RENATO COLANGELO

Renato is visual artist whose practice is focused and concerned with cultural identity, social awareness, anthropology and experimentation within different mediums.                                                                                        

Predominantly works in the medium of Photography, Video and large-scale installations including several walk in Camera Obscuras, ‘Standpoint’ for Eyes Lies & Illusions at ACMI in 2007 and ‘Locked Treasure Room’ 2011 at Centennial Gardens Sydney.                                                                                 

He’s been exhibiting since 1997 with solo and group exhibitions including residencies in Italy and Australia along with being the recipient of various awards including the prestigious Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship in 2002. 

He continues the use of analogue techniques in the production of his artwork and runs Nero Darkroom in Melbourne & workshops in aspects of analogue photography.  

Renato is also an arts worker, dedicated to working with contemporary artist in the printing, fabrication and production of their artwork within the studio and gallery environment.                       

RENATO COLANGELO – Artist CV 

Qualifications

  • 2002 MFA Samstag Study Program, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence Italy

  • 1999 Bachelor of Arts (Photomedia), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

  • 1997 Diploma of Visual Arts, Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2021 Hyphae, Eden & the Willow Gallery Newtown, Sydney

  • 2019 Suitcase of Dreams, 110 portraits, public art project, Brunswick Melbourne

  • 2018  Mothers & Childrens project, SiteWorks, Brunswick Melbourne 

  • 2011 ‘The Locked Treasure Room’ Camera Obscura Centennial Park, Sydney

  • 2004 Terroni, Dickerson Gallery Melbourne

  • 2004 Terroni, Lygon Court Carlton, Melbourne

  • 2003  Terroni, Judith Pugh Gallery, Mount Macedon, Melbourne

  • 2002  Satellite, Installation, Florence Italy

  • 2001 Urban Portraits, Fringe Festival, Melbourne

Awards

  • 2004 Portfolio Prize, Savignano Sul Rubicone, Rimimi, Italy

  • 2002 Best Visual Art Exhibition, Fringe Festival, Melbourne

  • 2001 Anne & Gordon Samstag, International Visual Arts Scholarship

  • 2001 Best Black & White Photograph, Nikon Summer Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

  • 2001 National Portrait Prize, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Queensland

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2022 Arbitrary Assemblage, Fly Little Bird Gallery, Melbourne

  • 2021 Hyphae, Finnalist at Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Sydney

  • 2015 CIFA Centro Italiano della Fotografia d'Autore, Bibbiena, Italy

  • 2014 ‘Subterrain’ Synergy Gallery CERES, Melbourne

  • 2010 In Situ & Walkabout, Café Della Galleria, Piazza Pitti Firenze, Italia

  • 2010  Golden Mountain, C3 Abbotsford Convent Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

  • 2009 Last Drinks, Upstairs at the Napier (Artist Run Space), Melbourne, Australia

  • 2007 IN SITU*, Four Photographers converse about place, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

  • 2007 Daylesford Foto Biennale, 'Camera Obscura', Anderson Mills
    2007 Eyes Lies Illusions, ‘Camera Obscura' ACMI-Fed Square Melbourne
    2006 Meeting Place Keeping Place, The Arts Centre, Melbourne

  • 2006 Arte Natura Tempo, Capalbio, Tuscany, Italy
    2005 Tiptop, Old Tiptop Bakery, Brunswick, Melbourne Australia
    2005 Esuli, Bibbiena Festival of Photography, Tuscany Italy
    2005  Naked Truth, Dickerson Gallery Melbourne
    2004 Corigliano Calabro Fotografia, Castello Ducale (CS), Italy
    2003 ICU at P.a.n.c.h, Fringe Festival, Melbourne
    2003 National Portrait Prize, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
    2003 N.M.I.T Staff Show, N.M.I.T Gallery, Melbourne
    2002 A Reflection, Studio Marangoni, Florence Italy

  • 2001 National Portrait Prize, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Queensland

  • 2001 Lost & Found, Immigration Museum, Melbourne
    2001 Confrontations, New England Regional art Museum, New South Wales
    2001 Nikon Summer Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
    1999 Urban Portraits, Travelling Show, Newspace in Sydney, Tasmania, Canberra and College of Fine Art, Sydney
    1997 Hoffman Brickwork’s, Mechanics Institute, Melbourne

Collections

  • New England Regional Art Museum, New South Wales, Private Collections

  • Selected Biography

  • 2007 'Standpoint' Eyes Lies & Illutions Contemporary Australian works

  • 2005 Foto It, September 2005, Porfolio Prize Italy

  • 2004 Il Globo, I Terroni

  • 2002 Samstag, Catalogue Essay

Residencies

  • 2004-2007 Melbourne grammar school- Pinhole Workshops

  • 2006 guest speaker NMIT Melbourne

Media

'Developing talent' Summer Salon Best Black & White Image Herald Sun February 28 2001 by Felicity Allen

  • 'Lens Man looks forward to focusing on the past' Moreland Sentinal February 8 1999 by Susanne Shaw

  • The Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship - Samstag Catalogue 2002 'Making thge Makers' by Russell Smith

  • Corigliano Calabro Fotografia Catalogue 2004 'Esuli' by Mara Granzotto

  • FOTOIT September 2005 'Esuli' by Silvano Bicocchi

  • Fotofile 73 2005 'Naked Truth' Dickerson Gallery Melbourne

  • The Arts Centre Catalogue 2006 'Meeting Place Keeping Place' by Steven Tonkin

  • Eyes Lies & Illusions -Drawn from Werner Nekes Collection 2006, 'Standpoint' by Fiona Trigg