Davide Sebastian was born in 1981 in Rome, where he lives and work.
Education:
1995/2000 – High school diploma, “A. Caravillani” School of Art, Rome, Italy.
2000/2001 - Roman Academy for Arts and Technologies, Degree in Artistic and Graphic and marketing strategies and Techniques, Rome, Italy.
Davide Sebastian, is a photographer and video artist.
After the artistic studies, in 1997 he started a collaboration in Rome at the studio “Cromosoma” of Matteo Basilé and Raphel Pareja, when was born the digital art movement in Italy.
The artist investigates on the relationship between human and nature, science and artifice.
He began his research by building micro-set for macro photographic experiments; with the series “Grafts” he inserts prosthesis of glass inside of leaves and other natural elements, it builds a vision of nature evolved and contaminated.
With “Tesla Project”, a study about camouflaged trees-antenna installed in the cities and all around Italian’s countryside, he approaches to video art, experimenting with the idea of transformation of nature by man. This project sees him collaborate with composer and musician Federico Ferretti with whom he started an artistic collaboration that allowed him to experiment the video-art and site specific soundtrack of photographic works.
Since 2011 he started a collaboration with a group of Chinese artists that led him several times to exhibit in China.
From 2010 to 2015 he is working on a project entitled "The Hour That Does Not Exist" which is focused on the idea of time, past and future through the creation of 25 video portraits of men and women of our culture.
Personal exhibitions
2021
The Memory of Water, Villa Lais, 3)5 Contemporary Art Cultural Association, Sipicciano, Viterbo, curated by S. Achilli.
2011
The far near, Provincial Fine Arts Museum, Wuhan, China, curated by D. Lora and Zhuo Shuang.
2004
Innesti, Galleria Altri Lavori in Corso, Rome, Italy, curated by G. Marziani.
Collective exhibitions
2024
To Be or Not to Be, Palazzo Chigi Albani, Soriano nel Cimino, Viterbo, curated by S. Achilli.
Eco Riflesso, Artemiro Gallery, Viterbo, curated by H. Said.
2023
#1 DETTO MONDO, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
2021
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Art Food and Wine in collaboration with Studio/Archivio Courtesy F.lli M. di Roma, Rome.
5th Hubei International Contemporary Arts Festival, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China.
#Distanze, MUSMA Museum of Contemporary Sculpture of Matera, curated by S. Spinella.
2019
#Video of the Day, MACROAsilo Museum, Rome, curated by G. De Finis.
Encounters, New Garage Space, Rome, curated by A. Riva.
2018
Landscapes, Yurta Gallery, Rapolano Terme, Siena, curated by A. Wang.
I Am an Artist, Bolli & Romiti Auction House, Rome, Angelo Azzurro Onlus-A-Head, Rome, curated by P. Gagliardi and G. Capparelli.
2017
Reconnaissance: From the BoCs Art, Contemporary Languages, BoCS Art Museum, Monumental Complex of San Domenico, Cosenza, curated by A. Dambruoso.
BoCS Art, residency at BoCS Art in Cosenza, November 2017 session, curated by A. Dambruoso.
Just for Tonight, Dormino-Giambrone Studio, RAW-Rome Art Week 2017, Rome, curated by F. Pizzuto.
2016
“Collezione d’Arte Contemporanea” dell’Università di Roma Tre, Roma Tre University, Rome, curated by O. Lottini.
Ritratto a mano, residence at the Ex Convento delle Clarisse, Caramanico Terme, Pescara, Artist Tutor G. Caravaggio, curated by A. Bucciacchio, G. Pietroniro, G. Benassi, F. Terzini.
The Silk Road, Arte Contemporanea tra Oriente e Occidente, Castel dell’Ovo, Sala delle Carceri, Napoli, curated by A. Riva and Ji Shaofeng.
Un pesce in una biglia, Palazzo dei Papi, Viterbo, curated by di M. E. Piferi.
Nature Diverse, Visionarea art space, Auditorium della Conciliazione, RAW-Rome Art Week 2016, Rome, curated by M. Basilé.
Rassegna video Pensieri Meridiani, Studio Dormino-Giambrone, RAW-Rome Art Week 2016, Rome, curated by F. Pizzuto.
De Flora et Fauna, Orsini Palace, Bomarzo Viterbo, curated by S. Tasca.
2015
1th Edition of the International Art Festival, National Library of Hubei Province, Whuan, China, curated by Ji Shaofeng.
2014
Pop Up- Italian Show, Hubei Museum of Art, Whuan, China, curated by A. Riva and Fu Zhongwang.
THEATRE. Prima rassegna di Videoarte domestica, MAAM Museum, Rome, Italy, curated by L.Benatti, G. De Finis, D. Giordano, M. Pellegrini, D. Pinocci, D. Ricco, O. Spatola.
FestArte Videoart festival, Caffè Letterario, Rome, Italy, curated by L. Benatti.
2013
CROSSOVER, Tesa 113, 55th Venice Biennale, Italy, curated by A. Riva e Ji Shaofeng.
INTELLéGO, Carlo Bilotti Museum, Rome, Italy, curated by R. D’Onorio.
VIDEOart DOCU&CORTO. Roma i colori del mondo, MACRO FACTORY, Rome, Italy, curated by L.Benatti.
Fabrique du Cinema n. 1, MACRO FUTURE, Rome, Italy, curated by D. Manca.
2012
Oraziana 2012, Oraziano Museum of Palazzo Orsini, Licenza, Italy, curated by O.Lottini.
The endless frontier. China–Italy, Su Jia Museum, Wuxi/Canal Park, China, curated by Zhuzi Gang.
Bridge over trouble, Yizhao Space, Artistic District 798, Bejing, China, curated by S.Hausmeister and Yizhao Guan.
2011
Festarte video art festival, Triennial of Milan, Italy, curated by L. Benatti.
PLAY giochi di ruolo, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, Italy, curated by the collective C16.
The State of the art facility, Mana Contemporary’s Art Center, New Jersey City, U.S.A., curated by S. Azzara.
Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, Film Center, New York, U.S.A., curated by D. Fine.
Echi d’Eco, Sochi Art Museum, Sochi, Russia, curated by A. Geusa.
ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG!, Ex Gil, Rome, Italy, curated by M. Di Veroli and B. Collevecchio.
Direzione Alterità, India Theatre, Rome, Italy, curated by F. Pietracci.
Contempo_Area, Torrent of Farfa, Montopoli of Sabina, Rieti, Italy, curated by C. Degl’Innocenti.
2010
Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, Tribeca Film Center, New York, U.S.A., curated by di D. Fine.
Interferenze 2010-Rurality 2.0, Bisaccia Castle, Italy, curated by di V. Tanni.
Misticanza 2010, Theatre of San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy, curated by M.E. Minuto.
Festarte 2010, MACRO FUTURE, Rome, Italy, curated by L. Benatti.
ECOBRAIN, Rimini Fair Hall B4, Rimini, Italy, curated by M. Cavallarin and P. Fortunato.
Art’ambiente, New Fair of Rome, Italy, curated by M. Lo Franco.
23th Instants Video, Association des Instants Vidéo Numériques et poétiques.
Postproduction.it, Centro Cultural José Amadeo Conte Grand, San Juan, Argentina, curated by M. Scaringella.
PostProduction.it, Cultural Center Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina, curated by M. Scaringella.
Paratissima Limited 5.2, Station Turin Porta Nuova, Turin, Italy, curated by L. Vona.
2009
Youth Prize 2009. Segnare disegnare, National Academy of San Luca, Rome, Italy, curated by G. Strazza.
Contemporary EcoArt Contest ’09, Orangery of San Sisto, Rome, curated by G. Marziani.
Viba Festival, ThisIsNotAGallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hangar 09. Flying Circus, Creative room Gallery, Rome, Italy, curated by E. Aruta and F. Morgante.
Yoveo video festival, New York Suffolk space, New York, U.S.A.
Havenkwartier Deventer, Videoart festival, Deventer, Holland.
Micromega. The Art of Wonder, Halles Saint-Géry, Brussels, Belgium, curated by D. Lora.
Intersecting Identities, Halles Saint-Géry, Brussels, Belgium, curated by D. Lora.
PostProduction.it in Arteba 09-Art Fairs International, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lu.C.C.A. (Lucca Center of Contemporary Art), Lucca, Italy, curated by D. Lora.
2008
Arte nella natura e natura nell’arte, Casina delle Civette of Villa Torlonia, Rome, Italy, curated by S. Manfredi and G. Magni Verna.
2007
Seme from roots to Gent, Gent, Belgium, Art Track Gallery, curated by G. Haudenhuyse.
StArtTrek the next generation, Orsini Palace, Bomarzo, Italy, curated by A. Pisilli.
Premio Celeste 2007, Istituto Superiore Antincendi ISA, Rome, Italy, curated by G. Marziani.
Sign City, Monocromo Gallery, Rome, Italy, curated by G. Marziani.
2006
ArTerritory. Arte territorio e memoria, Centrale Montemartini Museum, Rome, Italy, curated by D. Lora.
FuturoPresente, Federculture Office, Rome, Italy, curated by M. Scaringella.
Segni del Sacro, Valle Giulia Museum, Rome, Italy, curated by O. Lottini.
Riparte Napoli, Altri Lavori in corso Gallery and Vulcano Gallery, Naples, Italy.
Miart 2006, San Carlo New Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Notte Europea della Ricerca, National Laboratories Frascati INFN, curated by V. Nanni.
2005
Digital Art, Franco Riccardo Gallery, Naples, Italy.
Flash Art Fair, Altri Lavori in Corso Gallery, Rome, Italy.
Unmediated, Sergio Tossi Gallery, Florence, Italy, curated by M. Basilé.
Premio Celeste 2005, Magazzini del Sale in Pubblico Palace, Siena, Italy, curated by G. Marziani.
Riparte Napoli, Altri Lavori in Corso Gallery, Naples, Italy.
Riparte Genova, Il Ponte Contemporanea Gallery, Genoa, Italy.
2004
Sotto Pressione, Guidi & Schoen Gallery, Genoa, Italy, curated by M. Sciaccaluga.
Oraziana, Orsini Palace, Bomarzo, Italy, curated by O. Lottini.
Caravillani 04, SC02 Gallery, Rome, Italy, curated by G. Marziani.
Roma Punto uno, PICI Gallery, Seoul, Korea, curated by M. Coccia and M. De Candia.
Roma Punto uno, Gotanda Design Center, Tokyo, Japan, curated by M. Coccia and M. De Candia.
Roma Punto uno Gotanda Design Center, Tokyo, Japan, curated by M. Coccia and M. De Candia.Flash Art Fair, Altri Lavori in Corso Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2002
In scatola, Altri Lavori in Corso Gallery, Rome, Italy, curated by D. Nardone.
Riparte International Art Fair, Altri Lavori in Corso Gallery, Rome, Italy.
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