Vanessa Longo (Italian, born )

Vanessa Longo (Italian, b.1974) is a Contemporary artist, known for her work painted on copper plates that she nails to reclaimed wooden tables. Female figures or goddess are recurring imagery in her work, and nearly all her materials are recycled. Longo enrolled at the Liceo Artistico Statale in Treviso at age 14, and went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and travel to Madrid as an exchange student. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including from NO SPHERE Arts gallery, the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, and Kalani Honua Inc., among others. Longo has lived and worked in New York since 2013.

Timeline

1974
Born in Motta Livenza, Italy
1988
Enrolled at Liceo Artistico Statale
1997
Graduated Univeristy with a degree in Sculpture
1999
Won “The Artist Residence Program” to study sculpture with Kalani Honua Inc. in Pahoa, HI
2001
Joined the “XX Premio Florence” arranged at Palazzo dei Cinquecento painting pavilion in Florence
2003
Appointed Art Director at the “Momoyama Art Bistrot” in Florence
2009
Wins a special prix from the jury of "Nationale des beaux arts" at the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2010
Won contest “Art at the Bottom”
2010
Awarded a scholarship grant and takes part to master Art Management
2013
Won contest at Greenpoint Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Exhibitions

2015
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Visio Dell’Arte Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Visio Dell’Arte Gallery, Paris, France
2013
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
ShapeShifter Lab, Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2012:
Inter-nos, Bienal Internacional Miramar, Miramar, Argentina
2011
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2011:
Santa Maria Gualtieri, Vicotory’s Square
Savoy, Via Castro Pretorio 5, Rome, Italy
2010
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2010:
To Maiora, Palace of Ferndinand
Sounds and Lights of the Piedmont in Egypt, Piemonte, Damanhour, Egypt
The Nude, 11 Dreams, Tortona, Italy
Personal Exhibition, Sarteano Castle
2009
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
Permanent Exhibition, Tornabuoni, Florence, Italy
2008
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
Fine Arts Cove, Florence Italy
2007
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2007:
Fine Arts Cove, Florence Italy
2006
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2006:
Schloß Lendava, Slovenia
Schloß Batthány Körmend, Hungary
Folate Iridescent, Monumental Complex at Villa Dorio of Angri, Naples, Italy
2005
Vanessa Longo Selected Exhibitions in 2005:
Fine Arts Cove, Florence Italy
Homage to Dr. Miguel León Portilla, Galería del Colegio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
Rags in the wind, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
The Art of Vanessa Longo, Favors Art Gallery, San Remo, Italy
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