Corrado Veneziano
# Corrado Veneziano

Corrado Veneziano (born 1958 Tursi, Italy) is an Italian painter, visual artist, author and academic.

Veneziano has exhibited artwork in exhibitions in Italy, Russian and elsewhere in Western Europe. He has lectured on and published on the Italian language and its dialects,

## Biography

Veneziano was born in Tursi in 1958. In 1976, he studied directing at the Piccolo Theatre School in Milan while also taking courses at the University of Milan at the Faculty of Modern Literature.

Veneziano graduated from the University of Bari (Faculty of Literature) with qualification to teach Latin and Italian languages, history and philosophy. Nowadays, Corrado Veneziano works as a theater director. He also teaches pronunciation and phonetics.

In 1999, Veneziano moved to Rome to take a job with the Department of Linguistics at the Silvio D'Amico Academy of Dramatic Art. In 2002, he began teaching a course on the Italian language and its dialects. During these years, Veneziano also served as a lecturer of rhetoric and communication. He also taught a course in Italian Studies at Harvard College.

Veneziano has published several works on Italian pronunciation.

In 2013, Veneziano opened his personal exhibition "Le forme dei non-luoghi" ("Forms of no spaces) in the ECOS gallery in Rome. That same year, Veneziano published the catalog Ponte Sisto The book contains his works created between 2000 and 2012. It received a positive review from Achille Bonito Oliva. In November, 2013 Veneziano exhibited his works at the Institute of Italian Culture in Brussels during the during "Non-places" event.

In 2015. Veneziano exhibited his work at the exhibition Isbn Dante e altre visioni in Paris at the Espace en Cours. Also in 2015, RAI commissioned a painting from Veneziano for the Prix Italy exhibition in Turin. Titled "The Power of History. Laboratory of creativity." Veneziano's work was dedicated to Herodotus.

In 2016, Veneziano staged the exhibition "L'Anima dei non-luoghi" ("Soul Code") in St. Petersburg, Russia at the Nevsky 8 Gallery. The exhibition included the works inspired by ISBN codes.

In 2017 he is invited to Lanzhou by the Chinese government, and presents 40 canvases dedicated to symbols, logos, icons, and algorithmic and literary codes. The exhibition, titled "Signs," is curated by Wu Weidung, the director of the host museum, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. </ref> https://www.aboutartonline.com/segni-corrado-veneziano-invadono-la-cina-lartista-lucano-mostra-lanzhou/ https://www.ansa.it/canale_viaggiart/it/notizie/mondo/2017/08/23/in-cina-i-segni-di-corrado-veneziano_068fd39e-23c8-49bc-a730-04e5576d65f1.html

In 2019, on the occasion of international events related to the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death, he is invited by the Loire Regions and the City of Amboise (where Leonardo is buried) to present his solo exhibition "Leonardo Atlantico." The exhibition is sponsored by the Presidency of the French Republic and the Louvre Museum.

In 2021, ISBN Dante and other visions is the only solo exhibition by a living artist funded by the Ministry of Culture. Created as part of the celebrations for the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, the exhibition was hosted in international state galleries and museums. One of the paintings in the exhibition - Hell, evoking Buffalmacco - has become the stamp of the Italian state dedicated to Hell.

In 2022, Veneziano carried out the recovery of 13 old advertising totems in Rome, on the Tiber Island (Unesco heritage). After having redeveloped them, he painted them with phrases from the poem Le Georgiche, by the latin poet Virgilio, and with figurative elements that celebrate respect for nature and living animal species.

In 2023, Veneziano moved part of his work to Belgium, to Brussels. Here he exhibited his work with a large exhibition dedicated to Dante and Europe, in agreement with the European Union (European Committee of the Regions), the Embassy of Italy, the Lazio Region, the CNR National Research Consortium, Unioncamere and other institutions.

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## Personal exhibitions

* Venice International University, Theater workshop "Ciao: East of East, Exhibition: VIU Students’ works of art" 2008
* Rome - Ecos Gallery - 2012: L'anima dei non luoghi. With an introduction by Achille Bonito Oliva e critic note by Marc Augé, curated by Flavio Alivernini;
* Bruxelles - Institute of Italian Culture - 2014: Non Luoghi, No Loghi. With an introduction by Derrick de Kerckhove;
* Paris - Espace en Cours - 2015: Isbn Dante e altre visioni, curated by Julie Heintz;
* Saint Petersburg - Gallery "Nevskij 8" - 2016: Isbn I codici dell'anima, curated by Francesco Attolini.
* Puglia/Basilicata (Maratea, Policoro, Polignano a Mare, Alberobello) - Summer 2016: Nati sotto il segno..., curated by Raffaella Salato.
* Saint Petersburg - Gallery "Nevskij 8" - 2017, February : Segni, loghi e corruzioni, curated by Raffaella Salato.
* Rome, Roman Houses of the Celio, in agreement with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Ministry of the Interior, 2017, April/May: Pietas, curated by Raffaella Salato.
* Lanzhou - China, National Gallery of contemporary Art, 2017, Segni, curated by Wu Weidong.
* Amboise - France, Eglise Saint-Florentin, 2019, Leonardo Atlantico, in agreement with the City of Amboise, of the Loire Regions, and under the patronage of the President of the French Republic and the Louvre Museum.
* Tunisi, Italian Cultural Institute, Leonardo Atlantico, in agreement with the Italian Embassy of Italy.
* Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, ISBN Dante e altre visioni, in agreement with Ministry of Culture.
* Roma, Tiber Island, Le Georgiche all'Isola Tiberina, in agreement with Regione Lazio.
* Bruxelles, European Committee of the Regions, Era smarrita. Dante, l'Europa e altri cieli.
