CARTA CANTA
The Galo Art Gallery is bringing you some great artists with a big impact on the street art scene!
Bo130 and Microbo have been painting walls and more walls around the world for more than ten years, even before the term “street art” existed. They have showed their art work in galleries, museums and any surface they can reach.
The Galo Art Gallery is going to transform in to the world of Microbo and Bo130 with the show called CARTA CANTA with artworks, a large wall painting and a installation by these two great artists.
Were looking forward to seeing YOU at the opening…
Microbo BIO (ENG)
(Planet Earth citizen)
Microbo paintings and drawings, are a science-fictional microcosm, made up of filaments, seaweed, humus and living creatures which recall life’s complexity, synthesized in a microbe, the first living being appeared on Earth.
Like any music form rises from a merging of only seven notes, so Microbo’s creative process develops through the combination of some basic elements she likes to play with.
Creatures of different shapes which seem to float within a kind of amniotic liquid in which everything is still taking its shape. A liquid feeding it’s inhabitants in absolute gravity absence prompting the image of lightness which represents the best part of existence.
"Microbes constitute the essence of all forms of physical life”, says the Artist. Without them, life would not be possible, and with the progress of Science, microbe is still the original form of life, the more varied and of which we don’t know so much.
Starting from the beginning, Microbo recognizing the limits of our cultural myths, she seems confident that the exploration of small bodies may provide to give us the key to alter our perception of the universe and to understand the role that humanity plays in it.” (from Microbo: Under the Microscope A review of Microbo’s work by Harlan Levey - Editor in Chief, Modart Magazine.)
Recognized for her sensitive visual language, Microbo’s original aesthetic universe has risen her to a role where she is perceived as an early and influential member of today’s so called Street Art movement.
Micorbo’s works are part of private and public collections in Europe, USA and Lebanon.
and have been also documented in numerous publications and international magazines.
Born and raised in Sicily (Catania, 1970). Microbo spent the '90s in London, at the moment she lives and works in Milan, Italy.
Microbo has participated on several exhibitions which include:
“Apocalypse wow” – Macro Future - Rome 2009
“Tag” - Grand Palais - Paris 2009
“Streets of Europe”- Jonathan Levine - New York 2008
“Nomadas” - Scion Gallery - Los Angeles 2008
“No New Enemies” - Botanical Gardens - Brussels 2008
“Street art, sweet art” Pac (contemporany art Pavillion) - Milan 2007
"Street up" - Byblos Art Gallery - Verona 2007
“Wooster on Spring”- New York 2006
“Etoiles Urbaines” - Espace Beaurepaire - Paris 2006
“Outside Over here” - Imp Gallery - Merlbourne - Australia 2005
“Urban Edge Show” (also as curator with Bo130) TheP4 – Milan 2005
"Now Underground" - Track 21 Central Station - Milan 2004
"FEM" III The New creatores - Edificio Las Cariatides - Madrid - Spain 2004
"God Bless Graffiti" - Mass MOCA contemporany Museum of Art - USA 2004
"Work in progress" HIU9 - Leoncavallo, Milan 2003
"Arte Impropria" (also as curator with Bo130) – Galleria Meravigli - Milan 2003
Bo130 (ENG)
Born in 1971 in Milan, where he currently lives and works.
In 1990 he moved to London with some intervals in New York, and resided abroad until the new millennium.
In London he studied at Central Saint Martins and he graduated in Graphic and Media Design at London College of Communication; in New York Bo130 had his first work experience.
In 1985 he entered the world of graffiti and for the last 12 years he devoted himself entirely to his artistic development, consolidating valuable experiences with galleries and museums around the world.
To name a few ...
- “Apocalypse wow” – Macro Future, Museo Arte Contemporanea – Roma 2009
- "Tag at the Grand Palais" – The Gallizia Collection. The Grand Palais . Paris 2009.
- "Nomadaz" Curated by Pablo Aravena alla Scion Gallery di Los Angeles 2008.
- "The Streets of Europe" Jonathan Levine Gallery New York City. 2007.
- "StreetArt SweetArt" PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano, 2007.
Bo130 website:
http://www.bo130.org/
Bo130 (IT)
Nasce nel 1971 a Milano, dove attualmente vive e lavora.
Nel '90 si trasferisce a Londra e con alcuni intervalli a New York, risiede all'estero fino al nuovo millennio .
A Londra studia al Central Saint Martins e si laurea in Graphic and Media Design al London College of Communication; a New York fa le prime esperienze lavorative.
Dal 1985 entra nel mondo dei graffiti e da quasi 12 anni si dedica completamente al suo percorso artistico consolidando esperienze importanti con gallerie e musei di tutto il mondo.
Per citarne alcune...
- “Apocalypse wow” – Macro Future, Museo Arte Contemporanea – Roma 2009
- "Tag at the Grand Palais" – The Gallizia Collection. The Grand Palais . Paris 2009.
- "Nomadaz" Curata da Pablo Aravena alla Scion Gallery di Los Angeles 2008.
- "The Streets of Europe" Jonathan Levine Gallery New York City. 2007.
- "StreetArt SweetArt" PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano, 2007.
Bo130 website:
http://www.bo130.org/
