Velasco Vitali

He began his activity as a self-taught artist at the end of the 1970s, working with graphics, painting and drawing. In 1983 he won the San Fedele Prize and the following year he was invited by Giovanni Testori to take part in the exhibition Artists and Writers at the Rotonda della Besana, Milan. In 1986 he had his first solo exhibition, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, at the Compagnia del Disegno, Milan; in 1999 he took part in the 13th Quadriennale in Rome. In 2004, Electa published Velasco 20, a monograph on his first twenty years of work with a contribution by Giulio Giorello, and the following year his works entered the MACRO collection. In 2011, he was invited to the Italian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, where he exhibited the sculpture Veidrodis, presented the installation Branco in Brussels and published Apriti cielo, a volume collecting watercolours on the theme of the holy. His most recent exhibitions include FUGA, curated by Mark Gisbourne and Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Galleria Mazzoli, Modena; Veduta, curated by Danilo Eccher, M77 Gallery, Milan; Branco , Reggia di Venaria, Turin; Sbarco, PART Museum, Rimini; Goldwatch, Assab One Gallery, Milan; Spazi Capaci, curated by Alessandro De Lisi, Capaci Community, Palermo.