Federico Seppi
- Biography
- Bibliography
- Artworks
- Solo exhibitions
- Group exhibitions
Federico Seppi nasce a Trento nel 1990, dove vive e lavora.
Nel 2011 si iscrive all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia al corso di Pittura. Si diploma nel 2014 a pieni voti con lode in Scultura con Mario Airò, discutendo una tesi dal titolo Materia viva, approfondendo la poetica dei materiali nella rappresentazione del binomio Arte ed Ecologia.
Tra il 2015 e il 2016 segue a Cardiff, alla Metropolitan University, il corso Sculpture and Installation.
Nel 2015 partecipa alla mostra collettiva Natura, Arte e Ecologia al MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Galleria Civica.
Nel 2019 partecipa alla mostra collettiva Materia Prima a Palazzo Aliprandini a Livo (Val di Non). Lo stesso anno il progetto E(U)nglish Lawn è selezionato per la residenza London is Open e presentato presso la Estorick collection of Modern Art di Londra.
Federico Seppi con le sue opere ridefinisce l'universo naturale attraverso una costante riappropriazione fisica degli elementi originari: attribuendo a ciascun elemento una valenza simbolica ed un significato spirituale.
I suoi lavori nascono dal dialogo tra spiritualità e scienza, dalle relazioni tra oriente e occidente, dalla trasformazione tra natura e artificio.
Federico Seppi was born in Trento in 1990. He lives and works in Trento.
In 2014 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice in the painting course. He graduated with honours in Sculpture with Mario Airò by discussing a thesis entitled ‘Materia viva’ (‘Living matter’), deepening the poetics of materials in the representation of the binomial Art and Ecology.
Between 2015 and 2016 he attended the Sculpture and Installation course in Cardiff, at the Metropolitan University.
In 2015 he participated in the group exhibition Nature, Art and Ecology at the MART Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Civic Gallery.
In 2019 he participated in the collective exhibition Materia Prima at Palazzo Aliprandini in Livo (Val di Non). The same year the 'E(U)nglish Lawn' project was selected for the London is Open residency and presented at the Estorick collection of Modern Art in London.
Federico Seppi with his works redefines the natural universe through a constant physical re-appropriation of the original elements: attributing to each element a symbolic value and a spiritual meaning.
His works are born from the dialogue between spirituality and science, from the relations between East and West, from the transformation between nature and artifice.
Education
2015-2016
Fine Art, Sculpture and Installation at Cardiff Metropolitan University UK
2011-2014
Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice
Art Residencies
2019
Art Residency - London is Open, Winner 2019. Art Apartments in collaboration with The Finnish Institute in London and the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London UK
Workshops
2013
Art & evnirorment, capannone n°35 Forte Marghera, curator: Carlo Di Raco
2012
Internship, Cademia Liceo Artistico, Ortisei, curator: Demez Ernesto
2011
“Respirare l'ombra” Giuseppe Penone, Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Public Permanent Sculptures
Gutta Cavat Lapidem, Parco Bastie, Ala
Simulacro, Respirart, Val di Fiemme
Lacrima, Valle del Tasso, Caprino Veronese
Magmatica, Ecomuseo Valsugana, Villa Agnedo
Intreccio, Laghetti dei Masi, Ruffrè-Mendola
Fulmine, Piazza Municipio, Sarnonico
Catalogues
2019
Cave Canem, text by Brigidina Gentile, publiscer: Boccanera Gallery, Trento
Materia Prima, curator: Michela Becchis, publisher: Il Quadrifoglio and Curva Pura, in collaboration with Boccanera Gallery, Trento
Be the Difference...with Art, curator, publisher: Rotary Club Asolo and Pedemontana del Grappa, Rotary Prize Finalist, Bassano del Grappa
2018
Grenzländer, curated by Giorgia Lucchi Boccanera and Giovanna Nicoletti, texts by Giovanna Nicoletti, publisher: Boccanera Gallery, Trento
2017
II Simposio di scultura, curator: Remo Forchini e Mario Cossali, publisher: edizioni osiride
Generazione Erasmus, curator: Remo Forchini e Mario Cossali, publisher: edizioni osiride
2015
Nature, Arte e Ecologia, Galleria Civica, Trento, curator: Margherita de Pilati – IT, publisher: Mart, Trento - IT
2014
Open 16, curator: Paolo De Grandis, co- curator: Carlotta Scarpa, publisher: PDG Arte Communications, San Servolo, Venezia
In Risonaza, MART, Rovereto, curator: Francesca Bacci, publisher: Mart, Trento
Articles
2020
Intervista Federico Seppi, in IcsArt. Giugno 2020
Land Art in Val di Non, in “Le tre Venezie, Anno XXVI - 2020”, p. 141
2019
Un giardino anglo-europeo, nel giorno (presunto) della Brexit, in la Repubblica – 28/10/2019
Materia Prima, in “Corriere del Trentino – Cultura e Società”, 02/07/2019 p. 13
Federico Seppi racconta l’albero e la goccia, in “L’Adige- Cultura e Società” – 09/07/2019
2018
"Grenzländer": le terre di confine interpretate da 4 giovani artisti locali, in "Corriere del Trentino - Cultura", 27/09/2018, p.13
Giovani per Terre di Confine, in "Adige - Cultura e Società", 27/09/2018, p.07
Boccanera oggi apre Grenzländer, in "Trentino - Arte", 28/09/2018, p.11
2015
Il pianeta malato muove l’arte, in “Il Sole 24ore – Art Economy24”, 5/12/2015, p.26

Federico Seppi
Glacier keeps an eyes on us (Careser), 2020
wood, ink, silver leaf, 48,5 x 59 cm
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Minimi segni, 2020
lime wood and gouache silver leaf, 4 pieces, 31,5 cm x 36,5 cm each
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Svellere, 2019
fallen wood and copper oxidized, 10 x 4 x 4 m
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Goccia, 2018-19
installation, copper oxidized and wood and terracotta, h 127 cm x diameter 35 cm
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Ripple, 2018
wood and gouache silver, d. 45 x 5 cm and d. 37 x 5 cm
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Studio di paesaggio, 2018
ink, plaster and dolomitic stone, 12 x 14 cm each
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Studio di paesaggio, 2018
ink, plaster and dolomitic stone, 12 x 14 cm
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Valle sospesa, 2018
wood and gouache silver, 195 x 187 cm
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Punto di rugiada (detail), 2017
cedar wood and gouache silver, installation
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Simulacro, Respirart Val di Fiemme 2017
wood and copper, variable dimensions, installation
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Ritmo Fluido, 2015
wood, paraffin and ice, variable dimensions, installation

Federico Seppi
Glacier keeps an eyes on us (Careser) (detail), 2020
wood, ink, silver leaf, 48,5 x 59 cm
Federico Seppi
Attenti al lupo?, 2019
stone and mixed media on wood, 120 x 45 x 60 cm
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Glacial erosion, 2018
wood and gouache silver plating, 40 x 38 x 14 cm
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Rifrazione, 2018
mixed technique framed, 30,5 x 30,5 cm
Federico Seppi
Studio di paesaggio, 2018
ink, plaster and dolomitic stone, 12 x 14 cm
Federico Seppi
Studio di paesaggio, 2018
ink, plaster and dolomitic stone, 12 x 14 cm
Federico Seppi
Valle sospesa, 2018
wood and gouache silver, 195 x 187 cm (detail)
Federico Seppi
Punto di rugiada, 2017
cedar wood and gouache silver, installation
Federico Seppi
21 punti di propagazione, 2017
silver leaf on wooden panel, 200 x 200 cm
Federico Seppi
Lacrima, 2016
cedar wood and oxidized copper, d.50 cm x h.180 cm, installation
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Il lento sciogliersi del ghiaccio, 2015
paraffin and ice, variable dimensions, installation
2021
Icebreaker, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy upcoming
2020
Boccanera Fiction, Boccanera online exhibition
Love is the answer, Boccanera online exhibition
2019
London is Open, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, United Kingdom
Materia Prima, curated by Michela Becchis, project by Il Quadrifoglio and Cura, in collaboration with Boccanera Gallery, Palazzo Aliprandini Laifenthurn, Livo, Val Di Non, Trento, Italy
Cave Canem, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
Be the Difference...with Art, curated by Rotary Club Asolo and Pedemontana del Grappa, Rotary Prize
Finalist, Torre delle Grazie, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
2018
Grenzländer, curated by Giovanna Nicoletti, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
La Medusa Este Krakow, curated by Jacek Waltos, Miroslaw Sikorski, Marcin Czaja, Thomas Tosato, Giancarlo Goldin, Accademia di Belle Arti Cracovia, Poland
Meledrio 2.0, Dimaro, curated by Camposaz, Italy
2017
Uno più uno è uguale a?, Dervattmatch, Luca Coser Studio, Trento, Italy
Waiting room, Centro di psicoanalisi Jonas, Trento, curated by Giusi Campisi, Italy
Respirart, Val di Fiemme, curated by Beatrice Calamari, Marco Nones, Italy
Generazione Erasmus, Palazzo Trentini, Trento, curated by Remo Forchini, Mario Cossali, Italy
Primavera, Casa de Gentili, Sanzeno, curated by Lucia Barison, Italy
2016
Engineers of the Immagination, Arcade Gallery, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Green Pulse, Muse, Trento, Italy
Storm, happening exibithion, Cardiff Bay, United Kingdom
Arddangosfa o Arddangosfeydd, The Roath Park, Cardiff, curated by Paul Granjon, United Kingdom
Terra, Palazzo Martini, Mezzocorona, curated by Federico Mazzonelli, Gabriele Lorenzoni, Italy
Il nostro lavoro, Palazzo Trentini, Trento, curated by Massimo Parolini, Italy
2015
Nature, Arte e Ecologia, Galleria Civica, Trento, curated by Margherita de Pilati, Italy
Abiti del male, Centro Culturale la Medusa, Este, curated by Beatrice Andreose, Silvia Maria Carolo, Italy
Sculture, Magazzini del Sale 3, Venezia, curated by Roberto Pozzubon, Italy
2014
Open 16, curated by Paolo De Grandis, co- curated by Carlotta Scarpa, San Servolo, Venice, Italy
In Risonaza, curated by Francesca Bacci, MART - Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Art Night, curated by Marta Allegri, Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy
2013
Art Night, curated by Raffaella Miotello, Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy
Liver, curated by Luca Marignoni, Casa Marta, Coredo, Italy
2012
CI sentieri dell'arte, curated by Dario Trento, Nadia Melotti, Valle del Tasso, Caprino Veronese, Italy
Collettiva, Alabasto, Logrono, Spain
Homus Park, curated by Gabriele Meneguzzi, Vincenzo Sponga, International meeting, Pordenone, Italy