Filippo Berta
Biography
Filippo Berta was born in Treviglio in 1977 (Italy).He is represented by Ida Pisani’s Prometeogallery (Milan – Lucca).
Filippo Berta’s artworks and artistic process highlight the social tensions provoked by the relationships between individuals and their relative societies. The, often conflictual and problematic, boundaries that define this dialectic condition are the subjects of interrogation within his works. His attention to these social disharmonies is translated into art pieces characterized by the exaltation of small everyday gestures, presented to demask deformities, tensions, and oppositions. His works are mainly collective performances, synthesized into a single iconographic image as well as in brief but essential videos.
Filippo Berta’s artworks and artistic process highlight the social tensions provoked by the relationships between individuals and their relative societies. The, often conflictual and problematic, boundaries that define this dialectic condition are the subjects of interrogation within his works. His attention to these social disharmonies is translated into art pieces characterized by the exaltation of small everyday gestures, presented to demask deformities, tensions, and oppositions. His works are mainly collective performances, synthesized into a single iconographic image as well as in brief but essential videos.
In 2019 he won the Italian Council V Edition - Italian Ministry of Culture.
In 2015 he won the Foundation MIA of Bergamo Prize; in 2014 the Maretti Prize, La Habana (Cuba) and he was a finalist in the Talent Prize of Rome. In 2008 he was the winner of the International Prize of Performance, Civic Gallery of Trento. He has exhibited at the MADRE Museum of Naples, MSU-Museum of Contemporary Art of Zagreb, Museion of Bozen, MART – Civic Gallery of Trento, Jonkopings Lans Museum, Staedtischegalerie of Bremen, State Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki, Museum of Pori, Victoria Art Center of Bucharest, Center for Cultural Decontamination, CZKD, Belgrade, Matadero Center for Contemporary Creation in Madrid, MAO – Slovenian museum of Architecture and Design. He has participated at the Biennale of Thessaloniki (2013; 2017), Biennale of Curitiba (2017), Biennale of Prague (20011), and the Biennale of Moscow – Young Art (2012). He has taken part in residencies for artists, including: the Ratti Foundation of Como and the Spinola Banna Foundation of Poirino. He has participated in festivals such as: Sarajevo International Festival (2014, 30th edition), International Konst Film (2013, Sweden), Corpus 3 (2012, Naples), Romaeuropa Festival (2012, Rome), Tulca-After the fall (2011, Galway, IR), European Performance Art Festival (2011, Warsaw, PL).
