G I O V A N N I D A L E S S I (Eindhoven (NL), 1964) Biography Giovanni Dalessi is a Dutch painter, from a Dutch family with an Italian background. After an education in Graphic Design he studied at The Royal Academy for Visual Art in s- Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands and graduated in 1991. He has had many exhibitions in The Netherlands and abroad. He showed his work in famous Dutch galleries as The Living Room, Amsterdam and Flatland Gallery, Utrecht. His work was represented on international art fairs in Amsterdam, Milan, Bologna, Londen, Paris, Cologne and Basel. In 2013 he was elected as Dutch Artist of The Year. During the spring of 2014 Dalessi worked three months at The European Ceramic Art Center in 's-hertogenbosch where he started searching to express himself in a three-dimensional way. His most well-known activity is oil painting and watercolour, but Dalessi makes also prints, photographs, sculpture and ceramics. His work is represented in museum collections and private collections all over the world. Solo exhibitions and prizes 2014 - Alicia Winters Galería, Arnhem - Realisme 2013, gallery Jacoba Wijck, Amsterdam 2013 - Stichting Kunstweek Winner of the Award Best Artist of the Year 2013 2012 - Gallery Huub Hannen, Maastricht 2011 - Excellent Wonen & Leven Beurs, Eindhoven - Il Giorno Dopo, Mo Lewis, Utrecht - Una Serata Particolare, Private Viewing, Mo Lewis, Utrecht 2009 - Uccellacci e Uccellini, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht 2008 - The Italian Connection, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht - Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Roma (Italy) 2007 - Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Milan (Italy) 2005 - Pane Quotidiano, (curator: Norma Mangione) Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Turin (Italy) 2004
2003 2002 2001 1999 - Sempre più bella (with Peer Veneman), Gallery Jan van Hoof, s-hertogenbosch - De Krabbedans, Eindhoven - Sursum Corda, Gallery The Living Room, Amsterdam 1997 1993 - Vaderschapsverlof (met Henk Olijve), Gallery Kiem, Utrecht - Da Capo, Gallery The Living Room, Amsterdam - Gallery Peninsula, Eindhoven Group exhibitions 2014 - A one night stand, Stichting Complex, Eindhoven - Gallery Huub Hannen, Maastricht - Art The Hague, The Hague, gallery Huub Hannen - Realisme 2014 Amsterdam, Collection Harms Rolde - Residency Sundaymorning@EKWC, s-hertogenbosch - Stilleven Still Life, Museum De Pont, Tilburg 2013 - Stilleven Still Life, Museum De Pont, Tilburg - Zeven Werken Zeven Kerken, Friese Greidhoeke, Friesland - PAN Amsterdam, Collection Harms Rolde - Nieuwe Uitleenschatten, Der Aakerk, CBK Groningen - Art Zaanstad, Zaanstad - Bijzonder Groot Grafiek, Kunstenaarsinitiatief De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen - Kunst Biënnale Heusden, Heusden - De Grote Kleine Grafiek Expo, Grafisch Atelier Daglicht, Eindhoven
2012 2011 2010 - DepARTmentSTORE 5, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht - Kunst Rai, Amsterdam, gallery Huub Hannen - Art Antique Beurs, Utrecht, gallery Dom Arte - Brabantsedag Meesterwerken, Vaasotheek, t Perron, Heeze - CBKV De Krabbedans, Eindhoven, Vaasotheek - Podium DAK, contemporary art Vaasotheek, Geldrop - De Zonen, Realisme 2011, Amsterdam, Gallery Jacoba Wijk - Small Publishers Fair, Peter Foolen Editions, Londen (GB) - One Blue Moment, Gallery Schütte, Essen (Germany) - A la c Arte, Noordbrabants Museum, s-hertogenbosch - Hoop, Geloof & De Liefde, Gallery Jacoba Wijk, Wehe Den Hoorn - In Bloei, Gallery Zand, Eindhoven - ROMA Art Fair, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery Roma (Italy) - Art Amsterdam, Galerie Jan van Hoof - Re & Act, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam 2009 - Met eigen ogen, Noordbrabants Museum, s Hertogenbosch - Scope Basel, Flatland Gallery - Art Amsterdam, Flatland Gallery 2008 - Art Amsterdam, Flatland Gallery - Scope London, Flatland Gallery - Show Off, Paris (France) Flatland Gallery 2007 - Exotica, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht - Promised Land, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Rome (Italy) - Flatland Paris (France) - Gallery Jan van Hoof, de Annex, Roosendaal - Show Off, Paris (France), Flatland Gallery 2006
- Slalom Gigante, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Turin (Italy) - Nuova Pittura fiamminga e olandese, Entro Terra, Milan (Italy) - Dalessi & Amici (curator: G. Dalessi) Gallery Jan van Hoof, s-hertogenbosch - De Italiaanse Verlokking, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen - The Floor is to the Artist, Noordbrabants Museum, s-hertogenbosch - Miart, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Milan (Italy) 2005 - Far from the Sea, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz (Austria) - Religion in Contemporary Art, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem - Kunst-Rai Amsterdam, The Living Room - Art-Cologne, Cologne (Germany), Gallery The Living Room 2004 - Far from the Sea, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville Tennessee (USA) - Far from the Sea, Museum Kurhaus, Kleve (Germany) - Stichting October, Nieuwe Brabantse Kunststichting, Breda - Le Gardin, Galerie Península, Eindhoven - Mi ricordo (curator: Norma Mangione) Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Turin (Italy) - Art-Cologne, Cologne(Germany), Gallery The Living Room 2003 - Wishful Drawing, Gallery Península, Eindhoven 2002 - Love at first Sight, Noordbrabants Museum, s-hertogenbosch - Tokens, Museum Waterland, Purmerend 2001 - Italia, il richiamo eterno, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht
- Aanwinsten Hedendaagse Kunst, Noordbrabants Museum, s-hertogenbosch 2000 1999 - Trialogue (met Theo van de Goor en Nour-Eddine Jarram), De Pronkkamer, Uden - Stable Presence, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Groningen - Face the portrait - reflect your mind, Museum Het Kruithuis, s-hertogenbosch 1998 1997 - International Print Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Oregon (USA) - Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden 1995 - Grafiek op de Grens, Nieuwe Brabantse Kunststichting, Breda - Grafiek op de Grens, Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerpen (Belgium) 1993 - Zien, Voelen, Beleven, Collectie W. Sengers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Kunst-Rai, Amsterdam, Gallery Península, Eindhoven