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Born in
Capriglia Irpina, but of Ravenna by virtue of his love of mosaics, Felice
Nittolo is one of the main contemporary mosaic artists. |
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Nittolo, although defending the independence of the mosaic language has intuitively
understood the correspondence between mosaics and theatre, mosaics and
music, mosaics and poetry. |
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1989/90
"Mosaico e Mosaicisti" in the castle of Mesola, Antevilla Belvedere
of Monreale, the Rocca Roveresca of Senigallia, Palace du Commerce di
Nantes, the Cultural Institute of Paris, the Chartreuse Museum of Doul
Lille. |
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1997
"Nuove contaminazioni" Municipal Museums of Udine and "Oggetti del
desiderio" mosaic e design at the Municipal Picture Gallery of Ravenna. |
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1998/99
"Bisanzio" itinerant anthological exhibition of great historical and
cultural interest. |
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2000
"Sculture viventi" performance at the Art Fair of Bologna. |
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2001
"MeditAzione" installations, Fabbri Gallery and Basilica S.Agata
Maggiore, Ravenna. |
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2002
"Segnalibri d’artista" in Villa Bruno in Napoli, Campania Region. |
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2003
"Il suono del silenzio" Councillorship for Culture, Modern Art Gallery,
Palazzo Albertini, Forlì and Nuovo Segno Modern Art Gallery, Forlì. |
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2005
"Ceramicamosaico" Church of S. Maria delle Croci, Municipalities of
Faenza, Cervia, Ravenna. |
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2007 "Vetri", niArt Gallery, Ravenna, Patronage of the Municipality
and Province of Ravenna. |
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He then further explored the possibilities of glass and ceramic in art and also realized some video-performances. His creative work was accompanied by a meticulous rediscovery of the work of the greatest players of 19th century Ravenna's mosaic school by organizing and curating a long series of monographic exhibitions, alternating retrospective and contemporary artists (often mosaic 'new talents'). Many other exhibitions were held in Italy, France, Japan, United States, Germany, Austria, Scotland. |
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The following year he set up the evocative installation Acqua e Mosaico in the crypt of Basilica of Saint Francis in Ravenna. In the same year, his works entered the mosaic collection of the Art Museum of Ravenna. |
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In 2013 his works were shown at the exhibition Meccaniche della Meraviglia on the island of Lake Garda and in 2014 he was asked to organize the exhibition Porziuncola in Chartres. |
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The installation in the Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist in Ravenna is from 2015. |
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In 2016-17 the project Ritorno was started: a site-specific exhibition & installation itinerary curated by Paolo Sacchini and Generoso Picone which has developed in seven exhibitions held in different and unusual ancient venues of the territory of Irpinia. |
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In 2017-18 an extensive solo exhibition entitled Felice Nittolo/Geografie a ritroso took place at the National Museum of Ravenna. He also participated in the important historical exhibition at the MAR of Ravenna with the title MONTEZUNA FONTANA MIRKO mosaic sculpture art from its origins to the present day. |
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The 2018 installation LIGHT on the altar of the San Petronio basilica in Bologna and Stone and gold in the chapel of the Holy Spirit in the monastery of Camaldoli (Arezzo). |
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The 2019 installation REVEALED, a site-specific work in the flooded crypt of the San Francesco basilica in Ravenna. |
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The MEMORIAL TREE, a permanent installation to the memory of the victims of the Aquila earthquake. |
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Landscape and water, organised by Maria Rita Bentini in the Estense Castle and the Abbot’s Tower in Mesola, Ferrara. |
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Light takes shape, organised by Linda Kniffitz, a site-specific installation in the Baptistery of Neon, the Chapel of Saint Andrew and the Archiepiscopal Museum in Ravenna. |
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From 2020: Emersions, a site-specific work of mosaics in the waters of Bologna - organised by Riccardo Betti, seen through “The Little Window” of Via Piella in Bologna. Green-White-Red, curated by Sandro Malossini of the Emilia-Romagna region. Controluce, organiised by Agneta Kreiischer, Ars Communicat, Traun, Austria. |
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Rythym in stone, organised by Daniela Ricci and the Home Gallery of Alessandro Viitiello. Pan Museum, Naples. |
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He taught Mosaic Art at the Art Institute “Nervi-Severini” and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ravenna as well as at the Pilchuck School in Seattle. His works are showcased in several public and private collections: from the MAR Musuem in Ravenna to the Art Museam in Tacoma (near Seattle), from the National Museum of Ravenna to the Art Museum of Kawagoe in Japan. He lives and works in Ravenna.
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