MARCO ROSSI - Plastic Artist, art professor, curator and producer of cultural events. Migrated to Santos, SP, where he started drawing at age 3. At 8 in 1960, begins to illustrate the "A Tribuninha" children's supplement of the newspaper " A Tribuna”, as well as to participate in children and youth art shows, winning awards. This leads, in 2010, to complete "50 years of artistic life." In Santos, he advocated until 1983, when he returned to São Paulo, as an artist only. That career had great momentum with the performances in individual CCBEU Art gallery - Brazil United States Cultural Centre - Santos. Marco Rossi has extensive arts curriculum, including as a juror in art salons and attendance to international exhibitions. His works comprise collections in Brazil and abroad. He became an art professor at 1990s. In 1995, he founded the Pamplona Group, an art experience with several artists participating in the production of the same work. At 2000s, participated of Cultural Blue Life (São Paulo). There, he was a teacher and collaborated with Lilian Heitor in coordinating an artists group named Art Life Brazil. Also in the Cultural Life Blue, with the curator Lilian Hector, he performed the first event of his Prêmio Face Flóreo (Face Floreo Award). In this project, Marco Rossi honors outstanding women with oil on canvas portraits of his own. Two events Floreo Face Project were held in the Art Gallery André (São Paulo). The photograph became part of his artistic life in the 1970s. Since then, he photographs by the art of photography and to produce references for your painting work.
NATAL GONÇALVES – Born in Paulópolis,SP, in 1947. Lives in Piracicaba,SP, agronomist engineer graduated from Escola Suprior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”/USP in 1972. Obtained his M.S, in Cell Biology at the Ohio State University , USA, in 1975; and Doctor in Agronomy at ESALQ/USP in 1982. He is a tree physiology professor at the Forestry Department at ESALQ/USP in Piracicaba since 1976. Statement: My way, the nature of nature, natura naturans. My message: existence with the denialof the accident, reason, feeling, emotion and intuition, energy and action in the acceptance of the human needs and motives. As an artist has partipated in solo,coletive and group exhibitions and art saloons where has received prizes and awards, Has participated in theather groups and in contemporary art saloons and exhibitions as an organizer, juri and speecher. Teaches and coachs contemporary art at APAP – Associação Piracicabana de Artes Plásticas and Pinacoteca Municipal de Piracicaba.
KARL STANZEL – Italian, 57 years old (1958). Professional photographer for over 20 years in Europe and since 2012 resident in Brazil. Some of his work he offers to the biggest image databases like Stockfood from Munich (Through Stockfood also works with Getty Images), Picture Press (from Gruner und Jahr publisher from Hamburg), Ullstein Biderdienst (from Axel Springer Verlag publisher from Berlin and through Ullstein Bild now works with Getty Images), and for f1 online from Frankfurt. His pictures are published on the biggest magazines around the world.
Professional Experience
Dec/2012 until present – Self-employed working with advertisement photography, fashion and events in Sao Paulo – Brazil.
Jul/2008 until Nov/2012 – Owner of Karl Stanzel Photographer – Merano (BZ) Italy and Sao Paulo – Brazil.
Oct/1993 to Feb/2008 – Professional photographer at the advertisement agency Innerhofer Photodesign – Merano (BZ) – Italy.
Graduation, Exhibitions and Awards
Various photography courses in Dusseldorf, Munich and Frankfurt – Germany
Abitur (Bachelor on Trade Relations) – PIT – Professional Institute for Trade – Merano (BZ) – Italy (5 years, from 1973 to 1978).
Apr/2015 – Collective Art Exhibition – LIVRE-Manifestação – in Piracicaba-SP, Brazil, at Martha Watts Cultural Center.
Nov/2014 – Awarded from the Sao Paulo Municipal Chamber with the best gastronomic image XVII Trophy Sao Paulo Capital Mundial da Gastronomia, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Oct/2014 – Collective Demonstration – Exhibition Great Hall of Art 2014 in Sao Paulo, at libray Pref. Prestes Maia Library.
Sep/2014 – Collective Demonstration - Great Hall of Contemporary Art of Santa Barbara d’Oeste 2014, Brazil, at ROMI Foundation.
Feb/2014 – “Raízes” – 1st individual exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at George V Casa Branca
Nov/2013 – Awarded from the Sao Paulo Municipal Chamber with the best gastronomic image XVI Trophy Sao Paulo Capital Mundial da Gastronomia, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Set/1994 – “Körpersignale” – Combined exhibition with the Women's Museum from Merano (BZ) Italy, at Prism Gallery in Bozano, Italy.
