Located in San Francisco, CA
Serse creates drawings by erasure. He covers a sheet of paper with a dense layer of graphite, then ''draws'' on its surface with an eraser. Using photos as his point of departure, Serse renders mountains, bodies of water and trees from the shades of gray that emerge as he plies his eraser. The resulting image is mounted on aluminum. This image has a powerful presence because of the composition and the clarity of its realism.
Serse was born in 1952 in San Polo di Piave. He lives and works in Trieste. The artist has produced over the years an extraordinary series of images that have been included in the book “Drawing”, edited by Phaidon Press. These also owed him the participation in significant national and international exhibitions such as: Parkview Museum in Beijing and Singapore (2018 - 2019); Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, Italy (2018); Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France (2013); Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rimini, Italy (2012); Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’archéologie, Besançon, France (2010); Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy (2007); De Garage Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, Belgium (2006); III Biennial of Valencia, Spain (2005); S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium (2004); Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (2002); Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy (2002); Kunstverein Augsburg , Augsburg, Germany (2000); Musée de Beaux Arts, Gent, Belgium (1999); Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, Italy (1997). Amongst the institutions that hosted his most recent solo shows include: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Saint-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France (2014); Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy (2015), Tan Guobin Museum, Changsha, China (2017) and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba (2017 - 2018).
Source: Galleria Continua
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Water Veils, Modern Studio, Shanghai, CN
2017
Serse, Tan Guobin Museum, Changsha, CN
Aquí todo está abierto. Nada es cercano, nada es lejano, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, CU
2016
Serse, as far the eyes can see, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN
2015
L’Esperienza del paesaggio, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
Paysage Analogue dessins 1994-2014, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de SaintÈtienne Métropole, Saint-Ètienne, FR
2014
Serse, Galleria Continua Beijing, CN
2013
Disegnare per ordini e numeri, Galleria Giuseppe Pero, Milano, IT
2012
Puro disegno. Disegni 1997-2012, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT
Matité, Studio Carlotta Pesce, Bologna, IT
Serse - “Koh-i-noor”, FAR – Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rimini, IT
2010
Geometriche dissolvenze, Ex Pescheria- Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, IT
Disegni in Scala, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, FR
Gemme, architetture, riflessi, Galleria Contemporaneo, Venice, IT
2009
Serse, Galleria Civica Segantini, Arco, IT
2008
Fotographite, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT
Stoiceia (Elements), Casa Natale di Leonardo, Vinci / Cecchi wine cellars, Castellina in Chianti, IT
2007
Diamonds, Tim Van Laere gallery, Antwerp, BE
2006
La natura del disegno, De Garage Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, BE
Il cielo sopra il Cremlino, Galleria Lipanjepuntin, Rome, IT
Astratto naturale, Gallerie Plurima, Udine, IT
2005
Umanak, il luogo dove il cuore fa silenzio, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
2004
Paesaggio adottivo, Villa Manin – Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Spazio FVG, Codroipo, IT
Bella figura, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Genève, CH
Astratto naturale, Het Domein Museum, Sittard, NL
2003
Naturam ipsam imitandam esse, non artificem, Van Laere Contemporay Art, Antwerp, BE
2002
Serse, Guy Bartschi Gallery, Genève, CH
2001
Serse, Casa Musumeci Greco, Rome, IT
2000
Serse, Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Serse, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
Serse, Galleria Modulo, Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbone, Portugal
FIAC, Special project, Paris, FR
1999
Serse, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT
Serse, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA
Rinascimento-Nascimento: Serse -Van Eyck, Musée de Beaux Arts, Gent, BE
Serse, Galleria Lörhl, Mönchengladbach, DE
1998
Serse, Galleria Albert Baronian, Bruxelles, BE
Acqua, Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT
Serse, Galleria Biagiotti, Florence, IT
Serse, Kunst Mitte Berlin, Berlin, DE
1997
Serse, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
G.Paolini, Serse. Storie della pittura, Galleria Milleventi, Turin, IT
1996
Serse, Galleria Lörhl, Mönchengladbach, DE
Paesaggio Adottivo, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT
1994
Notti Bianche, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
1993
Aria di Parigi, Galleria Romberg, Latina, IT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Intriguing Uncertainties, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Parkview Museum, Beijing, CN
2018
Intriguing Uncertainties, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Parkview Museum, Singapore, SG
Il Terzo Giorno, curated by Didi Bozzini, Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, IT
2017
L'immagine situata, curated by Denis Viva, Casa Furlan, Pordenone, IT
2016
Caveau, Siena, IT
Perditiva, Aria Art Gallery, Florence, IT
2015
Follia Continua!, Le CENTQUATRE - Paris, FR
Flow_1, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, IT
Master Drawings New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA
2014
Krobylos un groviglio di segni. Da Parmigianino a Kentridge, FAR Fabbrica Arte Rimini moderna e contemporanea, Rimini, IT
Biennale del Disegno, Rimini, IT
Galleria continua, Beijing, CN
2013
Museo illuminato. Arte contemporanea e percorsi museali. Corrispondenze d'arte 2, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, IT
Donation Florence Et Daniel Guerlain, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, FR
2012
Future, Landscape. A changing exhibition, Forte Marghera, Venezia, IT
2011
Made in Filandia, La Filanda, Pieve a Presciano, IT
Ma dici a me?, SPAC FVG, Friuli Venezia Giulia, IT
De l’arbre à la forêt, Galerie Alice Mogabgab, Beyrouth, Liban
Fratelli d’Italia, Associazione Culturale Maniera, Rome, IT
2010
Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain, dessins contemporains, Musée des beaux-arts et d’archèologie de Besancon, Besancon, FR
STILL IMAGE, contemporary italian paintings, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN
2009
Isola Mondo, Torre Massimiliana, Isola Sant’Erasmo, Venice, IT
2008
Plurima 35°, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT
2007
Ouverture, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, FR
Arte Italiana: 1968 – 2007 Pittura, Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT
Wundergarten - Il giardino delle meraviglie, innesti tra arte e botanica, Orto Botanico di Palermo, IT
One Colour, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN
2005
Water (Without you I'm not), 3rd Biennial of Valencia, Valencia, ES
Altri fantasmi, galleria in Arco, Torino, IT
Manmano, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN
2004
Questi fantasmi, 1000 Eventi, Milan, IT
Demi-Tour, SMAK, Gent, BE
2003
Metropolis, Stamperia dell’Arancio, Grottammare, IT
Models & Mavericks, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, NL
2002
Intimate Immensity, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, MX
The Image Regained, Museo Cantonale d’Arte Contemporanea, Lugano, CH
Continuità, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, IT
2001
Volume 1, Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2000
Paesaggi fluttuanti, Santuario Oropa, Biella, IT
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1990s Photorealist Pencil Paintings
