Maura Biava

Lety's current 2005
ca 300x 280 cm
inkjet on canvas, handmade flower petals pending on strings

'Gwen:
"Sun and moon shower their light on the world; make me a source of light.
Clouds and water quench the thirst of life on earth; make me a refreshing
spring. Earth feeds us with fruit, and its flowers offer enchanted joy;
make me a prosperous source of joyous life."' 2004
guilded porcelain, metal thread
height: 300 cm and Ø 100 cm

Maura Biava

Doride, dreaming house, 2004
85 x 65 cm
photo, aluminium, edition 5

Doride, falling metamorphosis 2002
two parts of 57 x 208 cm
lamda prints, aluminium, perspex, framed

Doride, call of the sea 2002
135 x 100 cm
lamda print, aluminium, wood frames, perspex, edition of 5

Doride, while changing, 2002
100 x 80 cm
lamda print , aluminium, framed, perspex, edition of 5

Astrid's weekends, 2001
526 x 155 cm
text, gouaches, colour photo's, prints, frottages, aluminium

detail of Astrid's weekends, 2001
526 x 155 cm
text, gouaches, colour photo's, prints, frottages, aluminium

Iride, 2001
location: Instituut Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam
ca 250 x 300 x 180 cm
green house, cactuses, girl, computer

MAURA BIAVA
Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1970 in Reggio Emilia, Italy
Master in 1999 at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
Lives and works in Milan and Amsterdam

Solo exhibitions
1996 Medusa & Delfina, Galleri Nicolaï Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999 Proteus, Window Gallery, Walter van Beirendonck, Antwerp, Belgium. leaflet
1999 Ermete, Aphrodite & Papillon, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands
1999 Horaes, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2001 Levanto, Bahnwärterhaus, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. cat.°
2003 Doride,tangeble speech, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004 Doride, Gwen and Poly, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Group exhibitions
1995 Topi d'archivio, by F. Pasini, Via Farini, Milano, Italy
1996 See Through Brains, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain
1997 Slight, Norwich School of Art & Design, Norwich, Great Britain
1997 Mutans, Galerie Pilippe Rizzo, Paris, France
1997 G.S.1, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
1997 Slight, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain
1997 Open Studios, Magazini Generali, Milan, Italy
1997 Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998 Trapdoor, MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1998 Photography as Concept, Foto-Triennale, Galerie der Stadt, Esslingen, Germany. cat.
1998 Traces of Science in Art, Het Trippenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. cat.
1998 Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998 Dangleberry, Rozengracht 207c, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998 Look me in the eye, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998 Supernova, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, leaflet, The Netherlands
1999 Rundgang 4 - change is good, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany cat.
1999 Real time@zoersel '99, Domein Kasteel van Halle, Zoersel, Belgium. cat.
1999 Chronos & Kairos, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. cat.
1999 00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 Flash, World Wide Video Festival, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands cat.
2000 Flash, CCA, Vilnius; Transmediale International Arts Festival, Berlin; Living Art Museum,
Reykjavik; SMAK, Gent; CBK Marres, Maastricht; Videoex., Zürich; Cross Over Festival, Enschede;
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China,*
2000 Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester; Firstsite, the Minories, Colchester, Great Britain, cat.**
2000 Bloemen van de Nieuwe Tijd, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, The Netherlands cat.
2000 O sole mio, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000 Clara, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
2001 Flash, Baltic Center, Gateshead; Chinese European Center, Xiamen
2001 Breeze of AIR/Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam,cat.
2001 Wild gliders, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands cat.*
2001 Floating abstracts, really, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2001 A very fancy fair, Langerakbaan, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2002 A'dam & Eve, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003 Flash, Listasafn, Reykjavíkur Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland
2003 Three Girls From Amsterdam, Galerie Ludovic de Wavrin, Paris, France
2003 Criccagang T293 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy
2003 four Galerie Ludovic de Wavrin, Paris, France
2004 Hedendaagse Landschappen STDSGLR, Herlen, The Netherlands cat.
2004 Vis Vitalis Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2004 Process, Observatorium Maison Grégoire, Brussells, Belgium
2004 La nuova generazione artistica in Italia, Assab One, Milan, Italy cat.
2004 Drops in the ocean, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2004 This not a home this is a house, Observatorium Maison Grégoire, Brussells, Belgium
2005 Maura Biava, Helgi Thorsson, Henk Peeters, AP / Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2005 Art Forum / booth Galerie van Gelder, Berlin, with Klaas Kloosterboer, Sylvie Fleury, Jill Magid, a.o.
2005 The Story begins, Maura Biava, Orpheu de Jong, Jill Magid, Monica Tormell, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2006 Minder koud / Less cold, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2006 MiArt, booth Galerie van Gelder, Milan, Italy, with Marijke van Warmerdam, John M Armleder, a.o.
2007 Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, cat.

Interviews
1996 Maura Biava, interview by Helena Papadopoulos, Documents sur l'Art, Spring n.8
2003 I mondi sommersi di Maura Biava, Marco Altavilla, Mood, 50/51

Catalogues 1998 Traces of Science in Art, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam
1998 4. Internationale Foto-Trienale, Galerie der Stadt, Esslingen, Germany
1999 Realtime@zoersel'99, Kunst in Zoersel vzw, Zoersel, Belgium
1999 Chronos & Kairos, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
1999 17th World Wide Video Festival '99, Stichting WWVF, Amsterdam
2000 Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester
2000 Bloemen van de nieuwe tijd, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch
2001 Breeze of AIR/Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
2001 Rundgang 4-7, Documenta and Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Switserland
2001 Wild Gliders, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam
2004 Hedendaagse Landschappen STDSGLR, Herlen, The Netherlands cat.
2004 La nuova generazione artistica in Italia, Assab One, Milan, Italy cat.

Selected articles and reviews
1996 Maura Biava, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Line R. Nissen, Frieze, England, June-August
1996 Maura Biava, Anaid Demir, Purple Prose, France, summer
1998 Four examples of photography as action, Dr Renate Wiehager, cat. 4. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen, p. 34, p. 52-53 Germany
1998 Maura Biava, Wim Beeren, in Traces of Science in Art, Holland
1998 Maura Biava, Leontine Coelewij, bulletin Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, no. 42
1999 For Urano / Lirica, Ami Barak/Roderick de Man, 17th World Wide Video Festival, Netherlands
2000 Meisjes van Dertig, Nina Folkersma, Metropolis M, no. 3, Holland, June/July
2001 Monumento virtuale per raccontare la Ue, Il Nuovo, Italy, 24 March
2001 Een constructie van identiteiten, Marijke Uittenbroek, Decorum, vol. 19, no.1, Nl, March
2001 Op zoek naar de Eurpese identiteit, De Limburger, Holland, 4 March
2001 Jo Coenen geft Biava groen licht, De Limburger Maastricht, Holland, 23 August
2001 Van spaceship-terminal tot een bosje sterren, Vicky Bartlomeus, De Limburger, 24 January
2002 Van den Broek onthult Stars of Europe, De Limburger, Holland, 14 January
2002 Lolly's, De Limburger Maastricht, Holland, 30 January
2002 Speelgoedmonument, Daniel van der Velden, De Limbuerger, Holland, 7 February
2002 Kunstwerk eert verdrag van Maastricht, Spits, Holland, 8 February
2002 Varjaardag verdrag: onthulling monument, De Limbuerger, Holland, 8 February
2002 Europas zwolf Sternen ein Denkmal gesetzt, Aachener Zeitung, Germany, 8 February
2002 All'Estero, Soprattutto no 5, Italy, 6 February
2002 Tante stelle per l'europa, Donna Moderna no 8, Italy, 20 February
2002 Stars of europe. Limburgs Dagblad, Maastricht, Holland, 28 February
2002 Maastricht celebra l'Unione europea con un opera d'arte italiana, Il corirere della sera, 8 February
2002 Nella cittadina olandese un monumento celebrativo, il mattino, It, 7 February
2002 Maastricht sceglie un artista milanese per il monumento all' Europa, La Repubblica, It, 7 February
2002 Stelle italiane per Maastricht, Gioia n.5 Italy, 5 February
2002 Euro-stars, Art Monthly, n 255, England, April
2002 Heilig vuur, Marie Claire Holland, November
2003 Underwater video stories, Jill Wolfe, Baby, Holland, Autumn
2003 Nous, les sirenes, Nicolas Thely, Aden supplement on Le Monde, France, 19/25 November
2004 Wat Lies Beneath, Natalie Matutschovsky, The Walrus, Toronto Canada, July/August

Artist's contributions
1995 Permanent food page 124, February issue no. 3399
1996 Chi non salta è un ciellino, cut-out-doll in Art-Land International, late summer Beach Issue
2000 Diary, 2 artist's pages in 'Diary', Cornerhouse, Manchester
2002 Doride, falling metamorphosis, Archis n.6
2002 Doride, falling metamorphosis, Kastalia #7

Artist publications
2001 Astrid, Bahnwärterhaus, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar, cat.°

Projects in public space
2001 www.Carla-Barbara-Claire.nl, Centre Céramique, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2002 Stars of Europe, monument in front of the Bonnefanten museum, Maastricht,The Netherlands

DVD
2000 For Urano, Digital Video Disc, 8'20 min., with Roderick de Man, Bifrons Foundation, Amsterdam

* = travelling exhibition
** = artist's contribution
° = artist's book

Maura Biava
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Maura Biava Lety's current 2005 ca 300x 280 cm inkjet on canvas, handmade flower petals pending on strings Maura Biava Doride, dawn 2005 75 x 50 cm lambda, dibond, perspex, edition 5 Maura Biava 'Gwen: "Sun and moon shower their light on the world; make me a source of light. Clouds and water quench the thirst of life on earth; make me a refreshing spring. Earth feeds us with fruit, and its flowers offer enchanted joy; make me a prosperous source of joyous life."' 2004 guilded porcelain, metal thread height: 300 cm and Ø 100 cm detail Maura Biava 'Poly's orchard' 2004 / detail ceramics, mirrors, drawing various sizes detail of 'Poly's orchard' Maura Biava 'Gwen, contemplating at night' 2004 photo, drawing, metal leaves Maura Biava Gwen, Doride and Poly, 2004 exhibition Galerie van Gelder Maura Biava Doride, dreaming house, 2004 85 x 65 cm photo, aluminium, edition 5 Maura Biava Doride, sea of time 2003 148 x 100 cm photo prints aluminium, perspex, framed Maura Biava Doride, falling metamorphosis 2002 two parts of 57 x 208 cm lamda prints, aluminium, perspex, framed Maura Biava Doride, call of the sea 2002 135 x 100 cm lamda print, aluminium, wood frames, perspex, edition of 5 Maura Biava Doride, while changing, 2002 100 x 80 cm lamda print , aluminium, framed, perspex, edition of 5 Maura Biava Doride; reflecting, 2001 ca 80 x 90 cm colour photo on aluminium Maura Biava Astrid's weekends, 2001 526 x 155 cm text, gouaches, colour photo's, prints, frottages, aluminium Maura Biava detail of Astrid's weekends, 2001 526 x 155 cm text, gouaches, colour photo's, prints, frottages, aluminium Maura Biava Iride, 2001 location: Instituut Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam ca 250 x 300 x 180 cm green house, cactuses, girl, computer Maura Biava Doride, messenger's spirit, 2000 110 x 90 cm photo, aluminium MAURA BIAVA Curriculum Vitae Born in 1970 in Reggio Emilia, Italy Master in 1999 at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam Lives and works in Milan and Amsterdam Solo exhibitions 1996 Medusa & Delfina, Galleri Nicolaï Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark 1999 Proteus, Window Gallery, Walter van Beirendonck, Antwerp, Belgium. leaflet 1999 Ermete, Aphrodite & Papillon, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands 1999 Horaes, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2001 Levanto, Bahnwärterhaus, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. cat.° 2003 Doride,tangeble speech, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2004 Doride, Gwen and Poly, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Group exhibitions 1995 Topi d'archivio, by F. Pasini, Via Farini, Milano, Italy 1996 See Through Brains, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain 1997 Slight, Norwich School of Art & Design, Norwich, Great Britain 1997 Mutans, Galerie Pilippe Rizzo, Paris, France 1997 G.S.1, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany 1997 Slight, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain 1997 Open Studios, Magazini Generali, Milan, Italy 1997 Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1998 Trapdoor, MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1998 Photography as Concept, Foto-Triennale, Galerie der Stadt, Esslingen, Germany. cat. 1998 Traces of Science in Art, Het Trippenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. cat. 1998 Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1998 Dangleberry, Rozengracht 207c, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1998 Look me in the eye, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1998 Supernova, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, leaflet, The Netherlands 1999 Rundgang 4 - change is good, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany cat. 1999 Real time@zoersel '99, Domein Kasteel van Halle, Zoersel, Belgium. cat. 1999 Chronos & Kairos, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. cat. 1999 00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1999 Flash, World Wide Video Festival, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands cat. 2000 Flash, CCA, Vilnius; Transmediale International Arts Festival, Berlin; Living Art Museum, Reykjavik; SMAK, Gent; CBK Marres, Maastricht; Videoex., Zürich; Cross Over Festival, Enschede; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China,* 2000 Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester; Firstsite, the Minories, Colchester, Great Britain, cat.** 2000 Bloemen van de Nieuwe Tijd, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, The Netherlands cat. 2000 O sole mio, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2000 Clara, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany 2001 Flash, Baltic Center, Gateshead; Chinese European Center, Xiamen 2001 Breeze of AIR/Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam,cat. 2001 Wild gliders, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands cat.* 2001 Floating abstracts, really, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2001 A very fancy fair, Langerakbaan, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2002 A'dam & Eve, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2003 Flash, Listasafn, Reykjavíkur Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland 2003 Three Girls From Amsterdam, Galerie Ludovic de Wavrin, Paris, France 2003 Criccagang T293 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy 2003 four Galerie Ludovic de Wavrin, Paris, France 2004 Hedendaagse Landschappen STDSGLR, Herlen, The Netherlands cat. 2004 Vis Vitalis Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2004 Process, Observatorium Maison Grégoire, Brussells, Belgium 2004 La nuova generazione artistica in Italia, Assab One, Milan, Italy cat. 2004 Drops in the ocean, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2004 This not a home this is a house, Observatorium Maison Grégoire, Brussells, Belgium 2005 Maura Biava, Helgi Thorsson, Henk Peeters, AP / Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2005 Art Forum / booth Galerie van Gelder, Berlin, with Klaas Kloosterboer, Sylvie Fleury, Jill Magid, a.o. 2005 The Story begins, Maura Biava, Orpheu de Jong, Jill Magid, Monica Tormell, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2006 Minder koud / Less cold, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2006 MiArt, booth Galerie van Gelder, Milan, Italy, with Marijke van Warmerdam, John M Armleder, a.o. 2007 Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, cat. Interviews 1996 Maura Biava, interview by Helena Papadopoulos, Documents sur l'Art, Spring n.8 2003 I mondi sommersi di Maura Biava, Marco Altavilla, Mood, 50/51 Catalogues 1998 Traces of Science in Art, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam 1998 4. Internationale Foto-Trienale, Galerie der Stadt, Esslingen, Germany 1999 Realtime@zoersel'99, Kunst in Zoersel vzw, Zoersel, Belgium 1999 Chronos & Kairos, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany 1999 17th World Wide Video Festival '99, Stichting WWVF, Amsterdam 2000 Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester 2000 Bloemen van de nieuwe tijd, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch 2001 Breeze of AIR/Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam 2001 Rundgang 4-7, Documenta and Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Switserland 2001 Wild Gliders, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam 2004 Hedendaagse Landschappen STDSGLR, Herlen, The Netherlands cat. 2004 La nuova generazione artistica in Italia, Assab One, Milan, Italy cat. Selected articles and reviews 1996 Maura Biava, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Line R. Nissen, Frieze, England, June-August 1996 Maura Biava, Anaid Demir, Purple Prose, France, summer 1998 Four examples of photography as action, Dr Renate Wiehager, cat. 4. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen, p. 34, p. 52-53 Germany 1998 Maura Biava, Wim Beeren, in Traces of Science in Art, Holland 1998 Maura Biava, Leontine Coelewij, bulletin Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, no. 42 1999 For Urano / Lirica, Ami Barak/Roderick de Man, 17th World Wide Video Festival, Netherlands 2000 Meisjes van Dertig, Nina Folkersma, Metropolis M, no. 3, Holland, June/July 2001 Monumento virtuale per raccontare la Ue, Il Nuovo, Italy, 24 March 2001 Een constructie van identiteiten, Marijke Uittenbroek, Decorum, vol. 19, no.1, Nl, March 2001 Op zoek naar de Eurpese identiteit, De Limburger, Holland, 4 March 2001 Jo Coenen geft Biava groen licht, De Limburger Maastricht, Holland, 23 August 2001 Van spaceship-terminal tot een bosje sterren, Vicky Bartlomeus, De Limburger, 24 January 2002 Van den Broek onthult Stars of Europe, De Limburger, Holland, 14 January 2002 Lolly's, De Limburger Maastricht, Holland, 30 January 2002 Speelgoedmonument, Daniel van der Velden, De Limbuerger, Holland, 7 February 2002 Kunstwerk eert verdrag van Maastricht, Spits, Holland, 8 February 2002 Varjaardag verdrag: onthulling monument, De Limbuerger, Holland, 8 February 2002 Europas zwolf Sternen ein Denkmal gesetzt, Aachener Zeitung, Germany, 8 February 2002 All'Estero, Soprattutto no 5, Italy, 6 February 2002 Tante stelle per l'europa, Donna Moderna no 8, Italy, 20 February 2002 Stars of europe. Limburgs Dagblad, Maastricht, Holland, 28 February 2002 Maastricht celebra l'Unione europea con un opera d'arte italiana, Il corirere della sera, 8 February 2002 Nella cittadina olandese un monumento celebrativo, il mattino, It, 7 February 2002 Maastricht sceglie un artista milanese per il monumento all' Europa, La Repubblica, It, 7 February 2002 Stelle italiane per Maastricht, Gioia n.5 Italy, 5 February 2002 Euro-stars, Art Monthly, n 255, England, April 2002 Heilig vuur, Marie Claire Holland, November 2003 Underwater video stories, Jill Wolfe, Baby, Holland, Autumn 2003 Nous, les sirenes, Nicolas Thely, Aden supplement on Le Monde, France, 19/25 November 2004 Wat Lies Beneath, Natalie Matutschovsky, The Walrus, Toronto Canada, July/August Artist's contributions 1995 Permanent food page 124, February issue no. 3399 1996 Chi non salta è un ciellino, cut-out-doll in Art-Land International, late summer Beach Issue 2000 Diary, 2 artist's pages in 'Diary', Cornerhouse, Manchester 2002 Doride, falling metamorphosis, Archis n.6 2002 Doride, falling metamorphosis, Kastalia #7 Artist publications 2001 Astrid, Bahnwärterhaus, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar, cat.° Projects in public space 2001 www.Carla-Barbara-Claire.nl, Centre Céramique, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2002 Stars of Europe, monument in front of the Bonnefanten museum, Maastricht,The Netherlands DVD 2000 For Urano, Digital Video Disc, 8'20 min., with Roderick de Man, Bifrons Foundation, Amsterdam * = travelling exhibition ** = artist's contribution ° = artist's book