Alberto Biasi

Alberto Biasi is a key figure in Italian post-war art and one of the founders of the renowned Gruppo N. He is also internationally recognized for his contributions to Op Art and Kinetic Art.

Biography of Alberto Biasi

Alberto Biasi, born in 1937 in Padua, Italy, began his artistic journey after completing his studies in Architecture and industrial design at the University of Venice. From 1969 to 1988, he shared his expertise as a professor of advertising graphic arts at the Professional Institute in Padua.

At the age of 22, he co-founded the Gruppo N in Padua alongside several contemporary artists.

In 1988, a retrospective exhibition of Biasi's work was showcased at the Museo Civico agli Eremitani in Padua. In addition to the twelve exhibitions of Gruppo N, Biasi has conducted over one hundred solo exhibitions in notable museums, including Palazzo Ducale in Urbino, the Wigner Institute of Erice, the Museu de la Catedral in Barcelona, the National Museum of Villa Pisani in Strà, and the National Gallery in Prague.

The artist has also been a participant in over five hundred group exhibitions, including notable events like the 32nd and 42nd Venice Biennales, the eleventh São Paulo Bienal, the 10th, 11th, and 14th Rome Quadriennale, as well as various print biennials, earning him several awards for his contributions to the art world.

His remarkable works are held in prestigious public collections and museums, both in Italy and abroad, including the MoMA in New York, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, and the Ministero degli Affari Esteri in Rome.

Alberto Biasi's Art Style

Between 1959 and 1960, Biasi embarked on his first series of works, 'Trame.' These were rectangular and permeable objects that played with optical-kinetic effects, especially in the interaction between light and the shifting viewer's gaze.

Subsequently, the artist introduced the 'Rilievi ottico-dinamici,' characterized by overlapping lamellar structures in contrasting colors, creating captivating visual effects. In the late 1960s, he developed the 'Torsioni' series, which predominantly featured bicolored lamellae, generating optical dynamism when viewed from different perspectives.

Following his experience with Gruppo N, Biasi continued to explore the interaction between the spectator and the artwork. In the 1970s, he began working on the 'Politipi' series, which he dedicated himself to until the 1990s, eventually incorporating small color inserts. Characterized by the layering and interweaving of fine strips, 'Politipi' alluded to the third dimension.

In the late 1990s, Biasi introduced the 'Assemblaggi' series, consisting of combinations of different, often monochromatic surfaces in diptych and triptych arrangements, intensifying the three-dimensional effect. In the last decade, he further explored this feature through vertical steel sculptures.