About me
Giuseppe Lo Schiavo is currently an artist in residence at the Microbiology lab of UCL University in London
Born in Italy in 1986, Lo Schiavo currently lives and works between London and Milan.
He studied architecture at La Sapienza University in Rome with a specialization in visual design. The artistic research of Lo Schiavo finds form, as a starting point, in photography and then contaminates other media such as installation and video.
His passion in the field of evolutionary biology is fundamental in his most recent artistic production where he analyzes the inseparable bond between man and nature. The artist is currently working as an artist in residence at the University of UCL in London in the microbiology lab of their medical school where he is experimenting with bacterial cultures and bacteria contamination.
Lo Schiavo uses high-resolution digital photographic cameras, photo-realistic 3D visualization, and slow-motion video technology and virtual reality, to extend the biological capabilities of the human vision giving us new perspectives and possibilities. This creative journey is filled with classical aesthetic references intended as the archaeological and anthropological traces of human which are then presented with a strong contemporary vision. Past-future, reality-fiction, natural-artificial are some of the elements that distinguish a large part of Lo Schiavo’s works.
Lo Schiavo’s works have been exhibited in numerous international exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world, including Saatchi Gallery in London, Aperture Foundation in New York, Mixer Gallery in Istanbul, Museo Marca di Catanzaro, LACDA in Los Angeles, Abay Opera House in Kazakhstan and other personal and collective exhibitions in Luxembourg, London, Tokyo,.
Some of his works have been published on BBC, Inside Art, Exibart, O Estado de S. Paulo Newspaper, La Stampa, Wall Street International, Vice, The Advocate, Art Tribune, Fahrenheit magazine, Fubiz, Istanbul Art News, De Standaard, TG1 , Radio Télévision Suisse 3.
Some of the most important awards Lo Schiavo has won are the following: Life Framer, 2 Gold Medals at the Tokyo Photography TIFA 2016 Awards, European Photography Award 2013, selected for Exposure award 2013, Young at Art 2012, Google + Saatchi GIF 2014, Portrait Salon 2013.
London, UK
Curator: Alexander Stavrou
Curator: Galleria Spazio Nuovo
January 2019 Green Mold – Mixer Gallery – Istanbul, Turkey
Curator: Bengu Gun
September 2018 Genesis – MARCA Museum – Catanzaro, Italy
Curator: Roberto Sottile
March 2018 Levitation – Abay Opera House – Almaty, Kazakhstan
Curator: Dina Baitassova
Jan 2018 – LA Art Show – Bert Green Gallery – Los Angeles Convention Center – Los Angeles
Curator: Phil Tarley
June 2017 – Lacda Top 40 – Los Angeles Center for Digital Art – LACDA – Los Angeles
Curator: Rex Bruce
June 2017 – THESAURUS – Galleria Ellebi – Cosenza
Curator: Martina Cavallarin
May 2017 – Life Framer Exhibition – RPS Gallery – Tokyo
Curator: Ralph Wilson
April 2017 – Life Framer Exhibition – ClampArt Gallery – New York
Curator: Ralph Wilson
Oct 2016 – Orasi – Group show – Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center – BURSA
Curator: Serhat Cacekli
Oct 2016 – Wind Sculptures- Solo Show – Burning Giraffe Gallery – TURIN
Curator: Roberto Sottile
Oct 2016 – Fluid Memories – Urban Art Installation – BOLOGNA –
Curator: Roberto Sottile
June 2016 – Wind Sculptures- Solo Show – Ingo Seufert Gallery – MUNICH
Curator: Ingo Seufert
January 2016 – Retrospettiva, Deconstructing Photography – Solo Show – VioLife Accademy and Ingo Seufert Gallery – LUXEMBOURG
Curator: Ingo Seufert
October 2015 – Anime diverse – Ellebi Art Gallery – COSENZA (Italy)
Curator: Roberto Sottile
June 2015 – Il Blu nell’arte, da Yves Klein a Jan Fabre – Museo Arte Contemporanea Acri – COSENZA (Italy)
Curator: Francesco Poli
May 2015 – Do you like flowers? – Burning Giraffe Gallery – TURIN
Curator: Andrea Rodi
December 2014 – Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Beyond Reality Beyond Photography – Solo Show – Ingo Seufert Gallery for Contemporary Photography – MUNICH
Curator: Ingo Seufert
November 2014 – Contemporary Istanbul – Istanbul
Curator: Mixer Gallery
September 2014 – Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Beyond Reality Beyond Photography – Solo Show – Burning Giraffe Gallery – TURIN
Curator: Andrea Rodi
May 2014 – Motion Photography Prize – Saatchi Gallery – LONDON
Curator: Rebecca Wilson
March 2014 – Impossible Structure – Kare Art Gallery – ISTANBUL
Curator: Rasit Mutlu
January 2014 – Dilemma – MixerArt Gallery – ISTANBUL
Curator: Mehmet Kahraman
January 2014 – Portrait Salon – Fuse Art Space – BRADFORD, UK
Curator: Sarah Faraday
November 2013 – Portrait Salon 2013 – LONDON: Four Corners, LEEDS: White Cloth Gallery, EDINBURGH: Stills Gallery