OTTAVIO TROIANO, 

born in Manfredonia, Puglia, in 1947, since the early Seventies lives and works in Florence.

Painter, scenographer, costume designer, installer artist, has worked for public institutions and he has made exhibitions in Italy and abroad.

His work is linked to his place of origin (the magnificent Gargano, named the spur of Italy) and, in the same time, he is related to contemporaneity in a multidisciplinary way. This explains his passion for music and dance, to whom he has dedicated a great part of his research.

Lately he has been working on ancient books, leaving on the pages, through his graphics and painting, a very personal interpretation of the writing, producing a sort of anomalous palimpsest.

He is now sharing his life between Florence and Berlin.

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COSTUME DESIGNER AND SCENOGRAPHER ACTIVITIES, PERSONAL  AND COLLECTIVE SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

1984 - Costume designer and scenographer of The Four Seasons ballet (music by A. Vivaldi) performed in China with Susanna Egri’s choreography.

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1984 - Has been invited by Nordstrom for exhibitions in the main west-coast cities (Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Diego).

 

1985 - Costume designer and scenographer of some ballets performed by Zaragoza Classic Ballet Company. In the same year has  been the costume designer of Florence Azimut Group during the Electronic Contemporary Music Festival performed in Flaiano Theatre, Rome.

 

1987 - He displayed some ‘acqueforti’ about dance in the hall of Donizetti Theatre, Bergamo, during “The Mondaysalon” review. The following year, the town Council of Bergamo, on the occasion of the same review, has organized a gala evening entitled “Nel suono, il segno” - “In the sound, the sign” - (performance).

 

1988 - At request of the Comunale Theatre of Florence, he designed scenes and costumes for the ballets: Folk Songs, music by Luciano Berio, choreography by Egon Madsen, and De l’eau à l’air…, music by Francesco Loy, choreography by Charles Vodoz.

 

1993 - Exhibition entitled Terra di sole, terra di sale (Land of sun, land of salt) at the Ellequadro art-gallery, Genova.

 

1994 - Has produced, for the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation, two commemorative lithographes for the first radio-signal centenary.

 

1994 - Exhibition entitled Onde…sonore (Sound-waves) at the Cheiros art-gallery, Vicenza.

 

1997 - Exhibition entitled Lo “strappo” della memoria (The “tear”of the memory) at the Clarisse Convent, Monte Sant’Angelo (Foggia), promoted  by the Town Council and the “Comunità Montana”.

 

2000 - Exhibition entitled Trame del tempo (Time plots), at the Immaginaria art-gallery, Florence.

 

2003 - Exhibition entitled Il pettine di Afrodite (Aphrodite’s comb) at the Immaginaria art-gallery, Florence.

 

2005 - Exhibition entitled Danza d’acqua (Water-dance), including Letizia Giuliani’s performance, prima ballerina of Firenze Maggio Danza (Florence May Dance) at Alisea art-gallery, Bologna.

 

2006 - Some of his affreschi “strappati” (wrenched frescos) in a collective exhibition at the castle of Capalbio.

 

2009 - Exhibition entitled L’ombra degli dei (Gods’ shadow) at Foundation Peano, Cuneo.

 

2009 - His works in a collective exhibition entitled Luna e l’altro (Moon and the other) at Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo (Firenze), celebrating the forthieth anniversary of the first moon-landing.

 

2011 - Exhibition entitled Omaggio alla danza (Homage to dance), at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence.

 

2011 - His works in a collective exhibition entitled Ne la pittura tener lo campo – 10 artisti per Dante Alighieri (10 artists for Dante Alighieri), promoted by several institutions, including the “Accademia della Crusca”.

 

2011 - His works in the collective exhibition entitled La costituzione italiana – Dodici Artisti/Dodici Articoli (The Italian Constitution – Twelve Artists/twelveArticles) promoted by the Fondazione Banca del Monte, Foggia.

 

2013 - Exhibition of Affreschi (Frescos) at the Kreis-Sparkasse in Northeim (Germany).

 

2015 - Exhibition entitled Libri d’ore (Books of the hours) at the Immaginaria art-gallery, Florence.

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2019 - Collective "Komplementär" at Galerie Classico in Berlin

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ARTISTIC INSTALLATIONS

 

1997 - Solstizio d’estate (The summersolstice) at Villa di Groppoli (Pistoia).

 

1997 - Area aurea, at Palazzo Datini, Prato.

 

1998 - At fiftieth Craftsmanship International exhibition, Munich.

 

2003 - Mater matuta, at Piaggio Museum, Pontedera (Pisa).

 

2004 - Cravatte nel cinema (Ties in movies), at the Immaginaria art-gallery, on the occasion of Pitti Immagine, Florence.

 

2007 - Rosso 1000 (Red 1000), Florence, on the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi by the Tuscany Regional Council.

 

2008 - La rivolta dell’ombra (The rebellion of the shadow), ‘site specific’ permanent work, originated from Edmond Jabès’The book of non suspicious subvertion, at Palazzo dei Celestini, Manfredonia (Foggia).

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