GRANITI MURALES
Guest artists, working in different media are invited to stay for a certain time in order to work for our project and develop own work.
The town and a lot of artistical statements on facades or walls can be visited.
The town and a lot of artistical statements on facades or walls can be visited.
schedule of artists
Ana ZdravkoviÄ
Rukhe
Neelofer Zaidi
Neelofer Zaidi
December
2014
2014
January
2015
2015
May
2015
2015
2015
2015
Canadian painter
"The final mural I painted in Sicily. I wanted to bring the view of Valle
dell'Alcantara (the countryside just above Graniti 1km away) with vineyards,
orange & olive trees, bouganvilliea and figidinias plus the Ionian Sea in
the distance into the town of Graniti. Painting is 25' wide x 11' tall."
"The final mural I painted in Sicily. I wanted to bring the view of Valle
dell'Alcantara (the countryside just above Graniti 1km away) with vineyards,
orange & olive trees, bouganvilliea and figidinias plus the Ionian Sea in
the distance into the town of Graniti. Painting is 25' wide x 11' tall."
Pakistan,
she was teaching at the University and has held many exhibitions of her paintings in Pakistan and abroad.
College of Art, USA as a visiting artist/lecturer in 2004.
Currently she is Systems Manager for Art at Beaconhouse School System (BSS).
Having keen understanding and appreciation of her country's rich cultural heritage, powerful and her eye-catching work communicates the different traditions of Pakistani society in a unique artistic style.
she was teaching at the University and has held many exhibitions of her paintings in Pakistan and abroad.
College of Art, USA as a visiting artist/lecturer in 2004.
Currently she is Systems Manager for Art at Beaconhouse School System (BSS).
Having keen understanding and appreciation of her country's rich cultural heritage, powerful and her eye-catching work communicates the different traditions of Pakistani society in a unique artistic style.
2015
Eugenio Vazzano
born in Melilli / Siciliy, 1958
www.eugeniovazzano.com
he started to work in USA in order to finance his art studies at the age of 14.
After other stations he returned to Italy and got involved in fashion.
His work arise from the meeting between the wisdom of the traditional handicraft and the innovation of the international taste.
Aspects of the religions, traditional- and contemporary art got kindled by fragrances and flavors of the land.
www.eugeniovazzano.com
he started to work in USA in order to finance his art studies at the age of 14.
After other stations he returned to Italy and got involved in fashion.
His work arise from the meeting between the wisdom of the traditional handicraft and the innovation of the international taste.
Aspects of the religions, traditional- and contemporary art got kindled by fragrances and flavors of the land.
June 2014
Elisa González Miralles
June 2014
Madrid 1978
she began her career as a photographer after
studing a Master Degree from EFTI school.
Recent works have been selected for the Voies off Festival (Arles), Photography Show (San Diego), Internacional Festival Lishui (China), RayKo`s plastic camara show (San Francisco), Descubrimientos PHE14 (Madrid).
Her photography is about how people relate to each other physically and emotionally, and how they construct their own identity. It is often about what is not said.
she began her career as a photographer after
studing a Master Degree from EFTI school.
Recent works have been selected for the Voies off Festival (Arles), Photography Show (San Diego), Internacional Festival Lishui (China), RayKo`s plastic camara show (San Francisco), Descubrimientos PHE14 (Madrid).
Her photography is about how people relate to each other physically and emotionally, and how they construct their own identity. It is often about what is not said.
Buenos Aires, 1976
she studied photography and journalism
in Chicago and Catalonia (CBEFIs).
... dedicates herself to full-time collaboration with national and international editorial media. Clients include: Harper's Bazaar, Yo Dona Magazine, XXL Weekly, Elephant Magazine, PSY, La Fábrica Editorial, Finland Zoom Magazine, Lady Golf, Rolling Stone, etc..
Her artwork is represented by the British agency Millenium Images.
she studied photography and journalism
in Chicago and Catalonia (CBEFIs).
... dedicates herself to full-time collaboration with national and international editorial media. Clients include: Harper's Bazaar, Yo Dona Magazine, XXL Weekly, Elephant Magazine, PSY, La Fábrica Editorial, Finland Zoom Magazine, Lady Golf, Rolling Stone, etc..
Her artwork is represented by the British agency Millenium Images.
Lucia Antebi
September 2014
September 2014
August 2014
Cristina Paffumi
Studied at the Art Academy of Catania.
Devoted herself to painting in oil for some time and represents her works in Taormina.
She falls in love with ceramics and painting in all its diverse forms
She operates in Graniti her own ceramic studio.
Devoted herself to painting in oil for some time and represents her works in Taormina.
She falls in love with ceramics and painting in all its diverse forms
She operates in Graniti her own ceramic studio.
under the patronage of the Municipality of Graniti
Joanne Hastie
2016
Beatrice Banfi
born in Rome - graduated in London in 2011
Made in a mosaic-like painting technique, a very slow and meditative painting process. The mural aims to give an identity to the area where it was made. A fountain (lavatoio) was once nearby, and it now remains in the memory of Graniti inhabitants. The subject of the painting was shaped and transformed by listening to the locals' stories and their memories on the place. The artist included elements of her own imagination to supply her lack of knowledge, being from another city. Colours aim to bring a sense of serenity and lightness.
Made in a mosaic-like painting technique, a very slow and meditative painting process. The mural aims to give an identity to the area where it was made. A fountain (lavatoio) was once nearby, and it now remains in the memory of Graniti inhabitants. The subject of the painting was shaped and transformed by listening to the locals' stories and their memories on the place. The artist included elements of her own imagination to supply her lack of knowledge, being from another city. Colours aim to bring a sense of serenity and lightness.
June
2015
2015
March
2015
2015
Germany
She was working as a sculptor at the schillertheatre berlin when she decided to quit and study art and photography at the university of fine arts in Berlin and at ecole des beaux arts marseille. Then she went to potsdam filmschool HFF and finished her studies with a diploma in scenography. While working for years as production designer for national and international movies she continued education in photography.
She was working as a sculptor at the schillertheatre berlin when she decided to quit and study art and photography at the university of fine arts in Berlin and at ecole des beaux arts marseille. Then she went to potsdam filmschool HFF and finished her studies with a diploma in scenography. While working for years as production designer for national and international movies she continued education in photography.
Sarah Rinderer
April
2015
2015
born in Bregenz / Austria, 1994
studies Fine Arts – Experimental Art at the University of Art and Design Linz
writes prose and lyric
searches in her texts for combinations of art and literature
since 2009 diverse publications, workshop participations and awards, lastly appreciation at the LitArena Literaturwettbewerb 2014
studies Fine Arts – Experimental Art at the University of Art and Design Linz
writes prose and lyric
searches in her texts for combinations of art and literature
since 2009 diverse publications, workshop participations and awards, lastly appreciation at the LitArena Literaturwettbewerb 2014
Ann Lofy
New Zealand
Michael Olivo (b. 1988) is a cartoonist
and illustrator who also explores animation, mural painting, print-making, poetry, graphic design, and video art. Besides self-publishing, his comics and illustrations have been published by The New York Times, Esquire (Russia), Never Press (LA), Hirnplatzt Zine (Austria), Kuti Kuti (Finland), Tiny Splendor (Berkeley), and Sacred Prism (Philadelphia). He has done an animated video for California punk band Pleasure Gallows, interned at FLUXspace and Space 1026 in Philadelphia, and frequently collaborates with the great cartoonists Niv Bavarsky and Jesse Balmer.
and illustrator who also explores animation, mural painting, print-making, poetry, graphic design, and video art. Besides self-publishing, his comics and illustrations have been published by The New York Times, Esquire (Russia), Never Press (LA), Hirnplatzt Zine (Austria), Kuti Kuti (Finland), Tiny Splendor (Berkeley), and Sacred Prism (Philadelphia). He has done an animated video for California punk band Pleasure Gallows, interned at FLUXspace and Space 1026 in Philadelphia, and frequently collaborates with the great cartoonists Niv Bavarsky and Jesse Balmer.
Erica Lowe
Michael Olivo
2016
2016
Marianne Jungmaier
Chris Holley
Richard Earl Leong Yu Ralya
Torunn
Vigdis
Valeria Lombardo
United Kingdom
she graduated in Fine Art in the UK www.holley-projects.co.uk
Based mainly on memory and imagination, hris's art is influenced by an extensive dance and choreographic background. She says: "Visual art, dance and music share great affinities and - for me - the boundaries between them continually blur, forming sources of great inspiration."
Her specialist subject is the huge impact of Diaghilev and Ballets Russes on the visual arts
she graduated in Fine Art in the UK www.holley-projects.co.uk
Based mainly on memory and imagination, hris's art is influenced by an extensive dance and choreographic background. She says: "Visual art, dance and music share great affinities and - for me - the boundaries between them continually blur, forming sources of great inspiration."
Her specialist subject is the huge impact of Diaghilev and Ballets Russes on the visual arts
Richard Earl Leong Yu Ralya
he studied at UC Berkeley,
the California College of the Arts, and graduated
from the San Francisco Art Institute where he received the Gamblin Painting Award and Painting Honors in the annual SFAI Exhibition two years in a row. His work has been exhibited at the Bishop Museum (Honolulu), the Honolulu Academy of Art, the Contemporary Art Museum of Honolulu, SF MOMA, as well as many other group shows and solo exhibitions in Honolulu, Hawaii. While living in Honolulu, he also worked to help transform the creative community by co-founding a vanguard contemporary art gallery / multi-media space as well as an underground bi-monthly film-challenge (Showdown in Chinatown).