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ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT FEDERICO SCHIAFFINO
1953 born in Portofino, Italy
1974 - 1978 Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy,
Prof. Turchiaro
1978 - 1982
Pratt Graphics Center, New York City, USA,
Prof. David Finkbeiner
New School, New York City, USA,
Prof. George Shapiro
1986 - 1988 The Art Students League, New York City,
Prof. Nathaniel Kaz
1982 - 1985 Stage Designer for the Theatre Company "Nuovo Repertorio",
Torino, Italy, Director Pier Giuseppe Corrado.
Federico Schiaffino stayed ten years residential in New York City.
1985 - 2000 Numerous study trips to foreign States: Europe, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Africa, and Japan.
Schiaffino lived with the Zulus in South Africa and with the Black Foot Indians in Montana, USA.
Lives and works in Portofino, Italy and Welver, Germany.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1976 Galleria Marosa, Milan, Italy
1978 Galleria di Palazzo Doria, Genoa, Italy
1979 Rizzoli, Art Gallery, New York City, USA
Pratt Graphics Center, Student Annual, New York City, USA
1980 Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1982 Castello Brown, "Schiaffino", New Works, Portofino, Italy
1983 Kunsthaus Schaller, "Federico Schiaffino", Graphic Works, Stuttgart, Germany
1986 The Cape Gallery, "Solo Exhibition", Cape Town, South Africa
1988 Atelier Marie Raymond, "Marie et Federico", La Colle sur Loup, France
1989 Galleria Sala Ocre, "Solo Exhibition", Caracas, Venezuela
1989 Art Expo, "Graphics Works", New York City, USA
1992 Bernard Jacobson Graphics, "Etchings by Schiaffino", Sidney, Australia
1993 Marden Fine Art,"Il Ritorno di Ausonia", New York City, USA
1994 Galeria Civica, "Amore Vita Morte", Parma, Italy
1998 Pallas Verlag Dinker/Berlin,"Il Mondo di Schiaffino", 36 signed Notebooks
Curator: Prof. Dr. Theodor Kohlmann, Welver, Germany
1999 Castello Brown, "Solo Exhibition", Portofino Italy
2000 Museo del Parco di Portofino, "En plain air", Portofino, Italy
Curator: Daniele Crippa
2001 Schloss Bückeburg , "Kings and Queens", Exhibition - Performance - Auction
Curator: Prince Alexander I. zu Schaumburg Lippe, Bückeburg, Germany
2002 Maximilianpark Hamm, Elektro Zentrale, "La Via del Tempo", Hamm, Germany
Curator: Alexandra Dolechzych MA, Kunstmuseum Ahlen
7. Internationaler Kunstsommer," Installation Il Labirinto", Arnsberg, Germany
Patron: Dr. Antonio Trinchese, Italian Embassy, Dortmund and
Friederich Merz MdB, Berlin
Curator: Dr. Jürgen Richter, Kulturbüro Arnsberg
Die Muschel Swakopmund, Stockist of Artwork, "Le Voci del Deserto"
Swakopmund, Namibia
Curator: Margit Nickel
2003 Gallery Durchgang, "Cum Grano Salis", Hamburg, Germany
2004 Genova Capitale della Cultura 2004, "Cristoforo Colombo", Genoa, Italy
2005 Castello Brown, "Vivendum", Portofino, Italy
2006 Sculpture Project Münster, "Solo Exhibition", Burg Hülshoff, Havixbeck, Germany
2007 Castello Brown, "Auson", Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Portofino, Italy
Kunstverein Kreis Soest/Kunstsaal
12. Jahresausgabenausstellung, Soest, Germany
Curator and Chairwoman: Inga Schubert Hartmann
2008 Wilhelm - Morgner - Haus, Kunst Museum,"Il Mosaico della mia Vita"
Soest, Germany
Curator: Prof. Dr. Walter Israel, Hagen, Germany
Chairwoman: Inga Schubert Hartmann, Kunstverein Kreis Soest
2009 HCC Harenberg City Center, "Anamnesis", Dortmund, Germany
Permanent Exhibition, Installation, Sculpture, Painting
Patron: Consulato d`Italia, Console Dr. Paola Maria Russo
Curator: Klaus Becker, HCC Harenberg City Center
2010 Castello Brown, "Vademecum", Portofino, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1978 Pratt Graphics Center, "Anual Student Show", New York City, USA
1978 Rizzoli Art Gallery, "Graphic Works", New York, USA
1979 The Society of American Graphics Artist, New York City, USA
Pratt Graphics Center, "Travelling Show," Beer Sheba, Israel
Brentano´s Gallery, "Graphic Works", New York City, USA
1980 Silver mine, Guild Centre for the Arts, New Canaan, USA
CIA Cité internationale des Arts Le Trait, Paris, France
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Galeria Estampa, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
1981 Grand Prix Adward of space, Seoul, Korea
1982 The Printmaking Con. of New Jersey, Somerville, USA
1983 Art Expo, New York City, USA
1985 Arte Fiera, Florence, Italy
1986 Int. Graphics Art Andrew Stasik, Darien,New York, USA
1987 Manhattan Graphics Center, "On Broadway", New York City, USA
1988 Miniprint International, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqúes, Spain
1989 Sylvan Cole Gallery, "Graphics Works", New York City, USA
AAA, Associated American Artists Gallery, New York City, USA
1990 Greenville County Museum of Art, Water World, Greenville, USA
1991 Gallery Sans Nom, Moncton, Canada
1994 Arco, Madrid, Spain
1995 Joensuun Taidemuseo, "Group Exhibition of Italian Artists", Joensuun, Finland
Galerie L´ Etang d´Art, Art Contemporain, Bages, France
1996 Art Cologne, Köln, Deutschland
1997 Kreishaus Soest, "Künstler, Kenner & Konsorten"
Graphiksammlung Dieter Lohl, Kreis Soest, Kulturreferat, Soest, Germany
Curator: Dieter Lohl, Göttingen
Culture Referent: Anne Stäter
1999 Kunsthaus Möhnesee, Kätelhön Druckgrafik , Möhnesee, Germany
2001 Arte Fiera, "Black Cube", Bologna, Italy
Airport Gallery I, "Italienische Impressionen", Frankfurt, Germany
2002 Galerie Kley, Hamm, Germany
Kunstpreis der Stiftung Kunst, "Der Natur auf der Spur", Sparkasse Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
Stiftung, Kunst, Kultur und Bildung der Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg
"Holzschnitt heuteâ"
Ludwigsburg, Germany
2004 Buchmesse Frankfurt, Impression I Gallery Hall, Frankfurt, Germany
Curator: Klaus Jüdes, Kunsthaus Möhnesee
Galerie Pawlick, Lippstadt, Germany
2005 Art Fair Libramont, "Kunst an Bood", Poperinge, Belgium
Patron: Lions Club Leper
2007 Fine Art Collection Carl Icahn, Icahn Enterprises, New York City, USA
International Art Project New York City, "I love New Yorkâ"
10 Italian Artists in Soho NYC, USA
2008 Gallery Bell Arte, "Masters in Sculpture", Chateau St. Gerlach Valkenburg,
Chateau Neercanne , Maastricht, Netherland
Curator: Gallery Bell Arte, Doret Huibers MA
2011 Hafentor 7, Contemporary Art, "Portofino meets Hamburg", Hamburg, Germany
Hafentor 7, Contemporary Art, "Believe/Credere", Exhibition, Performance and Installation, Hamburg, Germany
ART AWARDS
1977 Premio Int. "Torre d`Ansperto", Milano, Italy
(1st Prize Graphic)
1978 "Trofeo Autunno" Galleria Casabella S.M.L. Genova, Italy
(1st Prize Graphic)
1979 Premio Int. di Cannes, France
(2nd Prize Graphic)
1980 Grand Prix Award of Space (82-88) Seoul, South Korea
1981 Int. Exhibition of Miniature Art. Toronto, Canada
1983 The Fifth Annual Carrier Print Competition Belle Mead, USA
(2nd Prize Graphic)
2007 Art Fair Libramont, Belgium Graphics Art Award,
(1st Prize Graphic)
VIDEO ART
1982 "Diario di Bordo", Antico Castello Museum, Portofino, Italy
1984 "La Patente" C.C.P. La Palestra", Portofino, Italy
1985 "The game is over", The Wallnuts Gallery Philadelphia, USA
"Ricordiâ" , Antico Castello Museum, Portofino, Italy
1987 "My indians films", David Robey Gallery, Seattle, USA
2002 "Viaggio nella Memoria", Maximilianpark Hamm, Germany
Performing Arts meets Visual Arts,
The Painter Federico Schiaffino and the Musical Star Uwe Kröger
2003 "La mia Scatola Nera", Palacio Santa Catarina
Florianopolis, Brazil
THEATRE Drawing, Costumes and Stage Design for Theatre and Performances
1983 Teatro Clarisse Rapallo, Italy
"Ombre Sincrome"
"Piccole e grandi cose" Music: G.Gershwin
Music: R. Burns
Stage Director: Patrizia Ercole, Sebastiano Quaglia, Rapallo, Italy
Text: Prof. De Paz, D.A.M.S, Bologna, Italy
Carnevale Santa Margherita, Italy
"Le Maschere del Tempo",
Costumes and masks by Federico Schiaffino
Teatro Macario Torino, Italy
"La Patente", "L`uomo dal fiore in bocca"
Theatre Company "Nuovo Repertorio" di Torino
Stage director: Pier Giuseppe Corrado (actor),
Margherita Crippa, (Actress, ballet dancer),
Monica Corbellini, (ballet dancer)
1985 Procession and Performance San Giorgio a Portofino, "Ricordo di un Eroe"
Curator: Federico Schiaffino, Portofino, Italy
1988 The College of State Island-Saint George Campus
"Liberty"
Costumes, Maschere e Scenografia di F. Schiaffino
New York, USA
PERFORMANCES
1977 Accademia di belle Arti di Brera, Italy
"La passegiata infame"
1978 Porto Nautico di Rapallo, "Il gozzo del mito", Rapallo , Italy
1979 Studio Vanna Ceresa, "I giocolieri del Nulla". Milano, Italy
1982 C.C.P. La Palestra, "La ultima cena", Portofino, Italy
1983 Campo Base Marilu Re - Fiorentin
"Matrimonio d`Artista"
Patrizia Ercole Lucio Cabutti, Sebastiano Quaglia , Torino, Italy
1984 Carnevale di Rapallo, "La mia Odyssea", Rapallo, Italy
Castello Brown, "Nel Paradiso dell´Eden", Portofino, Italy
1986 New York City, Various Skyscrapers, "On top of Manhattan", New York, USA
1987 Black Born Workshop, "Dancing", New York City, USA
1989 The stairway of Friedrich Nietzsche, "Upstairs", Eze, France
1992 Ridgewood Power Coop., "Mythology", San Diego, USA
2002 Maximilianpark Hamm, "Viaggio nella memoria"
"Performing Arts meets Visual Arts",
The Musical Star Uwe Kröger and the Painter Federico Schiaffino
Hamm, Germany
2008 Kunstmuseum Wilhelm "Morgner" Haus
in collaboration with Kunstverein Kreis Soest
"In God we trust", Soest, Germany
COLLECTIONS Carl Icahn Private Art Collection, MOMA Tower , New York City, USA
Bresnan Art Collection, New York, USA
Collezione Giorgio Armani, Milano, Italy
Collezione d`Arte, Famiglia Borromeo, Milano, Italy
Collezione Principe Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, Venezia, Italy
Collezione Giovanni Nembri, Milano, Italy
Pratt Graphics Center, New York City, USA
Pallas Verlag, Prof, Dr. Theodor Kohlmann, Welver/Berlin, Germany
Kunstsammlung Andreas Rumbler, General Manager of Christies,
Düsseldorf, Germany
DFB, Deutscher Fußball Bund, Collection Deutsches Fußball Museum, Dortmund
Kunstsammlung HCC Harenberg City Center, Dortmund, Germany
Kunstsammlung Claus Becker, Erotic Art Museum, Hamburg, Germany
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