Detailed biography of Gianfredo Camesi

Birth in 1940 with the Valley Maggia, in the Canton of Swiss Tessin in . Its village of origin is Menzonio (common of Lavizzara).
In 1952, it obtains the first Price “Pestalozzi” at the time of a contest of drawings for children: “Ritratto di me fratello Ezio” (Portrait of my Ezio brother) .
Between 1955 and 1958, he is apprentice draftsman architect at Oreste Pisenti architect in Locarno.
Cet architect is close to the Bauhaus and influences Camesi. The evening, it paints according to the Italian Masters.
Between 1958 and 1962, it paints according to nature.
Between 1960 and 1974, he lives with Geneva. Until 1967 it continues to exert its trade of draftsman architect while painting the evening after its work.
In 1962, it is surrounded by a group of artists of Geneva and begins its first demonstrations publiques.
Lors of frequent voyages to Paris, it visits the workshops of Olivier Debré and Jesus Rafaël Soto.
Première attempt at life in Paris.
In 1963 Camesi receives its Swiss first Federal Bourse of the Art schools.
Ses semantic research directs its art towards the form of the matter.

In 1964, painting of expression and the gesture. First personal exposure to the Museum Rath of Geneva.
In 1965 it goes regularly in Italy.
Swiss Federal Stock Exchange of the Art schools for the second time.
In 1966 with Florence, it takes part in the activities of the group “Set di Numero”.
In 1967, it works the sculpture as Space Mécanisme of form and matter (metal, stone, wood).
In 1968, it receives the Bourse Lisignol-Knight in Geneva.
formal Research with chromium-plated metal and plexiglass sculptures “Spaces Total, Espace with Variable Structure”.
Premiers théoriques.
Il takes part in the exposure of the “22 Artistes" Young people; Swiss” organized by E. De Wilde with the Stedelijk Museum with Amsterdam.
Nombreux displacements with Zurich, meets with the Galerie Renee Ziegler of Zurich. Beginning of a great collaboration. This enables him to be dedicated definitively to its Article
Il comes into contact with the medium constructivist inhabitant of Zurich: max Bill and Richard Paul Lohse. It becomes acquainted with Jean Genet.

In 1969, Not Vital. The plumbline like center determining dynamic of a space. Indication of Space; use of an arrow like element of action.
La photography and the text forms integral part of sound œuvre.
Rencontre with Jan Runnqvist , galerist in Geneva. First exposure to the Gallery Bonnier in Geneva: Camesi installs large a " arrow-cord tendue" on the frontage of the building which shelters the gallery. Beginning of a great collaboration.
In 1970, use of tools and usual materials, highlighted of their opposition of form and function to reveal to them complémentarité.
Première exposure to the Gallery Renee Ziegler.
Camesi is invited for a stay of work in a workshop of Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Personal exposure to Stedelijk Museum “Object-Action-Result-To become”, Action four elements: “Fire, Ground, Water, Air” and “Theoretical Rétrospecitive”.
Rencontre ideolologic and practical with the principles Macrobiotics S and the study of the Single Principle according to Georges Ohsawa.
Price of the Foundation Kiefer-Hablitzel in Lucerne.
In 1971, Single Dimension, Container and Contents. Portrait, Landscape, Self-portrait. Situations in situ “Action-ldentification” in the towns of Zurich and Bolzano, comparison of the fabric with the landscape urbain.
Exposition “The Swiss Avant-garde” in New York.

In 1972, stay in its native village: “Veduten aus Menzonio” (Drawings of Menzonio) , together of the Transmutation watercolours Forms Earth and paintings Formation-Transformation, Autoportraits.
L' object, the found object and the sculpture take an important place in its expression artistique.
Exposition in Paris: “31 Contemporary Swiss Artists” with the Large palace.
It receives the Prix Diday “Portrait” in Geneva.
Premières monumental works and of integration in architecture.
In 1973, Gianfredo Camesi represents Switzerland in XIIe Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brésil.
Voyage of study in Latin America: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and Mexico as in New York where he discovers the artistic scene of this city Alfred Jensen, AI Held.
In 1974, it leaves Geneva for Blankenstein close to Bochum in Germany where it works after on paper Spazio Misura del Tempo.
In 1975, it remains with Bages, close to Narbonne in the South of France. Relief, painting and sculpture.
As of 1976, it settles with Paris /Fontenay-aux-Roses. Painting-action (oil on fabric): Space Mesure of Temps.
Relation between the dimension of the fabric as Unité of Space and the Gesture as a Writing Matter-Sign Measures of Temps.
Il meets Meret Oppenheim and is familiarized with the Parisian artistic scene.
Of 1977, at 1980 realization of the great whole of 1530 joinings: Cosmogony 0-1-0 - Theater of the Signs.
Price of the Foundation for Swiss Graphic arts.

In 1980, Cosmogonic Polarization, sculpture-installation, Federal Polytechnic school of Lausanne - Ecublens (FPSL), relation Swiss art-nature.
Third Federal Stock Exchange of the Art schools.
In 1981, it leaves Fontenay-Aux-Roses to settle in XIe district of Paris.
In 1982, it goes for a few months in the countryside close to Perugia to Italy and carries out the “Pilot Landscapes”.
In 1983, of return in Switzerland it remains in Geneva and Zurich.
Rencontre with Maximilien Guiol, galerist in Paris.

In 1984, first personal exposure in France to the Gallery Guiol.
Work in its small workshop of Menzonio “Alchemy of the Vision - Archeology of the Thought”: together of 145 composite reliefs on granite with materials of nature.
In 1985, second exposure to the Rath Museum of Geneva: the great unit “Cosmogony 0-1-0 - Theater of the Signs” occupies all space.
In 1986, in its workshop of Paris: “Curved Space” and projects of installations “LAMBDA”.
Installation for the new Faculty of Arts of the University of Neuchâtel : the sculpture becomes place and integral part of the architecture.
the Studio of arte contemporanea Dabbeni in Lugano recalls her artistic route “Menzonio-Paris 1972 - 1986” (exposure and “Temporal” special issue of the review.
Second personal exposure in France to the Gallery Noëlla G to Saint-Rémy-of-Provence.
In 1987, remains three months in Japan within the framework of the program “Of the Swiss Artists in Residence in Japan”, sculpture environment composite “LAMBDA, Espace Psycho-Biodynamics” for the inauguration of Meguro Museum off Art with Tōkyō. The other invited artists are: Balthazar Burkhard, Marianne Eigenheer, Leon Schubiger and Niello Toroni.
Il to create the cover of the program of the Festival of Classical music of Montreux-Vevey.
In 1988, an installation “LAMBDA, Space Psycho-Biodynamics” in the Swiss Arts center of Paris.
In 1990, “Terrestrial Cosmogony”, expression of the Unit Action Body-Sign. “Epic of the Memory”.
Meeting with François Mitten, galerist.
In 1991, It carries out the “Terrestrial” continuation, in Menzonio. Humus, frictions and painting on papier.
Exposition with the Gallery François Mitten, Paris, of the series of the “Tondi, Terrestrial Cosmogonies”, the circle becomes the Single Form, Contenant and Contents of Any Dimension.
A Geneva, it obtains the first Price for the artistic decoration of the new public library of the City and realizes, in the central hall, the environment “Spiral-Labyrinth”.
Pour Wettingen it carries out the monumental sculpture “Sky-Ground-Sky”.
Inauguration of “Genesi di un' opera”, in Menzonio, in the Vault “Oratorio della Beata Vergine”
In 1992, has Menzonio, in “Transfiguration”, the vacuum becomes it form-subject, expression of the light, where space is the form of time and the memory in the matter.
In 1994, Neuchâtel, Bern and Neuveville: Three parallel and simultaneous exposures are inaugurated the same day, thanks to collaboration between Walter Tschopp and Christoph Von Tavel. They are complementary and make it possible to see a great retrospective with the Museum of Art and of History of Neuchâtel (1964 to 1994), last creations “Vacuity” at the Kunstmuseum of Bern whereas the gallery Noella G with Neuveville presents “Distinguishing marks” a sample of works choisies.
This occasion is published the book Camesi, monograph by Benteli Verlag Bern.
In 1995, has Melide in Tessin, the parish church S. Quirico E Giulitta is restored after 3 years of work. The architect, Sandro Cantoni, called upon Camesi to bring a contemporary key. It to create for this purpose a way of cross suspended to the top of the central nave and the whole of the objects of worship.
In 1996, At the bank Credit Suisse de Chiasso it carries out a large arc which joined together the ground floor on the 1st floor by the central hall as well as a large mural fresco polychrome.
Concours international for an artistic intervention on the building “Plain-Dufour” in Geneva. Its project, suggested with Maria Pia Borgini, obtains the 5th prix.
Un project, noncarried out, for the church Sainte Therese in Geneva (Cross, furniture and objects of worship).
In 1997, has Cureglia: Installation in the park of a work “Vacuity” of great dimension (25,50 X 40 meters). This exposure is presented in the shape of a course: it begins in the “Casa Rusca” with the presentation of the model of the installation then with the installation in the park itself and then with a chromatic whole of works in a room of the villa. The film of Adriano Kestenholz “Camesi - It teatro dei segni” (Camesi - the theater of the signs) presents 5 aspects of the work of Camesi and completes the parcours.
Il settles in a new workshop in Vienna in Austria. Paintings.
In 1998, It is invited to work at the Swiss Institute of Rome.
In 2000, It to create “Ritratti beyond valle” (Portraits of the valley) : 25 photographic portraits of Vallemaggia made up of a “Space Measures Time” traced on a glass plate and photographed in situation in front of each village of the valley by Roberto Pellegrini. These photographic portraits were the subject of the exposure to the Museo di Vallemaggia in Cevio with the taking away of the ground of each village, presented like “portraits material” in connection with the portraits photographiques.
Realization of a way of cross for the church of Brontallo, village of Vallemaggia.
In 2002, It settles in Cologne in Germany and has a large workshop, which enables him to create tables of great dimension.

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