Andrea Pagnes
On 17 December 2024 by Deej_Fabyc1Venetian artist and writer Andrea Pagnes (born 1962 in Venice) holds degrees in Philosophy and Modern Literature, and certificates of higher studies in Museology.
Art Critic and Creative writing. He has been working as a writer, painter, glass sculptor, independent curator, and translated among others “Jurassic Park” into Italian.
He founded cultural magazines, and has been the artistic director at the Andrea Tagliapietra atelier in 1995.
He obtained the diploma of Social Theatre operator from Isole Comprese Teatro (Florence, IT) working as an actor and playwright with psychic patients, former drug-addicted and physically disabled people. These experiences significantly determined his approach to arts working on personal conflicts and social responsibilities.
Since 2006, he has been working together with German artist Verena Stenke as VestAndPage, generating art in the mediums of live performance, film, writing, and as independent curators.
His works have been produced and presented internationally in a variety of sites, museums and galleries, and have been described as transfixing, confronting, spellbinding, humble, uncomfortable, carrying fresh iconography, cathartic, visceral, liminal, otherworldly, shamanic, tensional, silent, delicate or mysterious.
He has exhibited and performed among others at Museo de Arte Tigre (Buenos Aires), Ex Teresa Arte Actual and Museo Universitario del Chopo (Mexico City), Centro Cultural FIESP – Ruth Cardoso (Sao Paulo), Museo de Arte Moderno
Mentor and Artist in Residence July 2024
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