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Paolo Serra

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Paolo Serra was born in 1946 in Morciano di Romagna, on the hills near Rimini. His artistic education took place in England, where he moved when very young and held his successful first solo show when only sixteen. For years the artist has undertaken an original new form of research into light, space and form that brings him to create works characterised by pure line and fascinating colour. The techniques he uses to create depth in his work are the result of use of ancient materials, such as hundreds of very light layers of oriental lacquering, the precious shine of gold leaf, or Titianesque reds made from cochineal. He produces abstract works which conceal behind their apparent chromatic minimalism a dense grid of stratifications of colour, allowing the viewer to glimpse a more intimate and mysterious form of depiction. The criterion with which he arranges his geometric shapes on the surface is inspired by the Fibonacci series, in which each number is the sum of the two numbers before it.

The artist obliges the viewer to go beyond the immediate appearance of things and process the work mentally. Serra’s works are included in prestigious public and private collections, abroad and in Italy: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Arts Council of Great Britain; Nuffield Foundation, Great Britain; Rembrandt Society, the Netherlands; National Bank of the Netherlands; Amro Bank, the Netherlands; Westland Utrecht Bank, the Netherlands; Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna; Museum der Stadt Waiblingen, Waiblingen; National Versicherungen, Basel; Bâloise, Basler Versicherungen, Basel; UBS AG, Basel; Banquiers Dreyfus & Cie, Paris – Basel.

Solo exhibition

2020    

Homage to Sassetta, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK

 

2014   

Eventinove Artecontemporanea, Turin, Italy

Marcorossi Artecontemporanea, Milan, Italy

 

2012    

Variationen über ein Thema, Galerie Henze & Ketterer & Triebold, Riehen,Switzerland

 

2011    

Reflected Light, Marcorossi Artecontemporanea, Pietrasanta, Italy

Opere Recenti, Galleria Eventinove Artecontemporanea, Borgomanero, Italy

 

2010    

Reflected Light, Eventinove Artecontemporana, Turin, Italy

Guardare non è Semplice Come Sembra, Marcorossi Artecontemporanea, Verona,Italy

Contemporaneamte, Marcorossi Artecontemporanea, Pietrasanta, Italy

Opere Recenti, Eventinove Artecontemporanea, Borgomanero, Italy

 

2009   

Distant Memories, Galerie Henze & Ketterer & Triebold, Riehen, Switzerland

Galleria Daniele, Padua, Italy

 

2008   

Reflected Light, Spirale Arte Artecontemporanea, Milan, Italy

 

2007    

Opere Recenti, Rocca Albornoz, Narni,Italy

 

2006    

Variazioni sulla Serie di Fibonacci, Il Laboratorio dell’Imperfetto, Gambettola, Italy

 

2005    

Variazioni sulla Serie di Fibonacci, Galerie Triebold AG, Riehen, Switzerland

 

2004   

Castelleale – Waiblingen, Galerie der Stadt Waiblingen, Waiblingen, Germany

 

2003   

Ronchini Arte Contemporanea, Terni, Italy

 

2002    

Orizzonti, Galerie Triebold AG, Riehen, Switzerland

Galerie der Stadt Waiblingen, Stuttgart, Germany

 

2001   

Galerie Magnus Aklundh, Malmö, Sweden

Art Cologne 01, Galerie Triebold, Köln, Germany

 

2000   

Ronchini Arte Contemporanea, Terni, Italy

 

1999   

Galerie Triebold, Rheinfelden, Switzerland

 

1998   

Art 19 ’98 Basel, Galerie Triebold, Basel, Switzerland

 

1997   

Ronchini Arte Contempanea, Terni, Italy

Galerie Triebold, Basel, Switzerland

Art 28 ’97 Basel, Galerie Triebold, Basel, Switzerland

 

1996   

Adelphi Arte Contemporanea, Padua, Italy

Art 27 ’96, Basel, Switzerland

Kunst 96, Zürich, Switzerland

Art Cologne 96, Köln, Germany

 

1995   

Galerie Triebold, Basel, Switzerland

Galerie Magnus Aklundh, Lund, Sweden

Galerie Lars Boman, Karlavägen, Sweden

Ronchini Arte Contemporanea, Terni, Italy

Art 26 ’95, Basel, Switzerland

Art Cologne 95, Köln, Germany

 

1994   

Galerie Trieboll, Basel, Switzerland

 

1993   

Fiac, Paris, France

 

1992   

Galleria Bello Sguardo, Cagli, Italy

 

1990   

Galleria d’Arte Rizzerò, BIAF, Barcellona, Spain

 

1980   

Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

1979   

Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

1978   

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Yarrow Gallery, Oundle School, Buckinghamshire, UK

Oxford Gallery, Oxford, UK

 

1976   

Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

Kingsthorpe, Northampton, UK

House Gallery de Hondekop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

1974   

Prudhoe Gallery, London, UK

 

1972   

Prudhoe Gallery, London, UK

 

1971   

Alfred East Gallery, Kettering, UK

 

1962   

Century Gallery, Northampton, UK

Group exhibition

2017   

EXPO Chicago, Ronchini Gallery, Chicago, USA

Dallas Art Fair, Ronchini Gallery, Dallas, USA

 

2016   

Untitled Art Fair, Ronchini Gallery, Miami Beach, USA

Biennale disegno di Rimini, Rimini, Italy

Art Miami, Ronchini Gallery, Miami, USA

Art Brussels, Ronchini Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Carlesso | Serra, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK

 

2015   

ArteFiera, Bologna, Italy

 

2014    

Paolo Serra | Paolo Iacchetti, Eventinove Artecontemporanea, Turin, Italy

Paolo Serra | Paolo Iacchetti, Marco Rossi Artecontemporanea, Milan, Italy

 

2013   

Adriano Ronchini, gli Artisti che ho Amato, Caos, Terni, Italy

 

2012   

Mirco Marchelli, Robert Pan, Paolo Serra, Galleria Ghetta, Ortisei, Italy

 

2011   

Opere su Carta, eventinove artecontemporanea, Borgomanero

 

2009   

Astrazioni, Galleria Eventinove, Borgomanero, Italy

 

2008   

Memorabilia, Galleria Santa Croce, Cattolica, Italy

 

2007   

Linee all’orizzonte, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Genova, Italy

 

2006   

Die Landschaftsdarstellung von 1909 bis heute. Von Dario Alvarez Basso bis Bernd Zimmer, Galerie Henze & 

Ketterer & Triebold, Basel, Switzerland

 

2005   

Levitas, Galleria disegno arte contemporanea, Mantova, Italy

 

2004   

Material + Malerei. Abstrakte Kunst aus der Sammlung BIEDERMANN, LovisKabinett, Städtische Galerie, 

VillingenSchwenningen, Germany

 

2001   

Kontraste I. Zwischen Figuration und Abstraktion, Galerie Triebold, Riehen, Switzerland

 

2000   

Die Farbe Rot, Galerue Triebold, Riehen, Switzerland

 

1999   

Blue Dreams, Galerie Triebold, Riehen, Switzerland

 

1991   

Dualità, Galleria I Dioscuri, Monopoli, Italy

Anni 90, Renato Barilli, Bologna, Italy

Lugo Crea Biennale, Pierre Restany, Bagnacavallo, Italy

 

1990   

Extra Moenin, Galleria Rizziero, Teramo, Italy

 

1989   

Arte Fiera, Olanda 89, Bologna, Italy

Casualità Definita, Fiera di Rimini, Italy

 

1988   

Riflesso, Galleria Fiorucci, Gubbio, Italy

 

1983   

10 Jaar Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

1980   

City Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK

 

1979   

Dies De Jolge, Pit Van Loo, Paolo Serra, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

1977   

Stedelik Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

1976   

Stedelijk Museum, Amterdam, The Netherlands

 

1974   

Northampton Development Corporation, Northampton, UK

 

1973   

12th Sãn Pãulo Biennal, British Pavillon, São Paãulo, Brazil

 

1972   

Salon Des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France

 

1971   

Summer Exhibition, Hamet Gallery, London, UK

Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton, UK

Arts SpectrumCentral, E.M.A.A. Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, UK

Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln, UK

Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, UK

 

1964   

Common Wealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK

Private and Public Collections Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Arts Council of Great Britain, UK

East Midlands Art Association, UK

Open University, UK

Nuffield Foundation, UK

Friends of the Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton, UK

All Saints Middle School, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, UK

Milton Keynes Development Corporation, Milton Keynes, UK

Vriji Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

PTT Aestetic Services of the Netherlands, The Netherlands

Rembrandt Society, The Netherlands

National Bank of the Netherlands, The Netherlands

Amro Bank, The Netherlands

Museum der Stadt Waiblingen, Waiblingen, Stuttgart, Germany

National Versicherungen, Basel, Switzerland

Collection

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Arts Council of Great Britain, UK

East Midlands Art Association, UK

Open University, UK

Nuffield Foundation, UK

Friends of the Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton, UK

All Saints Middle School, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, UK

Milton Keynes Development Corporation, Milton Keynes, UK

Vriji Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

PTT Aestetic Services of the Netherlands, The Netherlands Rembrandt Society, The Netherlands

National Bank of the Netherlands, The Netherlands

Amro Bank, The Netherlands

Museum der Stadt Waiblingen, Waiblingen, Stuttgart, Germany

National Versicherungen, Basel, Switzerland

Baloise, Basler Versicherungen, Basel, Switzerland

UBS AG, Basel, Switzerland

Banquiers Dreyfus & Cie. Paris and Basel

Sammlung Biedermann, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

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