DANIA ZANOTTO
Dania Zanotto was born in Treviso, Italy, on May 4th, 1975.
In 1998, she graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, where she earned the Master’s degree in Visual Arts and Theory of Show Production in 2011.
She currently lives in Brescia, Italy, where she teaches Visual Arts in a local high-school.
PRIZES
2010 Selection Artslive 2010, curated by Carolina Lio, exhibitions: Galleria Yvonne Artecontemporanea, Vicenza (Italy); and XX.912.Fabrika, Piombino Dese (Padova), Italy.
2008 1ˢͭ Prize, III Premio Internazionale Arte Laguna /Sculpture section, curated by Igor Zanti, Fondazione Benetton Studi e Ricerche, Spazi Bomben ,Treviso, Italy.
2007 Selection Premio d’Arte Donato Frisia/V edition, curated by Sara Fontana, Palazzo Prinetti, Merate (Lecco), Italy.
2006 Selection Premio Aletti ArtVerona/ l’Arte e i suoi percorsi, Verona, Italy.
2003 Selection IV Premio Cairo Communication/Giovane figurazione, curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano, Italy.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 I giardini della Scultura 3 (with Albano Seguri), curated by MAC (Mantova Contemporary Art Guild), Centro Culturale Baratta, Mantova, Italy.
2014 Vestite d’Armonia, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati, Grande Albergo Ausonia & Hungaria, Lido di Venezia, Italy.
2014 Aniama Muliebre/abiti-scultura, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati, Chiostro dei Cappuccini, Chiavenna (Sondrio), Italy.
2010 Vie di Fuga/Senza Confini (performance), curated by Carolina Lio and Yvonne Pugliese, Galleria Yvonne Artecontemporanea, Vicenza, Italy.
2009 Aria (with Toyomi Nara), curated by Carolina Lio, Galleria Yvonne Artecontemporanea, Vicenza, Italy.
2008 Art Prize 2008. La Sfida di Aracne, curated by Igor Zanti, Brolo, Mogliano Veneto (Treviso), Italy.
2008 Phada Murgania, curated by Carlo Sala, Ex Chiesetta S. Antonio, Badoere, Treviso, Italy.
2007 Storia, immaginazione, verità e leggenda, curated by Carlo Sala, Polin Contemporanea Gallery, Treviso, Italy.
2006 Dania Zanotto, curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Santa Marta Gallery, Milan, Italy.
1999 Dania Zanotto, curated by Agostino Morandin, Palazzo del Podestà, Treviso, Italy.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Liberepersonelibere, Esposizione Internazionale di Sculture, Installazioni e Dipinti, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati, Scoletta della Bragora, Campo Bandiera e Moro, Venice, Italy.
Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea Imprimatur, terza edizione, curated by Vincenzo Denti and Donato Novellini, Chiesa Castello, San Martino dall’Argine (Mantova), Italy.
Il Vuoto e le Forme 2014, 4. Esposizione Internazionale di Sculture, Installazioni e Dipinti/ Venice mon amour, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati, Palazzo Pestalozzi, Piazza Bertacchi, Palazzo Pretorio, ex Convento dei Cappuccini, Chiavenna (Sondrio), Italy.
Affordable Art Fair, Superstudio Più, Galleria Yvonne Artecontemporanea, Milan, Italy.
2013
Selection 2014, curated by Yvonne Pugliese, Fabbrica Saccardo, Vicenza, Italy.
Luce sul Mare, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati and Martina Rossi, Porto Mirabello, La Spezia, Italy.
2012
O si è un’opera d’arte o la si indossa, curated by Yvonne Pugliese, Galleria Yvonne Artecontemporanea, Vicenza, Italy.
Mostra pop-up, curated by Yvonne Pugliese, Villa Canal, Grumolo delle Abbadesse (Vicenza), Italy.
2011
Un’idea di Mare/ Esposizione Internazionale di Sculture, Installazioni e Dipinti, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati and Fabio Trincardi, Caserma Cornoldi, Venice, Italy.
Bride, A Portable Royal Palace, Four Events for Caterina Cornaro, Venezia-Asolo-Larnaka 2010-2011, curated by Gloria Vallese, Forte Turco, Larnaka (Cipro), Italy.
Selection 2012, curated by di Yvonne Pugliese, Galleria Yvonne Artecontemporanea, Vicenza, Italy.
Donna e Musa, curated by Polin Contemporanea Gallery, Ca’ dei Carraresi , Treviso, Italy.
2010
In Chartis Mevaniae, curated by Carlo Sala and Franco Troiani, Museo Civico, Bevagna (Perugia), Italy.
Once I lived here, La reggia portatile, curated by Gloria Vallese and Carlo Sala, Museo Civico, Asolo (Treviso), Italy.
Living/Leaving, La reggia portatile, curated by Gloria Vallese, Associazione Nuova Icona, Oratorio di San Ludovico, Venice, Italy.
Liquida Preview- festival d’arte contemporanea, curated by Carlo Sala, Museo di Santa Caterina, Treviso, Italy.
Dis-abitare: per una riflessione sui luoghi, curated by Carlo Sala, Ex commercial site, Fonte (Treviso), Italy.
Please me fashion, fluttuazioni fra Arte e Moda, curated by Isabella Falbo, Ferruccio Piromani, Roberto Roda, Palazzo Ducale, Sabbioneta (Mantova), Italy.
Ricognizione sulla nuova Arte in Veneto, curated by Carolina Lio, Studio Bazzini, Milan, Italy.
Save Ours Skiers , curated by Viviana Siviero, De Faveri Artecontemporanea Gallery, Feltre (Belluno), Italy.
Suspense, curated by Carolina Lio, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito, Venezia, Italy.
2009
Art for l’Aquila, curated by Magdalena Rutkowska and Blandine Martin, Abate Zanetti Glass School, Murano (Venice), Italy.
The Cream Society, curated by Gloria Vallese and Carlo Sala, Fondation La Fornace, Asolo (Treviso), Italy.
Degli uomini selvaggi e d’altre forasticherie, curated by Viviana Siviero, Lab 610 XL and De Faveri Gallery, Sovramonte (Belluno), Italy.
Cream in Paradise, curated by Gloria Vallese, Paradiso, Giardini of the Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Facciamo quadrato, curated by Roberto Pozzobon, Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy.
L’anima del suono, curated by Antonio Costanzo, Maria Luisa Trevisan, Myriam Zerbi, PaRDeS , Mirano (Venice), Italy.
La traccia dell’arte a Villa Carcina, curated by Silvia Iacobelli and Maddalena Penocchio, Villa Glisenti, Villa Carcina (Brescia), Italy.
2008
Animali Fantastici, curated by Chiara Casarin and Roberto Zamberlan, Santa Caterina Museum, Treviso, Italy.
Il Vuoto e le Forme, I Esposizione Internazionale di Sculture, Installazioni e Dipinti, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati, ex Convento dei Cappuccini, Chiavenna (Sondrio), Italy.
Open XI. Esposizione Internazionale di Sculture ed Installazioni/ CREAM on Madness and Straitjackets curated by Paolo De Grandis and Gloria Vallese, San Servolo island, Venice, Italy.
Ergo Iperbolico, curated by Luciano Ghersi, Mya Lurgo Gallery, Lugano, Italy.
Á travers l’immateriel-Omaggio a Yves Klein, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati, Mya Lurgo Gallery, Lugano, Italy.
Biennale Italia, curated by Angelo Calabrese, Francesco Elisei, Sara Costa, Paolo Feroce, San Leucio, Caserta, Italy.
Fiera Internazionale d’Arte, Palazzo dei Congressi, Rome, Italy.
Collettiva, curated by Christine Polin, Polin Contemporanea Gallery, Treviso, Italy.
2007
Sculture e Sculture, curated by Carlo Sala, Palazzo del Turismo, Jesolo (Venice), Italy.
Collettiva Spring Summer 2007, curated by Zaira Beretta, Zaion Gallery, Biella, Italy.
Sculture , curated by Christine Polin, Polin Contemporanea Gallery, Treviso, Italy.
2006
L’altro sguardo/ Visioni al femminile, curated by Silvia Caprari, Commenda di Pré, Genova, Italy.
Tempo per guardare le stelle, curated by Vanda Sabatino, Villa Glisenti, Villa Carcina (Brescia), Italy.
V Biennale d’arte Postumia Giovani/ Camerae pictae, curated by Paola Artoni and Antonella Gandini, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (Mantova), Italy.
Open 2006/ 9. International Exhibitition of Sculptures and Installations, curated by Paolo De Grandis, Lido di Venezia, Italy.
PortArte06/Ombre. Riflessi di contemporaneo, curated by Sandra Nava, Porta S.Agostino, Bergamo, Italy.
Tangenze arte/moda, curated by Gloria Vallese, Villa Vecelli Cavriani, Mozzecane (Verona), Italy.
2005
Atelier aperti/Work in progress, curated by Gloria Vallese and Paolo De Grandis, Fondaco Marcello, Venice, Italy.
Atelier aperti/Dancing with the elements, curated by Gloria Vallese, Centro Direzionale E33, S.Martino Buon Albergo (Verona), Italy.
Tra donne… , curated by Vanda Sabatino, Villa Glisenti, Villa Carcina (Brescia), Italy.
Atelier aperti/Skin & feathers, parallel event at the 51.International Art Exhibition-La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Gloria Vallese, Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy.
10 ragazze per me/pittura, scultura, grafica, installazioni + gioielli & poesia, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati, Palazzo Pretorio, Chiavenna (Sondrio), Italy.
Frammenti cosmici, curated by Pia Ferrari, Associazione Artisti Bresciani, Brescia, Italy.
2004
Io mi chiamo Eva, curated by Maria Chiara Valacchi, Spirale Arte Gallery, Pietrasanta (Lucca), Italy.
Medioevo prossimo venturo, curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo (Florence), Italy.
Sei come 6, curated by Anna Caterina Bellati, Palazzo Pretorio, Chiavenna (Sondrio), Italy.
2003
S8 pressione, curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Guidi & Schoen Gallery, Genova, Italy.
2002
Survive – L’arte salverà il mondo?, curated by Luigi Bozza and Massimo De Bortoli, Centro Officina Culturale, Latisana (Udine), Italy.
2001
Quotidiana 01, curated by Virginia Baradel, Guido Bartorelli, Stefania Schiavon, Museo Civico del Santo, Padova, Italy.
Lampi Grevi, curated by Francesco Tedeschi and Fabio Paris Art Gallery, Villa Glisenti, Villa Carcina (Brescia), Italy.
Markers, an outdoor banner event for Venice Biennale 2001, parallel event at the 49. International Art Exhibition- La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Riccardo Caldura, Cattedrale ex convento S. Maria Ausiliatrice, Venice, Italy.
2000
84.ma Collettiva della Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, curated by Riccardo Caldura, Bevilacqua La Masa Gallery, Venice, Italy.
Totemic Circle, Installation for the Festa europea della Musica, Campo S.Angelo, Venice, Italy.