FABIO CALVETTI

Fabio Calvetti was born in Certaldo (Fi) in 1956. He graduated from the Liceo Artistico (1978) and later at the 'Accademia delle Belle Arti' in Florence in the School of Painting section. The formation of Calvetti took place under the sign of the experimentation of the seventies, between an unconventional figuration, pop thrusts and visual poetry. A gradual maturation of the sign has led the author to make the composition more essential and efficient: environments in which some traces of his formative journey seem to be accessible, certain loves, certain solitudes like Hopper's style. His exhibition was divided between Italy, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Korea, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Holland, Sweden, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Oceania and the United States, concentrating mainly in France and Japan. In Japan, Shiraishi Gallery in Tokyo included it in the 'World artist tour' project together with artists such as George Segal, Tom Wesselmann and Alex Katz. More recently, starting from 2008, an exhibition at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Arezzo; then he exhibited at Palazzo Venezia (Rome), at the Marciana Library of Venice and at the Cloister of Sant'Agostino in Pietrasanta (Lu). In the following years he exhibited 'The world in one room/Il mondo in una stanza' at Palazzo Pretorio in Certaldo and in the Sala delle Colonne in Pontassieve (Fi), in Catania with 'Una notte di primavera' at the Impressionart Gallery in Cetona (Si) with 'Possibile verità', then guest of honor at the 46th Salon des Arts in Cholet (France) and the performance 'Lyrique pour mon fauteuil' at the Rocca di Staggia in Staggia Senese (Si). Then the personal exhibition: 'La via dell'Arte', Villa Schiff, Montignoso (Ms); 'Scraps of life/Pezzi di vita', Palazzo dei Priori, Volterra (Pi); 'Little tales/ Piccole storie', deconsecrated church of Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia; 'Enigmi e Segreti', Palazzo Consiliare, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (Fi), 'Il senso di un viaggio' in Castel San Zeno di Montagnana (Pd), in France, 'Tranches de vie' at the Musee Utrillo-Valadon di Sannois, at the Galerie Vieceli Art Contemporain in Cannes and 'Consolazione' at the Arts Center in Seoul (Korea). In 2018 he is at Spazio Onofri 57 of San Marino with 'Out In'. Calvetti lives and works in Certaldo.

FABIO CALVETTI