BIOGRAPHY
Born in Palermo on August 30, 1962, in 1987 Vasta took her Master Degree in Philosophy at the University of Perugia. Her thesis was Visual Education for the Development of the Creative Personality.
In 1997, after living for a few years between New York and Washington D.C., USA, Vasta decided to show in Perugia at Palazzo della Penna, together with the artists she was in contact with while in New York.
Between 1999 and 2000, she resided in Germany where in the Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt she realized the works which were to be exhibited at the Bochum Museum. Vasta has lectured for several academic institutions such as the American University of Washington D.C., Chautauqua Institution in Buffalo, New York, Cardinal Stritch in Milwaukee and Montana State University in Bozeman.
First prize holder for painting at the Florence International Biennial in 2003, Vasta has widely exhibited in Italy and abroad. She is an Academic of Merit and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Fine Arts Pietro Vannucci in Perugia.
In 2012, Rossella Vasta was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humane Letters by Cardinal Stritch Franciscan University.
Since the year 2000, Vasta has served as director and coordinator of the Pieve International School in Corciano, Italy.
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SOLO-SHOWS
1981
Italy, Spoleto Festival, first solo-show
1990
Poland, Gdynia Pland, Subbotko Gallery
Poland, Sopot, Herman Gallery
1991
Germany, Dortmund, curator Ursula Berrar
1992
Germany, Munich, U.P.B.
1994
USA, Washington D.C., American University, Visiting Artist
1995
Italy, Perugia, Spazio Arte Gallery, Ixtus
Italy, Rome, Salon Privé Gallery, "Metamorphoses", curator Barbara Rose
2003
Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, "Hortus Conclusus in Extra Moenia"
2004
USA, Bozeman, MSU Helen E. Copeland Gallery, "100 Palms for Peace works on paper"
2005
USA, Milwaukee, CSU, Northwestern Mutual Art Gallery, "100 Palms for Peace drawings"; Lecture on "The Medieval Garden as the Mirror of the Franciscan University"
2007
USA, NY Buffalo, Chautaqua Institution "IN MENSA ceramics"
Italy, Perugia, CONFAPI, "Arborea"
Japan, Tokyo, Shidome Italia Creative Center, "Table of Silence"
Japan, Tokyo, Shidome Italia Creative Center, "I Ching Labyrinth" ceramics
2008
Japan, Tokyo, Italian Cultural Institute, "Table of Silence"
2008/2009
International Sustainability Project, "Cantico per un bambino (Canticle for a Child)" ceramics, promoted by Kiwanis for the realization of several schools along the Ivory Coast
2010
Italy, Perugia, "Interruptio" book presentation at Umbria Libri Book Fair
Italy, Torino, "Interruptio" book presentation at Salone Internazionale del Libro Book Fair
2014
USA, Billings, MT, YAM (Yellowstone Art Museum), lecture "Transforming mind patterns and sound waves into visual art"
USA, Billings, MT, Rocky Mountain College, Fortin Education Center Auditorium, lecture on "Art, Spirituality, and Peace"
USA, Bozeman, MT, Montana State University, Cheever Hall, Visiting Artist Lecture on "The Table of Silence"
2015
Spain, Madrid, Binomio Gallery, "Kenosis"
2022
Germany, Dusseldorf, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, "Otto per Otto"
2023
Spain, Cuenca, Fundación Antonio Pérez, "Entanglements/Entrelazamientos"
2024
Spain, Guadalajara, El Espacio de Arte Antonio Pérez, Centro San José, "Entanglements/Entrelazamientos"
GROUP-SHOWS
1987
Italy, Macerata, "Varianti in corso d'opera", curator Massimo Duranti
1989
Italy, Corciano Festival, "Imago", curated by A. Carlo Ponti, Massimo Duranti
Italy, Bolzano, Les Chances de l'Art Gallery
1991
Germany, Potsdam/Berlin, "Vergleich Zwischen Culturen"
1992
Italy, Corciano Festival, "Artisti in Umbria", curated by Crispolti, Ponti, Duranti
Italy, Erice (Trapani), City Gallery
1994
Italy, Macerata, Per Mari e per Monti Gallery by Pio Monti, "Il Gatto e la Volpe"
1997
Italy, Rome, Rome International Art Fair RIPARTE, stand StellaR Graphics from Paris
Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, "Women beyond Borders"
Italy, Perugia, Palazzo della Penna Museum, "New York-New Generation", curated by Barbara Rose
1999
USA, New York, Rough House
2000
Germany, Bochum, Bochum Museum, "Kunst-Hexen", curated by Hans Gunter Golinski
2001
Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, "Baroque and Alchemy"
Italy, Trevi, Trevi Flash Art Museum, "Extra Virgin"
Italy, Florence, "International Biennial of Florence", 4th Prize
2003
Italy, Firenze, "International Biennial of Florence", 1st Prize
2004
Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, "Marini, Sanfilippo, Vasta"
2006
Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, "IN MENSA", ceramics
2007
Italy, Spello, Villa Fidelia, "Terra di Maestri", curator A. Carlo Ponti
Italy, Todi, Palazzo Landi Corradi, "Omaggio a Piero Dorazio"
2009
Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, "32 sentieri"
Italy, Assisi, Monte Frumentario, "OROBLU", curators G. Marini and F. Santaniello
Italy, Assisi, San Damiano, "Table of Silence"
Italy, Colombella, Villa la Colombella UN-WWAP UNESCO, "Arte d'Acqua"
2010
Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, "Interruptio"
2011
Brazil, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Fortaleza, "Itendidad Feminina en la colección del IVAM", curator Barbara Rose
USA, New York, Lincoln Center, "Table of Silence", Ground Zero Memorial September 11
Italy, Deruta, Foundation A. Moretti, "A Chalice in Memory of Alviero Moretti", curator A. Carlo Ponti
Italy, Assisi, San Rufino Cathedral October 26, "Table of Silence", in occasion of Pope Benedict multi-religious conference
Spain, Valencia, IVAM, Istitut Valencia d'Art Modern, "Identidad femenina" permanent collection, curated and catalogue essay by Barbara Rose
Italy, Florence, SACI, "Interruptio" book presentation
Portugal, Matosinhos, "Centro de Arte Moderna Gerardo Rueda", permanent collection
USA, Seattle, Seattle City Hall, "A Chalice for Alviero"
2012
Traveling exhibit "Identidad femenina":
-Bogotá, Colombia, Museo de Arte Moderno
-Santiago de Chile, Chile, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
-Montevideo, Uruguay, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales
-Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museo de Arte Moderno
2013
Spain, Madrid, Binomio Gallery, "Convergencias/Divergencias Gerardo Rueda y sus contemporáneos"
Germany, Fritzlar, "Tra Terra e Cielo"
USA, New York, Lincoln Center, "Table of Silence", Ground Zero Memorial September 11. Included in the "Year of Italian Culture in USA"
Italy, Coricano Festival, "Malizie sul Perugino" curated by Massimo Duranti
Italy, Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi, Saint Mary of the Angels Basilica, "in Lucem Transitus"
2014
Italy, Deruta, Foundation A. Moretti, "Relics of the Mind"
Italy, Foligno, CIAC Museum, "Ricognizione 2014-Arte contemporanea in Umbria"
USA, New York, Lincoln Center, "Table of Silence", Ground Zero Memorial September 11
2015
USA, New York, Lincoln Center, "Table of Silence", Ground Zero Memorial September 11
2016
Italy, Rome, Ara Pacis Museum, "Table of Silence/Mare Internum", curated by Roberta Semeraro
USA, New York, Lincoln Center, "Table of Silence", Ground Zero Memorial September 11
2017
Italy, Fabriano, Pinacoteca di Fabriano, "Tavola Aurea", RINASCO Project the Aristide Merloni Foundation, UNESCO Fabriano Creative City
USA, New York, Lincoln Center, "Table of Silence", Ground Zero Memorial September 11
Italy, Saint Mary of the Angels, Porziuncola Museum, "A due a due" with artist Arturo Casanova, curated by Barbara Rose
2018
Italy, Caserta, Reggia di Caserta, "Painting After Postmodernism", curated by Barbara Rose
Italy, Venice, Isola Della Giudecca, EMERGENCY Headquarters Venice, "Mare Internum", curated by Roberta Semeraro
Italy, Bevagna, "In Limine. In chartis Mevaniae" curated by Andrea Baffoni and A. Carlo Ponti
Italy, Foligno, CIAC Museum, Permanent Collection curated by Italo Tomassoni
2019
Spain, Toledo, Roberto Polo Museum, Permanent Collection
2022
Germany, Dusseldorf, "Parade", Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art
2024
Gemany, Dusseldorf, "Colour Turns Me On", Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art