San Gimignano
Beijing
Les Moulins
Habana
Roma
Sao Paulo
Paris
Manuela Sedmach was born in Trieste in 1953.
Over the years her work has explored inscrutable spaces and dilated time. The pictorial weave is built up through a slow process, starting with the dark black of the ground, then with the addition of glazes and layers of colour – aside from black, white and Sienna earth. In this way, the artist manages to obtain a very wide range of greys, reflections and light sources. It is the light that appears behind these transparencies combined with light from the setting and its mutation during the day that makes Sedmach’s ‘landscapes’ atemporal and ever-different places.
A selection of Manuela Sedmach’s solo shows includes: “Passare al Bosco”, curated by Manfred Mörth and Olga Butinar (Stadtgemeinde St Andrä, 2018); “Passare al Bosco”, curated by Riccardo Caldura (Arca-Itis, Trieste, 2016); “Passare al Bosco” (I Colonos, Villacaccia di Lestizza, Udine, 2017); “Dove”, curated by Isabella Reale (Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Udine, 2010).
She participated to several group exhibitions, including “Corrispondenze D'Arte” (Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Revoltella, Trieste, 2016) and “Follia Continua” (Le 104, Paris, 2015).
2018
Passare al bosco, curated by Manfred Mörth and Olga Butinar, Stadtgemeinde St Andrä, AT.
2017
Passare al Bosco, curated by Angelo Bertani, I Colonos, Villacaccia di Lestizza, Udine, IT.
2016
Passare al Bosco, curated by Paolo Toffolutti, Oratorio Santa Maria, Selaà, Tellaro, La Spezia, IT
Passare al Bosco, curated by Riccardo Caldura, Arca-Itis, Trieste, IT.
2015
Passare al bosco, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT.
Heimlich, curated by Vania Gransinigh and Manuel Fanni Canelles, Spazio 5, Trieste, IT.
2014
Guardare Il Silenzio, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, IT.
2012
Manuela Sedmach, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT.
2010
Still Image, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN.
Dove, curated by Isabella Reale, GAMUD Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Udine, IT.
Piccola Antologica, Galleria 3G artecontemporanea, Udine, IT.
2009
Destinazione Provvisoria, Galleria Continua, Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, FR.
To come back home, Studio G7, Bologna, IT.
2008
Esilio bianco, Galleria 3G artecontemporanea, Udine, IT.
2007
Destinazione provvisoria, Galleria Torbandena, Trieste, IT.
2006
Destinazione provvisoria, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT.
2003
Occhi bianchi, Museo Revoltella and Canale di Ponterosso, Trieste, IT
2001
Senza memoria, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE.
Senza memoria, Galleria Dina Carola, Naples, IT.
2000
Preparare un posto, Renate Schroeder Galerie, Cologne, DE.
1999
Preparare un posto, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT.
1998
Sopra il mare sotto il cielo, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE.
1997
Intermittenze, Galleria Biagiotti, Florence, IT.
1996
Meridiano zero, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT.
Sopra il mare sotto il cielo, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna, IT.
1994
Tenere le distanze, Galleria Care of, Cusano Milanino, Milano, IT.
1993
Il cibo degli dei, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT.
2016
Corrispondenze d'arte, curated by Lorenzo Michelli and Susanna Gregorat, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, IT.
2015
Follia Continua, Le 104, Paris, FR.
Libersimposium: la prima cena. Cinque intellettuali parlano d’amore, curated by Maria Sanchez Puyade, Liberarti, Trieste, IT.
2014
Arte in Comune, curated by Lorenzo Michelli and Maria Masau Dan, Comune di Trieste, Trieste, IT.
2013
Schneeweis, Edward Cutler Gallery, Basel, CH.
2012
Inside Looking Out, curated by Rosetta Gozzini, associazione culturale Rosarte, Rome, IT.
Estate 2012, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT.
Contemporanea/mente, PARCO Pordenone ARte COntemporanea, Pordenone, IT.
Arte all'Itis, ASP-ITIS, Trieste, IT.
Meditiamoci su, curated by Massimo Premuda, Double room, Trieste, IT.
2011
Lo Stato dell'Arte, Biennale diffusa di Trieste, magazzino 26, Porto Vecchio, Trieste, IT.
En Plein Air, curated by Lorenzo Michelli, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, IT.
Corrispondenze d'Arte, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, IT.
Artisti per una Cultura R-esistente, curated by Paolo Toffolutti, Sala Rossa, Udine and Galleria Lipanje Puntin, Trieste, IT.
Parco del Contemporaneo, curated by Riccardo Caldura, Forte Marghera, Mestre, IT.
2010
Vette, curated by Lorenzo Michelli, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, IT.
2009
Take a walk on the wild side, Parco di San Giovanni, Trieste, IT.
Specchio specchio, curated by Paolo Tofolutti, Palazzo Locatelli Cormons, Gorizia, IT.
Manifesti d’artista, curated by Gruppo 78, via Fabio Severo, Trieste, IT.
2007
Il presente, il futuro, il passato, curated by Marilena Pasquali, Comune di Dozza, Bologna, IT.
Tre linee, frammenti d’arte tra U. Saba e B. Pinkerle, Spazio Comunicarte, Trieste, IT.
2006
I giorni dell’arte, Festival dell’Europa Centro Orientale, curated by Alfredo Lacosegliaz, Palazzo Manzioli, Isola Morosini, San Canzian d’Isonzo, IT.
One Black Show, Galleria Torbandena, Trieste, IT.
2005
Water front, Foyer del Teatro Rossetti, Spazio Comunicarte, Trieste, IT.
No border, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT.
Arte al piano nobile, Comunicarte, Trieste, IT
Manmano, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN.
2004
Revoltella Contemporaneo: Manuela Sedmach, Antonio Sofianopulo, Mario Sillani Djerrahian, curated by Maria Masau Dan, Lorenzo Michelli e Lia Zanei, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, IT.
2003
Metropolis, Stamperia dell’arancio, Ascoli Piceno, IT.
2002
Aces and places, Galleria Biagiotti Arte, Florence, IT.
2001
In the summertime, Tim Van Leare gallery, Antwerb, BE.
The SMAK Museum of contemporary art exhibit the new acquisitions, SMAK Museum, Ghent, BE.
Nebeneinander, Renate Schroeder Galerie, Cologne, DE.
2000
La natura della luce, Galleria Biagiotti, Florence, IT.
Painting today, Renate Schroeder Galerie, Cologne, DE.
Paesaggi fluttuanti, Santuario di Oropa, Biella, IT.
Mostra della acquisizioni del Museo d’arte contemporanea di Udine, Chiesa San Francesco, Udine, IT.
1999
Bel tempo, Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, HUN.
1998
Circoscrivere, Galleria Biagiotti, Florence, IT.
Trend Zum Leisen, curated by Riccardo Caldura, Holzpavillon im Mirabellgarten, Salzburg, AT.
1997
Zone d’Arte, Palazzo Costanzi, Trieste, IT.
1996
Periferie 96, Villa Vitali, Fermo, IT.
Un Modo sottile, Arte italiana degli anni novanta, Centro Le Barche, Mestre, IT.
1995
Riga Italia, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano; Fondazione Balestra, Longiano, Forlì; Museo Revoltella, Trieste, IT.
1993
A scatola chiusa, curated by Elio Grazioli, Spazio Viafarini, Milan, IT.
2016
A Casa del Barone, written by Fabiano Giovagnoni, performed by Lorenzo Acquaviva and Manuela Sedmach.
