Gianpietro Carlesso was born in Bolzano, Italy in 1961, and he lives and works in Cormòns, Italy.
After completing his education at the Trentino State Art Institute, he went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino. His held his first exhibition in conjunction with the Valente Contemporary Art Gallery.
Thanks to having won a scholarship from the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg he spent 1989 and 1990 in Germany in a studio located on the site of the Krupp Steelworks in Rheinhausen. This scholarship in the Rhur basin made a particularly important contribution to his artistic training.
As a result of this experience he came into close contact with the history of continental European sculpture and developed an appreciation of the imposing dimensions of sculptures from beyond the Alps.
It was while resident in Germany at his studio in the Krupp Steelworks in Rhienhausen, that he produced his first large-scale sculptures for a series of museum and public exhibitions. At the same time he worked with the celebrated Gallery 44 in Düsseldorf and the Sander gallery in Darmstadt.
After returning to Italy he spent two years teaching sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino before dedicating himself entirely to his own work. He also worked with the Niccoli gallery of Parma and the Schrade Galley of Ulm.
It was in this period that his work came to be characterised by a specific search for “deconstruction”. The initial fruits this influence upon his work were presented for the first time at the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara, Italy.
During the mid-90’s he and his family moved to the Friuli region of Italy where Gianpietro came into contact with proprietors and institutions from the near East and this resulted in his participation in a number of exhibitions and projects, he also continued to work with the Rein-Side Winkelmann Gallery in Dussledorf.
Gianpietro’s sculptures are featured at the Winkelmann Gallery in Dussledorf, the Mannheim Galley, the German Post Office in Dortmund, the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, the Bolzano Museum of Modern Art and in various private Italian collections of note.
Please Note:
Although we are more than happy to put people in touch with Gianpietro Carlesso, we feel we ought to point out that attempts to ‘bypass’ galleries stocking his work in an attempt to obtain a lower price will cause problems for the artist.
In much the same way as a business, Gianpietro uses distributors to sell work on his behalf. To an extent this means that such outlets have a form of ‘exclusive’ supply agreement with him.
If Gianpietro is seen to be avoiding such agreements, then he will end up with no distributors, and thus no outlets for his work. This means no income for him, or his family. This would be a shame, and it is the last thing I would wish to happen, as I am sure my readers will appreciate.
However, if you live in a country or town where Gianpietro has no distributors, then direct contacts are fine, especially if you wish to display or sell his work.
In light of the above, if you still want to contact Gianpietro, please get in touch - although I will strictly vet any requests and if I smell scam/fraud, then your contact will become free space on my hard drive.
Alex Roe -Italyisin
