Carolina Zanelli​​
Italy
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EDUCATION
At the moment student at Fine Arts Academy of Ravenna, Dep. Mosaic and decoration,
Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, 1st Level degree
Diploma in Mosaic Arts from the Spilimbergo Mosaic School “Irene da Spilimbergo”(SMF), Spilimbergo (Pn), Italy, 1995
Degree in Cello performance from the Music Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto (Tv), Italy, 1992
High-school diploma from the Liceo Classico “Leopardi-Majorana” in Pordenone, Italy, 1984
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Undertake private mosaic commissions,1996 to present
Conduct multilingual workshops at the SMF for adults, in Italian, English, German, French, 2000 to 2023
Lead the yearly community mosaic project ‘Un filo di mosaico’ in collaboration with 6 mosaic artists in Tramonti di Sotto (Pn), Italy. People of the village, tourists, mosaic students, children, volunteers work several days to create a public mosaic, 2015 to 2023
Mosaic workshops at Marga Court Studio, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 2017
Mosaic presentation at Fogolar Furlan Association in Mar del Plata, Argentina, March 2017
Translated “Les maitres mosaistes” by George Sand from French to Italian published by Media Naonis, May 2016
Summer mosaic workshop at Rigel Hotel, Lido di Venezia, Italy, August 2013 to present
Mosaic workshops at the Elementary School in Tramonti di Sotto (Pn), Italy, 2006-2016
Mosaic workshops at the SMF for Hundai designers, June 2015, 2014, 2013
4 sqm team work mosaic at Trend Company for a religious mosaic in Poland, Vivaro(Pn), Italy, October 2015
Mosaic workshop in German to students of the Dresden Waldorf School during two-week art-trip in Tuscany, Italy, July 2015, 2013, 2011
Completed and installed 9 sqm mosaic for ‘Proloco Valtramontina’ Association, Tramonti di Sotto (Pn), Italy, 2014
Completed and installed 7 sqm mosaic for the Sport Center in Tramonti di Sotto (Pn), in collaboration with the local Elementary School students, 2014
Completed and installed 9 sqm mosaic for ’Area 19 Center’ Pordenone, L.go Cervignano, with youth from the local center, sponsored by Avis (Blood donors volunteer association), 2014
Mosaic workshops at the CSM Mental Health Center (Centro di Salute Mentale) in Maniago (Pn), Italy, October-July 2012, 2011, 2010
Collaborated with the French artist Isabelle Chemin on a mosaic sculpture made with blind children in Grasse, France, June 2011
7 ‘chaise long’ mosaics in collaboration with 4 mosaic collegues by Dutch artists’ designs, commissioned by the Dutch Van Loon Gallery, Vught, Holland, May 2011
Collaborated with the Foundation for Children with Autism (Fondazione per bambini con autismo), Pordenone, giving mosaic workshops to differently-abled groups, 2004 to 2008
Two-month workshop at Spier Art Academy, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2008
Taught mosaic workshops and presented at the SAMA Meeting, Miami, USA, May 2008
Taught summer mosaic workshops at the California College of the Arts, Oakland, California, USA, June 2002 to 2008
Mosaic workhop at the Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago, USA, July 2007
Consulted and led a team of mosaicists on a 90 sqm mosaic, commissioned for a private residence in collaboration with, Pippa Murray Studio, Sausalito, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 2007
Mosaic workshops in the prisons of Pordenone, Udine and Tolmezzo, sponsored by the European Community Funds, 2004 to 2024
Completed and installed 10 sqm mosaic, commissioned for the main facade of St. Joseph Church, Potenza,Italy based on the design of the Italian artist Father Tarcisio Manta, April 2005
Completed and installed a 5.6 sqm mosaic, for the main facade of St. Mary of Costantinople, Baronissi (Sa) based on a design of the Italian artist Father Tarcisio Manta, July 2004
Mosaic workshops at Gildevaart Professional School, sponsored by the Savantis Company, Nieuwegein (Utrecht), Holland, 2004, 2003
Mosaic workshop at the American Base Elementary School, Aviano (Pn), Marzo 2003
Employed as a mosaic teacher at the Spilimbergo Mosaic School “Irene da Spilimbergo”, 1997 to 2002
One-month mosaic workshops at the International Center of Bethlehem, Palestine, 2004, 2003, 2002
Employed as a mosaicist at the Mayer’sche Hofkunstanstalt, Munich, Germany, September 1995 to October 1996
Stage at the Bisazza Company, Spilimbergo (Pn), July 1995
Employed as a mosaicist (2 month) at the Mosaique Surface Company, Montrèal, Canada,1994
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Solo exhibition at La Roggia Gallery, Pordenone, Italy, 2017
Contemporary Virtuosos, GoCM, Chicago, USA, 2017
Two artist exhibition at the private M.me e M. Bouillet Gallery, Neuilly sur Seine, Paris, France, 2012
Mosaici d’artista, Villa Manin di Passariano (Ud), 2012
SPAC, Buttrio (Ud), Italy, 2008
Artists of FUN, Clocchiatti Gallery, Udine, Italy, 2004
Performance at the Venice Biennale with the mosaic bill of “Bank of FUN”, Venezia, Italy, 2003
Biennale Giovanile del mosaico- Città di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy, 2001
PRESS
Translated Mosaicism by Helen Bodycomb, 2022
Translated Le maître mosaïstes by George Sand, 2016, Naonis Ed.
Featured in Eventi Magazine, May 2013
Featured in Vanity Fair Magazine, April 2008
Featured in MOSAIC, by Sonia King, Sterling Publishing.