- Flavio Trevisan
Flavio Trevisan is a Canadian artist and sculptor. He was born in
Padova ,Italy in 1970. His parents moved to Canada shortly before his fifth birthday. He grew up inWaterloo, Ontario . He graduated from the University of Toronto’s School of Architecture and Landscape Design in 1994.Awards
Trevisan won Second Prize at Drawing 2003, a juried drawing exhibition held at Toronto’s John B. Aird Gallery.
His graphic design work on the TSA Guide
Ontario Association of Architects and a 2004 Award of Excellence from Heritage Toronto. The map was also recognized at Toronto’s 2005 Architecture and Urban Design Awards with a Special Award of Excellence.culptures
Trevisan exhibited his first piece of sculpture in a group exhibit in 1999 in Toronto.
His first solo sculpture exhibition opened in February 2003 in Toronto. The show, "Residual", featured 30 of his pieces. He has said the series was inspired by the way rivers erode and shape land. [ [http://talkingwebpages.ca/cgi-bin/01-cam/search.02a/search-type-01a.cgi?t1=typ-515-a Artists Talking about Art on Talking Web Pages] ]
The media used for those works, along with most of his current work, are drywall compound and illustration board. His constructions have become more elaborate over the years.
His largest work to date, "Public Space", was the first installation featured in Convenience, a gallery window featuring work by artists. The month-long installation began in October 2006. The gallery, which is in Toronto, is curated by Trevisan and his partner
Scott Sorli .Gallery
In October 2006, Trevisan and partner Scott Sorli opened Convenience, a gallery window to showcase art, in Toronto. The first installation, "Public Space", featured a work by Trevisan.
References
External links
* [http://www.flaviotrevisan.com Official Web site]
* [http://www.conveniencegallery.com Gallery site]
* [http://www.torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/ Toronto Society of Architects' Web site]
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