D a v i d   G e n o v e s i

A QUICK HISTORY :
Born and raised in Connecticut, USA, I graduated from Rockville High School and enrolled in Fine Arts at the University of Hartford.

This was interrupted by a two year period in the Army as a communications specialist. After the Army, I was a radio announcer for two years in New York State with my own morning radio show, while attending classes at Alfred University.

After that, I attended L’ Istituto dei Belle Arti in Rome, Italy to study Classical Design, and then the Academy of Art in San Francisco, California to study Painting and Sculpture. At the Institute of Oriental Arts in San Francisco I studied calligraphy and Japanese painting.

In California, I created and managed Thursday Productions, a large artisan laboratory, factory and gallery for the design, manufacture and exposition of new sculptural forms, with wood as my chosen material. I opened and managed the art gallery Open Space.
I began to teach painting, sculpture and design during this period and continue to this day.

Many art exhibitions, collaborations and interior and architectural commissions followed. In 1981, I moved back to Connecticut and applied this previous experience to design and build a solar house, where my wife Elizabeth and I lived for five years and where our son Jackson was born. I opened and managed "Ideal Form Gallery".

In 1988, after a year of intense painting and research in New York City, we moved to Italy, where I have worked in many disciplines, graphic design, furniture and set design, interiors, as well as painting and sculpture. I opened and managed "OttOttO Arte", a showroom/gallery/school in Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany.

While in Italy, I also began to experiment with multimedia and performance and created “Vibrations”, an exhibition/performance incorporating sound, dance and audience participation. It has been presented in many forms in various public sites.

I currently live and work in Rome, where I am Director of "ARTROM Gallery", an artist exhibition space where my wife and I curate and present art Exhibitions. We also manage the on-line art gallery www.artromgallery.com for the presentation and promotion of artists. I continue to create paintings and sculpture and accept design and decoration commissions and also still find the time to teach and write.

SELECTED PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS FROM THE LAST TEN YEARS:

2007
• Sansonetti residence. decorative painting and design for renovation of apartment. Rome, Italy. April, May.
• “Introduction to the Mandala”. taught series of courses. Rome, Italy. April
• Art courses. Rome, Italy. ongoing.

2006
• Cortese residence. Interior design and renovation of large apartment. Design and construction of unique furniture and decorative elements. Rome, Italy. June-September.
• “Hot and Loud”. Summer Solstice Celebration event, performance, ritual drumming, costume design and dance, the streets of Rome, sponsored by stradaroma,
Italy. June 21.
• ARTROM Gallery exhibition space. curated various art exhibitions for other artists throughout the year. Rome, Italy.
• “New Works”. personal exhibition of small paintings. collage on masonite, ARTROM Gallery art presentation space. Rome, Italy. Feb.
• Taught series of classes on making hand drums. Rome, Italy. March.
• New Year celebration sound event and performance. ritual drumming, dance and scenic design. Oasis Club, Bologna, Italy. Jan 1st.

2005
• Bastogi residence. interior design and coordination of renovation of apartment. design and construction of unique furniture and decorative elements. Rome, Italy. Aug. – Nov.
• “The Lost Years”, personal Exhibition. small wood and metal sculpture.
La Rosa Institute, Los Angeles, Calif. July.
• La Fitte residence. interior design and realization of unique furniture.
Challonnes sul Loire, France. July.
• Sound experiment #8. performance. Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy. March 20.

2004
• Columbo residence. collaboration with metal artist Luci Pari for the design, construction and installation of large site-specific stairway sculpture. formed wood and hand-forged iron. Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Feb. to Nov.
• “Fireheart”. Mixed media performance, video projection on 9 screens, sound experiment #7, live drumming and dance. Punto.it sponsored by Festarte. Oct. 22
• “Divine Eye”. designed line of clothing to be made in Nepal, including logo and silk screen graphic design. May.
• “www.artromgallery.com”. created on-line art gallery web-site to promote artists worldwide by sponsoring virtual art competitions and exhibitions. May. Currently Director of ARTROM Gallery.
• “Works on Paper”. personal studio exhibit. Rome, Italy. March 2-8.
• “Initiation, Construction and Interpretation of the Mandala”. created and taught course on subject of Mandala. Rome, Italy. Jan 6-8.

2003
• “Psyko Poet”. music CD. wrote all lyrics and recorded 13 songs. Feb.-Aug.
• La Fitte residence. interior design and realization of unique wooden furniture.
Paris, France. June. Challones sul Loire, France. July.
• Sound experiment #6. Summer Solstice Celebration, Mont Mario, Rome, Italy. June.
• Designed and constructed studio for video artist and photographer Andrea Bastogi, 40 m.sq. independent building including darkroom and all interior furniture. Orbetello, Tuscany, Italy. March-June.
• Stella residence. interior design and realization of wooden decorative elements, including raised floor areas incorporating inlaid wood. Rome, Italy. Feb-April.

2002
• “Geometric Fantasies”. created book of graphic symbols intended to be used by artists, designers as a resource and reference and also by therapists as tools for contemplation and healing. Sept.
• “One More Time”, “ancora una volta”, One Person Show, Large scale paintings on incised wooden panels, sculpture, and hand-made musical instruments. Audience participation Sound Experiment #6. Arte-in Gallery, Trastevere, Rome, Italy. Aug.

2001
• “Etruscan Fantasy”. personal exhibition. sculpture, installation, and sound Presented by Studio Logos, Art and Design Gallery. Castello di Capalbio, Tuscany, Italy. July4 – 14.
• “Archetype”. personal exhibition. new paintings and sculpture. Galleria ArteIn, Rome, Italy. April 27-May 4.
• “Vibrations 5” (tutto vibra). earth movement art squad. personal exhibition and installation, multimedia art event with active participation of the public. paintings, sculpture, labyrinth installation. Santa Cruz, Calif. March 23.

2000
• “The Writing on the Wall”. Studio show. Trastevere, Rome, Italy. Nov. 1 - 30.
• Sound Experiment #5, personal. installation, painting and sculpture. Sponsored by Legambiente, Rome, Italy. June, 21.
• Summer Solstice Celebration. installation and sound. Monte Mario, Rome, Italy. June, 21.
• Somers residence. interior design and realization of furniture and sculptural elements. Santa Cruz, Calif. Feb.- April.

1999
• Sound Experiment #4. New Year Celebration. Orbetello, Italy. Dec. 30.
labyrinth installation. design and construction of 9 meter diam. labyrinth. Stone, wood and earth. Santa Cruz, Calif. June 17 – 24.
• “Shangri La”. interior design and realization of all elements of store for art objects from Bali and Thailand. construction of all sculptural display units, wall color effects, and installation of wood and tile floor. Porto Santo Stefano, Italy. April-June.

1998
• “Vibrations 4”. (the primordial future), personal exhibition, paintings,sculpture, installation. sponsored by the Comune di Argentario in collaboration with Monte di Paschi di Siena. August, 15 – 17.

1997
• “Vibrations 3”. (the art of contemplation), sculpture, sound experiment #3, International ecology festival, Grosseto, Italy. Design, realization and installation of “floating man” as scenic design for the festival. July 20–Aug. 5.
• Ritter residence. exterior conceptual design and coordination of all garden landscape renovations. interior design including creation of sculpted furniture pieces and extensive color intervention. Porto Santo Stefano and Milan, Italy. Feb.- Nov.
• “Harmony and Chaos”. personal exhibition of paintings, Capalbio, Italy. June.
• “Ritual”. Personal exhibition. paintings and sculpture and installation with sound. Albinia, Italy. Nativa Gallery. May.
• “Vibrations 2” (ritmi della luna) (rhythms of the moon). new paintings, sculpture, sound and dance performance. multimedia event with active participation of the public. Summer Solstice Celebration, Cennina Castle, sponsored by Centro Culturale Internationale di Cultura Cennina, Arrezzo, Italy. April.
• “Mandala Project”. development and presentation of 3-day healing therapy program for cancer patients. introduction, construction, and interpretation of the Mandala symbol. sponsored by AttiveComePrima. March. 1996
• “Harmony for the New Year”. personal exhibition of Mandala paintings. Gallery Nativa. Albinia, Italy. Dec. 30 - Jan. 15.
• “Vibrations 1”. main piazza in Porto Santo Stefano for “Sound Guardians” – metal sound sculpture, artist made drums, chalk labyrinth, and presentation of music CD - “songs for an Italian piazza”, multimedia performance – “Divenire”; exhibition of Mandala paintings and Solstice sculptures at Gucci Rione Gallery. sponsored by the Comune di Argentario. Aug. 15 – 17.
• “The Walls”. site-specific permanent installation. Santa Cruz, Calif. Sept.
• “New Works on Paper”. studio show, Monte Argentario, Italy. April.
• personal exhibition. paintings on paper and wooden sculpture. Scansano Arts, Scansano, Italy. Feb. 12-22.
• Designed prototype series of knock-down wooden seating. Porto Santo Stefano, Italy. • “Divine Proportions”, personal show of large incised wooden panel paintings. White Light Gallery. White St. New York City, April.