Mattia Biagi
In 2001 Biagi moved to LA from Italy. Upon his arrival he was inspired by the La Brea Tar Pits. He was entranced by the texture of the tar but also with the contrast of this prehistoric, primordial material existing within a modern, urban environment. Within his works, Biagi has a strong connection to childhood objects, musical instruments and methods of transport, with his trademark being the teddy bear. His work stimulates the viewer to look at the objects surrounding all of us in a new light, in doing this he creates a visual record of modern culture encapsulated and suspended in time.
Education:
I.R.F.A Italian art and design school
Apprentice for Giulio Cappelinini
Solo Exhibitions
2008: “We all are guilty, We all are Victims, and I am the First One”, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2008: Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007: Deborah Page Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2005: Twentieth Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2005: Dao Art Design, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2004: Capellini Art Design, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2004: Flou, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2004: La Conceria Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2004: Marconi Art Gallery, Bologna, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009: Sweet Dreams Are Made of These, Holster Projects, London, UK
2008: Freiheit Gallery Famiglia Margini, Italy
2007: Art Basel, Miami, FL, USA
2007: The Black Market Show, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007: High and Dry, Smoke and Fog, Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2007: Object Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2007: Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, USA
2007: Stephen F. Austin State University, Austin, TX, USA
2007: Harper College, Palatine, IL, USA
2006: Red Dot, New York, NY, USA
2006: Patricia Faure Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2006: Ghettogloss, Silver Lake, CA, USA
2006: Art Basel, Miami, FL, USA
2005: Rose Gallery, Venice Beach, CA, USA
2005: Don O Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2005: Art Walk LACMA Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2005: Art Gallery of Luca, Florence, Italy
2003: Maffi Gallery, Rome, Italy
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