Carlo D’Orta è nato a Firenze nel 1955. Viaggiatore e fotografo da oltre 40 anni, si dedica allo studio dell’arte contemporanea e si perfeziona in corsi avanzati di pittura nell’ambito della Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA) e di un master in fotografia allo IED di Milano.
Dal 2009 ha esposto le sue opere in mostre personali presso istituzioni pubbliche e gallerie private in Italia, Germania, Singapore e altri paesi, nonché in fiere d’arte in Italia, Inghilterra, Francia e Belgio. Nel 2013 ha tenuto la sua prima mostra personale in un’istituzione museale, Biologia dell’Inorganico, nel Museo di Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Collicola di Spoleto. Nel 2015 l’Officina delle Zattere di Venezia ha ospitato, accanto al Padiglione del Guatemala alla Biennale d’Arte, la sua mostra personale Beyond the Lens, poi portata anche nel Tempio di Pomona a Salerno. Nel gennaio 2017 il National Museum di Singapore ha ospitato un evento dedicato alla sua serie Vibrazioni, e la mostra è stata poi riproposta nella Galleria Bruno Art Group di Singapore nei mesi successivi. Nel 2018 il Museo dell’Archivio Centrale dello Stato a Roma, e poi il Festival Fotografia di Orbetello e la Galleria dell’IPSAR-Istituto Portoghese di S.Antonio a Roma hanno ospitato la sua mostra dedicata ad 80 anni di architetture del quartiere EUR di Roma.
Ha vinto o è stato finalista/selezionato in numerosi premi nazionali e internazionali, tra cui: PX3 Paris, 3° Biennale Arte Contemporanea di Genova, Sony World Photography Award, Celeste Prize, Premio Rospigliosi, Satura International Contest, Premio Arte e Architettura Colleferro, Arteam Cup, Malamegi Vision Art Contest, Premio Linx, Premio Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti di Murano (come foto-designer), Premio Enegan Art, Urban Photo Award.
Sue opere sono in collezioni pubbliche e istituzionali, tra cui si segnalano: Museo dell’Archivio Centrale dello Stato (Roma), Centro Congressi della Banca d’Italia a Roma, Camera Deputati, Ordine Avvocati nel Palazzo di Giustizia di Milano, Consiglio Regionale della Campania, Autorità per le Comunicazioni (AGCOM, Roma), EUR spa (Roma, Presidenza), Confindustria (Roma, sede centrale, presidenza), Scuola Ufficiali Carabinieri (Roma), Architektenkammer Baden-Wurttemberg (Stoccarda, Germania), Luiss Guido Carli (Roma), ENI (sede centrale di Roma), Istituto Italiano di Cultura a New York, Consolato Generale d’Italia a New York, Istituto Italiano di Cultura a Monaco di Baviera, Istituto Portoghese di S.Antonio (IPSAR, Roma), Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti di Murano (VE), Ospedale Policlinico Umberto I° (Roma), Studio Legale Negri-Clementi (Milano), Fondazione Dario Mellone (Milano), DeA Capital RE (Roma).
Negli anni 2015-2017, inoltre, i suoi progetti “(S)Composizioni-Metafora della Vita”, “Vibrazioni”, “Liquidance” ed “EUR 42/Oggi: Visioni differenti” sono stati selezionati per entrare a far parte dell’Archivio del Fondo Malerba Fotografia, prestigiosa istituzione dedicata alla promozione della fotografia a livello nazionale e internazionale, che nel 2019 ha esposto le fotografie della serie Vibrazioni anche in mostre organizzate a Tokyo e Cuba.
Carlo D'Orta is born in Florence in 1955. He has been a traveller and photographer for over 40 years, dedicating himself to the study of contemporary art and refining his skills with advanced courses in painting within the Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA) and a master's degree in photography at the IED in Milan.
He has been exhibiting his works since 2009 in solo exhibitions at public institutions and private galleries in Italy, Germany, Singapore, and other countries, as well as at art fairs in Italy, England, France, and Belgium. In 2013 he held his first individual exhibition in a museum institution: Biology of the Inorganic, in the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Collicola Palace of Spoleto. In 2015 the Venice Zattere Workshop hosted his solo exhibition Beyond the Lens next to the Guatemala Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale. The same exhibition was then also taken to the Temple of Pomona in Salerno. In January 2017, The National Museum of Singapore hosted an event dedicated to his Vibrations series, and the exhibition was shown again at the Bruno Art Group Gallery in Singapore in the following months. In 2018 the Museum of the Central Archives of the State in Rome, and then the Orbetello Photography Festival and the Gallery of the IPSAR-Portuguese Institute of St. Anthony in Rome hosted his exhibition dedicated to 80 years of architecture in the EUR district of Rome.
He has won, been a finalist or short-listed in numerous national and international awards, including: PX3 Paris, The 3rd Biennale of Contemporary Art in Genoa, Sony World Photography Award, The Celeste Prize, Rospigliosi Prize, Satura International Contest, The Colleferro Art and Architecture Award, The Arteam Cup, Malamegi Vision Art Contest, The Linx Prize, Abate Zanetti School of Glass prize, Murano (as a photo-designer)and The Enegan Art Prize; Urban Photo Award.
His works are displayed in Public and Institutional collections including: The Museum of the Central Archives of the State (Rome), The Congress Centre of the Bank of Italy in Rome, The Chamber of Deputies,(Rome) The Bar Association of the Hall of Justice of Milan, The Regional Council of Campania, Communications Authority (AGCOM, Rome), EUR Spa (Rome, President’s office), Confindustria (Rome headquarters, President’s Office), The Carabinieri Officers’ School (Rome), Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Germany), LUISS University Guido Carli (Rome), ENI (Rome headquarters), The Italian Institute of Culture in New York, The Consulate General of Italy in New York, The Italian Institute of Culture in Munich, The Portuguese Institute of S.Antonio (IPSAR, Rome), Abate Zanetti School of Glass, Murano (Venice), Polyclinic Hospital Umberto I (Rome), Negri-Clementi Law Partners (Milan), The Dario Mellone Foundation (Milan) and DeA Capital RE (Rome).
Additionally, between 2015-2017 his projects "(S)Compositions-Metaphor of Life", "Vibrations", "Liquidance" and "EUR 42/Today: Different Visions" were chosen to become part of the Archive of the Malerba Photography Fund, a prestigious institution dedicated to the promotion of photography at national and international level, which in 2019 also displayed the photographs of the Vibrations series in exhibitions organized in Tokyo and Cuba.
Mostre personali/Personal Exhibitions
2022
Nadro (BS) (May/June) – Museo di Nadro – Liquidance – curated by Virgilio Patarini
Milano (Avril) - MIA Milan Image Art Fair – Solo show in stand dedicated by CreArte Gallery.
Venezia (Avril) – ItinerArte Gallery – Architextures and Suureal Landscapes – curated by Virgilio Patarini
2021
Oderzo (TV) (December/January) – CreArte Gallery – Architextures/ AstrazioniArchitettoniche – curated by Federico di Porcia
Milano (October/November) – PoliArt Contemporary – Architecturals Metaphors – curated by Leonardo Conti
Milano (6-10 October) – MIA Milan Image Art Fair – Solo show in stand 23 dedicated by PoliArt Gallery.
Roma 25-26 September – Residenza privata di D.C. e C.G., Biocities and Vibrations
2020
Trieste October/November – Puro - Biocities Abstract – exhibition organized by dotART Association as part of Trieste Photo Fringe, a series of events dedicated to the finalists of the Urban Photo Award 2020
2019
Milano December – Vi.P. Gallery – Vibrazioni ed Epifanie Urbane/Vibrations and Urban Epiphanies – together with Virgilio Patarini
Avezzano (AQ) October/November – Studio Uno Gallery – Biocities and Vibrations – curated by Francesco Basile and Mauro Tersigni
Genova Maj – Satura Gallery Palazzo Stella – Biocities – curated by Mario Napoli
GualdoTadino (PG) April - Adelinda Allegretti Studio&Gallery – Biocities and Vibrations – curated by Adelinda Allegretti
2018
Singapore December – Fullerton Hotel – Exclusive Italian Worlds – together with Gianluca Castaldi and Riccardo Zannetti
Roma November – Gallery of the Portuguese Institut of Sant’Antonio (IPSAR) – EUR 42-Oggi. Visioni differenti / EUR 42-Today. Different Visions – curated by Juan Carlos Garcia Alia
Orbetello (GR) July – Orbetello Photography Festival – EUR42/Today. Different Visions – Curated by Marco Arienti
Roma July/November – Che Banca, Belle Arti Square headquarters – Biocities and Vibrations
Roma May-June – Museum of the Central State Archives – 80 years of EUR. Different Visions – promoted by EUR S.p.A. and Central State Archives, with cooperation of Inail – curated by Valerio Dehò and Giuseppe Prode
2017
Singapore June/July – Bruno Art Group Gallery – Vibrations – curated by Motti Abramovitz and Sandra Bauser
Livorno May/June – Fortezza Nuova, Sala degli Archi– Dimensioni Parallele: città, visioni, percorsi/Parallel Dimensions: cities, visions, paths - together with Andrea Ciresola and Diego Cicionesi – organized by City of Livorno and TST Art Gallery – curated by Alessandro Paron
Roma April/May - Honos Art Contemporary Gallery – Eur 42-Oggi: Visioni Differenti/Eur 42Today: Different Visions – curated by Juan Carlos Garcia Alia and Giuseppe Prode
Milano March – Milan Image Art/MIA Fair – Stand Honos Art Contemporary - Vibrations
Milano March – Milan Image Art/MIA Fair – Stand Alidem/Art of Photography - Geometries Still Life
Singapore January - National Museum – Italian Vibrations - together with Gianluca Castaldi and Vittorio Zannetti – curated by Juliana Benelli and Bruno Art Group Gallery together with the patronage of the Italian Institute of Culture in Singapore
2016
Roma October - FinecoBank, Gallia street headquaters – Biocities and Vibrations /Innovation, simplicity, transparency
Rovereto (TN) September/October - PoliArt Contemporary Gallery – Biocities – curated by Leonardo Conti
Milano April/Maj - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery - Biocities II, Translations and Vibrations solo show – curated by Italo Bergantini
Bologna January - Bologna Art Fair - Stand Romberg Contemporary Art – Biocities Two and (De)Compositions – together with Andrea Ciresola – curated by Italo Bergantini
2015
Roma November - Studio Lattanzio Group - Liquidance – with the patronage of Italian National Academy of Dance
Salerno October - Temple of Pomona – Beyond the Lens – curated by Italo Bergantini and Gaia Conti
Venezia May/June - Officina delle Zattere (Dorsoduro) – Beyond the Lens – curated by Italo Bergantini and Gaia Conti
Roma May/June - Spazio Nuovo Gallery – New Abstract – curated by Guillaume Maitre and Paulo Perez
Milano April - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery - Biocities II Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini
Bologna January - Bologna Art Fair - Pad 25/Stand B88, Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery – Biocities II Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini
Roma Mucciaccia Gallery – Art in Circle – curated by Gianluca Marziani and Giulia Abate
2014
Milano May - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand 96/Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery - Biocities Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini
2013
Selva di Val Gardena (BZ) July - Municipal Gallery Tublà da Nives - Tublà da Nives Association – Assoluto Visivo/Absolute Visual – curated by Valerio Dehò and Italo Bergantini
Roma June - Studio Lattanzio Group – La Biologia dell’Inorganico/Biology of the Inorganic – curated by Italo Bergantini
Milano May - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand 39/Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery – Biocities Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini and Alessandro Trabucco
Spoleto March/May - Palazzo Collicola Contemporary Art Museum – La Biologia dell’Inorganico/Biology of the Inorganic – curated by Gianluca Marziani
2012
Roma May - Studio Transit Architecture, in partnership with Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery – (Un)real city – together with Claudio De Micheli – curated by Italo Bergantini and Alessandro Trabucco
Milano May - Milan Image Art/MIA Fair - Stand 9/Romberg Contemporary Art Gallery – Carlo D’Orta Solo Show – curated by Italo Bergantini and Valerio Dehò
Stuttgart January/February - F75 Gallery – Spiegelungen – curated by Wilfried Dechau
2011
Berlin Italian Institute of Culture – Architektonische Rhythmen – curated by Katharina Hausel
Colonia Italian Institute of Culture – Architektonische Rhythmen – curated by Ann-Katrin Gunzel
Milano May/September - Spazio Oberdan (Art Gallery of the Province) – Astrattismi Paralleli/Parallel Abstractionism – together with Danilo Susi and Albano Paolinelli – curated by Valerio Dehò
Roma May - Tondinelli Art Gallery – Ritmi Architettonici/Architectural Rhythms – curated by Floriana Tondinelli
Francoforte sul Meno Goethe Institute – Architektonische Rhythmen – curated by CarolaPeter
Roma Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA) – Astrattismi Paralleli/Parallel Abstractionism – together with Danilo Susi – curated by Loris Schermi and Genny Di Bert
Pescara January - Aurum (Municipality Art Gallery) – Astrattismi Paralleli/Parallel Abstractionism – together with Danilo Susi – curated by Giovanni Benedicenti
2010
Stoccarda Architektenkammer Baden Württemberg – Architektonische Rhythmen – curated by Wilfried Dechau
Monaco di Baviera October – Italian Institute of Culture – Architektonische Rhythmen
Ancona March/April – Arco Amoroso Atelier (Art Gallery of the Province) – Astrattismi Paralleli/Parallel Abstractionism – together with Danilo Susi
Selezione Mostre Collettive/Selected Collective Exhibitions
2022
Milano SpazioBig Santa Marta – Sinestesie Cromatiche – exhibition of 10 artworks winners of Premio Punctum 2021 – curated by Lorenza Bravetta, Gianni Maimeri and Maddalena Mazzocut.
Roma Art GAP Gallery – Antropocene Biennale – curated by Federica Fabrizi and Vittorio Pavoncello
Roma Museo Crocetti – Exhibition of Finalists artoworks of Premio Arte Borgo International Art Contest
Roma Atelier Spazio Veneziano – L’Arte per la Libertà. Artisti Ucraini e Italiani per la solidarietà all’Ucraina
Bergamo BAF Bergamo Arte Fiera 2022 – Stand Galleria PoliArt Contemporary
Nazzano (RM) Museo del Fiume – Dal Fiume in poi – curated by Galleria Purificato-Zero
2021
Sorrento (NA) SyArt Gallery – Art is Over – curated by Rossella Savarese
Roma Fiera di Arte contemporanea Arte in Nuvola – Stand AD Gallery
Padova Fiera di arte moderna e contemporanea ArtePadova, Sezione CATS (Contemporary Art Talent Show) – Stand Allegretti Curator Gallery
Avezzano (AQ) Galleria StudioUno RipartiamoDaZero – Il Paesaggio Interpretato – curated by Mauro Tersigni and Marcello Lucci
Zagarolo (RM) Palazzo Rospigliosi – Onyricon/La Pittura Sogna. Mostra di Arte Contemporanea – Organized with cooperation of Museo del Giocattolo, del Comune di Zagarolo and of Galleria Purificato/Zero
Venezia Vi.P. Gallery/Galleria ItinerArte – Artisti in Permanenza stagione 2021/2022
Milano MIA Fair 2021, Exhibition of Artworks winners of Premio Punctum 2021
Val Camonica Biennale Arcaico Contemporaneo – Artistic Direction of Virgilio Patarini and Eliza Winkler
2020
Frascati (RM) BACC Gallery – Percorso 1/20. Opere selezionate ed altri racconti dagli anni 60 ai millenials - curated by S.Conte and G.Marchetta
Avezzano (AQ) Galleria StudioUno RipartiamoDaZero – AzionArte – curated by Francesco Basile
2019
Cuba November/December - Hispanic/American Photography Center – Miradas Compartidas – Exhibition promoted by FMF/Fondo Malerba Fotografia Foundation – curated by Mino Di Vita
Parigi October - Art Shopping Fair - Carosel du Louvre – Stand Adelinda Allegretti Studio/Gallery
Colleferro (RM) October - Exhibition of the finalists artworks of the Colleferro Art Architecture Prize – BPD/Directional Building Colleferro
Tokyo June - Roonee247 Gallery – Visuali Italiane/Italian Visuals – Exhibition promoted by FMF/Fondo Malerba Fotografia – curated by Mino Di Vita
Genova June – 2019 Biennal of Art of Genova – curated by Satura Gallery
Genova February - Genova Art Fair 2019 – Stand Satura Gallery
Insbruck January - Art Insbruck Fair – Stand Adelinda Allegretti Studio/Gallery
Venezia January - ImagoArs Gallery – Exhibition of the finalist artworks of Malamegi Lab 11 Prize
2018
Parete (CE) December - Parete Contemporary Art Museum – Inaugural Exhibition – curated by Paolo Feroce
Fermo July/August - Piccole Cisterne Romane Museum – Il segno della memoria, la memoria nel segno/Sign of the memory, memory in the sign – promoted by Avezzano Studio1 Gallery – curated by Lorenzo Canova
Vasto (CH) July - Scuderie di Palazzo Aragona – Paesaggi oltre il paesaggio/Landscapes beyond the landscape - 51° edition of Vasto Prize of Contemporary Art – promoted by City of Vasto – curated by Silvia Pegoraro
Genova July - Satura Gallery - Exhibition of Selected artworks of Satura International Contest 2018
Forlì May/June - Dino Zoli Foundation – Exhibition of Finalist artworks of Arteam Cup Prize 2018 – promoted by Arteam association
Sorrento (NA) April/May - Villa Fiorentino – Sorrento Young Art Festival – promoted by eXclusive Association and the City of Sorrento – curated by Paolo Feroce, Rossella Savarese and Leone Cappiello.
2017
Roma October - Maxxi Museum – Where no one arrives. 60 years of activity of Amref – Organized by the Ong Amref – exhibited also the Carlo D’Orta installation titled “We are All Cards of the Same Castle”
Sorrento (NA) April - Villa Fiorentino – Sorrento Young Art Festival – promoted by eXclusive Association and City of Sorrento – curated by Leone Cappiello and Paolo Feroce
Livorno March - Fortezza Nuova – Exhibition of finalist artworks of Lynx Prize 2016 – Organized and curated by Sestante Association
2016
Roma December - Honos Art Gallery – Honos presenta Honos – curated by Juan Carlos Garcia Alia
Ajdovscina (Slovenia) November/December - Lokarjeva Galerija – Exhibition of finalist and selected artworks of Lynx Prize 2016 – curated by Sestante Association
Massa Marittima (MC) August - Palazzo dell’Abbondanza – Da Faces a Cambiamenti/From Faces to Changes – Exhibition of finalist artworks of 2015 EneganArt Prize – curated by EneganArt in the contest of 2016 Tuscan Photo Festival
Porto S.Elpidio (FM) July - Villa Baruchello – Dimensioni Paesaggistiche/Landscape Dimensions – curated by Onart Gallery of Florence
Roma June - Angelica Gallery – Artisti per l’Utopia/Artists for Utopia –Exhibition organized on the occasion of V° century of publication of the Utopia of Tommaso Moro – curated by Cenacolo di Tommaso Moro Association, in cooperation with MIBACT and Biblioteca Angelica
2015
Lariano (RM) November - Stoffe e Tele/Cloths and Canvas – exhibition of Art and
Fashion curated by the Lazio Region and the City of Lariano (RM)
Verona January - Verona Art Fair – Stand Romberg Contemporary Art
2014
Paris November - Foto Fever - Carrousel du Louvre - Stand Romberg Contemporary Art
Lyon August - Docks Art Fair - Quai Rambaud - Stand Romberg Contemporary Art
2013
Parigi October - Cutlog Art Fair 2013 - Atelieur Richelieu - Stand Romberg Contemporary Art
Bruxelles April - Off Contemporary Art Fair - Tour & Taxis – Stand Romberg Contemporary Art
2012
Istanbul November - 21th Artists Istanbul Art Fair - Italian Pavillon
Venezia October - Palazzo della Misericordia – Murano Glass Prize Final Exhibition – curated by Abate Zanetti Glass High School
Venezia August - Palazzo Zenobio & Romberg Contemporary Art - 7 Ways of Seeing – curated by Italo Bergantini and Alessandro Trabucco
Livorno June - Civic Museum G.Fattori – Combat Prize 2012 Final Exhibition
2011
Latina October - Romberg Contemporary Art - PhotoReload (Naked City) – curated by Italo Bergantini and Alessandro Trabucco
2010
New York December - The Invisible Dog Art Center – Celeste Prize 2010 Final Exhibition
Open Studio/Exhibitions in the CarloDOrtaArtStudio/Gallery
2022
Avril/May - The Poetry of Abstraction – togheter with Mariagrazia Dardanelli
March - Figure Oniriche – curated by Anna Soricaro and Francesco Zero – togheter with Va.Ma.An. (Mario Angelo Vacca) third prize in Premio Pitturiamo Artisti d’Italia 2021 – Exhibition Organized in Art Tour Premio Pitturiamo
February – Compresenze Astratte – curated by Francesco Zero – toghther with Isa Gabria
January – Landscape (Inside and All Around Me) - a cura di Adelinda Allegretti – insieme a Nancy Barwell (F), Philip Barwell (F), Christo e Jean-Claude (USA), Catherine Desbordes (F), Maria Fatjó Parés (E), Bernadette Felber (A), Valentín Gallego Gallardo (E), Stefan Havadi-Nagy (D), Yana Kiyko (I), Margaret Lazzari (USA), Théodora Lunghi Guyader (F), Marino Marini (I), Monica Marioni (I), Christina Mitterhuber (A), Paul Paiement (USA), Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (CA), Stefania Raimondi (I), Hasti Sardashti (UK), Maria Sauzet (I-AR), Gregg Simpson (CA), Stephen Wozniak (USA), Ersoy Yilmaz (TR).
2021
December – Quartiere Trieste/Parioli. Un terreno di Arte nascosta – togheter with Clarix (Clara Rondonotti)
November – Onyrical Visions – Toghether with Marjan Fahimi
October – Assonanze – Insieme a Maurizio Schächter Conte
September – Emozioni Geometriche – togheter with Pietro Cinti, winner of second prize in 2021 Premio Pitturiamo/Artisti d’Italia
June/September– When matter becomes leather – togheter with Ferruccio Maierna
Avril/May – Città In-Visibili – togheter with Patrizia Dottori – curated by Flavia Rovetta
February/March – Architextures. Astrazioni Architettoniche – curated by Gianluca
Marziani – exhibition inspired to my art book published in December 2020
2020
November/December Metaphysical Landscapes – together with Laura Covino
October/November Miraggi/Mirages – together with Luca Giannini – curated by Sabrina Marenzi – exhibition organized as part of RAW-Rome Art Week 2020
September/October Linee ed Ombre/Lines and Shadows – together with Raffaele Perna – exhibition organized as part of WeFo 2020/Month of photography in Rome, curated by the House of Photography of Rome
February/March Oltre l’Equilibrio/Beyond Balance – together with Francesco Zero – curated by Giuseppe Purificato
2019
December/January Armonia e Movimento/Harmony and Movement – together with Enrico Benaglia – curated by Francesco Zero
November/December Frammentazioni Urbane/Urban Fragmentations - together with Attilio Salci
October Towards New Horizons – together with Bernadette Felber – curated by Adelinda Allegretti - exhibition organized on the occasion of the Amaci Contemporary Day and RAW-Rome Art Week 2019 – with the sponsorship of the II Municipality of Rome-Assessorato Cultura, of the Forum Austrian Culture and of the NGOs Amref and Save the Children
June/July Vibrazioni ed Epifanie Urbane/Vibrations and Urban Epiphanies– together with Virgilio Patarini - presented by Francesco Giulio Farachi
March Biocities and Vibrations – exhibition organized as part of I° editions of MFR-Month of Photography in Roma and reported in the Top 15 of MFR by the Order of Architects of Rome
2018
December Lo sguardo dell’arte tra moda e fotografia/The look of art between fashion and photography – together with Daniela Otea
October Liquidance: figura e movimento/Liquidance: figure and movement – curated by Maria Italia Zacheo – with a performance of students of National Academy of Dance – Exhibition organized as part of RAW-Rome Art Week 2018
2017
October Sopra sotto Berlino/Above below Berlin – together with Fabrizio Borelli – curated by Maria Italia Zacheo – Exhibition organized as part of RAW-Rome Art Week 2017
June Astrattismi Paralleli 2.0/Parallel Abstractionisms 2.0 – together with Danilo Susi and with the participation of Gianluca Castaldi and Riccardo Zannetti – curated by Maria Italia Zacheo
2016
October Open Studio and events “Eur 42 Oggi/Eur 42 Today” (curated by Giuseppe Prode e Juan Carlos Garcia Alia) and “MessaggiAssaggi/MessagesTastings (curated by Maria Italia Zacheo and Chiara Velocci) – Exhibition organized as part of RAW-Rome Art Week 2016
Principali Premi/Main Awards
2022
Premio Arte Borgo – Promoted by Galleria Arte Borgo of Roma – Winner of First Prize with the Installation photography+sculpture “(S)Composizioni Valencia # 7” realized togheter with Andrea Ciresola
2021
Premio Punctum/Sinestesie Cromatiche – Promoted by Fondazione Maimeri in cooperation with MIA Fair and Associazione Nazionale Fotografi Professionisti-TAU Visual - Winner
2020
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris – Winner of Gold prize in Professional category,
Industrial Architecture section, with the series “(Re)FineArt”
Urban Photo Award – Finalist in Projects&Portfolios section with the series “Biocities
Abstract”, and in Single Photo-Spaces section with the photo “(Biocities) NYC # 55”
Combat Prize – Artist reported by the Jury for Photography section
2019
Arte Architettura Colleferro Prize – Finalist with the artwork “(De)Composition London#1” – Prize organized by Order of Architects of Rome with the cooperation of City of Colleferro
Biennale Arte Genova Prize – Winner of 2° prize in Photography section with the artwork “(Biocities) London#7” – 3° edition of Art Biennale of Genova – organized by Satura Cultural Association with the patronage of the Ligurian Region and of Municipality of Genova
Combat Prize – Blob Art Cultural Association - Artist reported by the Jury for Photography section
Malamegi Lab 11 Prize – Finalist with the artwork “(Biocities) Roma Eur#28” – Prize organized by Malamegi Art Laboratory
2018
Satura International Contest – Satura Gallery Association – 3° prize in
Photography section with the artwork “(Biocities) Roma Eur 60”
Premio Arteam Cup – ArtTeam Cultural Association – Finalist in the Photography section with the artwork “(Biocities) Roma Eur 82B”
Combat Prize – Blob Art Cultural Association – Shortlisted with the artwork “(Rinascimento) Roma Eur # 146”ì
Rospigliosi Prize – AVUGI Cultural Association and Vittoria Gallery of Roma –
Winner in Photography section with artwork “Vibrations Baires # 5”
2017
Fondo Malerba Photography Archive – Selected with the series “Eur 42/Today. Different visions”
Lynx Prize – Cultural Association Il Sestante – Finalist with the artwork “(Biocities) Roma Eur Nuvola # 4”
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris – Honorable Mention given to the series « Biocities » and “Vibrations”
Combat Prize – Blob Art Cultural Association – Shortlisted with the artwork “Vibration Roma Eur # 70”
2016
Lynx Prize – Il Sestante Cultural Association – Shortlisted with the artwork “Liquidance 78”
Fondo Malerba Photography Archive – Selected with the series “Vibrations” and “Liquidance”
Premio Ora Espaňa – Radar Cultural Association - Finalist
2015
Premio Enegan Art – Enegan spa – Finalist with the artwork “(Vibrations) Berlino BGL#8”
Archivio Fondo Malerba Fotografia – Selected with the series “(De)Compositons-Metaphor of Life”
Malamegi Lab Art Foundation – Selected in the “Vision Art Contest II Edition”, Photography Section
2014
SaatchiArt.com – Selected in the collection “Celebrate Paris Photo” – (10 novembre 2014)
SaatchiArt.com – Selected in the collection “Inspired by Mondrian” – (3 marzo 2014)
2013
Le Journal de la Photographie - Weekend Portfolio (8 giugno) – Selected by the New York Gallerist Howard Greenberg
2012
Sony World Photo Award 2012 – Sony World Photo Organisation – Shortlisted in the section “Professional-Conceptual”
Murano Glass Prize 2012 – School of Glass Abate Zanetti (Murano-Venezia)
Winner as photo-designer in the category “Vetrofusion”, in cooperation with the master glassmaker Flavio Fuga
Combat Prize – Blob Art Cultural Association – Finalist with the artwork “(Biocities)
Colonia Piazza#9”
2011
Premio Basilio Cascella – Organized by the Civic Contemporary Art Museum of Ortona (CH, Italy) – Finalist
2010
Celeste Prize 2010 – Celeste Cultural Association – Winner of the on line vote
2009
Mondatori Art Prize – Finalist
Libri e cataloghi / Books and catalogs
2021 - Architextures. Architectural Abstractions – curated by and with critical texts of Leonardo Conti and Gianluca Marziani, prefaction by Daniela Porro (Superintendent MIBACT for Rome), other critical texts by Andrea Ciresola and Matteo Galbiati, and 22 Testimonial by important personalities of Institutions, Economy and Arts – Eclipse Edizioni, Milano – pp. 340
2019 – Biocities e Vibrazioni – curated by Francesco Basile and Mauro Tersigni, with texts by Gianluca Marziani and Andrea Romoli Barberini – pp. 50
2018 – Eur 42-Oggi: Visioni differenti/Eur 42-Today: different visions – with texts by Carlo D’Orta, Giuseppe Prode, Massimo Locci, Amedeo Schiattarella and Maria Italia Zacheo – Inail Editions, Roma – pp. 280
2017 – Eur 42/Oggi: visioni differenti – curated by Giuseppe Prode and with texts by Giuseppe Prode, Amedeo Schiattarella and Carlo D’Orta – Honos Art Gallery Editions, Roma – pp. 46
2015 – Arte in Circolo – together with Giacinto Occhionero – curated by and with critical texts by Gianluca Marziani and Giulia Abate – Mucciaccia Gallery Editions, Roma – pp. 47
2013 - La Biologia dell’Inorganico/Biology of the Inorganic – curated by Italo Bergantini with critical texts by Gianluca Marziani and Valerio Dehò and an interview with Carlo D’Orta by Gaia Conti - Romberg Edizioni – pp 114
2010 – Ritmi Architettonici/Architektonische Rhythmen – curated by Floriana Tondinelli - with critical texts by Valerio Dehò and Floriana Tondinelli – pp. 141
2010 – Astrattismi Paralleli/Parallel Abstractionism – together with Danilo Susi – withcritical texts by Loris Schermi and Giorgio Giovanetti – pp. 80
Interviste e main Media/Interview and main Media
2020 – Art Interview to Carlo D’Orta, in All Art Magazine, october 2020 – interview by Giorgia Ligasacchi, Art Department of Negri-Clementi law firm
2020 – Carlo D’Orta e Francesco Zero. Oltre l’equilibrio/Carlo D’Orta and Francesco Zero. Beyond Balance – in La Voce, 11 febbraio 2020 - article by Giuseppe Onorato
2020 – Carlo D’Orta e Francesco Zero. Oltre l’equilibrio. Dal figurativo all’astrazione. Il “codice stilistico della dualità”/Beyond balance. From figurative to abstraction. The “stylist code of duality” - in Il Corriere di Roma, January 2020 – article by Alessandro Piccinini
2019 – Carlo D’Orta ed Enrico Benaglia. Doppia mostra personale di due grandi nomi e due grandi autori/Double personal exhibition of two great names and two great authors – in Il Corriere di Roma, December 2019 – article by Francesco Zero
2019 – Movimento e Armonia in Enrico Benaglia e Carlo D’Orta/Movement and Harmony in Enrico Benaglia and Carlo D’Orta – in La Voce, 10 december 2020 – article by Francesco Zero
2019 – Architetture e forme nella fotografia di Carlo D’Orta, ossia la pelle delle città/Architectures and forms in the photography of Carlo D’Orta, or the skin of cities. - Interview with Carlo D’Orta by Diego Santamaria – in Espoarte Photography Special, March 2019, p. 24 -
2018 – Interview with Carlo D’Orta – in Art&Law. Legal journal on Art, n. 3/2018, p. 88 interview by Redaction
2018 – Il quartiere dell’EUR: 80 anni di visioni/The EUR district: 80 years of visions - in Corriere della Sera, 4 maggio 2018, Cronaca of Roma, p. 13 – article by Paolo Conti
2018 – 80 anni del quartiere dell’EUR. Fotografie d’autore per un quartiere mito/80years of the EUR district. Author’s photograph for a mito district – in La Repubblica, 1
maggio 2018, p. IX – article by Giuseppe Serao
2018 - 80 anni di EUR. Un libro ed una mostra personale del fotografo Carlo D’Orta celebrano il quartiere omano/80 years of the EUR. A book and an exhibition of the photographer Carlo D’Orta to celebrate the Roman district – in Artribune, 28 April 2018 – article by Desirée Maida
2018 - Radio Radio by Night interviews Carlo D’Orta
2017 - Realtà alternative scoperte tra le line/Alternate realities discovered between the lines – in InsideArt, December 2017, p. 110 – article by Alessandro Caruso
2017 – The Biocities by Carlo D’Orta - in PhotoUp Magazine, 9/12/2017 – article by Antonella Simonelli
2017 – Carlo D’Orta: “Eur 42/Today–Different Visions” – in “Artisti in Campo”, 2017, n. 8, p. 44 – article by Rosa Orsini
2017 – Honos Art Gallery interviews Carlo D’Orta
2016 - Carlo D’Orta at Rome Art Week – Roma Italia Lab, 13/10/2016 – Interview by the Editor
2016 – Details, interview with Carlo D’Orta – Alidem-Art of Photography, 10/10/2016 – Interview by the Editor
2016 – Carlo D’Orta: (De)Composition of Reality – InsideArt, 1/4/2016 – Redazione,
2016– I Palazzi del Potere/Palaces of Power – Freccia Trenitalia, February 2016 – Interview by Silvia Del Vecchio
2015 – Images Beyond the Lens – AI/Aperitivo Illustrato, spring 2015, n. 69 – Interview by Gaia Conti
2014– Obiettivo Architettura/Objective Architecture # 15: Carlo D’Orta - ADToday, 2014 June 25 – Interview by Sonia Braga, http://adtoday.it/obiettivo-architettura15/
2013– La biologia del’Inorganico/Biology of the Inorganic – Domus, 2013 April 16 – by Gianluca Marziani
2011 – Carlo D’Orta: Riflessi Astratti/Abrastrac Reflections – Artitude, 2011 January 31 – Interview by Valentina Di Pietro
Principali collaborazioni e testi critici/Main collaborations and critical texts
Critical texts and articles about his artistic work have been written by:
Giovanni Benedicenti, Lorenzo Canova, Alessandro Caruso, Andrea Ciresola, Manuela Congedi, Gaia Conti, Leonardo Conti, Paolo Conti, Grazia De Girolamo, Valerio Dehò, Valentina Di Pietro, Rolando Frascaro, Matteo Galbiati, Giorgio Giovannetti, Francesco Maria Greco, Carla Guidi, Elisa Heusch, Massimo Locci, Sabrina Marenzi, Emanuele Marsigliotti, Gianluca Marziani, Stefania Minutaglio, Giuseppe Onorato, Rosa Orsini, Alessandro Piccinini, Daniela Porro, Giuseppe Prode, Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi, Giuseppe Prode, Wolfgang Riehle, Andrea Romoli Barberini, Vito Salerno, Loris Schermi, Amedeo Schiattarella, Giuseppe Serao, Floriana Tondinelli, Alessandro Trabucco, Maria Italia Zacheo, Maria Zarebczan, Francesco Zero.
Hanno promosso, curato od organizzato sue mostre, tra gli altri / they have promoted, curated or organized his exhibitions, among others:
Giulia Abate, Motti Abramovitz e Sandra Bauser, Adelinda Allegretti, Marco Arienti, Francesco Basile e Mauro Tersigni, Giovanni Benedicenti, Juliana Benelli, Italo Bergantini, Lorenzo Canova, Leone Cappiello, Sandro Conte, Leonardo Conti, Wilfried Dechau, Valerio Dehò, Genny Di Bert, Mino Di Vita, Paolo Feroce, Juan Carlos Garcia Alia, Ann-Katrin Gunzel, Katharina Hausel, Guillaume Maitre e Paulo Perez, Gianfranco Marchetta, Sabrina Marenzi, Gianluca Marziani, Carla Mazzone, Stefania Minutaglio e Maria Zarebczan, Mario Napoli e Flavia Motolese, Alessandro Paron, Virgilio Patarini, Carola Peter, Giuseppe Prode, Giuseppe Purificato, Loris Schermi, Anna Soricaro, Floriana Tondinelli, Alessandro Trabucco, Maria Italia Zacheo e Chiara Velocci, Francesco Zero.
