Giuseppe Lo Schiavo
Giuseppe 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. Giuseppe Lo Schiavo is an award-winning visual artist based between London and Milan. His research is aiming to create a bridge between art and science. Using AI and machine learning, virtual reality, infrared systems, or microorganisms in the lab, the artist’s research often focuses on opposing elements: creation-destruction, past-future, analog-digital, real-virtual.
In 2021 Lo Schiavo has been announced as the winner of the European project BioArt Challenge organised by the Museum of Science MUSE in Italy. The artist will start research on art and synthetic biology with the support of Cardiff University, Zurich University of Applied Science, the University of Trento and the Museum of Science MUSE. Giuseppe Lo Schiavo is currently an artist in residence at the Microbiology lab of UCL University in London.
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, Mana Contemporary in New Jersey, Museo Marca di Catanzaro, LACDA in Los Angeles, LA Show, Istanbul Contemporary, Abay Opera House in Kazakhstan and other solo and group exhibitions in Luxembourg, London, Tokyo, Rome, Munich, LA, Turin.
His work has been published on BBC, Vice, Inside Art, Elle Decor, Exibart, O Estado de S. Paulo Newspaper, La Stampa, Wall Street International, Sky Arte, Usaartnews, Widewalls, Artribune, Fahrenheit Magazine, The Advocate, Fubiz, Istanbul Art News, De Standaard, TG1 , Radio Télévision Suisse 3.
Last update on 10-03-2023
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Featured Artworks
Originally created for "Urban Pixels", a 2022 MoCDA public art group show in collaboration with Essilor Luxottica, "Antropogenica" is a digital animation featuring an elephant being covered by the falling ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Giuseppe Lo Schiavo highlights the climate challenge we are all facing.
Antropogenica
2022
Video
The Foundry
Permanent Collection Talk: Giuseppe Lo Schiavo
15/02/23
Online
Artist Giuseppe Lo Schiavo introduces "Antropogenica", the work he donates to the MoCDA Permanent Collection on display at NFT Paris 2023
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MoCDA presents three new works joining the Permanent Collection with a special exhibition at the Grand Palais Éphémère on 24th-25th February 2023. Created by internationally renowned artists Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Renderfruit and Thato Tatai, the works offer an insight into the most fascinating contemporary approaches to digital art making.
Alongside the works, MoCDA introduces the first collaboration with Parcel Party: a series of wearables inspired by the pieces on display available to be collected on the marketplace of the Decentraland metaverse platform.
NFT Paris 2023
24/02/23
Paris
25/02/23
Urban Pixels is a public art exhibition curated by MoCDA in collaboration with EssilorLuxottica featuring Entangled Others Studio, Lethabo Huma, Krista Kim, Giuseppe Lo Schiavo and XCOPY. The works have been exhibited on screens located in some of the most famous and busy areas of Milan (San Babila, Cadorna Square and Cordusio Square), London (Covent Garden) and New York (Times Square).