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Michele Panfoli
Born
Michele Panfoli

04-21-1978
Acquapendente ITALY
NationalityItalian
Known forPainter and sculptor
MovementICONART

Michele Panfoli (born 04-21-1978) is an Italian painter and sculptor known for ICONART.

Biography

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Michele Panfoli was born in Acquapendente in the northern Lazio. He studied art as self-taught. Son of Mauro Panfoli, an iron sculptor, Michele Panfoli attended several art labs while being a teenager, among those, the lab of the local artist Mauro Sugaroni, improving painting and sculpting techniques. He graduated in economics and business in 2006 at the University of Tuscia. Nowadays he is running his personal art Studio in Acquapendente, where he is living and working.

ICONART (The Concept)

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Consequently to an ever-changing world, which imposes hard rhythms to daily life, it is difficult to keep up with life time. Caos, multinational companies and progress in technology reduce the time of action and unreachable life purposes confuse themselves: seem closer, hidden by corruption, false idealisms, power abuses, but they are not and let men be recycled products of the big trash that can called world. Was this the world our ancestors thought of? What was the purpose of sacrificed lives, if our freedom is a mere execution of orders? What is the meaning of an active brain, if social speed limits thoughts? In such a similar scenario, art is due to react in order to propose new linguistic and expressive systems, what can be intuitive, immediate, and opposes the daily craziness. Systems need to pursue the same roads decisively, to contrast cruelty imposed by the subdolous mind of those men giving rules as if they were leading shepards. The language here proposed is modest and elevated at the same time, something which is similar to the computer sign language, catchable and universal for everybody, as it has never been. Let's go back to our freedom and time. We are our destiny's owners and if we want to, we can change the direction of events, towards a more human world. Freedom or slavery . Just mind's external shape

Notable Works

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  • Dott. Jekyll e Mr Hyde – 2008
  • 10 Scomposizioni sul tema della Passione - (10 decompositions about Passion) – 2009
  • The Last Scene - acrylic on panel, 200x70 cm - iconart – 2017

Exhibitions

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2009, “X: Scomposizioni sul tema dell passione” (X: Zerlegungen über Passion), a private painting exhibition – Galerie PINNA - Bersarinplatz, (Berlin) – (Germany).

2010, “Incontri D’Arte”, a contemporary art exhibition presented by Professor Vittorio Sgarbi – Villa Benzi-Zecchini, Caerano di San Marco (TV);

2012, Triennale di Roma“II Big dell'Arte Contemporanea” (“Important Figures in Contemporary Art”) at the Gallery l’Agostiniana, Piazza del Popolo – Rome;

2012, “Segni Mediterranei” (Mediterranean Signs) Buchhändlerkeller gallery – Berlin Germany);

2013, “EGOS V” Contemporary Art Exhibition “Royal Opera Arcade Gallery” London (GB);

2013, he participated in the three-years exhibition of visual arts in Rome – work “Società del consumismo”.

2014, he participated in the three-years exhibition of visual arts in Rome;

2015, he exposed the work “Delitto passionale” at the Asian Contemporary Art Show di Honk Kong;

2016, he participated in Art Capital (Rome);

2017, Grazie Italia, Palazzo Albizzi Capello – 57 Venice Biennial Exposition 2017, Guatemala pavillion (location and sponsorship);

2018, "EUROPE PAVILION" International exhibition of modern art, Piano Nobile, Sala della Pace - Palazzo Albrizzi Capello, Venice. Pad. at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018;

2019, "Enrico Garoia Award"1st Edition - Wikiarte Gallery, Bologna;

2020, March Participates in the international art collective Emana Arte "Spazio sopra le Logge" - Pisa (PI);

2021, "Triennial exhibition of visual arts in Rome"- Palazzo Borghese, Galleria del Cembalo, Rome;

2022, La Méditerranéè et ses ambiance, Galerie Sorbonne4 – Paris.

Awards

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2008, Awards for artistic careed at the 5th International Biennial of Art, Cannes;

2008, 1st Creativity Award – ArtExpo' Promotion;

2009, Artist de Motnmatre Award;

2010, Palme d'Or for Art 2010, ArtExpo' Promotio, Mandelieu La Napoule;

2012, Premio della Lupa 2012, San Lazzaro Academy La Pigna Gallery, Vatican City;

2015, Donato Bramante Art Proze – Piazza del Popolo, Rome;

2017, thanks Italy award, Palazzo Albrizzi Capello 26 October - 57th Venice Biennale - conferred by Start S.r.l.s.

2018, Awarding of Lifetime Achievement Award, press room of the Rome Chamber of Deputies, Montecitorio 19 October

2022, Honorable mention to the artistic career - Sorbonne University of Paris, Amphi Chasles.

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