Alberto Balletti, artist and educator, was born in Treviso, Italy in 1968. He earned his diploma from the National Artistic School of Treviso in 1986, followed by a diploma from the Art Institute of Guidizzolo (Mantova) in 1996. Balletti obtained a degree from the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan in 1990 and a Specialist Degree in Design and Production of Visual Arts (CLASAV) from the Venice Institute of Architecture (IUAV) in 2003.
He is appointed to the chair of Experimental Chalcographic Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan from 2016.
Since 1990, he is etcher, photographer and movie maker describing himself as an …. amphibian artist. He shares his life and work between the Lake of Garda and Milano. Since 1996, Alberto Balletti teaches etching in the Fine Arts Academies of Roma, Sassari, Napoli, Catania, Foggia. In 2007, he was appointed to the chair of Calcography Etching Techniques and Art Book Publishing classes at the Venezia Academy until 2016.
Between 1992 and 2004, young period of photo-digital research, he exhibits as a duo known as Balletti&Mercandilli (Alberto Balletti and Mauro Mercandelli). In the nineties, the pair will collaborate with major research of contemporary art galleries in Italy, among them Il Ponte Contemporanea in Roma, Fossati & The Box in Torino and Neon in Bologna. In particular, he is part of the «XII Quadriennal National Art of Roma, Italy 1950-1990» in 1996.
Extremely active since the early 90s, Alberto Balletti has been represented in many collective exhibitions related to etching and digilal print, in Italy and abroad. Part of his works belong to important offcial collections in Italy but also international (go to exhibitions)
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INTERNATIONAL TRAINING EXPERIENCES
2023
Conference NO, NEON, NO CRY, Neon 1981-2011, by Giulio Ciavoiello, Elena Bordignon, Emi Ligabue, Eleonora Mariani, Gino Gianuizzi – FORUM900 – Museo Novecento, Milano
INTERCHANGEABLE IMAGE Theoretical/Practical Workshop 2022-2023 – Project by Professors Alberto Balletti, Danilo Ferrero, Chiara Giorgetti, Academy of Fine Arts of Brera – Department of Visual Arts, Biennium School of Graphic Arts
INTERCHANGEABLE IMAGE – exhibition of works created by students during workshop: ExChiesa of San Carpoforo – Brera, Milano + ExPescheria Comune di Este (PD), La Medusa Centro di Cultura + National Academy of Art, Sofia
2022
Conference NO, NEON, NO CRY, Neon 1981-2011, by Gino Gianuizzi and Eleonora Mariani, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna
X National Scientific Conference with International Participation: Balkan Art Forum 2022 (BARTF 2022, organized by Faculty of Arts of the University of Niš, in cooperation with the Branch of SASA (Serbian Arts and Science Academy), Niš – Serbia
Conference “The boundaries of engraving” with Alberto Balletti and Alessia De Bortoli C/O 9th Biennial of Contemporary Engravers – Villa Priuli, Castello di Godego, Treviso, Italy
2021
Scientific Symposium on graphic art: Perspective of Traditional Graphic Practice in Contemporary Graphic Identity – Franciscan Museum and Gallery Gorica-Livno – Triennial of Graphic Arts of Livno – November 4 2021
Alberto Balletti – OPT artist talk, Okanagan Print Triennial – Vernon Public Art Gallery, Canada
2020
Guanlan Forum “international art education”, Shenzhen, China Printmaking Museum – International Cultural Industry Fair, China
2019
Grafička radionica Sićevo 2019, Sicevo Colonia curated by Galerija SLU Nis, Serbia
2018
Idee Vincenti, open innovation of Lottomatica, the project startup “Authclick” win six months of incubator to Polihub, Politecnico Milano.
2017
Art Colony “Studenica 2017”, Studenica Monastery, organized by City of Kraljevo, Serbia
2017
Scientific Committee and Invitations Committee IX Rassegna Internazionale di Incisione Cremona 2017
2017
StartCupLombardia 2017: selected team whit startup “Authclick” to Acceleration days, PoliHub Milano
2016
Dolomiti Digital Camp, Progetto Borca with H-FARM and Dolomiti Contemporanee to Villaggio ENI of Borca di Cadore, by Giuseppe Vigolo
2015
Artist in residence “4th International Latgale Graphic Symposium”, Museo Daugavpils Marko Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
2015
Foundation webzine “Venezia Art Magazine”, by Alberto Balletti and Marina Guarneri
2013
One month Erasmus teaching class of Etching to the Facultad de Belles Artes – University Complutense of Madrid, (Dibujo y Grabado chair of Profesora Carmen Garrido), Spain
2012
Scientific Committee and Invitations Committee First International Student Biennial Drawing Sofia, National Academy of Art of Sofia, Bulgaria
2011
Artist in residence for three months in Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
2010
Visiting Professor to the opening “85th Academic Year Vietnam University of fine Art” and to the opening “Vietnam Triennial 2006-2010” Decennial Exposition of Vietnam University of Fine Art and of Vietnam Museum of Fine Art
2000
Workshop Italia-U.S. International Exchange: workshop directed by master artists Mark Dion and William Kentridge, organized by Atlantic Center for the Art (Florida), promoted by Darden Celebration of Cultures and Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Comune di Umbertide (PG)
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Member of International Graphics Competitions Juries
2022
Scientific Committee and Invitations Committee 9th Biennial of Contemporary Engravers – Villa Priuli, Castello di Godego, Treviso, Italy
2021
Jury for the competition Constantine the Great (section Graphica) by Faculty of Arts in Niš, Serbia
Jury Commission International Latgale Graphic Symposium – Museum Daugavpils Marko Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2020
Jury for the competition Constantine the Great (section Graphica) by Faculty of Arts in Niš, Serbia
Jury Commission International Latgale Graphic Symposium – Museum Daugavpils Marko Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2019
Scientific Committee and Invitations Committee VIII L’arte e il Torchio / Art and the Printing Press
Jury Commission Second National Competition of Graphic Art for Young Artists – Sofia City Art Gallery – Галерия Средец, in collaboration with Grafikart Gallery
Jury Commission International Latgale Graphic Symposium – Museum Daugavpils Marko Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2018
Jury Commission First Biennale of Litography of Beograd, Serbia
Jury Commission International Latgale Graphic Symposium – Museum Daugavpils Marko Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2017
President of the Jury for awards triennial – 3rd International Printmaking Triennial of Beograd
Scientific Committee and Invitations Committee VIII L’arte e il Torchio / Art and the Printing Press
Jury in the contest Rising Arts – Alle sorgenti dell’arte progetto ZOLFO winning of the call “Culturalmente” Fondazione Cariparo, Padova
Jury Commission International Latgale Graphic Symposium – Museum Daugavpils Marko Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2016
Jury Commission International Latgale Graphic Symposium – Museum Daugavpils Marko Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2015 Scientific Committee and Invitations Committee VIII L’arte e il Torchio / Art and the Printing Press
2014
Jury Commission 98ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti of Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia
Jury Commission Second International Student Biennial Drawing Sofia, National Academy of Art of Sofia
2013
Jury Comision XI International Graphic Art Biennial Dry Point, Uzice (Serbia)
Scientific Committee and Invitations Committee VI Biennale Nazionale di Incisione G.Polanschi of Cavaion Veronese (Verona-Italy)
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WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Collection Tirane Art Gallery, Albania 2022
Collection China Print Art Museum, Shenzhen – 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Collection Biennale of Contemporary Engravers in Castello di Godego, Treviso – Italy 2022
Collection of the National Museum in Kielce, Poland 2021
Collection Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Canada 2021
Muzeul de Artă Ploiești, Romania 2021
Collection Arkansas State University’s Bradbury Art Museum (BAM), USA 2020
Collection Jogja International Miniprint Biennale, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2020
Collection Faculty of Art U.N.C., Cordoba, Argentina 2020
Museo Artemio Alisio de Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos, Argentina 2020
Collection Mini Print International of Cadaqués 2020
Collection of China Printmaking Museum – Guanlan, Shenzen 2019
Collection International Graphic Biennal, Civic Gallery of Uzice, Serbia 2013 – 2019 – 2021 – 2023
Collection Douro International Printmaking Biennial, Portugal 2017 – 2018 – 2019 – 2020
Collection of the Civic Museum “Ala Ponzone”, Cremona 2007-2011-2015-2017- 2019
CollectionKazanlak Art Gallery, Bulgaria 2019
Collection Mini Print Internacional Cantabria, Santander, France 2019
Galerija Savremene Likovne Umetnosti Niš, Serbia 2019
Collection of the Bashkir State Nesterov Art Museum, Una, Russia 2019
Graphium Etching Biennial Timisoara, Romania 2019
Collection National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts 2014 – 2016 – 2018
Collection Graphics Review, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania 2014 – 2016 – 2018
Centro Civico Cascina Casale, Comune di Cassina de’ Pecchi, Milano 2018
Macao Printmaking Triennial, Cultural Affairs Bureau, China 2018
Club for UNESCO Vicenza 2017
Collection Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2017
Fondos de la Sala aLfaRa, Oviedo, Espana 2017
Zayed University Permanent Collection, Dubai 2017
Associations of Estonian Printmakers, Tallinn, Estonia 2017
Studenica Monastery, Kraljevo, Serbia 2017
Gallery Association of Fine and Applied Artists Kraljevo, Serbia 2017
Collection Jogja Miniprint Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2016
Collection NI Institute and Museum Bitola, Macedonia 2016
Collection CKM Caddebostan Cultural Center, Istanbul 2016
Tokyo University of the Arts Collection, Japan 2016 – 2024
Collezione Biblioteca Internazionale “La Vigna”, Vicenza 2016
Collection China Print Art Museum – Guanlan International Print Biennial 2015
Collection Bangkok Triennale International Print 2015, Thailand
Collection Biennale Internazionale d’estampe Contemporanea de Trois- Rivières – project Immaginario 2015
Collection Museum Daugavpils Marko Rothko Art Centre, Latvia 2015
Collection International Print Triennial Krakow 2015
Union of Bulgarian Artist Collection, Triennial of Graphic Art Sofia 2010 – 2014
Collection of Belgrade World Triennial of Graphics – ULUS, Serbia 2014
Gabinete de Grabados Facultad Bellas Artes, Univerisidad Complutense Madrid 2013
Collection Brita Prinz Arte – obra grafica contemporanea
Collection of Guanlan Printmaking Base (China) 2012
Collection of International Print of Tianjin Binhai New Area (China) 2011
Raccolta Museale di Grafica d’Arte Bartholomeo Zane De Portesio 2010
Collection Slesian Musium of Katowice, Poland 2010
Collection National Museum in Krakow, Poland
Gabinetto Stampe Antiche e Moderne del Comune di Bagnacavallo Museo Civico delle Cappuccine 2008
Raccolta d’Arte Contemporanea del Piccolo Formato, Comune di Faeto
Fondo Incisioni Associazione Incisori Siciliani (PA)
Pinacoteca Comune di Montagnareale (ME)
Raccolta delle Stampe Moderne della Cittadella dell’Oasi di Troina (EN)
Collezione Permanente arte contemporanea Museo giovani artisti, Castello di Aci 2003
Collection Spazio Neon, Bologna 1996
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From 2004 to 2010 he curated the annual exhibition De Portesio, a selection of students and professors from Fine Arts Academies, Fondazione Cominelli, San Felice d/B. (Brescia)
De Portesio 2004
Città irreale, Città ideale – De Portesio 2005
Corpo Urbano – De Portesio 2006
Corpo/Reo – De Portesio 2007– Graphic art and ShortVideo Convention
Corpo/Reo – De Portesio 2008 – Graphic art and ShortVideo Convention
De Portesio 2009 – collective exhibition
De Portesio 2010
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EXHIBITIONS curated by Alberto Balletti: works by students and professors of Graphic Art from Fine Arts Academies
2022
Loading Set up inside 9th edition Biennale of Contemporary Engravers in Castello di Godego, Treviso – Italy – 9a Biennale di Incisori Contemporanei – Sguardo sull’Incisione
2019
Obiettivo Immagine 30×20, PACTA dei Teatri Salone, Milano
2017
Paper against Cement, Galerija ŠTAB – Beograd, by Alberto Balletti and Marco Trentin – side event of the 3rd International Printmaking Triennial of Beograd, with the patronage of the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Milan
2016
Impresa Visione, Centro di cultura La Medusa, Este (PD), by Alberto Balletti
Vivarium, Magazzino del Sale 3 – Department of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice and University Ca’ Foscari Venice, by A. Balletti, S. Mancini, E. Molena, G. Turria and M. Zocchetta
NeoDogi, Oratorio di San Ludovico, Venezia, by Alberto Balletti and Vittorio Urbani director of Nuova Icona
2015
Art Night Venezia – Oniric Printmaker, Academy of Fine Art of Venice, by A. Balletti, J. Abis, M. Trentin, D. Pistacchio
biancoNero, Collettiva di grafica d’arte dell’Accademia Belle Arti di Venezia, Atelier 3+10, Mestre-Venezia, by Saverio Simi de Burgis
2014
Corpo IN/Formazione– International Graphics Exhibition – Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, National Academy of Art of Sofia, Royal Academy of Arts in Antwerp – Belgium and Faculty of Fine Arts, University Complutense – Madrid, Spain), by Alberto Balletti and Vasil Kolev (November 2013: Academia Gallery to National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria – March 2014: Magazzino 3 to Academy of Fine Art of Venice – December 2014: Wintergarden of Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerpen
Art Night Venezia – Oniric Printmaker, Academy of Fine Art of Venice, by A. Balletti, J. Abis, M. Trentin,
2011
Corpo EX/Posto, International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Art of Venice, National Academy of Art Sofia, Bulgaria (by Alberto Balletti and Vasil Kolev)
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VideoArt Production
ABVideo
2014 – Street painting, color, dur. min. 2,05″
2012 – Pedestrian, color dur. min. 1,45″
2006 – Neon Weepy, looping set up (n.9 monitor), color
2003/06 – Pestare t’erra, color, dur. min 40,00″
2004 – Save Your Wilt Spirit, color, dur. min. 9,30″
2004 – Neon Dryweeps Brake, color, dur. min. 11,00″
2003 – Unground Stop, color, dur.min. 4,40″
2002 – Border Line Trip, color, dur. min. 8,40″
2002 – Mangiami, color, dur. min.3,00″
2002 – Stupro, color, dur. min.3,00″
2002 – Videazione, color, dur. min. 3,40″
2000 – Galleria Circus (six acts of foreplay), CD Rom interactive
1997 – La cura di Ester, color, dur. min.4,00″
1995 – Il lavoro di Meri, b/n, dur. min.3,30″
1995 – Walter, color, dur. min.18,20″
1995 – La ditta di Frenci, b/n, dur. min.4,30″
1994 – Intervista ad un cecchino, b/n, dur. min.11,45″
1994 – Suburbi, b/n, dur. min.20,15″
1992 – Sexual Frigidaire, b/n, dur. min.15,30″
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Quando le Accademie scelgono le arti” Electa , Napoli 1993
“Nuova Scena”, Giorgio Mondadori, Milano 1995, by Luca Beatrice, Cristiana Perrella, Guido Costa
“Catalogo dell’Arte Moderna Italiana” n.32, Giorgio Mondadori, Milano, 1996, by Francesco Gallo, Paolo Levi, Francesco Poli, Marisa Vescovo
“XII Quadriennale di Roma: Ultime Generazioni, De Luca, Roma 1996
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Numero due – periodico Palazzo Papesse 1999 – Dario Trento: Metri, strumenti e istruzioni: Balletti&Mercandelli
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“A^ Arte per l’arte”, Marta Massaioli Ed., Roma 2003, by Angelo Capasso
“Celebrate – the bridges of art”, Skirà Ed., Roma 2003, by Achille Bonito Oliva
“La Quadriennale”, Marsilio Ed., Venezia 2004, by Claudia Salaris
“Enciclopedia dell’Arte Zanichelli”, Zanichelli Ed., Bologna 2004, by Edigeo
“Dagli anni ’80 in poi”, Artshow Edizioni-Juliet Editrice, Milano 2005, by Giulio Ciavoliello
“Artisti: solitari – uno sguardo dal ponte sul terzo millennio”, Silvana Ed., Roma 2008, by Achille Bonito Oliva.
“Città ideale – Città irreale”, Massetti Rodella Ed., Brescia, by Marcello Riccioni e A.Balletti
Annuari degli incisori 2006/07/08/09″, allegato Grafica d’arte – Edi.Artes, Milano 2006
“Corpo urbano”, Ed. Comune S.Felice d/B., (BS) 2006, curated by A.Balletti
“Itinerarte”, 2007, San Martino Buon Albergo (VR), by Andrea Masotto
“Corpo/Reo”, Ed. Comune di S. Felice d/B. (BS) 2007 by A.Balletti
L’arte e il Torchio, A.D.A.F.A, Cremona 2007, by Vladimiro Elvieri
Repertorio degli incisori Italiani – 5a edizione, Edit Faenza, Bagnacavallo 2008
“Corpo/Reo”, Ed. Comune di S. Felice d/B. (BS) 2008, by A.Balletti
“IN/Carne: nuovo emporio della corporeità residua”, by Alberto Balletti e Mattia Serra, introduction by Edoardo Di Mauro
“Corpo EX/Posto”, Ed. Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, 2010, by A.Balletti e Vasil Kolev
VI Biennale Nazionale di Incisione “Giuseppe Polanschi” 2013, by Carlotta Giardini – Comitato scientifico A.Balletti, Giancarla Frare
Corpo IN/Formazione, 2013 Edition of National Academy of Art of Sofia and Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, by A.Balletti and Vasil Kolev
UM:DRUCK, No. 26, Oktober 2014, Zeitschrift für Druckgraphik und visuelle Kultur, Wien article by Philipp Maurer
Corpo IN/Formazione – Ed. Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia 2014, by A.Balletti e Vasil Kolev
La Gazzetta di Venezia – NeoDogi & Nuova Icona Venezia, by A.Balletti
Impresa Visione, Centro di cultura La Medusa, by A.Balletti
Accademie Patrimoni di Belle Arti – Gangemi ed.- MIUR-AFAM by Giovanna Cassese 2013
Chinese Printmaking Review 2020, Shenzen
Guanlan Forum 2020 “international art education”, Shenzhen, China Printmaking Museum – International Cultural Industry Fair, China
catalog Okanagan Print Triennial 2021, Vernon Public Art Gallery – Canada
NO, NEON, NO CRY, Neon 1981-2011, a cura di Gino Gianuizzi e Eleonora Mariani, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna
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“Resistere”, periodic publication by Balletti&Mercandelli:
n.1 – “Resistere”, gall.Neon, Bologna 1995
n.2 – in “La pressione di due generazioni” Studio Ercolani, Bologna 1995
n.3 – in “4×2”, gall. Caterina Fossati, Torino 1996
n.4 – “Chiudi i tuoi occhi”, gall.Il ponte Contemporanea, Roma 1997
n.5 – in “Blu”, C/O Cineplex, Genova 1998
n.6 – “Le Leggi della Sovranità”, gall.Il Ponte Contemporanea, Roma 1998
“Ipercorpi”, in ” Società di pensieri” n.4, Ed.Riflessi, Bologna , 1993
“Difendere lo spazio”, in “Virus” n.4, Milano, 1995
“Right of Sanctuary”, in “Compartments”, Edition Globe, Coopenhagen, 1996
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