Paolo W. Tamburella is an Italian artist who works internationally on themes linked to cultural identity and globalization. He has realized various projects in the United States, Europe, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Comoros Islands and Turkey.
SELECTED SHOWS
2011
Parables, 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Pavilion of Bangladesh, curator with Maryangela Scroth (c)
Kunduraci, Parallel Event 12th Istanbul Biennial, curated by Raffaella Guidobono, Istanbul (s - p)
Florian Bangla curated by Stefano Stipitivich, Caffè Florian, Venice (s)
Somali Music, Paolo W. Tamburella and Mohamed Asir Alasow, Teatro Valle, Rome (p)
The Loop Festival curated by David Brock, Barcelona, Spain (g)
The Bookbinders, Longitude Latitude 4 curated by Shehzad Chowdhury, Beauty Boarding, Dhaka, Bangladesh (g - p)
Chumbuk, La nuit des metamorphoses curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, Villa Strohl Fern, Rome (g - p)
2010
Murgi Prashad, Britto Arts Trust, International Artists' Workshop, Panam Nagar, Bangladesh (g)
Paolo W. Tamburella curated by Mirta d' Argenzio, Byblos Art Gallery, Verona, Italy (s)
Capital Forwarding Solutions curated by Aoife Tunney, The Paper Store, Dublin, Ireland (s)
2009
Djahazi, 53rd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Comoros Islands Pavilion, Venice (s - p)
How To - Parallel Event of the 11th Istanbul Biennial - curated by Raffaella Guidobono, Istanbul (g)
2008
Fei Zao, 2nd Singapore Biennale, curated by Fumio Nanjo, Joselina Cruz and Matthew Ngui, Singapore (g - p)
Detour curated by Raffaella Guidobono, Museum der Dinge, Berlin (g)
Printemps Design - Centre George Pompidou, Paris (g)
3500 cm2 curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, Uqbar, Berlin (g)
Italian Experimental Cinema V.1 From the origins of Futurism to the New Millenium curated by Piero Pala, Nuovo Cinema Aquila, Rome (g)
2007
Inscriptions curated by Jimena Acosta Romero, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba, Italy (g)
3500cm2 curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana (g)
Palazzo Lantieri, Gorizia (g);
Post-Cards , Festival della Creatività, Santa Maria Novella Train Station, Florence, Italy (s)
2006
3500cm2 curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy (g); Assab One, Milan, Italy (g)
2005
Angelo, Mai!! curated by Francesco Stocchi, Ex-Chiesa San Romano, Rome, Italy (g)
3500cm2 curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, Blueroom, Rome, Italy (g)
Shell, curated by Laura Loiacono, Annalisa Cavallini and Rita Bungaro, Fortino S. Antonio, Bari, Italy (s)
2004
Black Annina Nosei Gallery, New York (g)
Out Art curated by Eleonora Sgaravatti, Giardino Sgaravatti, Rome, Italy (g)
2003
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York (s)
A Mario Merz, Museo di Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy (g)
Galleria Borghese, Rome (s)
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York (g)
2002
VideoROM curated by Cristiana Perrella, Macro, Museo d`arte contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy (g)
Gamec, Galleria d`arte moderna e contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy (g)
Galleria Giancarla Zanutti, Milan, Italy (g)
2001
New Work, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York (s)
Festa dell`Arte curated by Valentina Bruschi, Acquario Romano, Rome, Italy (g - p)
Y.I.A. Rialto S. Ambrogio, Rome, Italy (g)
FILMOGRAPHY
Murgi Prashad, 11’02’’, digital video, Bangladesh, 2010
Djahazi, 57’26”, digital video, directed by P.W.T. and Davide Stampa, Italy, 2009
The Football Hunters, 23", digital video, India/Italy, 2007
One day with bush, 12”, digital video, USA, 2005
Gibel Utlamat, 1’40”, digital video, Italy, 2001
RESIDENCIES
2010
The Model, Sligo, Ireland
Britto Arts Trust, International Artists' Workshop, Panam Nagar, Bangladesh
LECTURES
2008
Singapore Biennale Encounters Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore ; Singapore Management University
2006
Sialkot University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, USA
2005
Cornell University in Rome, Rome ; When attitudes become form (to Harald Szeeman) Istituto Superiore di Fotografia, Rome
(s) solo show (g) group show (p) performance (c) curator