Ampelio Zappalorto

• Born in 1956 in Vittorio Veneto (Veneto), Italy • 1973–77: Art school in Treviso • 1977–82: Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice • 1989: Ceiling painting in the auditorium of the new Pforzheim City Theatre, • Design and execution (200 sq m) • 1992–93 Lecturer (Object Art) at the European Academy of Fine Arts, Trier • 1994 Contributor (editorial team) to the cultural magazine ‘La Parete’, Institute for Italian Language and Literature at the Technical University of Berlin • Scholarship from the Kulturfonds Berlin Foundation • Since 1984, has lived and worked in Berlin

Solo exhibitions since 1985:
• 1985 Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin • 1988 Atelier Henkel, Berlin • 1990 Galerie Westernhagen, Cologne, Galerie Loulou Lasard, Berlin • 1991 Eingang/Ausgang, Eisenhalle, Berlin, In margine, Galerie Westernhagen, Cologne • 1993 ‘Me’, Studio Kico Mion, Zerman-Treviso • 1995 “Coperto”, Bar-Celona, Berlin • 1995 ‘Narrentanz’, dance performance at the Appart Galerie, Berlin •

Exhibitions since 1986:
• 1986 Kunst konzentriert, Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin • 1988 ‘Verso Levante’, Vendicari Nature Reserve, Syracuse • 1990 70 Berliner Kuenstler in der Pumpe, Die Pumpe, Berlin • 1991 Gegenueber, Westernhagen Gallery, Cologne, ‘Kunst, Europa’, Marburg Art Association – University Museum of Fine Arts, Marburg • 1993 ‘Deterritoriale’, XLV Biennale di Venezia, Venice • 1994 “Artefiera” Art Fair, Bologna, Pavilion of the Institute for German Culture, Bologna, “Oniscus Murarius”, Kunst-Werke Berlin, “Perpetuum Mobile”, Biennale of S. Martino di Lupari (PD), Art Museum of S. Martino di Lupari • 1995 “Werkschau 3”, Kunstquartier, Berlin • 1996 “Ad Oriente”, Castelfranco Veneto (TV), “Missing Links”, Klaus Fischer Gallery, Berlin