David Scognamiglio
Our relationship with reality, with the present, is surrounded by cracks that open onto the in- visible. Moving from a focused vision to a blurred, multiform one enables us to confront other worlds. The sphere of the inexplicable and that of reason are superimposed in an obscure zone. curcie.
Here, nebulous light appears.
The exhibition presents the main lines that make up the fragmented universe of David Scognamig lio’s fragmented universe.
veils, structural reflections, membranes, sculpted shadows, millimetric burns, incandescences, orated waves, textures. All these elements allow us to approach the artist’s mental geographies of the artist.
From these emerge an interest in the manipulation of time, the symbolic charge present in places and materials, and the way in which the artist manipulates time.
Solo shows
- 2023 Nébuleuses lumières, Galerie PJ, Metz, France
- 2022 Re Flectere, Forastero, Santiago, Chile
- 2021 Incandescenze, Studio D’Azeglio, Bologna, Italy
- 2020 Biología Temporal, NAC gallery, Santiago, Chile
- 2017 Aqua Lucens, Italian Embassy, Santiago, Chile
- Pluvium, Italian Institute of Culture, Santiago, Chile
- 2016 De Rivus, NAC Gallery, Santiago, Chile
- 2014 Constelaciones, Gabriela Mistral Gallery, Santiago, Chile
Group shows
- 2023 Unir 9 puntos con 4 líneas, NAC Gallery, Santiago, Chili
- 2022 Al principio fue la verdad, La Merceria Gallery, Valencia, Spain
- 2021 Acción Performance, en ligne @matucana100, Santiago, Chile
- 2020 Fil Noir, Dimore Gallery, Milano, Italy
- 2019 MAAP, Rione San Giacomo, Matera, Italy
- Invasioni Contemporanee, Castignano, Italy
- Objecte de Estudi, Angels 2 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- 2018 Residual, University Museum, Alicante, Spain
Noche blanca, Alicante, Spain - 2017 Luoghi per sottrazione, Sassi Foundation, Matera, Italy
Corpus Mine, Miniere Museum, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Italy
Lĕvis Lēvis, Open Dark, Santiago, Chile
Compañia 1263, Santiago, Chile - 2016 La bellezza dello sguardo, Montiglio Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile
- 2015 Electric Avenue, Monoambiente Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Festival de las Artes, Valparíso, Chile - 2014 Área / Bordes, Municipal Theater, Santiago, Chile
Nuit Blanche, Paris, FR
Festival Les Insolites, Le Moustier Cultural Center, Thorigny, FR
Ciclo de creación contemporánea, Municipal Theater, Santiago, Chile - 2013 Festival Cultura Transforma, Milm2, Santiago, Chile
Área / Santiago, Factoría Italie, Santiago, Chile - 2012 Que no ve, Contemporary Architecture Center, Santiago, Chile
- 2010 UrbanLuz, Church of San Isidro, Santiago, Chile
- 2008 Intercollectifs Festival, Toulouse, FR
- 2007 SpaziEvasi Festival, Francavilla, Italy
Studies
- 2019 Master in Production and Research in Contemporary Art, University of Barcelona, Spain.
- 2010 Degree in Light Studies, Pontifical Catholic University, Chile.
- 2006 Architect Degree, University of Florence, Italy.
Fairs
- 2023 Lima, Peru
- 2023 Luxembourg Artweek, Luxembourg
- 2022 SWAB art fair, Barcelona, Spain
- 2021 Artcity, Bologna, Italy
- 2019 Fiera di arte pubblica, Matera, Italy
- 2016 Art Stgo, Santiago, Chile
Awards
- 2019 Selected in the “Nuit Blanche” competition, Paris, FR
- Selected in the “Invasioni Contemporanee” competition, Ascoli, Italy
- 2018 Selected in the “PLUS” competition, Museum of the University of Alicante, Spain
- 2017 Selected in the “Luoghi per sottrazione” Sassi Foundation, Matera, Italy
- 2016 Honorable mention in the “La bellezza dello sguardo” competition, Santiago de Chile
- 2015 Selected in the “FAV Festival de las Artes” competition, Valparaiso, Chile
- 2014 Selected in the “Galería Gabriela Mistral” competition, Santiago de Chile
- Selected in the “Creación en Tiempo Real” competition, Santiago de Chile
- Selected in the “Nuit Blanche” competition, Paris, FR
- 2007 Selected in the “Festival SpaziEvasi” competition, Francavilla, Italy
Residences
- 2019 Invasioni Contemporanee, Castignano, Italy
- 2018 PLUS, University Museum, Alicante, Spain
- 2017 Sassi Foundation, Matera, Italy
- 2015 Monoambiente Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Publications
2021 David Scognamiglio, Artist’s book, Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago
2018 Bernabé Gomez Moreno, Catalog PLUS Research and Artistic Production Residencies, Universidad de Alicante
2017 Ylenia Rose Testore, Corpus Mine Catalog, Miniere Museum
2014 Florencia Lowenthal, Juan José Santos, Constelaciones Catalog, Gabriela Mistral Gallery
Address
10 rue des jardins, 57000 Metz, France
Hours
Wednesday-Saturday 11.00am-6.00pm
Contact us
+33 3 87 68 52 40