s Program, New York, NY, US, November 19
Art Journal, “Laura Fantini,
Cityscape di New York", Art and Culture magazine, Bologna, Italy, March-April
2007
Park Slope Courier,
"Views of Coney Island today",
Brooklyn,
NY, US, November 9
Celebrate New York 2007
with Big Apple Greeter,
The Evening’s Program, New
York, NY, US, November 7
America Oggi,
"Un po' di Bologna a N.Y.",
by Laura Caparrotti, Norwood, NJ,
July 8
2007
Il Resto
del Carlino,
"Il magico iperrealismo di fiori e strade",
Bologna, Italy, April 27
2007 Il Resto del Carlino, "Laura Fantini,
La mia New York", By Morena Tosi, Bologna, Italy, March 18
2007 Art Journal,
“Laura Fantini, Rendere Visibile l’Invisibile", Art and Culture
magazine, Bologna, Italy, March-April
2007 Monaco News, Collection Le
Club, www.monaconewsletter.com/auction/news_030407.html, New York, NY,
US
2006
Celebrate New York 2006
with Big Apple Greeter, The Evening’s Program, New York, NY, US, November
2006 24 Seven, “You
Are Not From Around Here, Are You Boy?”,
Arts, Dining
and Entertainment.
Brooklyn,
NY, US, June 5
2006
Monaco News, Collection Le Club,
www.monaconewsletter.com/auction/news_110606.html, NY, US, November
2006
Art Journal,
"Sempre più New York per Laura Fantini",
Art and Culture magazine,
Bologna, Italy, March-April
2005 Art Journal, “Concorso per giovani
artisti", Art and Culture magazine, Bologna, Italy, May-June
2005
Senza Titolo artisti
associati, catalogo n2, Critical
Commentary by Antonella Gasparato, Bologna, Italy,
May
2005
Art Journal,
"Laura Fantini, un’artista italiana a New York",
Art and Culture magazine,
Bologna, Italy, March-Apr.
2005
Art Journal,
"Venti per venti, edizione record",
Art and Culture magazine,
Bologna, Italy, March-April
2004 Caran d’Ache,
Published drawing on Caran d’Ache Art Gallery, www.carandache.ch, Geneva,
Switzerland, Dec.
2003 Il Resto del Carlino,
"Il Castello luogo d'incontro per vetture d'epoca e arte",
Ferrara, Italy,
May 10
2003
Gallery Bill, Profiling New York's Art Community,
ed. Katalin Papp, New York, NY, US, January - February
2002 Praxis Artistica 2002,
"Laura Fantini", Art
and Culture magazine, Rimini, Italy, February
2001 Gallery Bill,
ed. Katalin Papp, New York, NY, US, No.2 November
1998
M.E.I.N.
Published drawing on Melissa Etheridge Information Network website
and newsletter,
San Francisco, CA, US
Il Resto del Carlino, "L'arte in fiera promuove incontri",
Bologna, Italy,
July 28
1996 Il Comune,
S. Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, Italy, June 2
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Laura
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