Michele Macchia

Michele Macchia

Location: Italy

BIOGRAPHY

Macchia Michele lives and works in Corato (Bari), via Donatello, 35 - diploma from the State Art Institute ( Sec . Ceramics) - tel. Mobile. 3287037171. He attended Scenography for a year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bari in Puglia. e.mail michele.macchia009@gmail.com - He exhibits in numerous national and international galleries, as well as in national and international competitions. His works belong to collections of Galleries, Museums and private individuals. He parteciped in different exhibition throughout in Europe and in U.S.A..in Asia ecc….. His painting have been published in several catalogues and art books.

CURRICULUM

-Premio Saatchi & Saatchi per giovani artisti, Milano, 1988;
-Concorso per Campionati Mondiali di Calcio, 1990;
-Comunità Montana della Murgia Nord Occidentale, 1993;
-Estemporanea cttà di Cisternino (Br), 1993;
-Expoarte, Bari, 1993;
-Medaglia d’oro Premio Internazionale Phrometeus, Massa Marittima, 1993;
- Galleria al “Centauro”, Bari, 1994
-Premio “Alessandro Volpi”, Pisa, 1995;
-L’Oscar dell’Arte, Lecce, 1995;
-Artexpo, Javits Convention Center, New York, 1996;
- Palazzo Caputi, Ruvo di Puglia (Ba), 1996;
-Arte in Video, Miami (U.S.A.), 1997;
-Expo Levante – Spazio Arte, Bari, 1998;
-Gran Premio Internazionale d’Arte “Carrara-Hallstahammar”, Svezia, 1998;
-Vetrina degli Artisti Contemporanei, Firenze, 1998;
-Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea, Firenze, 1999;

2008
-8° Premio Nazionale d’Arte “Città di Novara”, Novara;
-3° Premio Internazionale d’Arte “Arte Laguna”, Mogliano Veneto;
- Premio Arte “Cairo”, Milano;

2009
-3° Premio Internazionale d’Arte “La Colomba”, Venezia, 2008/2009;
-Mostra Città di Positano;
-3^ Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea, Genova;
-Personale Città di Corato (Ba);
-Premio Internazionale “Terna 02”, Milano/New York;
-Fiera del Levante, Bari ;
-8^ Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea, Roma;
- Galleria “La Nuova Vernice”, Bari;

2010
- Premio Internazionale Città di New York, U.S.A.;
- “Galleria d’arte del cavallo”, Valleggia di Quiliano (Sv);
- Città di Sorrento, “Villa Fiorentino - Fondazione Sorrento”;
-Mostra Ceramica , “Palazzo Ducale – Sala Liguria Spazio Aperto”, Genova;
-Mostra Ceramica, “Fornace – Il Tondo”, Genova;
-Mostra Ceramica, “Giardini prolungamento a mare”, Genova;
-“Centro Culturale Il Pilastro”, Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Ce);
-“Casa delle Culture”, Cosenza;
- “Fondazione Villa Benzi Zecchini”, Caerano di San Marco (Tv);
- Premio Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea “Giorgione”, Castelfranco Veneto (Tv);
-“Seminario Vescovile”, Bedonia (Pr);
- Premio Nazionale d’Arte Contemporanea “Arciere Isola di Sant’Antioco”, Cagliari;
-“Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Terra del Lavoro”, Capua (Ce);
-“Istituto Italiano di Cultura “, Colonia, Germania;
-“Fondazione Orlando”, Pescopagano (Pz);
- Ceramiche d’Autore “Museo Città Creativa”, Salerno;
-“Lega Navale – Villa Comunale” , Soverato (Cz);
- Galleria “Kiron Espace”, Parigi , Francia;
-“Palazzo di Città”, Massalubrense (Na);
- “Castello Ducale”, Bisaccia (Av);
-”Castello degli Imperiali”, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Av);
-“Villa Fondi”, Piano di Sorrento (Na);
- Simposio internazionale d’Arte – Pisciotta, Palinuro (Sa);
- Palazzo della Provincia “Salone della Dogana”, Foggia;
-“Palazzo degli Imperiali”, Francavilla Fontana (Br);
-“Reggia di Caserta”, Caserta;
-“Eureka” - Spoleto Art Festival, Spoleto, 2010;
- International Art Prize “Tuyap”, Istambul, Turchia;
-“Galleria d’Arti dell’Università del Melo”, Gallarate (Va);
-“Complesso Burovich”, Sesto Al Reghena (Pd);
- “MUSEO di Pulcinella”, Castello Baronale, Acerra (Na);
-“Galleria Comunale - Castello Aragonese, Taranto;
-“Palazzo Mazziotti”, Caiazzo (Ce);
- “Centro Studi sull’Arte Hyram”, Villa Marianna, Sant’Arpino (Ce);
-“Presepe a Giffoni”, Giffoni Valle Piana (Sa);
-“Presepe a Sermoneta”, Palazzo Caetani – MUSEO della Ceramica, Sermoneta (Lt);
-“Galleria Italia Portray Millenium Sharjan”, Dubai -
U.E.A. (Unione Emirati Arabi);

2011
-“Castello d’Aquino”, Grottaminarda (Av);
-“Casa della Cultura”, Calitri (Av);
-“Ex Chiesa San Francesco”, Corato (Ba);
-“Reggia di Caserta “, Caserta;
-“Terme di Lignano” Lignano Sabbiadoro/Riviera (Ud);
-“Castello Reale del Valentino – Sala delle Colonne”, Torino;
-“Istituto Internazionale di Cultura Egizia”, Madrid, Spagna;
- Artist Wanted “The Power of Self”, New York, U.S.A.;
-“Villa Gualino”, Torino;
-“Art Takes London”, Londra;
- “Villa Mosca”, Alghero (Costa Smeralda – Sardegna);
- “Ex Carcere Borbonico”, Avellino;
- Mostra d’arte Ceramica presso “Palazzo Ducale”, Genova;
- Mostra Ceramica presso “Sala Ceramiche – Il Tondo”, Celle Ligure (Sv);
-“Casina del Principe – I 150 dell’Unità d’Italia”, Avellino;
- Mostra Ceramica presso “MUSEO della Ceramica”, Grottaglie (Ta);
-“Galleria Brehova”, Praga;
- “Il Saloon di Porto Cervo”, Porto Cervo (Costa Smeralda - Sardegna);
-“3RD WORD - New York -Taipei”, New York, U.S.A.;
- “Istituto Italiano di Cultura”, Stoccolma, Svezia;
- “Contemporary Art Gallery”, (1^) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.;
- “Istituto Italiano di Cultura”, Monaco di Baviera, Germania;
-“Rassegna Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea”, Villa Mitolo, Monopoli (Ba);
-“Contemporary Art Gallery”, (2^) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.;
- “33 Contemporary Gallery”, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.;

2012
- “54^ Biennale di Venezia” - Padiglione Tibet, Venezia;
- “Birla Millenium Art Gallery “, Londra (GB); 1^
- “Fondazione Villa Benzi Zecchini”, Caerano di San Marco (Tv);
- “Galleria Zona K”, Milano;
- “MUSEO Regionale Scienze Naturali”, Torino;
- Premio Internazionale “Celeste Prize”, Roma;
- “Art Takes Miami”, Florida, U.S.A.;
- “MUSEO Rayko Alexiev Community Center – Ministero della Cultura”, Sofia, Bulgaria;
-“Miami River Art Fair”, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.;

2013
-“Art Takes Miami Progress”, Florida, U.S.A.; - “INviso” presso “Spazio Mantegna”, Milano;
- “Casa di Dante – Firenze Contemporanea”, Firenze;
- “See Me”, New York, U.S.A.;
- “Birla Millenium Art Gallery”, Londra (GB); 2^
- “ MIIT – MUSEO Internazionale Italia Arte”, Torino;
- “Luxury Art”- “MUSEO Altes Dampfbad”, Baden Baden, Germania;
- “MUSEO Kunstleforum”, Bonn, Germania;
- “Zhou Brother Art Center Foundation”, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.;
-“50 artisti per un MUSEO” , Museo MIIT, Torino;
- “Galleria City “ of -See Me-, Jackson Avenue, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.;
- “Creatives Rising”, New York, U.S.A.;
-“Art Takes Paris”, Parigi, Francia;

2014
- “Year in Review”, New York, U.S.A.;
- “Emerging Art”, Beers Lambert Gallery, Londra , GB;
- “New York Now”, Factory Art New York, New York, U.S.A.;
- “Oscar Contemporary Arts” – MUSEO MIIT , Torino;
- Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, Londra, G.B.;
- “MUSEO della Memoria”, Lipari, Isole Eolie, Sicilia;
- Galleria “Am Art” Bruxelles, Lussemburgo;
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Vienna, Austria;
- Arte Fiera “Messe Stuttgart – ICS International Congresscenter”, Stoccarda, Germania;

2015
S.A.C.I. “Studio Art Center International”, New York, U.S.A. - International Art Exibition Award, Firenze;
Museo Scalvini, Villa Cusani Tittoni Traversi, “La Realtà e la Materia”, Desio, Milano;
“Castello dei Doria”, Dolceacqua, Imperia, Liguria;
“Fondazione Novara Sviluppo – Palazzo Renzo Piano”, Novara, Piemonte;
“The Billboard Creative”, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.;
“EXPO 2015 - IL GUSTO DELL’ARTE”, Palazzo Bellini, Oleggio, Novara;
“Artavita Gallery”, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.;
“Framers”Gallery, Londra;
“Art up Close”, New York, U.S.A.;
Museo d’Arte Moderna “Salvador Dalì”, Berlino, Germania;
“Art Museo Site Oud Sint-Jan”, Bruges, Belgio;
“Complesso Monumentale dei Dioscuri”, Quirinale, Roma, Italia;
“Spectrum Miami /Art Basel”, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.;
Premio “Artista dell’Anno 2015/2016”, Palermo, Sicilia;

2016
“Art History - Artista nella Storia”, Palermo, Sicilia;
Premio Internazionale “TIEPOLO”, Palazzo Clerici, Milano;
“ArtboxProjet” Miami, Florida, U.S.A.;
“T.I.N.A.Prize”, Venezia,;
“T.I.N.A.Prize” , Mosca, Russia;
“T.I.N.A.Prize”, Sidney, Australia;
Museo d’Arte Moderna “Paolo Sciortino”, Palermo;
“Tokio International Art Fair”, Tokio, Giappone;
“Art Takes Manhattan” New York, U.S.A.;
“ Camera di Commercio della Federazione Russa”, Mosca, Russia;
“Centro Espositivo dell’Unione dei Pittori di San Pietroburgo”, San Pietroburgo, Russia;
Galleria d’Arte Moderna “2432”, Venezia ;
“ART In AMERICA”, Annuario/Guida per Musei, Collezionisti e Gallerie, 2016, New York, U.S.A.;
“Factory Art Projet”, New York, U.S.A.;
“NEVERWHERE” – The Crypt Gallery St. Pancras, Londra;
Miami Art Week, Miami Spectrum, “Miami ARTBOX. PROJECTS”, Florida, U.S.A.;

2017
“IT’S LIQUID International Contest”, Venezia;
“ARTBOX PROJECTS”, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.;
“ARTBOX PROJECTS”, Basilea, Svizzera;
“ARTAVITA” Contest, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.;
CHATEAU DE SADE ,“Omaggio a PIERRE CARDIN”, Lacoste, Francia;
Premio Internazionale Arte Milano, “Teatro dal Verme”, Milano;
“Festival Dei Due Mondi” – “Spoleto Arte”, Spoleto;
2^Biennale Mosca, “Maestri Contemporanei”, Moscow House of Art, Mosca, Russia;
Moscow House of Art, “La mia Italia”, Mosca, Russia;
Premio ”Oscar dell’Arte”, Montecarlo-Bay, Montecarlo, Principato di Monaco;
See.me “Art Takes Miami”, Miami, California, U.S.A.;
“Palm Art Award” by “Art Domain Group”, Quedlinburg, Germania;

2018
“Circle Foundation of the Arts”, “Artist of the Year”, New York, U.S.A.;
“ARTBOX PROJECTS”, New York, U.S.A.;
“Artisti Collezione Sgarbi”, Villa “Cavallini-Sgarbi”, Ro Ferrarese, Ferrara, Italia;
Premio Internazionale London Art Price “GREAT MASTER”, “Brick Lane Gallery”, Londra;
“See Me”, New York, U.S.A.;
“Canova Art Prize”, Brodway, Manhattan, New York, U.S.A.;
“Montecitorio, Camera dei Deputati”, Presentazione in mondovisione “Biennale di Venezia – Padiglione Europa” e premio alla Carriera (ottobre 2018), Roma, Italy;
“Biennale di Venezia – Padiglione Europa”, (novembre 2018), Venezia, Italy;

2019
“Circle Foundation Of The Arts”, “Artist Of The Year Award”, New York;
“Atlante Dell’Arte Contemporanea”, De Agostini Ed., Italia;
“HIGH ART”, East Todd Road, Santa Rosa, California, U.S.A.;
Premio Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea ”Vasco da Gama”, Galleria “N. Gromicho”, Lisbona;
“Artessante”, Basilea, Svizzera”;
“Caput Mundi Arte”, Palazzo Ferrajoli, Roma;
Artbox Project, Zurigo, Svizzera;
“VIP Terminal Art Gallery”, Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai;
Mostra itinerante “Ambasciatore d’Arte”, Istambul – Shanghai – Pechino – Tokio;
“I 50 migliori Artisti Nazionali”, Padiglione Europa – Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italia;

2020
“HIGHT ART”- A Highly Creative Art Contest , E Todd Rd, Santa Rosa, California;
Artbox Project, “SWISSARTEXPO” , Zurich Hauptbahnhof, 20/24 Agosto 2020, Svizzera;
MoMA, - Museum of Modern Art -“World of Art”, New York, U.S.A., 2020;
Artbox Project, “Valid World Hall”, Carrer de Buonaventura Munoz, 6, 08018, Barcellona, Spagna;
BIAFARIN, Artist Management Company, Ontario, CANADA;
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, ” World of Art”, New York, U.S.A., 2020;

STATEMENT

The premise is that the way I paint develops in three different ways.
The first is the classic way, that is the only painting, where I use mostly acrylic colors that have a brilliant yield, just right for the result I want to get. In summary, after drawing the main part of the work that I want to represent, I think about the color , and at the same time, while the work changes I feel transported by the energy coming from the surrounding space like air, the cosmos , The universe, the music, the inner energy ext... It comes through the mind and goes into my hands, which are the tool to bring the work to life.
The second way is like the first, as described, but on a canvas where I previously past pieces of paper or newspapers, advertisements, posters and so on. This serves to create a backstage scenery and helps to give depth to the work and make the picture real. So two types of communication and narrative are created.
The third way is the Collage, which I call stratified collage, in which I add , instead of destroying and subtracting. In this way I create multiple levels of reading. Also color creates another layer.
Color is the primary element of my work that is constantly evolving, and the design that it conceals inside is also very important because is the frame, the skeleton that supports the narration of ' Opera; This is characterized by intense and lively chromium and images that are immediately usable and create a complex paths that capture the eye of the spectator and drags him into a fantastic dimension. My main goal is to give shape to what does not exist and is not visible because it exists only in the mind and is the result of visions belonging to the world of the mystery. The primary idea is that in a world where consumerism is expanding and advertisement is imperative, the work must adapt to all this becoming something that really catches the eye of ' Observer and something that strikes and hypnotize him , otherwise nobody will notice it . That's why I use bright colors, words and images taken from ads. Also for the collage I focus on issues such as consumerism, deception and vanity of present society, forming a compositional way of symbolizing virtual concepts that denounce the ephemeral and the visionary, by analyzing the degradation of the Content and the image consumption. It is destined for its very nature to quickly exhaust all the fragile and evanescent myths typical of our time. They are metaphysical images that slip into a surrealism of chromatic and morphological impacts, in which cubist elements blend into rhythms of colors, fluid forms and great cinematics and stylizations, ancestral references to an intellectual and spiritual path, a vision of a world Observed with deep critical sense, but also with sarcasm and mocking detachment from the advertising world.

PUBBLICATIONS

It is included in numerous art publications such as: l’Elite 1994 - I Maestri dell’Arte Europea del ‘900 anno 1994/95/96 - Catalogo Nazionale d’Arte Contemporanea 1997/98 - Catalogo Regionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea delle Puglia - Art Leader, Mondadori, 1998 – Top Arts, Mondadori, 2000 – Nuova Arte, Mondadori, 2009 – “ Europa in Arte, Catalogo Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea”, Ed. Platinum Collection, 2010/2011 – CAM Catalogo Arte Moderna n° 47 Mondadori, 2011 – Sensazioni Visive, Mondadori, 2011 – Catalogo “Art Takes Miami” 2012/2013, Miami, U.S.A. - Catalogo monografico Michele Macchia 2013, Ed. Platinum Collection - Protagonisti Dell’Arte dal XIX Secolo ad Oggi, Ed. Effetto Arte – Kunste Heute 2014, Germania – SanGiorgio Editore, La Gioia dell’Arte 2014 – “Artista nella Storia”, Ed. Effetto Arte, 2015 - Guida Annuario “Art In America 2015/2016” (Art UpCLOSE), New York, U.S.A. - Arte States (U.S.A.), Ed. Effetto Arte, 2015/2016; Artista dell’Anno 2015/2016 Effetto Arte, Palermo – Exhibooks, Londra, 2015/2016; Art In America “ Annual Guide 2016”, New York, U.S.A.; G.A.A.”CONTEMPORARY ART OF AXCELLENCE 2017” vol. III; Monografia Michele Macchia, EE.AA. (Effetto Arte), Palermo, 2017 – “WHO’S WHO” 101 Top Fine Artist Of Our Day, 2017 , Germany – “Atlante Dell’Arte Contemporanea” De Agostini Ed. Italia, 2019.

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Portfolio:

SINAPSI COLOR

1) GENERATOR SPACETIME - Acrylic on advertising on canvas
cm 100 x 70 - 2014

2) OSCAR - THE WINNER - Acrylic on paper on canvas
cm 100 x 70 - 2012

3) DANCE OF FIRE - Acrylic on advertising on canvas
cm 80 x 60 - 2014

4) CHESS KING - Acrylic on paper on canvas
cm 80 x 70 - 2012

5) GRAFFITI SAPIENS - Acrylc on canvas
cm 70 x 50 - 2012

6) SOLARIS 2 - Acrylic on canvas
cm 60 x 80 - 2012

7) PACE vs WAR -
Acrylic on canvas
cm 50 x 70 - 2010

8) CAMELOT -
Acrylic on advertising on canvas
cm 70 x 100 - 2010

9) ASTRO-ARCA -
Acrylic on advertising on canvas
cm 70 x 100 - 2010

10) ELLIPSES GENERATOR -
Acrylic on canvas
cm 50 x 70 - 2014

11) CYCLOPS -
Acrylic on advertising on canvas
cm 60 x 50 - 2014

12) THE COMPOSER -
Acrylic on canvas
cm 80 x 60 - 2014

13) CREATIVE NATURE
Acyilic on advertising on canvas
cm 100 x 70 - 2011

14) ALHA CENTAURY -
Acyilic on canvas
cm 70 x 100 - 2012

15) HELL DRESS -
Acrylic on advertising on canvas
cm 100 x70 - 2010

16) NEW WORLD -
Acrylic on paper on canvas
cm 70 x 100 - 2009

17) ARGONAUT -
Acrylc on canvas
cm 50 x 50 - 2014

18) KEPLERO -
Acrylic on paper on canvas
cm 50 x 70 - 2013

19) TIME TRAVELERS -
Acrylic on advertising on canvas
cm 70 x 100 - 2014

20) FLUENT THOGHT -
Acrylic and paper on canvas
cm 80 x 60 - 2014

21) REMOTE CONNECTION -
Acrylic and paper on canvas
cm 50 x 50 - 2012

22) NEPTUNE -
Acrylic and paper on canvas
cm 50 x 50 - 2011

23) PEACE AND LOVE -
Acrylic and paper on canvas
cm 50 x 60 - 2012

24) JOYFUL LANTERNS -
Acrylyc on canvas
cm 60 x 60 - 2015