Cristina Corradi Mello

Born in 1963

Brasile/Italy

date of insertion W.A.D. 10/2021

 

Biography

Born in Brazil in 1963. Graduated in fine Arts UEMG Belo Horizonte year 1986.

Scholaship winner abroad awarded by Brazilian ministery of Education and Culure,

course attended at Institute for art and Restoration of Florence.Winner of several prizes in field of pictorial and graphic qualification. For the accademic and pos-accademic period I was an assistant in drawing and graphics.I participated in major events art exhibitions throught Brazil as the International Drawing Biennial in Curitiba,Contemporary Art Exhition Museum of Modern Art in Belo Horizonte ,Sao Paulo ,Goiana, recife,Ouro Preto,Rio de Janeiro and Paranà.Sine 1990 I have been working in pictorial and graphics for a Florentine companies.Participates in various art workshops and school projects in Prato and Tuscan inland.Among many participations stand out :Eccellenze Pratese ,Farseart Prato,2018 small Vitaminis CAMEc La Spezia;2017Weekend of the Contemporary arts Pistoia ;Collective Palace of Province of Parto;2016Personal exhibition of drawing Anto Gallery Pisa ;900 Museun Florence e olthers.

What I try to say in the drawings cannot be hidden behind the masks.In the drawing it does not hide,it exposes in the soul.

Curriculum

WORK EXPERIENCE

2014

Workshops for children at the Municipal Library of Montemurlo-“Homage to C.Banti” and “Down the mask”

2015

Workshop for children at the Library of Montemurlo -“Creating the World”

Since 2001

Participant in several school projects within the Primary School of Montemurlo (PO) and Prato

Since 1990

Decorator of papier-mâché masks at the company Firenze of Papier Machè www.firenzeofpapiermache.it Artistic drawing assistant throughout the academic and post-academic period

Assistant and teacher of drawing and alternative teaching material in different locations in Brazil from 1984 to 1987.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1989

Institute for Art and Restoration-Pictorial and Graphic Techniques – Florence. Italy.

Winner of the C.A.P.E.S. Scholarship (Coordination of Personal Level Improvement

Superior) granted by the Brazilian Ministry of Education and Culture.

1980

High School –”Colegio Pitagoras” –Belo Horizonte- Brazil

WORK EXPERIENCE

.1984 – Assistant Drawing Course -Fundaçao EscolaGuignard- Belo Horizonte-Brazil

.1984/86 -Teacher Art Education-“Colegio Champagnat”Middle / High School Belo Horizonte -Brazil-

1984 – Teacher production of handmade paper. First week of art and culture –Caetè-Brazil

1985 -Drawing Assistant – 17th Winter Festival -Diamantina -Brazil

1985 -Teach . Course alternative / recycled material -Artistic education inArtistic in primary schools Nova Lima,Brasil

1985/90 -Drawing Teacher- “Fundaçao Escola Guignard” Belo Horizonte-Brazil

1986/87 -Drawing Teacher -Fashion Course-Federal University -Belo Horizonte Faculty of Fine Arts.

1987 – Drawing Assistant -19th Winter Festival- Sao Joao del Rei-Brazil

1988 – Drawing Assistant -20th Winter Festival – Poços de Calda -Brazil

1988 – winner of the C.A.P.E.S.Presso Scholarship -“Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro” – Florence-Italy

since 1990assistant and decorator, drawings and ancient paintings on papier-mâché masks At Firenze of Papier Mache- www.firenzeofpapiermache.it

from 2001 to 2013 -participant in several artistic and educational projects in the field of Art Education at the Primary and Nursery schoools of Montemurlo and Prato

2014 -workshop papier-mâché masks for children in collaboration with the Proloco Montemurlo,Italy – workshop for children in honor of C.Banti at the Municipal Library Montemurlo.

2015 – workshop for children “Creating the world” at the Municipal Library of Montemurlo – Bottle Recycling Workshop – at Coop Montemurlo.

EXHIBITIONS, PARTICIPATIONS AND EVENTS:

1983/84

winner of the internal exhibition of the Fundaçao Escola Guignard

1984

Group Exhibition 40th Anniversary Fundaçao Escola Guignard-Grand Gallery . Palace of Art ,Belo Horizonte ,Brasil

Group Exhibition Galleria Banca Itaù -Belo Horizonte -Brazil.

Group Exhibition – Federal University of Ouro Preto – Brazil.

XXXVII National Art Exhibition –Goiania –Goiàs –Brazil.

VII Group exhibition “Casa dos Contos”- Ouro Preto-Brazil

1985

XI National Exhibition of Art -Santos -Sao Paulo -Brazil.

X National Exhibition of Art –Riberao Preto –Sao Paulo –Brazil

I National exibitions of Art-Museum of Modern Art Belo Horizonte – Brazil

II National Exhibition of Art –Goiania- Brazil

VII National Biennial of Drawing –Curitiba-Paranà-Brazil

1986

II National exhibition of Art –Mordern Art Museum–Belo Horizonte –Brazil

XVIII National exibition of Modern art –Belo Horizonte –Brazil

43° National exibitionsof Art Curitiba-Brasile

1987

Individual Exhibition. Banca Itaù Gallery -Belo Horizonte -Brazil

44th National Exhibition of Art of Curitiba -Brazil

40th National Exhibition of Art -Recife-Brazil

Personal Exhibition of drawing and lithography-Federal University of Viçosa- Brazil

2013

Personal Drawings and Lithographs -Center Protected area of Monteferrato- Italy

2014

Personal drawings and collages

Hamorny-Art Objects -Prato -Collage exhibition with Cinzio Cavallarin -Central area

Protect .Monteferrato ,Italy

2015

Personal exhibition of Drawings “Black in white”-Gallery Banti,Montemurlo

Group exhibition -Comadre- Sala Polivalente C. Banti, Municipality of Montemurlo

Personal Exhibition of Drawings and Collage-Bachereto Italy

Group exhibition Museo del Novecento Florence -“Vitamine”- Carlo Palli collection

2015

Individual exhibition DIALOGO MUTO – Trends on View- Prato

2016

Waste Bin Project -Prato and Forte di Marmi,Italy

Homage to Leonardo da Vinci -Mona Lisa Carlo Palli collection

Personal exhibition in Hotel Trend Montemurlo,Italy

Personaldrawing “Dialogue Muto” Anto Gallery Art, Pisa,Italy

2017

Pistoia Contemporary Arts Week End- “Palazzi d’arte”Pistoia ,Italy

2018

sculpture “Parco Frabbriche d’arte” Montemurlo,Italy

6A6 collective -Brazil Belo Horizonte

Exhibition group “Mostra Donne Eccellenze Pratese”- curated by Carlo Palli

Farserttiarte Gallery,Prato ,Italy

Exhibition Art,”Minima quadro 0,96 “Fiesole – Firenze curated by Franco Bertini

Participation in Pieraccioni’s film- “Se sono rose…” portrait of him as a young man

2020

The publication of the book 4040 the war of Silence

2021

Exhibition group, Homage a Paolo Rossi -Politeama Theater,Prato ,Italy

2021

Museum of San Domenico Prato, artwork:”La Trinità”-Donation archive Carlo Palli

Fondazione San Niccolò,artwork:Iracondi-Inferno VIII Divine Comedy donation archive Carlo Palli collection

Metamorfose

1986 – 100X70 CM – tempera su carta canson

Contorsione dell’anima

1987 – 25X18 CM – inchiostro di china su carta canson

Serie Bicho Comeu

2021 – 32×27 cm – tecnica mista, inchiostro su carta

Inferno Dantesco “Iracondi”

2020 – 80 x 140 cm – inchiostro di china su legno

IO E ALTRO IO

1987 – 26 X 17 cm – inchiostro di china su carta canson