Andrew Smaldone

Lives: Florence

Education
2005 MA Fine Art, Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London UK
2004-2005 Master student of Alex Landrum
2001 BA Fine Art, The George Washington University, Washington D.C. USA

Solo Exhibitions

2012 Along Similar Lines, SRISA Project Space, Florence
2010 New Work, SRISA Gallery, Florence
2008 A Fashionable But Apt Phrase, Number 5 Gmbh, Zurich

Group Exhibitions
2012
Sweet Sheets IV, Zelle Arte Contemporanea, Palermo

2011
Defect as an indication of desire, galleria neon>campobase, Bologna
hEART(h), Palazzolo Dello Stella, Udine
Sweet Sheets IV, Zelle Arte Contemporanea, Palermo

2010
P.A.S.T. Projects library and archive, The Woodmill, London
Right to Assemble, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville
Very Late at Night, Auction, galleria neon>campobase, Bologna
1h art on Fire!, Arte Fiera Off, neon>campobase, Bologna

2009
Near The Center, Interno 5, Brescia curated by Guido Molinari
Labyrint 09 Writings and Observations, Botykrka Konsthall, Tumba, Sweden
Water Carefully, Galleria Neon > campobase, Bologna
Step 09, East End Studios, Milan
Elsewhere I am Here, MAS Gallery, Serbia
EARTH , Palazzolo dello Stella, Udine

2008
Finalist exhibition for the Premio Celeste, Fabbrica Borroni, Milan
Dialogue 4 works on paper, Zeitgeist gallery, Nashville
I’m asking for the sky, Sardegna
QUATTRO / QUINTI Kore Arte Contemporanea, Villa Scheiderff, Bagno a Ripoli
Un Po’ di Respiro, D’A’ SPAZIO D’ARTE, Empoli

2007
Auction, la casa d’aste Babuino, Amref, Rome
2nd International Painting Prize ‘Arte Laguna’, Finalists show, Santa Caterina Museum, Treviso

2005
Central St Martins MA Degree Show, London
Leviathon, Candid Gallery, London

Bibliography
2010 ‘A Closer Account of Myself” INPUT #2, NY, edited by Renee Vara c/o Elena Bajo and Warren Neidich
2010 Andrew Smaldone: le dimensioni pittoriche dello spazio ARTITUDE interview by Sonia Cosco
2010 Text for New Work by Alexandra Rojas-Fuentes
2009 Il Nuovo Corriere, 3 Maggio, nell’ intimita’, by Davide Agazzi
2008 1st London International Creative Competition LICC, Catalogue
2008 Premio Celeste Finalist Catalogue
2007 Double Space, ArtSEEN Journal
2007 Contribution, Interim Measures, Interim Show Part I, MFA Fine Arts, Goldsmith’s College, London
2007 2nd International Painting Prize, Arte Laguna, Catalogue
2006 Premio Celeste, Catalogue
2004 City Paper Firenze review of exhibition ‘Round Table’, March by Stefano Loria
2003 Berliner Morgenpost, Martin Schoder, Nuz Bu Leckbrei, Berliner Morgenpost, July

Grants/Awards
2011 Winner New American Paintings, No. 94 selected by Dan Cameron
2008 Finalist in Premio Celeste selected by Ivan Quaroni
2008 1st London International Creative Competition, LICC, shortlist, London
2007 2nd International Painting Prize ‘Arte Laguna’, Finalist, Treviso
2001 Art Department Prize in Painting: Dimock Gallery, Washington, DC.
1997-2001 The Presidential Arts Scholarship to attend The George Washington University

Projects
Number_5is an architecture and art company based in Zurich.It was formed from the experience of Büro Zürich GmbH (Zürich) and ArtSEEN journal (Florence and London)Team
Gordana Bezanov
Martin Siegrist
Andrew Smaldone
Thomas Wirsing

Publications
Andrew Smaldone has written extensively in art journals internationally and was co-founder and Senior Editor of ArtSEEN Journal 2005-2008.