Biography

Alberto Magrin was born on Dec 29th 1970 in Rapallo (Genoa-Italy). He studied architecture at Genoa University. He won a study grant with the sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro at Urbino University and later began a theatrical experience. He received the prize "Libertas" for visual art and literature from Mr Ferri, Member of the European Parliament near Italian Academy "Gli Etruschi" and in Turin collaborated to the foundation of the Scientific Association Gustavo Adolf Rol  with the aim to demonstrate the victory of the man over the time through the individual attitude of the spirit. In the meantime he has been awarded with the title of Associated Academic of Verbano by the International Academy Greci-Marino for the letters, arts and sciences.
He founds the International Organization of Digital Art Onda. 2007 received International Prize of Literature and Poetry "New Letters"  in Naples by the Italian Institute of Culture. With a series of donations he made a proper world net of gallery denominated by him self Magreen Gallery which is a work of art, are really located in public and private institutions in which case eliminate every source of gesture and control in there personal work.

He designed the Museum of Contemporary Art the Light in the Cross to allow international artists to build their own permanent space and communicate with the relationship between them and eternity.
Prevision and symbol of “eternal nothingness" of this project which represents the falling and the rebirth of the modern era. The art-works involved are at the moment present in permanent collection the most important in the world:
The British Museum London, MOCA Los Angeles, Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast  Dusseldorf, Spazio Oberdan Milano, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Musèe desBeaux Arts de Lyon, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea Trento, CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, The State Hermitage Museum St.Petersburg.

He uses any artistic language experimenting with new techniques.
He lives and works between Godiasco, Rapallo and S.Maria Coghinas.

 

 

Critical note

The artist exposes a series of interesting works of art that upset the traditional perception of the space, form and technic. Shocking manifestations that from their provocatory simplicity assume a new and unexpected polemic and idilliac language at the same time. (N. Villanti)

 

 

Exhibitions

18th Festival of Experimental Art - St. Petersburg (Russia)

Kurye International Video and Digital Arts Festival (Turkey)

Pre-Visioni - Commenda Palace - Genoa 

MACRO Festarte Video Art Festival - Rome

Bazzano Poesia 2010 - Rocca dei Bentivoglio - Bazzano (Bologna)

LA CHIENA  Spazio Utopia - Campagna (Salerno)
Decameron Pop - Spazio Libero - Milan

Visitors - International Video Art Activity Canakkale (Turchia)

FABRIKArte Festival Villa Farsetti - S.Maria di Sala (Venice)

Siris Festival - Nova Siri (Matera)

Domani rinasco - TwoxFour Scandiano (Reggio Emilia)

Internazionale Italia Arte - Villa Gualino (Turin)

Sguardo sulla realtà e oltre - S.Andrea al Quirinale (Rome)

Biennale Libro d'Artista - Palazzo Merolla - Marano (Naples)

Video Festival - National Gallery di Jakarata (Indonesia)

New Media Festival 2010 Betacity - Stoccarda (Germany)

Certamen Artistico - Villa de Amurrio (Spain)

ARTWEARE TwoxFour Gallery - Scandiano (Reggio Emilia)

CeC 2009 Bhimtal - Uttarakhand (India)

SGUARDI SONORI Villa d'Este - Tivoli (Rome)

EARTH AIR USE Centro Monumentale S.Michele a Ripa - Rome

UAVM Virtual Museum (Portogallo)

Nomen Omen - Teatro Agorà - Rome

HEP - Valladolid (Spain)

Human Emotion Project - Brancaleone - Rome

SaLE Docks - Magazzini del Sale - Venice

RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival

NO-ORG.NET - Jerusalem - (Israel)

iBiennial of Contemporary Art - London (England)

Gruppo d'Arte La Ricerca - Bergamo

The Museum of Temporary Art - Tubingen (Germany)

Matsalu International Film Festival (Estonia)

CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival - (Germany)

Biennale Internazionale di Anzio e Nettuno (Rome)

ACQUEDOLCI Independent Film Festival

Palazzo Orsini - Bomarzo (Viterbo)

CAM - Casoria (Naples)

Lanificio Conte - Schio (Vicenza)

L'ONDA Arteincampo - Genoa

NON-STOP Ex Magazzini Ferroviari - Sanremo-New York

EM'ARTE Castellina Marittima - Livorno

Barberart - Foro Boario - Nizza Monferrato (Asti)

XXVII ASOLO Art Film Festival

Espacio Enter - Canary Island (Spain)

ART TECH MEDIA - Cordoba (Spain)

La Luna di Traverso - Temporary Art Box - Modena

Rosso Malpelo - Altomarte - Sperlinga (Enna)

Whipart - Stazione Marittima - Naples

MAGMART International Videoart Festival - Naples

Baratti Centro Civico La Corte - Padua

Primo Piano Living Gallery - Lecce

International Experimental Film Festival - Carbunari (Romania)

Pacific Northwest Center for Photography - Portland (Oregon)

PRIMO PIANO Home Photo Gallery - Naples

10th Internazional Istanbul Biennial (Turkey)

Uno scatto per la pace - Castello di Monopoli (Bari)

Spazi Evasi RE-USE Palazzo Sirena - Francavilla al mare (Chieti)

Festival of Media Art Teatro Junghans - Venice

Rocca dei Rettori - Benevento

Scuderie Aldobrandini - Frascati

Arte Magica OFFICINE ARTISTICHE - Treviso

unDEAF Electronic Art Festival - Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Casa delle Culture La Civetta - Quarrata (Pistoia)

l'ONDA Castello Litta - Gambolò (Pavia)

Biennale 3000 - Sao Paulo (Brazil)

International New Media Festival MONA - Detroit (USA)

FANZINE Galleria D.E.A. - Florence
Arts for Global Development - Washington (USA)

Arte-Padua

Art-Expo - (New York)

Florence Biennale

Antonio Battaglia Arte Contemporanea - Milan

Fabbricanti di Libri - Palazzo Grassi - Aradeo (Lecce)

Galerie  Bertrand Kass - Innsbruck (Austria)

Villa San Carlo Borromeo - Senago (Milan)

Salone del Libro - Turin

Centro culturale Berthold Brecht - Milan

Galleria Officina Fotografica - Milan

Friesland media art Festival - (The Netherlands)

PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA - Linz (Austria)

Zemos 98 - Siviglia (Spain)

VI Salon Internacional d'Arte Digital Habana - (Cuba)

INVIDEO Spazio Oberdan - Milan

Arad Biennale - (Romania)

Vernice Art Fair - Forlì

IV Salone di Arte Digitale - Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Obsession International Video Art Festival - Istanbul (Turkey)

Open Art - Rome

Satura Gallery - Genoa

Acquario Civico - Milan

Hype Gallery - Milan

Arte per la libertà - Palazzo Patella Villadose (Rovigo)

2005 International Art Contest (Australia)

Vento d'Avanguardia - Eboli (Salerno)

One Image Portrait - Camucia (Arezzo)

FONLAD Digital Arts Festival - Coimbra (Portugal)

MOCA Museum of Computer Art - Brooklyn (New York)