ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Siena (Italy), 1965. Flavia Bigi is an eclectic artist: through her research, disparate media, colour, form, and movement, concur to read the several facets of the same topic. Like the alchemist, she looks for her own philosopher’s stone, for the junction whereby the being and the becoming spill over into each other, and the inherently strong tension between certainty and possibility is recognized and dealt with.  As Valery would have it,  ‘all is buried and bobs up again’, the real and the fanciful border each other. In a way,  her work meticolously dissects, indeed almost vivisects, the material in order to sort out the immaterial; and the target - Truth - legitimates the artist’s pursuit for  renewal.

STUDIES AND FORMATION

2003-2005  
Master at NYU, NYC

1999-2001  
International Art Academy, Rome

1994-97      
Atelier Kralijevic, Ankara,Turkey

1989            
Graduated from the University of Siena,Italy

1984           
BFA in Classical studies in Siena, Italy

WORKSHOPS, STAGES AND RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE

2003           
Workshop with James Rosenquist,Guggenheim Museum,NYC

CARRER RELATED EXPERIENCES

NYC co-editor of the British magazine "Soloarte"

CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL

2008 
TINA B- This Is Not Another Biennal - International Art Festival -Prague (CZ)                                              
Art section DRAKNESS IS NOON – Culture Italian Institute-Prague
curator Rosa Anna Musumeci 

CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR

2007 
Show Off
Espace Cardin, Paris (FR)
V07 Venice
Video Art Fair Venice (ITALY)

2005 
Pool Video Art Fair
Miami (CA) USA
AAF,New York
(NY) USA
Pool Art Fair, Solita
Soho Hotel, New York (NY) USA
DIVA Art
Fair,New York (NY) USA

SHOWS AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2008
Segni 20 X 20
 Torino
Lux
Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris
Etape One"
Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris-France

2006
Ca sent le sapin
Galerie Quang, Paris-France
The Italian Academy
at Columbia University, New York-NY-USA

2005 
Before Summer
The ice palace, New York-NY-USA
Magical landscapes
A Taste of Art Gallery, New York-USA

2004 
80 Washington Square
East Galleries, NYC
Watersounds
Rosenberg Gallery, two-persons video installation with  Doran  Massey, NYC

2002
MA fall show
Barney Building, NYU, NYC
Just Paint
Barney Building, NYU,NYC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2005
United Nations’
Secretariat South Lobby , New York USA

2001
Pitto-Danze
Galleria Athena Arte, Rome  ITALY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005
"A secret attraction", by Marek Bartelik
La bellezza del pericolo”, by Flaviana Scisci ,America Oggi /La Repubblica

2001
Il giornale d`Italia, "la Pitto-dance di Flavia Bigi", by Guerrino Mattei
"Danzare come pittare", by Guglielmo Gigliotti for "Pittodanze"

1999
"L`arte e` morta", by Fiorella Piras for "Spaesaggi"
La Nazione,"Spaesaggi, ovvero l`occhio di Flavia Bigi", by Paolo Maccherini