Curriculum Vitae

Born in Rome, Italy, 1972
Lives and works in London and Wrecsam

Education

2002 MA Painting, Wimbledon School of Art, UK.
1995 BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, UK.

Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions

2009
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009, Jerwood Space, London and touring to Cardiff, Aberdeen, Cambridge, Bideford and Cheltenham in 2010.
The 4th International Drawing Competition Wroclaw 09, Municipal Museum of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, 20 November - 10 January 2010, (touring).
2010
Outsider, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen, Wales, 10 April - 15 May 2010.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009
Transient residence,Oriel Davies Gallery,Newtown, Wales.
2008
The tower and the well, Monika Bobinska Galery, London.
2007
Gaia Persico, ‘In Focus’ space, Oriel Davies, Newtown, Powys, Wales,
2006
Gaia Persico, Oriel Studio 8 Gallery, Ruthin.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
Cream, International Festival for the Arts and Media, Yokohama, Japan.
Paper City: Urban Utopias, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Who is Telling the Story Part 1, Galata Perform, Beyoglu, Istanbul.
Who is Telling the Story Part 2, Kadirga: Kadirga Liman Caddesi No. 82, Kumkapi, Istanbul.
Unsound Practice, Dutch Kills Gallery, New York.
Atlas: Separated by Intervals, The Crypt Gallery, London.
2008
Rotate, Mermaid&Monster at Contemporary Art Society, London
Concrete Dreams, APT Gallery, London
RE:drawing, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales.
If you Build It, They Will Come, g39, Cardiff.
Shot By the Sea, Hastings Film Festival, Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings.
2007
Isobar, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Innocence and Despair, g39, Cardiff
Alternative Possible World, AirVideo, AirSpace, Stoke-on-Trent.
Pilot:, Pilot Archives at La Fondazione Bevilaqua La Masa, during La Biennale di Venezia
Pilot; Pilot Archives at La Casa Encendida, Madrid, during ARCO 07.
2006
Blink, Gasworks, London.
Sensuous Panorama, Lounge, London.
Houses in Motion, Fieldgate Gallery, London.
2005
PILOT:2, Farmiloes Building, London.
taking a line for a walk, The Place, Letchworth Arts Center.
2004
Draward, The Place, Letchworth, UK.
National Eisteddfod of Wales, Tredegar House, Newport, UK.
The Travelling Show, ADi projects, London, UK.
2003
To All the Lovers and Sweethearts We Will Never Meet, House Gallery, London, UK.
2002
Paint, fa projects, London, UK.
East International 2002, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK.
2001
Discerning Eye, ING Baring, London, UK.
2000
International Exhibition, Gallery BAI, New York, USA.
1998
Open, PM Gallery, LondonLe Torri D’Avistamento, Tarquinia, Italy
1997
Cold Fusion, 0 Art Gallery Internet, Rome, Italy.
Paradise Garden, St. Martin’s Gallery, London, UK.
1996
Domina, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo, Italy.
Vanity Fair, 0 Art Gallery, Rome, Italy.

Art Fairs

2008
Pilot: archives at 101 Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan, 3-6 April
Pilot: archives at ZAIM project space, Yokohama, Japan, 20-30 March
2007
Aqua, Aqua Hotel, Miami, 5 - 9 December.
Year07, County Hall, London, 11 - 14 October.
Pilot:, Pilot Archives at La Casa Encendida, Madrid, during ARCO 07.

Awards

2008
'Overall first prize winner' of Oriel Davies Open 2008, Oriel Davies Gallery.
Nominated for Sovereign European Art Prize by Dr. Rossana Pittelli, Art Attache', Italian Cultural Istitute, London.
2007
The Henry Moore Foundation, funding for Isobar catalogue.
Nominated for ArtSway Residency by John Gillett, Winchester Art Gallery.
2005
Nominated by The Drawing Room to exhibit in Pilot:2.
2004
Shortlisted for 'Gold Medal in Fine Art' award, National Eisteddfod of Wales.
2003
Nominated for Beck's Futures at ICA, London.

Commissions

2008
Paper City, drawing for Blueprint Magazine, December 2008, issue n.273.

Selected Publications and Reviews

2009
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009, exhibition catalogue, ISBN 978-0-9563570-0-7
'Paper City: Urban Utopias’, exhibition review, Matt Price, YSH London.
http://architecture00.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/00-the-royal-academy-paper-city-urban-utopias/
One in the Other, g39, exhibition catalogue, ISBN 978-0-9541810-6-2
2008
‘Paper Cities’, Blueprint Magazine, November Issue, # 273.
Re:Drawing, exhibition review, Amy Sterly, Welsh Art Magazine, issue # 1, Oct-Nov-Dec 2008
'Arte Oristanese all'estero tra Londra e il Venezuela', Cristiana Loddo, L'Unione Sarda, Tue 30th of September, p18.
RE:drawing, Oriel Davies Gallery, exhibition catalogue, ISBN 978 1 870797 40 X
‘The Inexorable Rise of Drawing’, Annabel Tilley, Garageland issue 6, pp 66-67.
http://www.transitiongallery.co.uk/documents/The_rise_of_drawing_Annabel_Tilley.pdf
2007
Isobar, exhibition catalogue ISBN 978-0-9557496-0-5.
‘The Surface of Things’, Gaia Persico, Isobar catalogue essay.
Art Vehicle, Isobar review by AJL
Art Rabbit, Isobar review by Dani Admiss.
A-N, Gaia Persico 'In Focus' review by Mary Cunnah.
Silent Words Speak Loudest, Innocence and Despair review
2006
Gaia Persico, Studio 8 Gallery, Ruthin, Wales, exhibition catalogue. ISBN 1-905865-00-7
Sensuous Panorama, Lounge Gallery, exhibition catalogue.
2004
Poem composed by Twn Morys in response to work exhibited at the National Eisteddfod.
2002
East International 2002, Norwich School of Art, exhibition catalogue. ISBN 1-872482-61-9
'Lonely Planet', Gaia Persico, essay, [a-n] magazine, July issue, p34.
1996
Work shown on RAI 1, Italian National Television News, 27th of November.

Curated Exhibitions

2007
Isobar, Fieldgate Gallery, London
2005
taking a line for a walk, The Place, Letchworth Arts Center.
2003
To All the Lovers and Sweethearts We Will Never Meet, House Gallery, London, UK.

Lectures and Teaching

2009
Transient residence, Oriel Davies Gallery, exhibition talk.
2008
MA Drawing, Camberwell School of Art, Londo.n
Claremont Studios, Hastings.
2006
Croydon College further education, Croydon.
2005
Croydon College further education, Croydon.
The Big Draw, The Place, Letchworth Art Centre, Letchworth Garden City.
2002
East Discourse, Norwich Gallery, Norwich.

Links

The Drawing Center
PILOT:
ARTTRA
Fieldgate Gallery