Giovanni Gelmi

Born: 1953 in Ougrée, Belgium
Lives and Works: Seraing, Belgium

"Here is an artist who invents universes in a double discipline, painting and sculpture. What is canvas or steel Giovanni Gelmi explores light, interior space, aesthetic energy from which he offers us Stimulating variations for heart and mind, sources constantly renewed for emotion and reverie "Edmond Morel & nbsp; & lt; C & nbsp; Jean Jauniaux, writer & gt; & gt; • "For always, this Belgian plastic artist, of Italian origin has been called by metal. He becomes in his hands a signature, a real moment of eternity. I am directly seduced by The elegance of his universe, a feeling of lightness, natural lines emerge. The strength they contain always have the sources of recurring themes which evoke the link between Earth and Heaven: flight, knots , verticality, union, dance or openness. It is an in -depth knowledge of the profession that will occupy a fundamental place in this work done on the one hand of lightness and on the other hand of poetry and technicality. public does not resist this particular claw which makes him a "verticalist" calligraph recognizable at the first glance. There are no doubts, this "cosmic" work leads to immediate membership because it defies the laws of the 'balance. "Lucien Rama, art critic, extracts from" calligraphy of space "

Education

  • 2002
    Peinture, Académie des Beaux Arts, Namur, Belgium

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2024
    Musée des Cristalleries, Val Saint Lambert à Seraing
  • 2024
    Maison et Musée de la Métallurgie, Liège
  • 2023
    Châteaux de Waroux, Ans

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2016
    ART UP, Lille
  • 2013
    AAF, Bruxelles
  • 2000
    Nombreuse expositions en Belgique et à l'étranger, Différents lieux

Collections

  • 7 sculptures monumentales dans des Espaces publics, Seraing(2), Huy(2), Ouffet, Seraing et Wanze, Belgium
  • Acquisition par Ethias Banque & Assurance d'une sculpture et d'une peinture, Liege, Belgium
  • Acquisition par la Province de Liège de deux sculptures, Liège, Belgium
  • Sculpture monumentale réalisée lors d'un symposium, Differdange, Luxembourg

Bibliography

  • Gelmi Giovanni, "Sculptures", Avec la participation de la ville de Seraing Sans 2024: 100
  • Giovanni Gelmi, "Giovanni Gelmi", A compte d'auteur Sans 2023: 68
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