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

Smooth pearl paper, dibond, plexiglass
100 x 150 cm

 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

66 x 100 cm

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