Fabio Viale (Cuneo, September 19, 1975) is an Italian sculptor.

Fabio Viale
Born (1975-09-19) September 19, 1975 (age 49)
NationalityItalian
Alma materAccademia di Belle Arti in Turin
Known forSculpture

Viale's sculptures have been exhibited in Italy, Russia, Germany and the United States. Two of his sculptures were full-sized marble boats that were actually launched into water.

Early life and work

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After his studies at the artistic high school and at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, Italy, Viale started to work professionally as a sculptor.

Career

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In 2002 Viale presented Ahgalla, a marble boat able to float and to transport people using an outboard motor. It was launched in Carrara, Turin, Rome, Milan, Venice, Triest, Saint Petersburg, and Moscow.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In 2009, Viale made a solo exhibition at the Loft Project Etagi of Saint Petersburg (Russia) that had more than 30,000 visitors. There, he launched Ahgalla 2, an improved version of Ahgalla, on the Neva River.[7][8][3]

In 2010 Viale sculpted 'Cavour', a monument dedicated to Camillo Benso in Quirinale Palace (Rome, Italy).[9][10] In 2011, Fabio exhibited his sculptures at an exhibition at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia.[11][12][13] The next year, the 'Museo del Novecento' in Milan (Italy) exhibited his most representative artworks, and acquired a sculpture for its permanent collection.[14] In 2012, the Henreaux Foundation in Querceta, Italy gave him an award.[14]

 

In 2013 Viale ran a solo exhibition at the Sperone Westwater Gallery in New York.[15] In 2014 he won the 15th Cairo Prize, Italy.[16] In 2017 Viale received 52nd international prize Le Muse at the Salone del Cinquecento at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.[17] In January 2018 he presented the exhibition Lucky Ehi- a version of 'La Pietà' by Michelangelo, but without the Christ in Milan (Italy) at 'Poggiali Gallery'.[18][19][20][21] After a few months it was moved through Lampedusa's sea (Italy). In July of the same year he opened a solo exhibition at the Glyptothek in Munich (Germany) where he exhibited 11 sculptures, most of them large. Meanwhile, his monumental Laocoonte (white marble tattooed), was shown for the first time in Königsplatz in Munich. In 2019 he participated at the 58th edition of the Biennale in Venice, Italy.[22]

References

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  1. ^ Fabio Viale - Ahgalla on TV, retrieved 2019-09-24
  2. ^ Fabio Viale - Ahgalla on TV 2, retrieved 2019-09-24
  3. ^ a b Fabio Viale - Ahgalla, retrieved 2019-09-24
  4. ^ Fabio Viale a San Pietroburgo Фабио Виале в Санкт-Петербурге, retrieved 2019-09-24
  5. ^ "Italiani a San Pietroburgo: La mostra Marmo di Fabio Viale | San Pietroburgo". massmediumblog.com. 21 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  6. ^ exibart_admin. "Fabio Viale - Opera Rotas". exibart.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  7. ^ "Senza Rete Etagi Loft Project St. Petersburg". 1995-2015.undo.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  8. ^ Spadano, Paolo (2009-09-08). "Fabio Viale a San Pietroburgo". Rivista Segno (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  9. ^ "Il Cavour in marmo di Fabio Viale si trasferisce a Carrara per poi raggiungere Roma". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  10. ^ www.danieleratti.it http://www.danieleratti.it/site/art/cavour-con-fabio-viale/. Retrieved 2019-09-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "GA1617 | Viale Fabio". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  12. ^ Kommersant, Igor Gulin (July 14, 2011). "A Mosca improbabili sculture in marmo di Carrara". it.rbth.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  13. ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - RUSSIA, Moscow. A sculpture by artist Fabio Viale at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art". Alamy. Retrieved 2019-09-24. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ a b "Fondazione Henraux". www.fondazionehenraux.it. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  15. ^ "Fabio Viale - Artists - Sperone Westwater Gallery". www.speronewestwater.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  16. ^ "Cairo Editore - Premio Cairo 2014". www.cairoeditore.it. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  17. ^ "Premio Internazioanle 'Le muse', dodici premiati nel Salone dei Cinquecento". gonews.it (in Italian). 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  18. ^ Sala, Roberto. "Fabio Viale | Lucky Ehi". Rivista Segno (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  19. ^ "Mostra". la Repubblica Milano.it (in Italian). 2018-01-12. Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  20. ^ "Mostre a Milano | ViviMilano". vivimilano.corriere.it. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  21. ^ "La Pietà di Michelangelo col migrante in braccio". www.deejay.it (in Italian). 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  22. ^ "Biennale Arte 2019 | Padiglione Venezia". La Biennale di Venezia (in Italian). 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-09-24.