Olmo del Pozzo
Olmo: Four letters for an unusual name, the Italian equivalent for the Elm Tree. Born in Geneva in 1979, Olmo's roots spread over the Mediterranean from Italy to Turkey.
As his name, his path has been all but conventional; Olmo started making Art avoid the accounting courses in the British School of Sevenoaks that he attended from age 16. He continued his education at Oxford Brookes University and obtained a joint Fine Arts and Business Administration degree.
As a reflection of his multifaceted personality, Olmo dived into Art as an antidote to numbers; in addition, he dived into the multidimensional Art world as a first step towards a harmony of contrasts and described his work as” a fruitful discordance”.
Authentic and pure, Olmo's evolution is the result of causality and non-conformism. A constant questioning of widespread beliefs towards immanence and transcendence lures his creativity.
He lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland.
Education:
1998-2001 Oxford Brookes University - BFA, Oxford (GB)
1996-1998 Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks (GB)
Awards:
2011 "Rathania", Musée Rath, Geneva (CH)
Solo Shows
2023 "In-Retro", Galerie Renaissance, Geneva (CH)
2018 "De$troit", Quite Useless, London (GB)
2014 "Look Up", Gallery ID-50, Geneva (CH)
2012 "Contrasts and Perspectives", Gallery Mine d'Art, Geneva (CH)
2011 "Black or White", Fumisterie, Geneva (CH)
2009 "Faces", Fumisterie, Geneva (CH)
2006 "Polyhedric", Gallery Alpan, New York (US)
2003 "In Motion", Gallery Vinum, Geneva (CH)
2002 "Blooming", Ethno Space, Geneva (CH)
Group Shows :
2021 "CRYPTOkyo", Ultra Super New Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
2017 "A New Art Expo", Quite Useless, London (GB)
2016 "Beams of Sparks", Affordable Art Fair, London (GB)
2015 "Ice-Land" Affordable Art Fair, Brussels (BE)
2011 "Rathania", Musée Rath, Geneva (CH) - 1st Prize
2004 "Inside Out", Gallery Alpan, New York (US)
2001 "Naked Ambition", Gipsy Lane, Oxford (GB)
Bibliography / Press
2014 Tribu Magazine 2, Alice Brace, "Detroit", p.110-121, Winter 2013-2014, Geneva (CH)
2013 Tribu Magazine 1, India Belce-Kennedy, "Unique Form of Continuity in Space", p. 50-53, June 2013, Geneva (CH)
2012 Tribune de Genève, Etienne Dumon, "Prix Rathania", 11.01.2012, Geneva (CH)
Selected works:
THE SKY GATE
2016, Edition: 2/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x 100 cm
THE SKY GATE
2016, Edition 3/5
BOSPHORUS, ISTANBUL
2015, Edition: 1/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
67 x 250 cm
NEVESKY, SAINT PETERSBURG
2019, Edition 4/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x100 cm
SAINT PAUL #2, LONDON
2011, Edition 4/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x 100 cm
PALAZZO SPADA, ROME
2014, Edition 4/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x 100 cm
CASTEL DEL MONTE #1, AQUILA
2014, Edition 1/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x 100 cm
Hermitage #1, Saint Petersburg
2016, Edition 2/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x 100 cm
ICE SLIDE
2016, Edition 4/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x 100 cm
KOWID 25th OF FEBRUARY, GENEVA
2020 Edition 1/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
KOWID, 20th OF MARCH, GENEVA
2020, Edition 1/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x 100 cm
KOWID, 25th OF MARCH, GENEVA
2020, Edition 1/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x 100 cm
KOWID, 28th OF MARCH, GENEVA
2020, Edition 1/5
Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
66 x 100 cm
DANCING MACHINE
2010
Oil paint on Canvas
150 x 100 cm
FIVE
2010
Oil paint on canvas
120 x 80 cm
WALK THE MOON
2010
Oil paint on Canvas
150 x 100 cm