GIOVANNI LEONARDO BASSAN

10/11/1989, ITALY

education:

 -2003/2008 Liceo artistico A. Martini, Schio (VI) ITALY

-2009/2011 laurea triennale in disegno industriale, Politecnico di Milano,  ITALY

solo exhibithions:

 -May 2023_METONYMIA

“Serene gallery”,Viale Carlo Cattaneo 17, Lugano. SWITZERLAND

-December 2021_FOREST OF HANDS

(Special collaboration with Comme des Garcons)    

“3537”, 35 rue de Francs Bourgeois, Paris. FRANCE

 -November 2019_DELUGE

“The Mine gallery”, 43 rue Montmorency, Paris. FRANCE

-June 2016_EVERYTHING DISTRACTS ME

“The Mine gallery”, 40 rue de Verneuil, Paris. FRANCE

 -December 2015_MARTYRDOM

“The Mine gallery”, Al Quoz 1, Dubai. UAE

group exhibitions:

-OCTOBER 2023_THE IMAGINARY MUSEUM

Grimont Gallery, 43 rue Montmorency, Paris. FRANCE

-June 2023_DAWA

35/37, Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75004 Paris. FRANCE

-August 2022_I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC

Dune Alpine, East Hamptons. NEW YORK

-June 2022_THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO

Fragment gallery, NYC. NEW YORK

-May 2022_INDUSTRIALISM

Sized gallery, NYC. NEW YORK

-Marc 2022_SWEET LUST

White Cube gallery, Paris. FRANCE

-February 2022_VESSEL

Sized gallery, Los Angeles. USA

-May 2021_FUTURE SOCIETY

Dazed&Confused art fair, Seoul. SOUTH KOREA

-November 2020_AFFINITA’ ELETTIVE

Torino. ITALY

-July 2020_IT’S LEBANON’S ANARCHY THAT BOTHERS YOU

Galerie Charraudeau, Paris. FRANCE

-December 2019_CHROME HEARTS, ART BASEL MIAMI

Design District, Miami. USA

-May 2019 _DYSFUNCTIONAL, (WHAT ARE YOU FIGHTING FOR)

Ca d’Oro, Venice. ITALY curator Michele Lamy

-April 2019_LOVE MY WAY

Villa Noailles, Hyeres. FRANCE

-December 2018_WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR

Selfridges, 400 Oxford St, London. UK curator Michele Lamy

-September 2017, MADE IN MEDITATION

Somwhere galley, New York City. USA   –

October 2016_FRATELLANZA, (SMUG)

Kunstafabrik, AM Flutgraben, Berlin.

GERMANY curator Maria Shaknova, Ramata

Coulibaly  – July 2015_PROJECT 89, (Focus Facial)

Paradis, 25 rue de Bourgogne, Paris. FRANCE

performances:

 -November 2016_IN BETWEEN

Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL. USA

participation on performance:

 -December 2013_LOVE FOCUSED LIKE A LASER

Matthew Stone performance at Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL. USA

short Bio:

Giovanni Leonardo Bassan is a multidisciplinary Italian artist, born in 1989 in Marostica (Vicenza).

His artistic training began at the Art School A. Martini, Schio and then continued at the Politecnico di Milano, graduating in industrial design in 2011. World traveler, participates in many international and volunteering projects. He currently lives and works in Paris, France.

As a contemporary artist, articulating the breakdown of the distinction between high/low culture, Bassan lends a European voice, with the sensibility of classical, historical painting, to the expressionism of the new figurative painting; aiming to research his ‘abstract’ vision, with a multitude of figurative levels superimposed on each other.

As an observer of the quotidian, Bassan’s painting is a journey through the Parisian heterotopias, those sites of the elsewhere, beyond convention and norm: In the convoluted atmosphere of the city’s alternative party scene, a rapidly shifting landscape, the artist becomes a voyeur, a portraitist, and a participant. Incomplete images, almost cut out from history paintings, appear before us juxtaposed, often half-broken, tilting towards the edge.

Today his artistic practice embraces disciplines ranging from painting to sculpture, ceramics, and furniture design. Bassan tries to offer valuable new perspectives, studying alternative techniques and applying traditional forms in contemporary shapes. It is with a sensible shameless approach, full of emotions, that his pieces lead us to think.

Giovanni’s early mentor, Michèle Lamy, provided him with his first studio space in Paris, the city where he continues to live and work. His art has been shown internationally, in both group and solo exhibitions.