24 November to 10 December 2015, Bulgaria, Varna, Bulart Gallery, ”SHAPE SHIFTERS”  international project by Raul Zamudio (USA)

Paolo Vivian was invited to participate in the international project  ”SHAPE SHIFTERS” by the renowned curator from New York, Raul Zamudio. From 24 November to 10 December  at the Bulart gallery in Varna, Bulgaria, will be held an exhibition of sculpture, photography, objects and sound and video installations, made by 14 artists from Bulgaria, USA, Mexico, India, Italy, France, Austria, Spain and Puerto Rico. Underlying this idea is the study of the transformations and cultural shifts displayed in the context of the collective memory and socio-political attitude.
Paolo Vivian will present a new work entitled "Good Intentions" – an object of painted wood with embedded cedar seeds, which  indicates mutations of the intentions in our human life. In occasion of the event will be edited a publication that documents the chronology of the research and its fruits.

Opening: November 24th , 2015 at 6:00 pm
Location: Bulart gallery, via Shipka 22, Varna 9000, Bulgaria
Duration from 24 November to 10 December 2015; free admission

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30 October - 14 November 2015, Italy, Trento, Sala Thun, Torre Mirana, "The Silence", collective exhibition

From 30th October  to 14th November 2015 at Torre Mirana,in Thun hall in the city of Trento, Italy will be held the annual exhibition of the association of the artists from Trentino by the prestigious group "La cerchia” (The Circle). The exhibition is under title "The Silence". The event is accompanied by a catalog with critical texts by head of culture departpemnt of the Trento Municipality Dr. Andrea Robol and by the art critic Elisabetta Doniselli. Paolo Vivian will present a sculpture of ancient wood, flint and color called "Silent Traces".

Inauguration: Friday, October 30th , 2015 at 6 p.m.
Venue: Hall Thun, Torre Mirana, 3 Belenzani st, Trento, Italy | www.lacerchia.it
Working time: 10-12 / 16 -19 from Monday to Saturday, Sunday closed

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24 - 31 October 2015, Italy, Folgaria (Trento), Symposium of wooden sculpture: tribute to Cirillo Grott

From 24 to 31 October 2015 at the Guardia di Folgaria (Trento) will be held the Symposium for wooden sculpture. The event is dedicated to the great Trentino sculptor and poet Cirillo Grott  (1937 -1990). The event is organized by Association of the Valley Rosspach with support from the City of Magnificent Folgaria and communities of the Altipiani Cimbri.  Paolo Vivian was invited with eight other prominent artists from Italy who will realize its sculptures for a week with a program full of meetings between sculpture and music.

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4 - 12 september 2015, Italy, Villa Agnedo (Trento), "Pietre D’Acqua", II International sculpture symposium in granite

From 4 to 12 September Paolo Vivian is invited with eight other Italian sculptors to participate in the second edition of the "Pietre D’Acqua" (Stones On Water), the sculpture symposium in granite, which will be held in the park along the river Chieppena in Villa Agnedo, Trentino. The symposium is under artistic direction of Paolo Dolzan, organized by Ecomuseum Valsugana. The goal is to create an open -air museum, along with the memory of those who knew how to live the territory obtaining the necessary support with ability and commitment to represent such a small excellence of Trentino. Paolo Vivian will create a sculpture entitled "Traces and presences.".
Inauguration of the works and presentation of the catalog will be on Wednesday, September 16th at 07:00 pm.

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2 - 6 September 2015, Italy, Varese, Arcumeggia di Casalzuigno, Wood Gallery, 1st Symposium for sculpture in wood

From 2 to 6 September, a group of six prominent sculptors will be engaged in the Wood Gallery for Sculpture Symposium in wood, a competition / exhibition organized by the Pro Loco of Arcumrggia (Varese), under the artistic direction of Luca Rendina. The invited artists are moldovian Victor Pelin and Italians Martalar, Emilio Parinetti, Fulvio Borgogno, Jessica Ielpo and Paolo Vivian. Vivian will participate with a project in the form of totems, entitled "Memories of one kiss", which will be created by a larch trunk about 2 x 0.50 m. On the occasion of the Symposium will be held in a communal space one collective show, dedicated to the protagonists of the event. The works will remain on display through the end of September. The award ceremony will be held on Sunday, 6th September at 12:00 pm where they will be awarded by Prize of the critics and the Prize of the audience.

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1 August – 6 September 2015, Italy, Vermiglio (Trento), “Vermiglio 1915 - 2015: L'Esodo”, collective exhibition

On  Saturday, August 1 in the halls of the Cultural Centre of Vermiglio will be presented  VERMIGLIO 1915 - 2015: THE EXODUS – the collective exhibition of  "La Cerchia" -  the artist`s association from Trentino. The story from which the exhibition is inspired, takes place from 1915 to 1917, when the population of Vermiglio was forcibly evacuated, for military and strategic reasons to the field of Mitterndorf, near Vienna, with other refugees from different backgrounds, torn too 'them to their land. The exhibition, supported by the City of Vermilion and the Autonomous Region Trentino -AltoAdige, will be completed by the catalog with critical note by prof. Mario Cossali. Paolo Vivian will participate with his new wooden sculpture entitled "L` Esodo - bright eyes." The exhibition is open to 6 September, with working time  in August: 9:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 18:00 every day; and in September from Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 18:00.

Opening: saturday, 1st august 2015 at 6 p.m.
Vermiglio (TN) , Exhibition hall in  Polo culturale

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27 july  - 1 august 2015 , Italy, Tesino (Trento), "Lights and shadows of wood" , XIV International Wooden Sculpture Competition  

Paolo Vivian participates at XIVth edition of International Sculpture Competition named "Lights and shadows of wood" (Lucie d ombre del legno) in Castello Tesino (Trento) with 25 other artists from Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Romania, Spain, Czech Republic. It will be awarded three prizes with money value and it will be organized a traveling exhibition with catalog dedicated to the three winning artists.The project of  Vivian is wooden sculpture dedicated by the concept of the balance between horizontal direction of the orginary life and the verticals of the human longing for inside purification and spiritual perfection. The award ceremony of the contest will take place on Saturday, August 1st, at 5: 00  pm in the Gardens of Via Dante of the castel Tesino (Trento).

Read more: http://www.luciedombredellegno.it

22 - 26 June  2014, Italy, Veneto, Auronzo di Cadore (Belluno), XXVII International Sculpture Competition in wood

The XXVI edition of the International Sculpture Competition in wood will be held from 22 to 26 June at the city of Auronzo di Cadore, Belluno province, Veneto region in Italy. The event is organized by the Municipality of Auronzo di Cadore (BL). Paolo Vivian participates in the contest with 11 prominent artists from Italy and abroad working in pine wood. The competition will continue with a public ceremony of closure at 26th  June  2015 at 5:00  pm in Consular Hall of the Municipality.

12 - 14 June 2015, Italy, Borgo Sacco di Rovereto, Chiesetta SS Trinità, HORTUS SACRUM, solo exhibition

It opens in Friday, June 12nd, 2015 at 6:30 pm the solo exhibition by Paolo Vivian entitled "HORTUS SACRUM" at the church SS. Trinity, Viale Vittoria in Borgo Sacco di Rovereto (Trento).  An exclusive space where the artist will create his sacred garden of memories. The sculptures and wooden panels are the fruits of his artistic interest in the field of collective memory and social behavior. The art critic Prof. Mario Cossali will present the exhibition. The exhibition  takes place as part of the XVIIth edition of the event "A village and its river" ( Un Borgo e suo fiume)  in Rovereto , organised  by the Municipality of Rovereto. The exhibition will remain open until 14 June 2015 with the working time - Friday from 18 to 22.30; Saturday and Sunday from 14 to 22.30.

Opening: 12 June 2015 at 6:30 pm

Chiesetta SS Trinità - Viale Vittoria, Borgo Sacco di Rovereto (TN)

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30 May - 28 June 2015, Italy, Sardinia, Museum Sa Corona Arrubia, “Artisti a statuto special” (Artists with special status), collective exhibition

After the great success in Trento (Palazzo Thun, April 2015), it landed in Sardinia, the exhibition "Artists with special status" - the event that crosses symbolically the two autonomous Italian provinces of Trentino - Alto Adige and Sardinia, a mix  through the universal  language of art and creativity. The event, conceived by the artist Antonello Serra, it is curated  by art critics Paolo Serena  and Maurizio Scudiero. On Saturday, May 30 at 6 p.m. will take place the opening of the exhibition at the Museum of Natural Territory G. Pusceddu (Sa Corona Arrubia) and the exhibition is running until 28 June 2015. As participants of the project are seven artists of Trentino - Claudio Cavalieri, Piermario Dorigatti, Gaia Gianardi, Lome, Riccardo Resta, Antonello Serra and  Paolo Vivian  and seven Sardinian artists - Giuseppe Bosich, Silvano Caria, Antonio Ledda, Marco Pili, Ivo Putzolu, Alberto Scalas e Franca Tronci. In support of the event has published a catalog.

Official opening: 30  may 2015  at 6 :00 p.m.
Duration:  31 may 2015  - 28 june 2015
Museo Sa Corona Arrubia | Via L. Puxeddu 1 | 09020, Villanofaforru |Sardegna

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9 - 19 May 2015, Bulgaria, Varna, Morska gradina (The Sea garden), FREEDOM, International Exhibition of Monumental Sculpture

From 9 to 15 May 2015 in Varna, Bulgaria,the Morska gradina (Sea Garden) will host  FREEDOM - the international exhibition of monumental sculpture in stone and wood. The exhibition is the result of the creative residencies during the International Sculpture meeting, which is a prestigious event in the frame of VII edition of CONTEMPO – international contemporary art festival. Paolo Vivian, the artistic director of the forum will participate in the exhibition with his wooden sculpture "Verticalis. Horizzontals"  , inspired by the marine capital of Bulgaria. The exhibition will  be open with presentation by the Mayor of Varna  Ivan Portnih, councilor of culture Antonya Yovcheva and project curator Dora Doncheva. Organized :  Raya Georgieva Foundation with the financial support of the Municipality of Varna, Kultura Fund. After the exhibition closes all the works will be posted in the city parks.

Opening: 9 May 2015 at 6: 00 pm
Varna, Morska gradina (The Sea Garden), Ex- Restaurant "Morsko kazino"
more info: www.contempovarna.org

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30 April - 10 May 2015, Bulgaria, Varna, International Sculpture Meeting , FREEDOM, 7 international contemporary festival - CONTEMPO

Paolo Vivian was invited to be the artistic director for  the International Sculpture Meeting in Varna, Bulgaria. The event is in occasion of VII edition of the international contemporary art  festival  contempo,  organized by Raya Georgieva Foundation with financial support of the Municipality of Varna, Kultura Fund. The International Meeting is for monumental sculpture in stone and wood. After a selection in the forum were invited nine prominent artists from five countries. They will work in front of the audience in the Sea Garden in Varna inspired under the temma Freedом (the symbolic word for the concept of freedom and the home of the soul). Paolo Vivian will create a sculpture on wood with the title "Orrizontali .Verticali", which indicates the crosspoint between the horizontal direction of human ordinary life with the eternal desire for freedom and inner purity. Other foreign  artists in the list are Girts Burvis (Latvia), Piort Bies (Poland), Konrad Risch (Germany) and bulgarian artists Nikolay Ninov, Tzvetoslav Hristov, Emil Bachiiski, Rumen Dimitrov - Popa and Radoslav Radev. The International Sculpture Meeting will take final stage with exhibition of the newly created works on the Day of Europe at the Sea Garden, Varna. In the occasion of the event will be edited the catalog.

more info www.contempovarna.org

4 - 19 April 2015, Italy, Trento, Palace Thun, Torre Mirana Hall, "Artisti a statuto speciale", collective exhibition

The exhibition "Artists with a special status" ("Artisti a statuto speciale") is an event that crosses symbolically the two autonomous provinces - Trentino and Sardinia, through the universal language of art. The event, sponsored by EventArt, conceived by Antonello Serra, is curated by Paolo Sirena and Maurizio Scudiero. From 4th to 19th April in Trento at the exhibition spaces of Palazzo Thun ,in Torre Mirana with the works of Claudio Cavalieri, Piermario Dorigatti, Gaia Gianardi, Lome, Riccardo Resta, Antonello Serra and Paolo Vivian Trentino region meets the Sardinia with the Sardinian artists Giuseppe Bosich, Silvano Caria, Antonio Ledda, Marco Pili, Ivo Putzolu, Alberto Scalas and Franca Tronci. In May, the exhibition will be presented in Sardinia, at the Museum Sa Corona Arrubia. In support of the event has published a catalog.

Opening: 4th April 2015 at 5:00 p.m.

Palazzo Thun, Via Belenzani, Trento, Italia

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13 - 29 March 2015, Italy, Trento, Torre Mirana, "Artèresistenza, The Color of Freedom", collective exhbition

Will be inaugurated on Friday, March 13th at the exhibition spaces Torre Mirana the collective show  intitled  "Artèresistenza, The colors of freedom". The goal of the event is an artistic research about moral and civil commitment aware of its history.  The exhibition is organized by ANPI - Trentino and it is a part of the initiatives for the 70th anniversary of the Resistance. More than 50 paintings and sculptures related to the same topic have created by 49 artists from Trentino region. Paolo Vivian was invited to participate with his sculpture in wood "The Gioia". The curators of the project are prof. Mario Cossali and prof. Renzo Francescotti. In the occasion of the event is published the catalog. The exhibition will rins until 29th of March.

Opening: Friday , March 13th , 2015 at 5:30 p.m.
Italy, Trento, via Belenzani; the exhibition space Torre Mirana

20 February - 18 March 2015, Bulgaria, Varna, Bulart Gallery, ”InterSection”, international curatorial project

Paolo Vivian is invited to participate in the international curatorial project, titled “InterSection” held from 20th February until 12th March 2015 at Bulart gallery, Varna, Bulgaria. The collective exhibition presents paintings, sculpture, sound installations, prints  and video made by 20 artists from Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Belgium, UK, The Netherlands, Ireland. The subject of the project is focused under identity during time of globalization, the questions about personal freedom and personalization through cultural movements and social models. Vivian will participates with two wooden panels - “The Labyrinth” and  “Memorie Aqua”, created especially for the project.

Inauguration: 20 February 2015 at 06:00 pm
Bulart gallery, 22 Shipka st , Varna, 9000, Bulgaria
Duration: 20|02 - 12|03 |2015; free entrance
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