Biography
Joseph Pace is renowned for making strong aesthetic artworks that resonate with timely phenomena across today’s social media world. Recent exhibitions include: A expressividade de Joseph Pace na sua criaçao de esculturas de joias at the CRC in São Paulo, Libri d’Artista. L’Arte da Leggere at the Bari’s and and Copertino’s Castles, Joseph Pace, Sacra Sacrorum at the Pantheon in Rome, Joseph Pace, L’Eva Futura at the Boncompagni Decorative Arts Museum of the National Gallery of Modern Art of Rome, and O Negro no Futebol Brasieliro, at the Afro Brasil Museum in São Paulo.
Pace was born in Morbegno, Italy in 1959. He actually resides and works in Rome. He has been Assistant Professor of Sociology of Knowledge and Art, and History of Sociology at the Sapienza University of Rome from 1996 to 2008.
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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Libri d’Artista. L’Arte da Leggere, Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen, Musei di Roma, Roma (Jan, 22 – March 29, 2021)
Joseph Pace, Ave Crux, Spes Una, Pantheon in Rome, Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres, Roma (Feb. 17 – March 31, 2021)
Joseph Pace, Gold, La révélation de la forme, National Museum of Bardo, Tunis (25 June – 4 Oct. 2021)
Meditazioni, Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Roma, Italy (1th – 20 Sept. 2021)
Joseph Pace, Sociedade Brasileira de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro (1 – 30 Nov. 2021)
PAST SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
A Expressividade de Joseph Pace na criação de suas joias esculturais, Virtual Art Exhibition in Covid-19 Time, CRC-SP Conselho de Contabilitade do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (Oct. 20 – Dec. 1th)
Joseph Pace, Entre o Informal e a Pop Art, Parlamento de Itapevì, Itapevì, São Paulo, SP (1 – 30 March, 2020)
2019
Joseph Pace, Sacra Sacrorum, Biblioteca Storica Nazionale dell’Agricoltura, Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Rome, Italy (1 – 29 March, 2019)
2018
Joseph Pace, Sacra Sacrorum, Pantheon in Rome, Roman Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres, Polo Museale del Lazio, MIBAC, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Rome, Italy (23 Nov. 2018 – 13 Jan 2019)
Joseph Pace, Emoções Cósmicas, Câmara Municipal de Itapevì, IPH – Instituto de Recuperação do Patrimônio Histórico, São Paulo SP, Itapevì, Brasil (26 Jan – 23 Feb)
2016
The Grand Challenge, University Cà Foscari of Venice, Shylock Centro Universitario Teatrale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (1 – 30 December)
2015
Joseph Pace, L’Eva Futura, Boncompagni Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Gallery of Modern Art of Rome, MiBAC, Rome, Italy, 13 November, 2014 – 13 February 2015)
Joseph Pace (Filtranisme), Museo Venanzo Crocetti, Rome, Italy, (Jan. 12- Feb. 23)
Florence Biennale, Firenze, Italy (17 – 26 Oct)
Joseph Pace, 2 June Italian National Day and Republic Day, Circolo Italiano, Palazzo Italia, Instituto De Recuperação Do Patrimônio Histórico de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (25 June – 30 July)
Joseph Pace Filtranisme, Galleria Alson, Milan, Italy, (5 Feb – 2 Mar)
2014
Joseph Pace, Serie Midas, Instituto De Recuperação Do Patrimônio Histórico de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP (1 March – 15 June, 2014)
2013
Joseph Pace , Un Mondo al Quadrato, Spazio 88, Roma (21 Feb – 8 Mar.)
Joseph Pace, Giorno Internazionale della Donna, Spazio 88, Roma, (8 – 20 Mar.)
(.) 2013 – Joseph Pace: emoções de dinamismo, CRC – Conselho de Contabilitade, Superintendência do Patrimônio Cultural do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (15 March – 27 April)
2012
Joseph Pace, Momento Italia Brasile, Octavio Café, Ambasciata d’Italia di Brasilia, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Paolo, Superintendência do Patrimônio Cultural do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (13 June – 27 June)
Joseph Pace Filtranisme, Galleria Caffè in Parione, Rome, Italy (1 Dec 2012 – 15 Feb)
Joseph Pace, Con-Tratti, Galleria Busto Mistero, Alba, Alessandria, Italy (11 July – 15 August)
2011
Joseph Pace Filtranisme, Forte Sangallo, Nettuno, Roma, Italy (11 – 17 July)
Dinamismo Cosmico do Artista Joseph Pace, Teatro Municipal de Jaguariuna, São Paulo, Brazil (Apr. 18 – May 5)
Joseph Pace, Giorno Internazionale della Donna, Galleria Fontana, Roma, Italy, (8 – 20 Mar)
2010
Pinturas de Joseph Pace, Galeria Spazio Surreale, São Paulo, Brazil ( 1 – 30 July)
Dinamismo vital e de força cosmica das emoçoes artisticas de Joseph Pace, Museo de Arte do Parlamento de São Paulo, Superintendência do Patrimônio Cultural do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (April 1st – June 30)
Joseph Pace, Emoções, Conselho de Contabilitade do Estado de São Paulo, Instituto De Recuperação Do Patrimônio Histórico de São Paulo, Joseph Pace, SP, Brazil (10 – 30 May)
Joseph Pace, Busto Mistero, Alba (Cuneo), Italy (27 Mar – 25 Apr)
Joseph Pace, Impermanenza, Galleria Fidia, opere 2000 – 2010, Works 2000-2010, Roma, Italy (27 Feb – 10 Mar)
2008
Joseph Pace, To The Predominance of Color, La Griffe Luxury Hotel, Roma, Italy (23 May – 10 Sept)
Joseph Pace – Crash, Galleria Clio, Alessandria, Italy (11 – 25 Oct. )
Joseph Pace, Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto, Italy (27 Jun. – 13 July)
2007
Joseph Pace, IDM, l’Irremovibilità della Memoria, Centro d’Arte La Bitta, Roma, Italy (30 Oct. – 10 Nov.)
2004
Scuderie Estensi, Joseph Pace, Tivoli, Italy (15 May – 30 June)
2002
Contras, Galleria Busto Mistero, Alba, Italy (1 – 30 Oct)
Colors, Galleria Clio, Alessandria, Italy (1 – 25 Nov)
1999
Joseph Pace, ISIS Roma (Feb, 7-27)
1996
Deducir, Joseph Pace, Galerìa Munoz, Madrid, Spain (2 June – 28 Juy)
1994
Joseph Pace, Windows, Centro d’Arte La Bitta, Roma, Italy (28 Sept – 21 Oct)
1992
Joseph Pace, Exposicion Universal de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain (12 Sept – 20 Oct)
Trosos de Quesos, Joseph Pace Filtranisme, Galerìa Felez, Barcelona, Spain (March 13-29)
1988
Joseph Pace, Paysages Filtranistes, Galerie Hulot, Paris, France (1 – 22 Oct)
PAST GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Libri d’Artista. L’Arte da Leggere, Castello di Copertino, Polo Museale della Puglia, MiBAC – Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Copertino, Lecce, Italy (26 Nov. 2019 – 20 Mar. 2020)
Libri d’Artista: L’arte da Leggere, Castello Svevo di Bari, Polo Museale della Puglia, MiBAC – Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Bari, Italy (25 May – 15 Nov.)
2018
Mostra Concorso di Arte Contemporanea, Sala Aurora, San Demetrio nei Vestrini, L’Aquila, Italy (13 Jul – 15 Aug.)
2017
Autori, Virus Art Gallery, Roma (13 – 30 June)
2016
Premio d’Este, Scuderie d’Este, Tivoli, Italia (1 – 18 Nov)
2015
L’Aquila Forever, Museo Venanzo Crocetti, Roma, Italy (7 – 10 Jan.)
L’Aquila Forever, Palazzetto dei Nobili, L’Aquila, Italy (21 – 31 Mar.)
2014
Arte Contemporanea, Galleria Benucci (Video), Roma
L’Aquila Forever, Centro Culturale Gabriella Ferri, Roma, Italy (18 Oct- 1 Nov)
L’Aquila Forever, Centro Culturale Aldo Fabrizi, Roma, Italy (29 Nov – 13 Dic)
Galleria La Tartaruga, Roma, Italy (10 Apr. – 20 June)
O Negro no Futebol Brasileiro. A arte, os artistas, Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil (13 June – 30 september)
2013
London Calling, Ex Mulini Biondi, Rome, Italy (15 Nov. – 14 Dec.)
Un Anno Insieme. Galleria Spazio 88, Rome, Italy (5 Jul. – 1 Oct.)
Arte Italo Brasileira, Ambasciata d’Italia a Brasilia, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Paolo, Brasilia, Brazil (5 Jun. – 5 Aug.)
2012
Artisti Brasiliani, Forte Sangallo, Nettuno, Italy (15 Nov – 26 Nov)
Meditazioni, Museo Diocesano di Amalfi, Comune di Amalfi, Amalfi, Italy (1 June – 1 July)
Collettiva: Senza Nome, Galleria Spazio 88, Roma, Italy (1 May – 3 April)
2011
Exposição de Arte Contemporanea, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (Aug. 23 – Sept. 11)
Omaggio a Luciano Pavarotti, 3^ Rassegna Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Comune di Lavinio, Italy (22/24 Jul)
Roma Art Festival. Comune di Roma, Italy (May 25 – June 5)
2010
Arte Brasiliana. Paradiso sul Mare, Comune di Anzio, Anzio, Italy (Dic. 3-13)
Elite. Elite, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (Nov 1-30)
2009
Italia Egitto. Ambasciata d’Egitto, Istituto di Cultura Egiziano, Roma, Italy (Nov. 14/Dec. 12)
Orme, Rassegna d’Arte Contemporanea, Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Ostia, Ostia, Italy (June 4-11)
Blinder, Briefe, Noten LXVI, Autoren Galerie 1, Munchen, Germany (May 27/June 12)
Arte X Otto, Galleria André, Roma, Italy (January 15-30)
2008
Castello di Capalbio, Rassegna Arte Contemporanea Capalbio, Capalbio, Italy (April 24-27)
2006
Carnevale. Centro d’Arte La Bitta, Italy (November 8-25)
Collettiva. Galleria André, Roma, Italy (January 18-30)
2005
Autunno Caldo. Galleria d’Arte Clio, Alessandria, Italy (Jan. 23/Feb. 14)
2002
Galleria Valeno, Lucera, Italy (Oct. 15/Nov. 7)
2000
Vibrazioni. Busto Mistero, Alba, Italy (June 23/July 24)
1999
Pittori di Roma. Centro d’Arte La Bitta, Roma, Italy (Dec. 8-30)
1996
Rush, Galleria Clio, Alessandria, Italy (June 18/July 30)
1992
Arte, Exposicion Universal de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain (Apr. 20/May 24)
1991
Inverno in Arte, Centro d’Arte La Bitta, Roma, Italy (March 23/Apr. 7)
1989
Desnudos, Galeria Felez, Barcelona, Spain (June 12/July 7)
1988
Paysages, Galerie d’Art Poulenc, Marseille, France (Oct. 23/Nov 4)
1987
Carnevale, Centro d’Arte La Bitta, Comune di Roma, Italy (Febr. 7-23)
1986
Les Couleurs de l’Ame, Galerie d’Art Hulot, Paris, France (May 7-24)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museu de Arte do Parlamento de São Paulo
Parlamento de São Paulo
CRC in São Paulo
Fondazione Venanzo Crocetti
Teatro Municipal de Jaguariuna
Camara Municipal de Itapevi
Ambasciata d’Italia a Brasilia
Città di Nettuno
Circolo Italiano, Edificio Italia, São Paulo
Unicef Italia
COLLABORATIONS
Università Sapienza di Roma
Brandeis University
Konstanz University
Fondazione Micol Fontana
Ambasciata d’Italia a Brasilia
Unesco
Unidroit
Basilica di Santa Maria ad Martyres
Museo Diocesano di Amalfi
CRC in São Paulo
Unidroit
Circolo Italiano in São Paulo
ANS – Associazione Nazionale Sociologi
William Thomas Center Studies
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Books
2019
Libri d’Artista. L’Arte da Leggere – Essay by Mariastella Margozzi, ADDA Editore, Bari, 2019
ISBN 9788867174669
2015
Florence Biennale 2015 (ita/eng) | Fausto Lupetti Editore – 2015
ISBN 9788868741044
2012
Italia – Brasil | Arte 2011 – 2012 (port/ita) | São Paulo 2012
ISBN 9788561457082
2. Catalogues
2020
(-) F A expresssividade de Joseph Pace na criaçao de suas Joias esculturais | Exposiçao Virtual Online, no tempo de COVID-19 | Espaço Cultural do Conselho Regional de Contabilitade do Estado de São Paulo, CRCSP – Essay by by Emanuel von Lauenstein Masarani – CRCSP, São Paulo, 2020
2019
(-) F Joseph Pace, Sacra Sacrorum | Biblioteca Storica Nazionale dell’Agricoltura, Ministero dell’Agricoltura (National Historical Library of Agriculture, Ministry of Agricultural Policies), Exhibition Catalogue, Rome, 2019
2018
(-) F Pantheon, Joseph Pace: Sacra sacrorum, by Daniele Micheletti – 2018
(-) F Joseph Pace em Itapevi, Câmara Municipal de Itapevi, by Emanuel von Lauenstein Massarani, 2018
2016
(-) V Joseph Pace: Emoçoes, Instituto de Recuperação do Patrimônio Histórico de São Paulo, Colleçao de Arte do Circolo Italiano, São Paulo, Brazil, 2016
2015
(-) V Raccolta d’arte | Coleção de arte do Circolo Italiano di São Paulo, 2015
(-) V Florence Biennale, Firenze, Italy, 2015
2014
(-) F Joseph Pace, Future Eve, Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le Arti Decorative della Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna (GNAM), MiBAC Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, by Mariastella Margozzi, Roma, Italia, 2014
(-) V Padova Art Fair, Padova, Italy, 2014
2013
(-) V Arte Italo Brasileira, Ambasciata d’Italia a Brasilia, Arte Italo-Brasìleìra, by Raffaele Trombetta, and Attilio de Gasperis, Brasilia, Brazil, 2013
2012
(-) V Padova Art Fair, Mostra d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Padova, Italy, 2012
(-) V Italia Brasile Arte, Italian Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, 2012
2011
(-) V Joseph Pace Filtranisme, Forte Sangallo, by Giampiero Pedace, Nettuno, Italy, 2011
2010
(-) V Joseph Pace: Impermanenza, National Gallery of Modern Art of Rome (GNAM), Roma, Italy, 2010
(-) F Joseph Pace Emoçoes, Museu de Arte do Parlamento de Sao Paulo, by Emanuel von Lauenstein Massarani, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2010
(-) V Padova Art Fair, Mostra d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Padova, Italy, 2010
2008
(-) V Il sopravvento del Colore, Essay by Mariastella Margozzi, Roma, Italy, 2008
(-) V Joseph Pace, Impermanenza, Annuario di Arte Moderna, Roma, Italy, 2008
2002
(-) F Contras, Joseph Pace Il Busto Mistero, Alba, Italy, 2002
1992
(-) F Deducir, Galerìa Munoz, Madrid, Spain, 1996 (-) F Trosos de Queso, Galeria Felez, Barcelona, 1992