Giuseppe Blasotta was born in Foggia, Italy in 1972. He spent his childhood in different Italian cities, among which Venice, Milan and Turin were the most influential.
At the age of 20, Giuseppe was a Philosophy teacher at the Ginnasio Liceo Classico G. Giusti and the Centro Studi G. Vico in Turin. While he was in Turin, Blasotta was awarded the Erasmus scholarship to study Philosophy in Heidelberg, Germany. During his studies there, he began to devote more time to painting. His first exhibition was November 1999 in the Museum of Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, which was opened by the philosophers Hans-Georg Gadamer and Donatella Di Cesare. In June 2013, he exhibited in New York at Ethan Cohen's KuBe, Kunsthalle Beacon and in Manhattan.
After a ten-year study hiatus, Blasotta returned to the University of Heidelberg to once again study Classical Philosophy and Italian Literature.
Exhibitions (select)
1999 - Museum of the University of Heidelberg
Exhibition opened by Hans-Georg Gadamer and Donatella Di Cesare
Grabengasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany
2001 - Jesuit Church Heidelberg
Exhibition opened by Dr. Klaus von Zedwitz
Richard Hauser-Platz 1, Heidelberg
2001 - Resident artist at the German-Italien culture center Villa Vigoni
Loveno di Menaggio, Italy
2002 – In the atrium of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, in cooperation with Villa Vigoni and the Italian Embassy
2002 - Diocese of Limburg an der Lahn
Opening of the exhibition by his Excellency Bishop Pieschl
Roßmarkt 4, Limburg an der Lahn
2003 - DAI (German-American-Institute) in Heidleberg
2003 - St. Thomas Church in Berlin in cooperation with the IIC (Istituto Italiano di Cultura) in Stuttgart
2004 - Private exhibition hosted by the art collector Hervé Acker and Sylvie Vénény
Boulevard St. German, Paris
2006 - NATO American Cultural Center hosted by Jennifer Bieser in Brüssels
2008 - Collaborated with the galerist Fabien Cohen-Boulakia, Paris
2007 - Heidelberg, Germany - City Hall
Exhibition opened by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Erik Jayme
2008 - Resident artist by the art collectors Priscilla and Larry Grinwis
2009 - Gallery Fenno Bauer St. Moritz
via Stresa 8-10 Switzerland
2012 - Collaborated with the art collector James Goldschmidt, New York
2013 - Resident artist with the gallery owner Ethan Cohen Kunsthalle Beacon (KuBe)
211 Fishkill Avenue Beacon New York
2013 - Collaboration with James Goldschmidt and Cindy Farkas Glanzrock
Affinia Gardens Manhattan 215 East 64th Street
2015 - Resident artist by the art collectors Priscilla and Larry Grinwis
Holland Michigan
2015 - Center of the Catholic University of Heidelberg (KUZ)
Exhibition opened by Dr. Thomas Rutte and Max von Sponeck
Next exhibition:
Friday, October 16th 2015
from 5 to 8 pm
Affinia Gardens
215 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10065
collaborated with Elena Mancini, Joanna Arvanitis and James Goldschmidt.