Antonio Mele

Joined Artfinder: April 2017

Artworks for sale: 135

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Italy

About Antonio Mele

 
 
  • Biography

    2023: Participation in "1^ Biennale Internazionale d’Arte della Riviera Romana".

    - Work in the permanent collection of the Dafen Art Museum, Shenzhen Cina.

    - "The 3rd Dafen International Oil Painting Biennale, Shenzhen 2022".

    2022: 9th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China China 2022

    2021: Participation in the We Planet project, for the Fuori Salone del Mobile 2019/2021, Milan.
    - Participation in the "140x140" project promoted by Documenta 30, Livorno.
    - Collective exhibition "DanteDì, 1321-2021" at Palazzo Doria, Isolabona, Imperia, with publication of the catalog "La Dipinta Commedia", Mediafactory Edition.

    2020: Publication of the magazine "Grafica d'arte" n. 123 of july/september 2020.

    2019: Selected for "8th Beijing International Art Biennale", China 2019.

    - Selected for the "we planet" Milan 2019/2020 project.

    - Selected for the exhibition "A TUTTO TONDO, arte in cantina" project, Cellars Cesari, Cavaion Veronese. With catalog.

    - Selected for the exhibition "EMOTIONS ON SHOW Armenia meets the world". Naples - Castel dell'Ovo. With catalog.

    - Realization of the scenes for the theater show"guerra e pace in casa Tolstoj". Milan, "Auditorium Universita Statale, facoltà di mediazione".

    2018: Publication of the "Sleep" catalog with Douglas editions.

    - Collective exhibition with NJG contemporary art, Kalmthout, Belgium.

    - Collaboration for the cultural area with the Cascinet association, Cascina Sant'Ambrogio Milano.

    2017: Participation in the event "SOS Partenope" at the "Castel dell 'Ovo" in Naples.
    Participation to the project "Nara la Rana", public art painting in Cherasco, Cuneo, Italy.

    2016:Personal exhibition "Timemachine" at Kro Art Contemporary Gallery in Vienna, Austria, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Austria and the Italian Institute of Culture, with the catalog published at the publishing house " Il mondo diSuk".

    - Group exhibition "Dogma" at the Botanical Garden of Naples, in collaboration with the University Federico II of Naples, Italy.
    2015: 
    - Selected for the XI International Exhibition " Land Art Campi Flegrei 2015", park " Cratere di Monte Nuovo" , Pozzuoli, Italy.
    - Participation to the collective exhibition " Gennaro, II edizione". Presso Palazzo Arlotta, Istituto Italiano di Cultura Meridionale, Naples, Italy.
    - Participation to the " LUZ International Art Symposium" in Competa, Malaga, Spain.
    - Participation to the collective exhibition" Mail Art" at ' Galeria Calmar', Almuneca, Granada, Spain.
    2014: 
    - Awarded  the sculpture department at the International Symposium "Atelier an der Donau", Pochlarn, Austria. Published of the work.
    - Publcation of the catalog "Zucca & Zucche, la Zucca nell'incisione" by the Centro Studi Sartori Graphics, Arianna Sartori Publisher, Mantova, Italy.
    - Selected for the X International Exhibition " Land Art Campi Flegrei", park hills of Camaldoli, Naples, Italy.
    - Participation to the collective exhibition  " Antologhia' at the gallery" at "Sabinalbano studio contemporary art'', Naples, Italy.
    2013: 
    - Solo exhibition " Sleep" at the gallery ''Sabinalbano morartgallery'' of Naples, Italy, with publication of the work.
    - Participation  to the collective exhibition "Klanion / Clanius" at the Baron's Palace of Avella, Avellino, Italy.
    - Participation to the collective exhibition " Human Rights" at the gallery ' Art-Expertise', Florence Italy.
    - Selected for the sixth edition of the Directory of Contemporary Italian Engraving in Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, Italy. Publication of the work.
    - Solo exhibition at the gallery " Informofart" of Naples, Italy, with publication of the work.
    - Collective exhibition " 7 Progect: seven artists for the Four Days of Naples" at the monumental complex San Severo al Pendino, Naples, Italy. Publication of the work.
    - Collective exhibition " VentiPerVenti and VII." at the ' Lineadarte at Creative Workshop', Naples, Italy, publication of the work.
    - Installation at the company 'Cantine Terredora' Montefusco, Avellino, Italy.
    - Participation to the IX edition of the international " Land Art Campi Flegrei" at the reserve WWF Crater of Astroni, Naples, Italy.
    2012: 
    - Publication in the monthly magazine "Archivio" March 2012, under the heading " Contemporary engravers" with a critical essay by sociologist Claudio Roberti.

     
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  • Education

    2010 - 2011

    University telematics For.Com .

    2007 - 2009

    Academy of Fine Arts in Naples

    2004 - 2006

    Academy of Fine Arts in Naples

    1998 - 2003

    Academy of Fine Arts in Naples

    1993 - 1998

    the State Art Institute "F. Palizzi "

  • Awards

    2014

    "Atelier an der Donau"

    2014:
    - Awarded the sculpture department at the International Symposium "Atelier an der Donau", Pochlarn, Austria. Published of the work.
  • Upcoming Events

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    Event: Sleep

    Dates: 24 Apr 2013 - 19 May 2013

    Venue: galleria sabinalbano modart gallery, napoli, italia

    "SLEEP" , title of the exhibition ANTONIO APPLES proposes to " Sabinalbano Modart Gallery" , is the key to a corpus allestitivo important : about 22 jobs , oil on canvas of variable size as well as multi-material installation . It is a cycle ( realized by the end of 2010 to the end 2012) , where an essential element is
    time , the time of sleep , that of a sort of suspension of consciousness , that of sleep, but not the dream. The observation of reality , the starting point of the operation of creative apples , and in the case of how, when and where the man , but also other living beings , with all the differences, sleeps and rests, is the centerpiece of this series of works which explore , with watchful eyes , a certain stage of the day, the amount devoted to sleep , to be precise . If an element exists in the metaphysical and metaphorical artist's iconographic vocabulary
    Naples is almost physiological component in that painting , like any other creative language , contains in itself, in that dynamic by which what is perceived is the real and the everyday , on an unconscious level , shifted according to an expression and an inspiration very personal , which have their roots not only in the individual psychic reality , but also in the experiences and cultural baggage that each of us carries . That's how this theory of canvas , as opposed to the other two cycles that have their best interest at the time of the work, and that idleness , focuses on the hours in which the man lies almost completely inert in terms of physical , though her ​​mind continues a tireless labor of reorganization, reworking of drives, aspirations , fears, anxieties,
    feelings , almost put order in the content of a series of drawers left half-open. If man, then , unlike the animals tend to sleep as he can, anywhere, in any situation , given that, as predator and prey can not stand the assault during rest , it is said , however, that various images not cross his mind . These are precisely cleaved, these pictorial fragments that Apple tends to capture on canvas , condensing everything, with skill and efficiency, in one scene , even though the peculiarity lies in the fact that in his narrative
    through shapes, colors , plays of light and shadow, happy chiaroscuro , the artist tries to not give his vision , but that it deems to be the image that occupies the mind of the protagonist sleeping in portrait painting. In a kind , therefore, to split between author and actor, between the narrator and interpreter , Apple does not aim at a pictorial vocabulary evocative, lyrical prose but , the vehicle of a true story, a frame , a structure completed. In this research, the declination is iconographic illustrious companions in his path : Kafka , Cervantes, Borges ,
    Cortázar , Márquez , the figure of M. Babylon, from a perspective of ' magical realism ' and a breath so to speak Latin, South American . And in fact the creatures that Apple brings to the canvas are , yes, daughters of sleep, but I'm not Fellini ,
    grotesque , or mere visions of the dream. It starts from the situations and characters of all concrete and newspapers, pictorially realistic , in which , throughout the narrative, a quid eerie , alienating , sometimes even denouncing social, ecological , interpersonal, helps to create a framework that incorporates itself an imperceptible gap , a discrepancy studied charge of the surreal , where the madness of life is apparent, the other world is no different from the real and normal. And this is also thanks to a pictorial approach ' craft ' , as Apples, in the wake of
    an old Italian tradition, not only prefer oils , but , specifically, raw pigments mixed with linseed oil, as it has always been up to 800 . The interesting detail is that the artist starts from sketches and models
    photoshop , according to a modern technique and composition with cut almost ' photographic ' , which then moves on canvas with great mastery and freedom of color. The result is a greater awareness of color,
    a force, an authenticity that is well expressed in the use of precious play of light. The section , then , gives additional force to the image being dense , gestural , robust, full-bodied, as the color gamut , varied and layered, in which Apples
    plays with cool colors and warm ones , often mixing them and rehearsing on each other , again with the intention of giving power to light and color, for an iconography that does not linger in any kind of abstraction .

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Education

2010 - 2011

University telematics For.Com .

2007 - 2009

Academy of Fine Arts in Naples

2004 - 2006

Academy of Fine Arts in Naples

1998 - 2003

Academy of Fine Arts in Naples

1993 - 1998

the State Art Institute "F. Palizzi "


Awards

2014

"Atelier an der Donau"

2014:
- Awarded the sculpture department at the International Symposium "Atelier an der Donau", Pochlarn, Austria. Published of the work.

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Sleep

Dates: 24 Apr 2013 - 19 May 2013

Venue: galleria sabinalbano modart gallery, napoli, italia

"SLEEP" , title of the exhibition ANTONIO APPLES proposes to " Sabinalbano Modart Gallery" , is the key to a corpus allestitivo important : about 22 jobs , oil on canvas of variable size as well as multi-material installation . It is a cycle ( realized by the end of 2010 to the end 2012) , where an essential element is
time , the time of sleep , that of a sort of suspension of consciousness , that of sleep, but not the dream. The observation of reality , the starting point of the operation of creative apples , and in the case of how, when and where the man , but also other living beings , with all the differences, sleeps and rests, is the centerpiece of this series of works which explore , with watchful eyes , a certain stage of the day, the amount devoted to sleep , to be precise . If an element exists in the metaphysical and metaphorical artist's iconographic vocabulary
Naples is almost physiological component in that painting , like any other creative language , contains in itself, in that dynamic by which what is perceived is the real and the everyday , on an unconscious level , shifted according to an expression and an inspiration very personal , which have their roots not only in the individual psychic reality , but also in the experiences and cultural baggage that each of us carries . That's how this theory of canvas , as opposed to the other two cycles that have their best interest at the time of the work, and that idleness , focuses on the hours in which the man lies almost completely inert in terms of physical , though her ​​mind continues a tireless labor of reorganization, reworking of drives, aspirations , fears, anxieties,
feelings , almost put order in the content of a series of drawers left half-open. If man, then , unlike the animals tend to sleep as he can, anywhere, in any situation , given that, as predator and prey can not stand the assault during rest , it is said , however, that various images not cross his mind . These are precisely cleaved, these pictorial fragments that Apple tends to capture on canvas , condensing everything, with skill and efficiency, in one scene , even though the peculiarity lies in the fact that in his narrative
through shapes, colors , plays of light and shadow, happy chiaroscuro , the artist tries to not give his vision , but that it deems to be the image that occupies the mind of the protagonist sleeping in portrait painting. In a kind , therefore, to split between author and actor, between the narrator and interpreter , Apple does not aim at a pictorial vocabulary evocative, lyrical prose but , the vehicle of a true story, a frame , a structure completed. In this research, the declination is iconographic illustrious companions in his path : Kafka , Cervantes, Borges ,
Cortázar , Márquez , the figure of M. Babylon, from a perspective of ' magical realism ' and a breath so to speak Latin, South American . And in fact the creatures that Apple brings to the canvas are , yes, daughters of sleep, but I'm not Fellini ,
grotesque , or mere visions of the dream. It starts from the situations and characters of all concrete and newspapers, pictorially realistic , in which , throughout the narrative, a quid eerie , alienating , sometimes even denouncing social, ecological , interpersonal, helps to create a framework that incorporates itself an imperceptible gap , a discrepancy studied charge of the surreal , where the madness of life is apparent, the other world is no different from the real and normal. And this is also thanks to a pictorial approach ' craft ' , as Apples, in the wake of
an old Italian tradition, not only prefer oils , but , specifically, raw pigments mixed with linseed oil, as it has always been up to 800 . The interesting detail is that the artist starts from sketches and models
photoshop , according to a modern technique and composition with cut almost ' photographic ' , which then moves on canvas with great mastery and freedom of color. The result is a greater awareness of color,
a force, an authenticity that is well expressed in the use of precious play of light. The section , then , gives additional force to the image being dense , gestural , robust, full-bodied, as the color gamut , varied and layered, in which Apples
plays with cool colors and warm ones , often mixing them and rehearsing on each other , again with the intention of giving power to light and color, for an iconography that does not linger in any kind of abstraction .


 

Biography

2023: Participation in "1^ Biennale Internazionale d’Arte della Riviera Romana".

- Work in the permanent collection of the Dafen Art Museum, Shenzhen Cina.

- "The 3rd Dafen International Oil Painting Biennale, Shenzhen 2022".

2022: 9th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China China 2022

2021: Participation in the We Planet project, for the Fuori Salone del Mobile 2019/2021, Milan.
- Participation in the "140x140" project promoted by Documenta 30, Livorno.
- Collective exhibition "DanteDì, 1321-2021" at Palazzo Doria, Isolabona, Imperia, with publication of the catalog "La Dipinta Commedia", Mediafactory Edition.

2020: Publication of the magazine "Grafica d'arte" n. 123 of july/september 2020.

2019: Selected for "8th Beijing International Art Biennale", China 2019.

- Selected for the "we planet" Milan 2019/2020 project.

- Selected for the exhibition "A TUTTO TONDO, arte in cantina" project, Cellars Cesari, Cavaion Veronese. With catalog.

- Selected for the exhibition "EMOTIONS ON SHOW Armenia meets the world". Naples - Castel dell'Ovo. With catalog.

- Realization of the scenes for the theater show"guerra e pace in casa Tolstoj". Milan, "Auditorium Universita Statale, facoltà di mediazione".

2018: Publication of the "Sleep" catalog with Douglas editions.

- Collective exhibition with NJG contemporary art, Kalmthout, Belgium.

- Collaboration for the cultural area with the Cascinet association, Cascina Sant'Ambrogio Milano.

2017: Participation in the event "SOS Partenope" at the "Castel dell 'Ovo" in Naples.
Participation to the project "Nara la Rana", public art painting in Cherasco, Cuneo, Italy.

2016:Personal exhibition "Timemachine" at Kro Art Contemporary Gallery in Vienna, Austria, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Austria and the Italian Institute of Culture, with the catalog published at the publishing house " Il mondo diSuk".

- Group exhibition "Dogma" at the Botanical Garden of Naples, in collaboration with the University Federico II of Naples, Italy.
2015: 
- Selected for the XI International Exhibition " Land Art Campi Flegrei 2015", park " Cratere di Monte Nuovo" , Pozzuoli, Italy.
- Participation to the collective exhibition " Gennaro, II edizione". Presso Palazzo Arlotta, Istituto Italiano di Cultura Meridionale, Naples, Italy.
- Participation to the " LUZ International Art Symposium" in Competa, Malaga, Spain.
- Participation to the collective exhibition" Mail Art" at ' Galeria Calmar', Almuneca, Granada, Spain.
2014: 
- Awarded  the sculpture department at the International Symposium "Atelier an der Donau", Pochlarn, Austria. Published of the work.
- Publcation of the catalog "Zucca & Zucche, la Zucca nell'incisione" by the Centro Studi Sartori Graphics, Arianna Sartori Publisher, Mantova, Italy.
- Selected for the X International Exhibition " Land Art Campi Flegrei", park hills of Camaldoli, Naples, Italy.
- Participation to the collective exhibition  " Antologhia' at the gallery" at "Sabinalbano studio contemporary art'', Naples, Italy.
2013: 
- Solo exhibition " Sleep" at the gallery ''Sabinalbano morartgallery'' of Naples, Italy, with publication of the work.
- Participation  to the collective exhibition "Klanion / Clanius" at the Baron's Palace of Avella, Avellino, Italy.
- Participation to the collective exhibition " Human Rights" at the gallery ' Art-Expertise', Florence Italy.
- Selected for the sixth edition of the Directory of Contemporary Italian Engraving in Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, Italy. Publication of the work.
- Solo exhibition at the gallery " Informofart" of Naples, Italy, with publication of the work.
- Collective exhibition " 7 Progect: seven artists for the Four Days of Naples" at the monumental complex San Severo al Pendino, Naples, Italy. Publication of the work.
- Collective exhibition " VentiPerVenti and VII." at the ' Lineadarte at Creative Workshop', Naples, Italy, publication of the work.
- Installation at the company 'Cantine Terredora' Montefusco, Avellino, Italy.
- Participation to the IX edition of the international " Land Art Campi Flegrei" at the reserve WWF Crater of Astroni, Naples, Italy.
2012: 
- Publication in the monthly magazine "Archivio" March 2012, under the heading " Contemporary engravers" with a critical essay by sociologist Claudio Roberti.